裊裊

See also: 袅袅

Chinese

delicate; graceful delicate; graceful
trad. (裊裊)
simp. (袅袅)
variant forms 嫋嫋
褭褭
嬝嬝

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (8)
Final () (93)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/neuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/neuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/neuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/nɛwX/
Li
Rong
/neuX/
Wang
Li
/nieuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/nieuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
niǎo

Adjective

裊裊

  1. (literary, ideophonic, of smoke etc.) slowly billowing upwards; curling upwards; spiralling up
  2. (literary, ideophonic, of something soft and delicate) waving back and forth in the wind
  3. (literary, ideophonic, of voice) lingering in the air

Derived terms

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