點點滴滴

Chinese

		point; dot; (decimal) point point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word)	point; dot; (decimal) point point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word)	a drop; to drip	a drop; to drip
trad. (點點滴滴)		點	點	滴	滴
simp. (点点滴滴)		点	点	滴	滴
AABB-type reduplication of 點滴／点滴 (diǎndī).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diǎndiǎndīdī

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄧ ㄉㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dim² dim² dik⁶ dik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diǎndiǎndīdī [Phonetic: diándiǎndīdī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄧ ㄉㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diǎndiǎndidi
    • Wade–Giles: tien³-tien³-ti¹-ti¹
    • Yale: dyǎn-dyǎn-dī-dī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deandeandidi
    • Palladius: дяньдяньдиди (djanʹdjanʹdidi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵⁵ ti⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dim² dim² dik⁶ dik⁶
    • Yale: dím dím dihk dihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dim² dim² dik⁹ dik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dim² dim² dig⁶ dig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːm³⁵ tiːm³⁵ tɪk̚² tɪk̚²/

Noun

點點滴滴

1. bits and pieces; dribs and drabs; every bit of; everything

Adverb

點點滴滴

1. bit by bit; little by little