諄諄

Chinese

		repeatedly (in giving advice)	repeatedly (in giving advice)
trad. (諄諄)		諄	諄
simp. (谆谆)		谆	谆

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhūnzhūn

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄣㄓㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon¹ zeon¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhūnzhūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄣㄓㄨㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juenjuen
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zeon¹ zeon¹
  - Yale: jēun jēun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen¹ dzoen¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zên¹ zên¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɵn⁵⁵ t͡ɕɵn⁵⁵/

Adjective

諄諄

(ideophonic, of teaching) earnest and sincere; tireless and impassioned
- 否則你的勞動就沒有對象，你就只能做魯迅在他的遺囑裡所諄諄囑咐他的兒子萬不可做的那種空頭文學家，或空頭藝術家。 [MSC, trad.]
  否则你的劳动就没有对象，你就只能做鲁迅在他的遗嘱里所谆谆嘱咐他的儿子万不可做的那种空头文学家，或空头艺术家。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《在延安文藝座談會上的講話》 (Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art), 毛澤東選集 (1991). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Fǒuzé nǐ de láodòng jiù méiyǒu duìxiàng, nǐ jiù zhǐ néng zuò Lǔ Xùn zài tā de yízhǔ lǐ suǒ zhūnzhūn zhǔfù tā de érzi wàn bùkě zuò de nà zhǒng kōngtóu wénxuéjiā, huò kōngtóu yìshùjiā. [Pinyin]
  Otherwise, you will have nothing to work with and you will be nothing but a phoney writer or artist, the kind that Lu Hsun in his will so earnestly cautioned his son never to become.

Derived terms

言之諄諄，聽之藐藐／言之谆谆，听之藐藐
言者諄諄，聽者藐藐／言者谆谆，听者藐藐
誨爾諄諄，聽我藐藐／诲尔谆谆，听我藐藐
諄諄不倦／谆谆不倦

諄諄告戒／谆谆告戒
諄諄善誘／谆谆善诱
諄諄教導／谆谆教导
諄諄教誨／谆谆教诲

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