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Adjective [Chinese]

IPA: /jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /miːu̯¹³ tʰiːu̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /jiːu̯³⁵ tʰiːu̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /iau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /iau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiau⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /iau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau⁵³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /iau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /iau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /iou⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰiou⁵²⁻²¹/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /miːu̯¹³ tʰiːu̯¹³/, /jiːu̯³⁵ tʰiːu̯¹³/, /iau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau⁵³/, /iau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiau⁵⁵⁴/, /iau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau⁵³/, /iau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau⁵³/, /iau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau⁴¹/, /iou⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰiou⁵²⁻²¹/ Chinese transliterations: yǎotiǎo [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧㄠˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], miu⁵ tiu⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], jiu² tiu⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], iáu-thiáu [Hokkien, POJ], iou² tiou² [Peng'im, Teochew], yǎotiǎo [Phonetic:yáotiǎo] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yǎotiǎo [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], yao³-tʻiao³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yǎu-tyǎu [Mandarin, Yale], yeauteau [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], яотяо [Mandarin, Palladius], jaotjao [Mandarin, Palladius], míuh tíuh [Cantonese, Yale], yíu tíuh [Cantonese, Yale], miu⁵ tiu⁵ [Cantonese, Pinyin], jiu² tiu⁵ [Cantonese, Pinyin], miu⁵ tiu⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], yiu² tiu⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], iáu-thiáu [Hokkien, Tai-lo], iaw'tiao [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], ióu thióu [POJ, Teochew], 'ewX dewX [Middle-Chinese], /*ʔˤ[e]wʔ lˤ[e]wʔ/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*qiːwʔ l'eːwʔ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms: 杳窱, 窈糾, 窈窱, 䆗窱
Etymology: First syllable 窈 (OC *qiːwʔ, “deep, dim”) is probably cognate to 幽 (OC *qɯw, “dark”); second syllable 窕 (OC *l'eːwʔ, “to bore, to perforate”) is probably related to 竅 (OC *kʰleːwɢs, “hole”) (Schuessler, 2007) Etymology templates: {{och-l|窈|deep, dim}} 窈 (OC *qiːwʔ, “deep, dim”), {{och-l|幽|dark}} 幽 (OC *qɯw, “dark”), {{och-l|窕|to bore, to perforate}} 窕 (OC *l'eːwʔ, “to bore, to perforate”), {{och-l|竅|hole}} 竅 (OC *kʰleːwɢs, “hole”), {{zh-ref|Schuessler, 2007}} Schuessler, 2007 Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 窈窕
  1. (literary, of a woman) quiet and elegant; graceful and fair; gentle and beautiful Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-窈窕-zh-adj-5fdXEk5Q Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 44 3 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 0 52
  2. (literary, of a woman) seductive; flirtatious Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-窈窕-zh-adj-P~GA93lJ
  3. (literary) deep; secluded; profound Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-窈窕-zh-adj-5Qak3KiJ Categories (other): Chinese disyllabic morphemes, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese disyllabic morphemes: 39 12 49 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 44 3 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 0 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 0 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 窈窕淑女 (yǎotiǎoshūnǚ)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎotiǎoshūnǚ",
      "word": "窈窕淑女"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "窈窕"
          },
          "expansion": "窈窕",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "窈窕",
            "2": "ようちょう",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "窈窕(ようちょう) (yōchō)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "요조(窈窕)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "窈窕",
            "id2": "",
            "id3": "",
            "id4": "",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 요조(窈窕) (yojo)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "yểu điệu",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "窈窕",
            "t": "",
            "tr": "窈窕"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: yểu điệu (窈窕)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "窈窕",
            "2": "ようちょう",
            "3": "요조",
            "4": "yểu điệu",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "窈窕",
            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "窈窕",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "窈窕",
            "v": "窈窕",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (窈窕):\n* → Japanese: 窈窕(ようちょう) (yōchō)\n* → Korean: 요조(窈窕) (yojo)\n* → Vietnamese: yểu điệu (窈窕)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "ようちょう",
            "3": "요조",
            "4": "yểu điệu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (窈窕):\n* → Japanese: 窈窕(ようちょう) (yōchō)\n* → Korean: 요조(窈窕) (yojo)\n* → Vietnamese: yểu điệu (窈窕)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (窈窕):\n* → Japanese: 窈窕(ようちょう) (yōchō)\n* → Korean: 요조(窈窕) (yojo)\n* → Vietnamese: yểu điệu (窈窕)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "窈",
        "2": "deep, dim"
      },
      "expansion": "窈 (OC *qiːwʔ, “deep, dim”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "幽",
        "2": "dark"
      },
      "expansion": "幽 (OC *qɯw, “dark”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "窕",
        "2": "to bore, to perforate"
      },
      "expansion": "窕 (OC *l'eːwʔ, “to bore, to perforate”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "竅",
        "2": "hole"
      },
      "expansion": "竅 (OC *kʰleːwɢs, “hole”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Schuessler, 2007"
      },
      "expansion": "Schuessler, 2007",
      "name": "zh-ref"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "First syllable 窈 (OC *qiːwʔ, “deep, dim”) is probably cognate to 幽 (OC *qɯw, “dark”); second syllable 窕 (OC *l'eːwʔ, “to bore, to perforate”) is probably related to 竅 (OC *kʰleːwɢs, “hole”) (Schuessler, 2007)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "杳窱"
    },
    {
      "form": "窈糾",
      "raw_tags": [
        "“deep”"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窈窱"
    },
    {
      "form": "䆗窱"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "窈窕",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "44 3 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 0 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady:\nFor our prince a good mate she.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Pre-Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
