窈窕淑女

Chinese

		quiet and elegant; graceful and fair; seductive quiet and elegant; graceful and fair; seductive; flirtatious	virtuous and beautiful woman; lady; quiet girl
simp. and trad. (窈窕淑女)		窈窕	淑女

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎotiǎo shūnǚ, yǎotiǎo shúnǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄋㄩˇ, ㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨˊ ㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁵ tiu⁵ suk⁶ neoi⁵, jiu² tiu⁵ suk⁶ neoi⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǎotiǎo shūnǚ [Phonetic: yáotiǎoshūnǚ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄋㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeauteau shuneu
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂu⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǎotiǎo shúnǚ [Phonetic: yáotiǎoshúnǚ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨˊ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeauteau shwuneu
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂu³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: miu⁵ tiu⁵ suk⁶ neoi⁵, jiu² tiu⁵ suk⁶ neoi⁵
  - Yale: míuh tíuh suhk néuih, yíu tíuh suhk néuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁵ tiu⁵ suk⁹ noey⁵, jiu² tiu⁵ suk⁹ noey⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: miu⁵ tiu⁵ sug⁶ nêu⁵, yiu² tiu⁵ sug⁶ nêu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /miːu̯¹³ tʰiːu̯¹³ sʊk̚² nɵy̯¹³/, /jiːu̯³⁵ tʰiːu̯¹³ sʊk̚² nɵy̯¹³/

Middle Chinese: /ʔeu^X deu^X d͡ʑɨuk̚ ɳɨʌ^X/▼

Rime
Character	窈	窕	淑	女
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	定 (7)	常 (25)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	蕭 (93)	屋 (4)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV	III	III
Fanqie	烏皎切	徒了切	殊六切	尼吕切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔeu^X/	/deu^X/	/d͡ʑɨuk̚/	/ɳɨʌ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔeu^X/	/deu^X/	/d͡ʑiuk̚/	/ɳiɔ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔeu^X/	/deu^X/	/d͡ʑiuk̚/	/niɔ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɛw^X/	/dɛw^X/	/d͡ʑuwk̚/	/ɳɨə̆^X/
Li Rong	/ʔeu^X/	/deu^X/	/ʑiuk̚/	/niɔ^X/
Wang Li	/ieu^X/	/dieu^X/	/ʑĭuk̚/	/nĭo^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔieu^X/	/dʱieu^X/	/ʑi̯uk̚/	/ni̯wo^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎo	diào	shú	nǚ

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

(Zhengzhang): /*qiːwʔ l'eːwʔ ɦljɯwɢ naʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	窈	窕	淑	女
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǎo	tiǎo	shū	nǚ
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔew^X ›	‹ dew^X ›	‹ dzyuwk ›	‹ nrjo^X ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔˁ[e]wʔ/	/*lˁ[e]wʔ/	/*[d]iwk/	/*nraʔ/
English	ʔewX-dewX hidden; deep	窈窕 beautiful	fine, good	female
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	淑	女
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/2
No.	15634	16893	11756	9616
Phonetic component	幼	兆	尗	女
Rime group	幽	宵	覺	魚
Rime subdivision	2	2	2	0
Corresponding MC rime		窕	熟
Old Chinese	/*qiːwʔ/	/*l'eːwʔ/	/*ɦljɯwɢ/	/*naʔ/

Idiom

窈窕淑女

virtuous and beautiful girl
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.

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