# 綢繆
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chóumóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˊ ㄇㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cau$^4$ mau$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zeu-meu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chóumóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˊ ㄇㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chóumóu
*** Wade–Giles: chʻou$^2$-mou$^2$
*** Yale: chóu-móu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chourmou
*** Palladius: чоумоу (čoumou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵ moʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cau$^4$ mau$^4$
*** Yale: chàuh màuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsau$^4$ mau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ceo$^4$ meo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɐu̯²¹ mɐu̯²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zeu-meu
*** MiniDict: zeu$^去$ meu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$zeu-meu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɤ²² mɤ⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: drjuw mjuw|mjiw
Rime :
| Character | 綢 | 繆 | 繆 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/4 | 2/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 澄 (11) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) | 尤 (136) | 幽 (138) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III | III |
| Fanqie | 直由切 | 莫浮切 | 武彪切 |
| Baxter | drjuw | mjuw | mjiw |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɖɨu/ | /mɨu/ | /miɪu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɖiu/ | /miu/ | /mɨu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȡiəu/ | /miəu/ | /mieu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɖuw/ | /muw/ | /mjiw/ |
| Li Rong | /ȡiu/ | /miu/ | /miĕu/ |
| Wang Li | /ȡĭəu/ | /mĭəu/ | /miəu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ȡʱi̯ə̯u/ | /mi̯ə̯u/ | /mieu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chóu | móu | miáo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cau$^4$ | mau$^4$ | mau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*dɯw mlɯw|mɡrɯw/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 綢 | 繆 | 繆 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/4 | 2/4 |
| No. | 17527 | 8372 | 8390 |
| Phonetic component | 周 | 翏 | 翏 |
| Rime group | 幽 | 幽 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 儔 | 謀 | 繆 |
| Old Chinese | /*dɯw/ | /*mlɯw/ | /*mɡrɯw/ |

### Adjective

綢繆
* (literary, ideophonic) bound tightly; bound round and round; winding round
    未雨綢繆／未雨绸缪 ― wèiyǔchóumóu ― to plan ahead (lit. to bind tightly the window before it rains)
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Chóumóu shù xīn, sānxīng zài tiān. Jīn xī hé xī? Jiàn cǐ liángrén! Zǐ xī zǐ xī! Rú cǐ liángrén hé! [Pinyin]
    Round and round the firewood is bound; And the Three Stars appear in the sky. This evening is what evening, That I see this good man? O me! O me! That I should get a good man like this!
    From: Zhu Yongchun, Zhu Zi's Family Maxims, 17th century CE
    Yí wèi yǔ ér chóumóu, wú lín kě ér jué jǐng. [Pinyin]
    One should, when it is not yet raining, bind tightly the window. One should not wait until one is thirsty to dig a well. i.e. One should prepare before it is too late.
* (literary, ideophonic) numerous and dense; closely crowded
* (literary) extending into the distance; continuous; uninterrupted
* (literary, figurative) showing deep and everlasting affection; sentimentally attached; ardent

#### Derived terms

* 交橫綢繆／交横绸缪
* 未雨綢繆／未雨绸缪 (wèiyǔchóumóu)
* 桑土綢繆／桑土绸缪
* 綢繆帷帳／绸缪帷帐
* 綢繆帷幄／绸缪帷幄
* 綢繆帳扆／绸缪帐扆
* 綢繆未雨／绸缪未雨
* 綢繆束薪／绸缪束薪
* 綢繆桑土／绸缪桑土
* 綢繆牖戶／绸缪牖户

#### Related terms

* 纏綿／缠绵 (chánmián)

### Verb

綢繆
* (literary, figurative) to plan ahead; to prepare in advance

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 綢 | 繆 |
| ちゅう Hyōgai | びゅう Hyōgai |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

綢(ちゅう)繆(びゅう) • (chūbyū)
* coiled about, tied and tied thread
* familiar, close

#### Derived terms

* 合(ごう)歓(かん)綢(ちゅう)繆(びゅう) (gōkanchūbyū)
* 未(み)雨(う)綢(ちゅう)繆(びゅう) (miuchūbyū)