童謠

See also: 童謡 and 童谣

Chinese

		boy; child; children	popular ballad; false rumour
trad. (童謠)		童	謠
simp. (童谣)		童	谣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóngyáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ jiu⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thùng-yèu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tông-iâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tong⁵ iao⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóngyáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóngyáo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²-yao²
    • Yale: túng-yáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngyau
    • Palladius: тунъяо (tunʺjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ jɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung⁴ jiu⁴
    • Yale: tùhng yìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ jiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ jiːu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thùng-yèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: tungˇ ieuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tung² yeu²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ¹¹ i̯eu̯¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thùng-yèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: tungˇ (r)ieuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tung² yeu²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ¹¹ (j)i̯eu̯¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-iâu
    • Tâi-lô: tông-iâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dong'iaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² iau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² iau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³⁻²² iau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ iau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ iau²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tong⁵ iao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thông iâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ iau⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: duwng yew

Rime
Character	童	謠
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	徒紅切	餘昭切
Baxter	duwng	yew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duŋ/	/jiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/duŋ/	/jiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/duŋ/	/jæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəwŋ/	/jiaw/
Li Rong	/duŋ/	/iɛu/
Wang Li	/duŋ/	/jĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱuŋ/	/i̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tóng	yáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tung4	jiu4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]ˤoŋ  law/

  (Zhengzhang): /*doːŋ  lew/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	童	謠
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tóng	yáo
Middle Chinese	‹ duwng ›	‹ yew ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]ˁoŋ/	/*law/
English	boy	sing; song
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	童	謠
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	17439	14718
Phonetic component	重	謠
Rime group	東	宵
Rime subdivision	0	3
Corresponding MC rime	同	遙
Old Chinese	/*doːŋ/	/*lew/
Notes	說文重省聲	說文言上從肉會意徒歌， 通作謠，肉非聲

Noun

童謠

1. (countable) nursery rhyme; children's song (song for children) (Classifier: 首)

Synonyms

• 催眠曲 (cuīmiánqǔ) (lullaby)
• 兒歌／儿歌 (érgē)
• 囡仔歌 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 搖籃曲／摇篮曲 (yáolánqǔ) (lullaby)
• 童歌 (tónggē)

 

Hypernyms

• 歌謠／歌谣 (gēyáo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
童	謠
どう Grade: 3	よう Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

童(どう)謠(よう) • (dōyō) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 童謡 (“children's song”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
童	謠

Noun

童謠 • (dong'yo) (hangeul 동요)

1. Hanja form^? of 동요 (“children's song”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
童	謠

Noun

童謠

1. chữ Hán form of đồng dao (“children's song”).