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Chinese
Etymology 1
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get close to; relative; sorrow get close to; relative; sorrow; battle-axe |
get close to; relative; sorrow get close to; relative; sorrow; battle-axe |
simp. and trad.
(戚戚)
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戚
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戚
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| alternative forms
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慼慼 “sorrowful”
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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戚
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戚
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| Reading #
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2/4
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4/4
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qī
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qī
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tshek ›
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‹ tshek ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*s.tʰˁiwk/
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/*s.tʰˁiwk/
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| English
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relatives
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worried; sad; depressed
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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戚
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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11729
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Phonetic
component
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尗
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Rime
group
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覺
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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戚
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Old
Chinese
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/*sʰlɯːwɢ/
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Adjective
戚戚
- (ideophonic, literary) intimate; closely related
- (ideophonic, literary) apprehensive; distressed; sorrowful
子曰：「君子坦蕩蕩，小人長戚戚。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
子曰：「君子坦荡荡，小人长戚戚。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǐ yuē: “Jūnzǐ tǎndàngdàng, xiǎorén cháng qīqī.”
- The Master said, “The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.”
尋尋覓覓，冷冷清清，淒淒慘慘戚戚。 [MSC, trad.]
寻寻觅觅，冷冷清清，凄凄惨惨戚戚。 [MSC, simp.]- From: Li Qingzhao, 《聲聲慢》 (A Long Melancholy Tune)
- Xúnxúnmìmì, lěnglěngqīngqīng, qīqīcǎncǎn qīqī.
- Searching, seeking, seeking, searching, what comes of it but coldness and desolation, a world of dreariness and misery and stabbing pain!
- (ideophonic, literary, of one's heart) moved; swayed
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Adjective
戚戚
- (ideophonic, literary) hurried; rushed