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Chinese
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pour; to deliberate
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to pour the alcoholic drink; to consider
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| trad. (斟酌)
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斟
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酌
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| simp. #(斟酌)
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斟
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酌
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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斟
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酌
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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zhēn
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zhuó
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsyim ›
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‹ tsyak ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*t.m/
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/*tewk/
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| English
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deliberate (v.)
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pour; deliberate (v.)
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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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斟
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酌
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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11291
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11189
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Phonetic
component
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甚
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勺
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Rime
group
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侵
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藥
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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斟
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灼
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Old
Chinese
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/*kljum/
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/*pljewɢ/
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| Notes
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勺分化字
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Verb
斟酌
- (literary, literally) to pour an insufficient or excessive amount of alcoholic beverage into a cup or glass
- (literary) to pour the alcoholic beverage into a cup or glass, etc.
- (literary) to drink alcohol
- (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.
- (figurative, Hokkien) to discuss; to talk over
- (figurative, Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to be careful; to take care
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
References
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
斟酌 • (shinshaku)
- consideration (for others); (making) allowance
Korean
Noun
斟酌 • (jimjak) (hangeul 짐작)
- hanja form? of 짐작 (“guess; assumption; conjecture”)
Vietnamese
Verb
斟酌
- chữ Hán form of châm chước (“to accommodate, to reconcile”).