獨苗

Chinese

		alone; independent; single alone; independent; single; sole; only	sprout; seedling; descendant sprout; seedling; descendant; symptom of a trend; young; vaccine; Miao tribe
trad. (獨苗)		獨	苗
simp. (独苗)		独	苗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dúmiáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄇㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ miu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dúmiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄇㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dúmiáo
    • Wade–Giles: tu²-miao²
    • Yale: dú-myáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwumiau
    • Palladius: думяо (dumjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dúmiáor
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄇㄧㄠˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dúmiáor
    • Wade–Giles: tu²-miao²-ʼrh
    • Yale: dú-myáur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwumiaul
    • Palladius: думяор (dumjaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ mi̯aʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: duk⁶ miu⁴
    • Yale: duhk mìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ miu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ miu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² miːu̯²¹/

Noun

獨苗

1. only child or only descendant (of a family)

Synonyms

• 獨苗苗／独苗苗