yī​yōu

inarticulate sounds

  • created sense approved 咿呦 · yī​yōu · inarticulate sounds — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    咿呦

    yī​yōu

    inarticulate sounds

    inarticulate human vocalizations or low-mumbled cries; also used as a sound effect for the cries of animals and birds

    咿 (literal) → 咿 · yī · squeak; creak 呦 (literal) → 呦 · yōu · call of a deer

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense