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喁喁

Word · Verb · OnomatopoeiaTraditional喁

echo; whisper; murmur (in 喁喁 yuyu)

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Meanings

2 senses · 5 examples
1.

verb

(in the reduplicated form 喁喁) to echo others' opinions; to chime in; to parrot

literary

Used in the literary reduplicated form 喁喁 (yúyú).

Xiǎo小
rén人
yú喁
yú喁
 ，
bù不
zú足
yǔ与
lùn论
dà大
shì事
 。

Petty men just echo others' words and are not worth consulting on important matters.

Dà大
jiā家
yú喁
yú喁
fù附
hè和
 ，
wú无
rén人
gǎn敢
tí提
yì异
yì议
 。

Everyone chimed in echoing the others, and no one dared to raise an objection.

2.

onomatopoeia

(in the reduplicated form 喁喁) describing the sound of speaking in a low voice; whispering; murmuring

literary

Often used in the phrase 喁喁私语 (yúyú sīyǔ) meaning 'whispering to each other'.

Yú喁
yú喁
sī私
yǔ语
 ，
qíng情
yì意
mián绵
mián绵
 。

They whispered softly to each other, their affection lingering and deep.

Jiǎo角
luò落
lǐ里
chuán传
lái来
yú喁
yú喁
xì细
yǔ语
 。

The sound of whispering came from the corner.

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Liǎng两
rén人
yú喁
yú喁
ér而
tán谈
 ，
bù不
zhī知
shuō说
xiē些
shén什
me么
 。

The two spoke in murmurs, and one could not tell what they were saying.