謔謔

Chinese

		to joke	to joke
trad. (謔謔)		謔	謔
simp. (谑谑)		谑	谑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuèxuè, nüènüè

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ, ㄋㄩㄝˋ ㄋㄩㄝˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuèxuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuèsyuè
  - Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-hsüeh⁴
  - Yale: sywè-sywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehshiueh
  - Palladius: сюэсюэ (sjuesjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nüènüè
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄩㄝˋ ㄋㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nyuènyuè
  - Wade–Giles: nüeh⁴-nüeh⁴
  - Yale: nywè-nywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niuehniueh
  - Palladius: нюэнюэ (njuenjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ny̯ɛ⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: xjak xjak

Rime
Character	謔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	虚約切
Baxter	xjak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xiɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨak̚/
Li Rong	/xiak̚/
Wang Li	/xĭak̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hoek³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋ̊(r)awk ŋ̊(r)awk/

(Zhengzhang): /*hŋawɢ hŋawɢ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	謔
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xuè
Middle Chinese	‹ xjak ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋ̊(r)awk/
English	ridicule, jest (v.)
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	謔
Reading #	1/1
No.	9638
Phonetic component	虐
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*hŋawɢ/

Adjective

謔謔

(literary) joyful; happy; cheerful