吮
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 吮. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 吮, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 吮 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 吮 you have here. The definition of the word 吮 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of吮, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
| ||||||||
Translingual
Han character
吮 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口戈竹山 (RIHU), four-corner 63010, composition ⿰口允)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 178, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3356
- Dae Jaweon: page 396, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 597, character 4
- Unihan data for U+542E
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
吮 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 損／损 Cantonese, nonstadard | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 吮 | |
|---|---|
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
|
|
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 唆 | *sloːl |
| 梭 | *sloːl |
| 葰 | *sloːlʔ, *sroːlʔ, *slul |
| 誜 | *sroːls |
| 朘 | *ʔslon |
| 捘 | *ʔsluːls, *ʔsluːns, *sʰlun |
| 荾 | *slul |
| 酸 | *sloːn |
| 狻 | *sloːn |
| 痠 | *sloːn |
| 鋑 | *ʔslon |
| 脧 | *ʔsluːl |
| 悛 | *sʰlon |
| 吮 | *zlonʔ, *ɦljunʔ |
| 萒 | *ɡronʔ, *lonʔ |
| 沇 | *lonʔ |
| 抁 | *lonʔ |
| 馻 | *lonʔ, *lunʔ |
| 兖 | *lonʔ |
| 渷 | *lonʔ |
| 兗 | *lonʔ |
| 焌 | *ʔsluːns, *ʔsluns, *sʰlud |
| 允 | *lunʔ |
| 狁 | *lunʔ |
| 玧 | *lunʔ |
| 俊 | *ʔsluns |
| 晙 | *ʔsluns, *sluns |
| 餕 | *ʔsluns |
| 畯 | *ʔsluns |
| 駿 | *ʔsluns |
| 竣 | *sʰlun |
| 皴 | *sʰlun |
| 逡 | *sʰlun |
| 踆 | *sʰlun |
| 夋 | *sʰlun |
| 埈 | *sluns |
| 陖 | *sluns |
| 鵕 | *sluns |
| 浚 | *sluns |
| 峻 | *sluns |
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): syun5 / seon5 / cyun5
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiôn
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhńg / chn̄g / chūiⁿ / ún
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shǔn
- Wade–Giles: shun3
- Yale: shwǔn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoen
- Palladius: шунь (šunʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu̯ən²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: syun5 / seon5 / cyun5
- Yale: syúhn / séuhn / chyúhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: syn5 / soen5 / tsyn5
- Guangdong Romanization: xun5 / sên5 / qun5
- Sinological IPA (key): /syːn¹³/, /sɵn¹³/, /t͡sʰyːn¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiôn
- Hakka Romanization System: qionˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: qion1
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯on²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhńg / chn̄g / chūiⁿ / ún
- Tâi-lô: tshńg / tsn̄g / tsuīnn / ún
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhngr, zng, zvui, uon
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁵³/, /t͡sŋ̍²²/, /t͡suĩ²²/, /un⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/, /t͡sŋ̍⁴¹/, /t͡suĩ⁴¹/, /un⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁵³/, /t͡sŋ̍²²/, /t͡suĩ²²/, /un⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁵³/, /t͡sŋ̍³³/, /t͡suĩ³³/, /un⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁴¹/, /t͡sŋ̍³³/, /t͡suĩ³³/, /un⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Middle Chinese: zywinX, dzjwenX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*zlonʔ/, /*ɦljunʔ/
Definitions
吮
Compounds
Etymology 2
| simp. and trad. |
吮 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 㖺 𦧊 啃 嗑 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhńg / chhúiⁿ
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhńg
- Tâi-lô: tshńg
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhngr
- IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰŋ̍⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhúiⁿ
- Tâi-lô: tshuínn
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhvuie
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuĩ⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡sʰuĩ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
Definitions
吮
- (Hokkien) to pick off or strip off or scrape off edible food from inedible material like bone, shell, or seeds (usually with one's teeth and/or tongue)
- (Hokkien) to gnaw; to nibble off causing holes (by insects)
- (Hokkien) to comb; to pluck or pick off dirt (as a bird grooms itself with its beak)
- (Hokkien, figurative) to nitpick; to find fault; to be fussy
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
吮
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}.
Readings
Korean
Hanja
吮 (eum 전 (jeon))
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}.
Vietnamese
Han character
吮: Hán Nôm readings: duyện, giỏn, duyên
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}.