縵縵

Chinese

		plain thin silk; slow; unadorned	plain thin silk; slow; unadorned
trad. (縵縵)		縵	縵
simp. (缦缦)		缦	缦

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mànmàn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˋ ㄇㄢˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mànmàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ ㄇㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mànmàn
  - Wade–Giles: man⁴-man⁴
  - Yale: màn-màn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mannmann
  - Palladius: маньмань (manʹmanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /män⁵¹⁻⁵³ män⁵¹/
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Noun

縵縵

unadorned
- 天生繡繡　地生縵縵　水生骨頭 [MSC, trad.]
  天生绣绣　地生缦缦　水生骨头 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1921, James Hutson, Chinese Life in the Tibetan Foothills/Riddles and Ditties
  tiān shēng xiùxiù, dì shēng mànmàn, shuǐ shēng gǔtóu [Pinyin]
  Heaven produces the variegated, Earth begets the unadorned, Water begets bones.