喁

Mandarin · pinyin yóng#

Meanings · yóng

  1. (literary) (of a fish) to stick its mouth out of the water
Mandarin · pinyin yú#

Meanings · yú

  1. (literary) (onom.) response chant, echoing another's chanted words
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喁
yóng · the mouth of a fish at the surface of the water, gasping for breath
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jung4 · jyu4

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  1. the mouth of a fish at the surface of the water, gasping for breath
  2. responding voice

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喁 · yong2 · yu2
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source lines 22,445, 22,446
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Exact source records喁 喁 [yong2] /(literary) (of a fish) to stick its mouth out of the water/喁 喁 [yu2] /(literary) (onom.) response chant, echoing another's chanted words/