堇堇

Chinese

		yellow loam; clay; season yellow loam; clay; season; few	yellow loam; clay; season yellow loam; clay; season; few
simp. and trad. (堇堇)		堇	堇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐnjǐn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄣˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐnjǐn [Phonetic: jínjǐn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐnjǐn
    • Wade–Giles: chin³-chin³
    • Yale: jǐn-jǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiinjiin
    • Palladius: цзиньцзинь (czinʹczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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Noun

堇堇

1. (literary) sparse; rare; infrequent

Synonyms

• 稀少 (xīshǎo)
• 稀缺 (xīquē)