牙牙學語

Chinese

		babbling	learn; study; science learn; study; science; ‑ology	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (牙牙學語)		牙牙	學	語
simp. (牙牙学语)		牙牙	学	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáyáxuéyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˊ ㄧㄚˊ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaa⁴ ngaa⁴ hok⁶ jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáyáxuéyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ㄧㄚˊ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáyásyuéyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ya²-ya²-hsüeh²-yü³
    • Yale: yá-yá-sywé-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yayashyueyeu
    • Palladius: яясюэюй (jajasjuejuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä³⁵ jä³⁵ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaa⁴ ngaa⁴ hok⁶ jyu⁵
    • Yale: ngàh ngàh hohk yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaa⁴ ngaa⁴ hok⁹ jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: nga⁴ nga⁴ hog⁶ yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaː²¹ ŋaː²¹ hɔːk̚² jyː¹³/

Idiom

牙牙學語

1. (of a baby) to babble out one's first words