嚴肅

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See also: 严肃

Chinese

(air or water) tight; stern; serious
(air or water) tight; stern; serious; strict; severe
 
 Gansu; respectful
trad. (嚴肅) 嚴 肅
simp. (严肃) 严 肃

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 嚴 肅
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 嚴 (145) 屋 (4)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 語𩏩切 息逐切
Baxter ngjaem sjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋɨɐm/ /sɨuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋiɐm/ /siuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋiɐm/ /siuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋɨam/ /suwk̚/
Li
Rong 		/ŋiɐm/ /siuk̚/
Wang
Li 		/ŋĭɐm/ /sĭuk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ŋi̯ɐm/ /si̯uk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yán su
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jim4 suk1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 嚴 肅
Reading # 1/1 1/5
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yán sù
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ngjæm › ‹ sjuwk ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋ(r)am/ /*siwk/
English stern, majestic solemn, severe

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嚴 肅
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 3692 12125
Phonetic
component 		敢 肅
Rime
group 		談 覺
Rime
subdivision 		1 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		嚴 肅
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋam/ /*sɯwɢ/

Adjective

嚴肅

  1. solemn; stately; serious
    特區應嚴肅處理公務員違規事件。 [MSC, trad.]
    特区应严肃处理公务员违规事件。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tèqū yīng yánsù chǔlǐ gōngwùyuán wéiguī shìjiàn.
    Special administrative regions should seriously punish civil servants who violate regulations.
  2. earnest; serious

Synonyms

  • (solemn):
  • (earnest):

Verb

嚴肅

  1. to make serious or severe
  2. to strictly enforce

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
嚴 肅
げん
Jinmeiyō 		しゅく
Hyōgaiji
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 嚴肅 – see the following entry.
【厳粛げんしゅく】
grave, solemn, serious
solemnity, seriousness
(This term, 嚴肅, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
嚴肅

Noun

嚴肅 • (eomsuk) (hangeul 엄숙)

  1. Hanja form? of 엄숙 (“solemnity; graveness; seriousness”).
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