悠悠

Chinese

		at ease; long (in time); sad	at ease; long (in time); sad
simp. and trad. (悠悠)		悠	悠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yōuyōu

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡㄧㄡ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: yōuyōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡㄧㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iouiou
  - Tongyong Pinyin: youyou
  - IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯˥ joʊ̯˥/
  - Homophones:
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    悠悠

Adjective

悠悠

long; drawn-out; lasting for ages; remote (in time or space)
leisurely; unhurried; carefree
(literary) numerous; a great number of
(literary) preposterous; absurd; ridiculous
(literary) agitated; anxious; pensive

Japanese

Kanji in this term
悠	悠
ゆう Grade: S	ゆう Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative forms

悠々

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) ゆうゆう [yùúyúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- (Tokyo) ゆうゆう [yùúyúꜜù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝːjɯ̟ᵝː]

Adjective

悠悠 (-tari inflection, hiragana ゆうゆう, rōmaji yūyū, historical hiragana いういう)

Derived terms

悠々 (ゆうゆう)自 (じ)適 (てき) (yūyū jiteki)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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