窈窕

Chinese

		deep; quiet and elegant	quiet and elegant
simp. and trad. (窈窕)		窈	窕
variant forms		杳窱 “deep”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎotiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁵ tiu⁵, jiu² tiu⁵
Min Nan (POJ): iáu-thiáu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǎotiǎo [Phonetic: yáotiǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeauteau
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎotiǎo
  - IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰjɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: miu⁵ tiu⁵, jiu² tiu⁵
  - Yale: míuh tíuh, yíu tíuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁵ tiu⁵, jiu² tiu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: miu⁵ tiu⁵, yiu² tiu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /miːu̯¹³ tʰiːu̯¹³/, /jiːu̯³⁵ tʰiːu̯¹³/

Note:

miu5 tiu5 - vernacular;
jiu2 tiu5 - literary.

Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iáu-thiáu
  - Tâi-lô: iáu-thiáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iaw'tiao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iaʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiaʊ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiaʊ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiaʊ⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: /ʔeu^X deu^X/▼

Rime
Character	窈	窕
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	烏皎切	徒了切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔeu^X/	/deu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔeu^X/	/deu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔeu^X/	/deu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɛw^X/	/dɛw^X/
Li Rong	/ʔeu^X/	/deu^X/
Wang Li	/ieu^X/	/dieu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔieu^X/	/dʱieu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎo	diào

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔˤ[e]wʔ lˤ[e]wʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*qiːwʔ l'eːwʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	窈	窕
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǎo	tiǎo
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔew^X ›	‹ dew^X ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔˁ[e]wʔ/	/*lˁ[e]wʔ/
English	ʔewX-dewX hidden; deep	窈窕 beautiful
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	窈	窕
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15634	16893
Phonetic component	幼	兆
Rime group	幽	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime		窕
Old Chinese	/*qiːwʔ/	/*l'eːwʔ/

Adjective

窈窕

(of a woman) quiet and elegant; graceful and fair
窈窕淑女，君子好逑。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Yǎotiǎo shūnǚ, jūnzǐ hǎoqiú. [Pinyin]
The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady:
For our prince a good mate she.
(of a woman) seductive; flirtatious
deep; profound

Derived terms

窈窕淑女 (yǎotiǎo shūnǚ)

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