QQ

See also: qq and q/q

Chinese

Etymology 1

Reduplication of English cute or Cantonese Q.

Alternative forms

cute cute

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): kiu¹ kiu¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kiu¹ kiu¹
  - Yale: kīu kīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kiu¹ kiu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: kiu¹ kiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːu̯⁵⁵ kʰiːu̯⁵⁵/

Adjective

QQ

(Hong Kong Cantonese) very cute

Etymology 2

From Hokkien 𩚨𩚨 (khiū-khiū), or simply reduplication of Q.

Adjective

QQ

(Taiwan, slang, of food) soft and pliable; chewy (like mochi), exhibiting Q texture

Etymology 3

From the resemblance of the letter Q with an eye with tears.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kiūkiū

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄧㄡㄎㄧㄡ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kiūkiū
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄧㄡㄎㄧㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kioukiou
  - Wade–Giles: kʻiu¹-kʻiu¹
  - Yale: kyōu-kyōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kioukiou
  - Palladius: кюкю (kjukju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

Interjection

QQ

(Taiwanese Mandarin, chiefly Internet) An emoticon expressing weeping

Derived terms

幫QQ／帮QQ (bāng kiūkiū)

Etymology 4

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kiūkiū

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄧㄡㄎㄧㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kiu¹ kiu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kiūkiū
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄧㄡㄎㄧㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kioukiou
  - Wade–Giles: kʻiu¹-kʻiu¹
  - Yale: kyōu-kyōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kioukiou
  - Palladius: кюкю (kjukju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kiu¹ kiu¹
  - Yale: kīu kīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kiu¹ kiu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: kiu¹ kiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːu̯⁵⁵ kʰiːu̯⁵⁵/

Proper noun

QQ

(Internet) Tencent QQ (an instant messaging software)

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