彊彊

Chinese

		strong; superior; compel strong; superior; compel; wilful	strong; superior; compel strong; superior; compel; wilful
trad. (彊彊/強強^*)		彊/強	彊/強
simp. (彊彊/強強^*)		彊/強	彊/強

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiāngjiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤㄐㄧㄤ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiāngjiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤㄐㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiangjiang
  - Wade–Giles: chiang¹-chiang¹
  - Yale: jyāng-jyāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiangjiang
  - Palladius: цзянцзян (czjanczjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

彊彊

(literary) (birds) fly in a group; follow each other
- 鶉之奔奔，鵲之彊彊。人之無良，我以為兄。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  鹑之奔奔，鹊之彊彊。人之无良，我以为兄。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Chún zhī bēnbēn, què zhī jiāngjiāng. Rén zhī wú liáng, wǒ yǐ wéi xiōng. [Pinyin]
  The quails run [in pairs]. The magpies fly [in pairs]. That man is not nice. I call him brother.

References

彊彊 in ZDIC