          "roman": "Yǎotiǎo shūnǚ, jūnzǐ hǎoqiú.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "窈窕淑女,君子好逑。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "quiet and elegant; graceful and fair; gentle and beautiful"
      ],
      "id": "en-窈窕-zh-adj-5fdXEk5Q",
      "links": [
        [
          "quiet",
          "quiet"
        ],
        [
          "elegant",
          "elegant"
        ],
        [
          "graceful",
          "graceful"
        ],
        [
          "fair",
          "fair"
        ],
        [
          "gentle",
          "gentle"
        ],
        [
          "beautiful",
          "beautiful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, of a woman) quiet and elegant; graceful and fair; gentle and beautiful"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a woman"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "seductive; flirtatious"
      ],
      "id": "en-窈窕-zh-adj-P~GA93lJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "seductive",
          "seductive"
        ],
        [
          "flirtatious",
          "flirtatious"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, of a woman) seductive; flirtatious"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a woman"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 12 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese disyllabic morphemes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 3 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 0 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 0 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I either called covered wagons, or rowed lonely boats; already following gullies deep, then crossing hills rough.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Literary Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Tao Yuanming, 《歸去來辭》 \"Verses on Returning\"",
          "roman": "Huò mìng jīnchē, huò zhào gūzhōu. Jì yǎotiǎo yǐ xún hè, yì qíqū ér jīng qiū.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "或命巾車,或棹孤舟。既窈窕以尋壑,亦崎嶇而經丘。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "I either called covered wagons, or rowed lonely boats; already following gullies deep, then crossing hills rough.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Literary Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Tao Yuanming, 《歸去來辭》 \"Verses on Returning\"",
          "roman": "Huò mìng jīnchē, huò zhào gūzhōu. Jì yǎotiǎo yǐ xún hè, yì qíqū ér jīng qiū.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "或命巾车,或棹孤舟。既窈窕以寻壑,亦崎岖而经丘。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "deep; secluded; profound"
      ],
      "id": "en-窈窕-zh-adj-5Qak3KiJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "deep",
          "deep"
        ],
        [
          "secluded",
          "secluded"
        ],
        [
          "profound",
          "profound"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) deep; secluded; profound"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǎotiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miu⁵ tiu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu² tiu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iáu-thiáu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iou² tiou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǎotiǎo [Phonetic:yáotiǎo]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǎotiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao³-tʻiao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǎu-tyǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeauteau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "яотяо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jaotjao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míuh tíuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yíu tíuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miu⁵ tiu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu² tiu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miu⁵ tiu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu² tiu⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miːu̯¹³ tʰiːu̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯³⁵ tʰiːu̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iáu-thiáu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iaw'tiao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiau⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ióu thióu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iou⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰiou⁵²⁻²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "'ewX dewX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ʔˤ[e]wʔ lˤ[e]wʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*qiːwʔ l'eːwʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: yáotiǎo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miːu̯¹³ tʰiːu̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯³⁵ tʰiːu̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiau⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iou⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰiou⁵²⁻²¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[e]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[e]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*qiːwʔ l'eːwʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "窈窕"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese disyllabic morphemes",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 窈",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 窕",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Middle Chinese adjectives",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese adjectives",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "yǎotiǎoshūnǚ",
      "word": "窈窕淑女"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "窈窕"
          },
          "expansion": "窈窕",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "窈窕",
            "2": "ようちょう",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "窈窕(ようちょう) (yōchō)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "요조(窈窕)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "窈窕",
            "id2": "",
            "id3": "",
            "id4": "",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 요조(窈窕) (yojo)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "yểu điệu",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "窈窕",
            "t": "",
            "tr": "窈窕"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: yểu điệu (窈窕)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "窈窕",
            "2": "ようちょう",
            "3": "요조",
            "4": "yểu điệu",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "窈窕",
            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "窈窕",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "窈窕",
