只消

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Chinese

 
only; merely; just
only; merely; just; but
 
consume; news; subside
consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish
trad. (只消)
simp. #(只消)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Initial () (23) (23) (16)
Final () (11) (11) (91)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Baxter tsye tsyeX sjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiᴇ/ /t͡ɕiᴇX/ /siᴇu/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕiɛ/ /t͡ɕiɛX/ /siɛu/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕjɛ/ /t͡ɕjɛX/ /sjæu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ciə̆/ /ciə̆X/ /siaw/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕie/ /t͡ɕieX/ /siɛu/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕǐe/ /t͡ɕǐeX/ /sĭɛu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕie̯/ /t͡ɕie̯X/ /si̯ɛu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhī zhǐ xiāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zi1 zi2 siu1

Adverb

只消

  1. (dialectal or early vernacular Chinese) all one has to do is; you only need to

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