斯須

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See also: 斯须

Chinese

phonetic; this necessary; must; need
trad. (斯須)
simp. (斯须)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (16) (16)
Final () (11) (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter sje sju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/siᴇ/ /sɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/siɛ/ /sio/
Shao
Rongfen
/sjɛ/ /sio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/siə̆/ /suə̆/
Li
Rong
/sie/ /sio/
Wang
Li
/sǐe/ /sĭu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/sie̯/ /si̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
si1 seoi1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 3/3 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ sje › ‹ sju ›
Old
Chinese
/*se/ /*o/
English 斯須 a short time 斯須 a short time

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11995 13955
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*se/ /*so/
Notes 駿

Noun

斯須

  1. (literary) a little while; a moment