偲偲

Chinese

simp. and trad. (偲偲)		偲	偲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sīsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sīsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihsih
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: sz̄-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sysy
    • Palladius: сысы (sysy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: si¹ si¹
    • Yale: sī sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Middle Chinese: si si

Rime
Character	偲
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息兹切
Baxter	si
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/sɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/sie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨ/
Li Rong	/siə/
Wang Li	/sĭə/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*snɯ  snɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	偲
Reading #	2/2
No.	13839
Phonetic component	囟
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	思
Old Chinese	/*snɯ/

Verb

偲偲

1. (literary) to encourage each other; to urge on

   • 子路問曰：「何如斯可謂之士矣？」子曰：「切切、偲偲、怡怡如也，可謂士矣。朋友切切、偲偲，兄弟怡怡。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子路问曰：「何如斯可谓之士矣？」子曰：「切切、偲偲、怡怡如也，可谓士矣。朋友切切、偲偲，兄弟怡怡。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐ Lù wèn yuē: “Hérú sī kě wèi zhī shì yǐ?” Zǐ yuē: “Qièqiè, sīsī, yíyí rú yě, kě wèi shì yǐ. Péngyǒu qièqiè, sīsī, xiōngdì yíyí.” [Pinyin]

     Zi Lu asked, saying, “What qualities must a man possess to entitle him to be called a scholar?”
     The Master said, “He must be thus: earnest, urgent, and bland ― among his friends, earnest and urgent; among his brethren, bland.”

Derived terms

• 切切偲偲