            "v": "窈窕",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (窈窕):\n* → Japanese: 窈窕(ようちょう) (yōchō)\n* → Korean: 요조(窈窕) (yojo)\n* → Vietnamese: yểu điệu (窈窕)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "ようちょう",
            "3": "요조",
            "4": "yểu điệu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (窈窕):\n* → Japanese: 窈窕(ようちょう) (yōchō)\n* → Korean: 요조(窈窕) (yojo)\n* → Vietnamese: yểu điệu (窈窕)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (窈窕):\n* → Japanese: 窈窕(ようちょう) (yōchō)\n* → Korean: 요조(窈窕) (yojo)\n* → Vietnamese: yểu điệu (窈窕)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "窈",
        "2": "deep, dim"
      },
      "expansion": "窈 (OC *qiːwʔ, “deep, dim”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "幽",
        "2": "dark"
      },
      "expansion": "幽 (OC *qɯw, “dark”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "窕",
        "2": "to bore, to perforate"
      },
      "expansion": "窕 (OC *l'eːwʔ, “to bore, to perforate”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "竅",
        "2": "hole"
      },
      "expansion": "竅 (OC *kʰleːwɢs, “hole”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Schuessler, 2007"
      },
      "expansion": "Schuessler, 2007",
      "name": "zh-ref"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "First syllable 窈 (OC *qiːwʔ, “deep, dim”) is probably cognate to 幽 (OC *qɯw, “dark”); second syllable 窕 (OC *l'eːwʔ, “to bore, to perforate”) is probably related to 竅 (OC *kʰleːwɢs, “hole”) (Schuessler, 2007)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "杳窱"
    },
    {
      "form": "窈糾",
      "raw_tags": [
        "“deep”"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "窈窱"
    },
    {
      "form": "䆗窱"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "窈窕",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms",
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The modest, retiring, virtuous, young lady:\nFor our prince a good mate she.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Pre-Classical Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
          "roman": "Yǎotiǎo shūnǚ, jūnzǐ hǎoqiú.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "窈窕淑女,君子好逑。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "quiet and elegant; graceful and fair; gentle and beautiful"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quiet",
          "quiet"
        ],
        [
          "elegant",
          "elegant"
        ],
        [
          "graceful",
          "graceful"
        ],
        [
          "fair",
          "fair"
        ],
        [
          "gentle",
          "gentle"
        ],
        [
          "beautiful",
          "beautiful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, of a woman) quiet and elegant; graceful and fair; gentle and beautiful"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a woman"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "seductive; flirtatious"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "seductive",
          "seductive"
        ],
        [
          "flirtatious",
          "flirtatious"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, of a woman) seductive; flirtatious"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a woman"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms",
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I either called covered wagons, or rowed lonely boats; already following gullies deep, then crossing hills rough.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Literary Chinese",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Tao Yuanming, 《歸去來辭》 \"Verses on Returning\"",
          "roman": "Huò mìng jīnchē, huò zhào gūzhōu. Jì yǎotiǎo yǐ xún hè, yì qíqū ér jīng qiū.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "或命巾車,或棹孤舟。既窈窕以尋壑,亦崎嶇而經丘。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "I either called covered wagons, or rowed lonely boats; already following gullies deep, then crossing hills rough.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Literary Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Tao Yuanming, 《歸去來辭》 \"Verses on Returning\"",
          "roman": "Huò mìng jīnchē, huò zhào gūzhōu. Jì yǎotiǎo yǐ xún hè, yì qíqū ér jīng qiū.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "或命巾车,或棹孤舟。既窈窕以寻壑,亦崎岖而经丘。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "deep; secluded; profound"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deep",
          "deep"
        ],
        [
          "secluded",
          "secluded"
        ],
        [
          "profound",
          "profound"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) deep; secluded; profound"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǎotiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miu⁵ tiu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu² tiu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iáu-thiáu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iou² tiou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǎotiǎo [Phonetic:yáotiǎo]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǎotiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao³-tʻiao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǎu-tyǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeauteau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "яотяо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jaotjao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míuh tíuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yíu tíuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miu⁵ tiu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu² tiu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miu⁵ tiu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu² tiu⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miːu̯¹³ tʰiːu̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯³⁵ tʰiːu̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iáu-thiáu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iaw'tiao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiau⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ióu thióu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iou⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰiou⁵²⁻²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "'ewX dewX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ʔˤ[e]wʔ lˤ[e]wʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*qiːwʔ l'eːwʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: yáotiǎo]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miːu̯¹³ tʰiːu̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯³⁵ tʰiːu̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiau⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iou⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰiou⁵²⁻²¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[e]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[e]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*qiːwʔ l'eːwʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "窈窕"
}

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