See also: 阿谀

Chinese

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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

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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

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阿諛

  1. (literary) to flatter; to toady

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō

Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()() (ayu

  1. flattery

Verb

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

  1. to flatter

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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阿諛 (ayu) (hangeul 아유)

  1. Hanja form? of 아유 (flattery).

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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阿諛

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