尋尋覓覓
Chinese
| to search; to look for; to seek | seek | seek | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (尋尋覓覓) | 尋 | 尋 | 覓 | 覓 | |
| simp. (寻寻觅觅) | 寻 | 寻 | 觅 | 觅 | |
| AABB-type reduplication of 尋覓／寻觅 (xúnmì). | |||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): xúnxúnmìmì
- (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄇㄧˋ ㄇㄧˋ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): cam4 cam4 mik6 mik6
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sîm-sîm-be̍k-be̍k
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xúnxúnmìmì
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄇㄧˋ ㄇㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: syúnsyúnmìmì
- Wade–Giles: hsün2-hsün2-mi4-mi4
- Yale: syún-syún-mì-mì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyunshyunmihmih
- Palladius: сюньсюньмими (sjunʹsjunʹmimi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕyn³⁵ ɕyn³⁵ mi⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cam4 cam4 mik6 mik6
- Yale: chàhm chàhm mihk mihk
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsam4 tsam4 mik9 mik9
- Guangdong Romanization: cem4 cem4 mig6 mig6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ t͡sʰɐm²¹ mɪk̚² mɪk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîm-sîm-be̍k-be̍k
- Tâi-lô: sîm-sîm-bi̍k-bi̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: simsimbegbek
- IPA (Taipei): /sim²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴⁻¹¹ biɪk̚⁴⁻³² biɪk̚⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim²³⁻³³ sim²³⁻³³ biɪk̚⁴⁻³² biɪk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Middle Chinese: zim zim mek mek
Verb
尋尋覓覓
- to be ceaselessly searching