牙牙

牙牙

1. (onomatopoeia, of an infant) babbling

   • 所憐者，吾自戊寅年讀汝哭姪詩後，至今無男；兩女牙牙，生汝死後，纔周晬耳。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     所怜者，吾自戊寅年读汝哭侄诗后，至今无男；两女牙牙，生汝死后，才周晬耳。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 1767, Yuan Mei,《祭妹文》

     Suǒ lián zhě, wú zì wùyín nián dú rǔ kū zhí shī hòu, zhìjīn wú nán; liǎng nǚ yáyá, shēng rǔ sǐhòu, cái zhōuzuì ěr. [Pinyin]

     Sad to report, since the death of your nephew, mouned by you in your poem of wuyin (1758), I have fathered no more sons. My twin daughters, born after you died, but lisping babes, are one year of age.