喋々

Japanese

Kanji in this term
喋 喋
ちょう
Jinmeiyō
ちょう
Jinmeiyō
kan’on
Alternative spelling
喋喋

Etymology

Middle Chinese 喋喋

Pronunciation

Adjective

喋(ちょう)々(ちょう) • (chōchō) ←てふてふ (tefutefu)?†-tari (adnominal 喋(ちょう)々(ちょう)とした (chōchō to shita) or 喋(ちょう)々(ちょう)たる (chōchō taru), adverbial 喋(ちょう)々(ちょう)と (chōchō to) or 喋(ちょう)々(ちょう)として (chōchō to shite))

  1. chattering incessantly

Verb

喋(ちょう)々(ちょう)する • (chōchō suru) ←てふてふ (tefutefu)?suru (stem 喋(ちょう)々(ちょう)し (chōchō shi), past 喋(ちょう)々(ちょう)した (chōchō shita))

  1. to chatter incessantly

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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