麃麃

Chinese

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trad. (麃麃)		麃	麃
simp. ^#(麃麃)		麃	麃

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biāobiāo

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄠㄅㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): biu¹ biu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biāobiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄠㄅㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: biaobiao
  - Wade–Giles: piao¹-piao¹
  - Yale: byāu-byāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biaubiau
  - Palladius: бяобяо (bjaobjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pjɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pjɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: biu¹ biu¹
  - Yale: bīu bīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: biu¹ biu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: biu¹ biu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːu̯⁵⁵ piːu̯⁵⁵/

Adjective

麃麃

(literary) valiant; courageous (in battle)
(literary) magnificent; grand; splendid
- 清人在消、
  駟介麃麃、
  二矛重喬、
  河上乎逍遙。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  清人在消、
  驷介麃麃、
  二矛重乔、
  河上乎逍遥。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Qīngrén zài Xiāo,
  Sìjiè biāobiāo,
  Èrmáo chóng qiáo,
  Héshàng hū xiāoyáo. [Pinyin]
  The men of Qing were at Xiao;
  The armoured horse-quartet pranced proud;
  The two lances' panache-hangers soared doubly;
  Over the He, they strolled untroubledly.

Synonyms

(valiant): 勇武 (yǒngwǔ)
(magnificent):

奭 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
富盛 (fùshèng) (literary)
浩大 (hàodà)
皇皇 (huánghuáng) (literary)

盛大 (shèngdà)
籍甚 (jíshèn) (literary)
隆重 (lóngzhòng)
張皇／张皇 (zhānghuáng) (literary)

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