Chinese Word: 喁 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

喁

Pinyin: yóng

English Definition: breathing (of fish)

Chinese Definition:
①(喁喁)a。低声，如“喁喁细语”；b。随声附和，如“喁喁相和”；c。众人景仰归向的样子，如“延颈举踵，喁喁然，皆争归义”。
②鱼口向上，露出水面：“水浊则鱼喁”。

Total strokes: 12; Radical: 口

Pictophonetic:禺 indicates the sound; 口 (mouth) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 口 [ kǒu ] mouth; entrance, gate, opening
- 禺 [ yú ] district; mountain in Zhejiang

Similar Characters: 喂隅

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喁喁	yóng yóng	looking up expectantly; speaking softly (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [yu2 yu2])
喁喁待哺	yóng yóng dài bǔ	to wait with open mouth to be fed (idiom)
喁喁望治	yóng yóng wàng zhì	to look hopefully to those in power (idiom)

1		kàn dào 看到 nián qīng 年轻 de 的 liàn rén 恋人 men 们 yóng 喁 yóng 喁 sī yǔ 私语 liū da 溜达 zhe 着 chuān guò 穿过 gōng yuán 公园 shí 时， wǒ 我 gǎn dào 感到 hěn 很 gāo xìng 高兴。 It makes me happy to see young lovers billing and cooing as they stroll through the park.
2		lǎo rén 老人 jiǎo 脚 biān shàng 边上 lì 立 zhe 着 yī gè 一个 jīng zhì 精致 de 的 mù xiá zǐ 木匣子， cóng 从 lǐ miàn 里面 chuán chū 传出 dī dī 低低 de 的 yóng 喁 yǔ shēng 语声 hé 和 gē zhī 咯吱 gē zhī 咯吱 de 的 shēng yīn 声音。 At the old man's feet stood a narrow wooden chest, from which emerged whispers and rattles.