斟酌

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 斟酌. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 斟酌, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 斟酌 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 斟酌 you have here. The definition of the word 斟酌 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of斟酌, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Chinese

pour; to deliberate to pour the alcoholic drink; to consider
trad. (斟酌) 斟 酌
simp. #(斟酌) 斟 酌

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 斟 酌
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 章 (23) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 侵 (139) 藥 (107)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 職深切 之若切
Baxter tsyim tsyak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ɕiɪm/ /t͡ɕɨɐk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡ɕim/ /t͡ɕiɐk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ɕjem/ /t͡ɕiɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/cim/ /cɨak̚/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ɕiəm/ /t͡ɕiak̚/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ɕĭĕm/ /t͡ɕĭak̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡ɕi̯əm/ /t͡ɕi̯ak̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhēn zhuo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zam1 zoek3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 斟 酌
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zhēn zhuó
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsyim › ‹ tsyak ›
Old
Chinese 		/*t.m/ /*tewk/
English deliberate (v.) pour; deliberate (v.)

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 斟 酌
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11291 11189
Phonetic
component 		甚 勺
Rime
group 		侵 藥
Rime
subdivision 		3 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		斟 灼
Old
Chinese 		/*kljum/ /*pljewɢ/
Notes 勺分化字

Verb

斟酌

  1. (literary) to pour an insufficient or excessive amount of alcoholic beverage into a cup or glass
  2. (literary) to pour the alcoholic beverage into a cup or glass, etc.
  3. (literary) to drink alcohol
  4. (figurative) to consider; to deliberate; to think about carefully
    值得斟酌  ―  zhídé zhēnzhuó  ―  to be worth thinking about
    請您自行斟酌。／请您自行斟酌。  ―  Qǐng nín zìxíng zhēnzhuó.  ―  Please think about this carefully by yourself.
  5. (figurative, Hokkien) to discuss; to talk over
  6. (figurative, Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to be careful; to take care

Synonyms

  • (to consider):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (斟酌):

References

Japanese

Kanji in this term
斟 酌
しん
Hyōgai 		しゃく
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

斟(しん)酌(しゃく) • (shinshaku) 

  1. consideration (for others); (making) allowance

Korean

Hanja in this term
斟酌

Noun

斟酌 • (jimjak) (hangeul 짐작)

  1. hanja form? of 짐작 (“guess; assumption; conjecture”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
斟酌

Verb

斟酌

  1. chữ Hán form of châm chước (“to accommodate, to reconcile”).
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia