唧唧

Chinese

		(onomat.); to pump (water)	(onomat.); to pump (water)
simp. and trad. (唧唧)		唧	唧

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jījī, jíjí

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄐㄧ, ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹ zik¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jījī
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiji
  - Wade–Giles: chi¹-chi¹
  - Yale: jī-jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiji
  - Palladius: цзицзи (cziczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    唧唧
    雞雞／鸡鸡
    GG
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jíjí
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jíjí
  - Wade–Giles: chi²-chi²
  - Yale: jí-jí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyijyi
  - Palladius: цзицзи (cziczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
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    伋伋
    岌岌
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zik¹ zik¹
  - Yale: jīk jīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ dzik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: jig¹ jig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ t͡sɪk̚⁵/

Noun

唧唧

Usage notes

This term is found in the text of the Chinese Ballad of Mulan, 木蘭辭/木兰辞 (Mùlán cí), and Bai Juyi's poem Pipa Xing, 琵琶行 (pípa xíng).

Pronunciation 2

Xiang (Wiktionary): ji⁴ ji⁴

Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ji⁴ ji⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁴⁵ t͡ɕi⁴⁵/

Noun

唧唧

(Xiang, childish) milk; breast milk

Synonyms

乳 (rǔ) (literary, or in compounds)
乳汁 (rǔzhī)
唧唧 (Xiang, childish)
奶 (nǎi) (literary, or in compounds)
奶唧唧 (Xiang, childish)

奶奶 (Sichuanese, childish in Cantonese, Wu)
奶子 (nǎizi) (dialectal, colloquial)
奶水 (nǎishuǐ)
奶汁 (nǎizhī)

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