儒

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: ru5
POJ: jû
Variety: chaozhou

Pronunciation note: Realised [dz] ~ [z] ~ [l] depending on speaker and register; many younger speakers merge it with /l/. The cited sources corroborate [dz], relaxing to [z] for younger/overseas speakers; neither attests the further merger to /l/.

Meanings and usage

noun: Confucian scholar, scholar; learned person
儒

The Teochew reading ru5 covers both general Chinese senses ('Confucian scholar') and a distinct Teochew-tagged colloquial adjective sense ('refined; pretty; exquisite'); the general scholar sense was picked as primary but the Teochew-specific adjective usage may be more relevant.

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