𣱼𣱼

Chinese

simp. and trad. (𣱼𣱼)		𣱼	𣱼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāodāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠ ㄉㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāodāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠ ㄉㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: daodao
    • Wade–Giles: tao¹-tao¹
    • Yale: dāu-dāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daudau
    • Palladius: даодао (daodao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Adjective

𣱼𣱼

1. (literary) flexible; flowing

   • 𣱼𣱼，大約是靈活、流動的意思。當讀如刀。 [MSC, trad.]
     𣱼𣱼，大约是灵活、流动的意思。当读如刀。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 凌景埏's annotation of 金·董解元《西廂記諸宮調》, quoted from 《漢語大字典》

     Dāodāo, dàyuē shì línghuó, liúdòng de yìsi. Dāng dú rú dāo. [Pinyin]

     𣱼𣱼 (dāodāo) roughly means "flexible" or "flowing". Should read like 刀 (dāo).