啁哳

Chinese

		twittering of birds
trad. (啁哳)		啁	哳
simp. #(啁哳)		啁	哳
alternative forms		嘲哳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāozhā, zhōuzhá

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ ㄓㄚ, ㄓㄡ ㄓㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaau¹ zaat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāozhā
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ ㄓㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhaojha
    • Wade–Giles: chao¹-cha¹
    • Yale: jāu-jā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jauja
    • Palladius: чжаочжа (čžaočža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōuzhá
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄡ ㄓㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhoujhá
    • Wade–Giles: chou¹-cha²
    • Yale: jōu-já
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joujar
    • Palladius: чжоучжа (čžoučža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaau¹ zaat³
    • Yale: jāau jaat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaau¹ dzaat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zao¹ zad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːu̯⁵⁵ t͡saːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: traew traet

Rime
Character	啁	哳
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	黠 (71)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	陟交切	陟鎋切
Baxter	traew	traet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠau/	/ʈˠat̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚau/	/ʈᵚat̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶau/	/ȶɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈaɨw/	/ʈaɨt̚/
Li Rong	/ȶau/	/ȶat̚/
Wang Li	/ȶau/	/ȶat̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶau/	/ȶăt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhāo	zha
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaau1	zaat3

Adjective

啁哳

1. (literary, of sounds) chirpy