Chinese
Etymology 1
Reduplication of English cute or Cantonese Q.
Alternative forms
- cute cute
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: kiu1 kiu1
- Yale: kīu kīu
- Cantonese Pinyin: kiu1 kiu1
- Guangdong Romanization: kiu1 kiu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰiːu̯⁵⁵ kʰiːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Adjective
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) very cute
Etymology 2
From Hokkien 𩚨𩚨 (khiū-khiū), or simply reduplication of Q.
Pronunciation
Adjective
Etymology 3
From the resemblance of the letter Q with an eye with tears.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: kiūkiū
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄧㄡ ㄎㄧㄡ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kioukiou
- Wade–Giles: kʻiu1-kʻiu1
- Yale: kyōu-kyōu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kioukiou
- Palladius: кюкю (kjukju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Interjection
- (Taiwanese Mandarin, chiefly Internet) An emoticon expressing weeping
Derived terms
Etymology 4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: kiūkiū
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄧㄡ ㄎㄧㄡ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kioukiou
- Wade–Giles: kʻiu1-kʻiu1
- Yale: kyōu-kyōu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kioukiou
- Palladius: кюкю (kjukju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: kiu1 kiu1
- Yale: kīu kīu
- Cantonese Pinyin: kiu1 kiu1
- Guangdong Romanization: kiu1 kiu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰiːu̯⁵⁵ kʰiːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
- (Internet) Tencent QQ (an instant messaging software)