See also: 阿谀

Chinese edit

 
phonetic; (final part.); (interj.)
phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people
flatter
trad. (阿諛)
simp. (阿谀)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (34) (36)
Final () (94) (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter 'a yu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔɑ/ /jɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔɑ/ /jio/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɑ/ /io/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔa/ /juə̆/
Li
Rong
/ʔɑ/ /io/
Wang
Li
/ /jĭu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔɑ/ /i̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ē
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
o1 jyu4

Verb edit

阿諛

  1. (literary) to flatter; to toady

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō

Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()() (ayu

  1. flattery

Verb edit

()()する (ayu suruintransitive suru (stem ()() (ayu shi), past ()()した (ayu shita))

  1. to flatter

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

阿諛 (ayu) (hangeul 아유)

  1. Hanja form? of 아유 (flattery).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun edit

阿諛

  1. chữ Hán form of a du/a dua (flattery).