淺淺

See also: 浅浅

Chinese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiǎnqiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin² cin²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎnqiǎn [Phonetic: qiánqiǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎnciǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien³-chʻien³
    • Yale: chyǎn-chyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheanchean
    • Palladius: цяньцянь (cjanʹcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin² cin²
    • Yale: chín chín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin² tsin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin² qin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn³⁵ t͡sʰiːn³⁵/

Adjective

淺淺

1. (of water) shallow
2. (literary, of grass) short
3. (literary) slight; subtle
4. (literary) tiny; trivial; insignificant
5. (literary) superficial; shallow

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 淺淺 – see 濺濺 (“sound of flowing water; appearance of fast flowing water; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 濺濺).