私語

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See also: 私语

Chinese

personal; private; selfish
speech; language; dialect
speech; language; dialect; tell to
 
trad. (私語) 私 語
simp. (私语) 私 语

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 私 語
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial (聲) 心 (16) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 脂 (15) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 息夷切 魚巨切
Baxter sij ngjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/siɪ/ /ŋɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/si/ /ŋiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/sjɪ/ /ŋiɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/si/ /ŋɨə̆X/
Li
Rong 		/si/ /ŋiɔX/
Wang
Li 		/si/ /ŋĭoX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/si/ /ŋi̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		sī yǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		si1 jyu5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 私 語
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		sī yǔ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ sij › ‹ ngjoX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*əj/ /*ŋ(r)aʔ/
English private speak

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 私 語
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 11949 13159
Phonetic
component 		厶 五
Rime
group 		脂 魚
Rime
subdivision 		1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		私 語
Old
Chinese 		/*sil/ /*ŋaʔ/

Verb

私語

  1. (literary) to whisper; to talk in hushed tones

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (私語):
  • → Japanese: 私(し)語(ご) (shigo)
  • → Korean: 사어(私語) (sa'eo)

Noun

私語

  1. secret talk; confidences

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
私 語
し
Grade: 6 		ご
Grade: 2
goon

Pronunciation

Noun

私(し)語(ご) • (shigo) 

  1. whisper, whispering; private or secret talk

Verb

私(し)語(ご)する • (shigo suru) suru (stem 私(し)語(ご)し (shigo shi), past 私(し)語(ご)した (shigo shita))

  1. to whisper
Conjugation
Conjugation of "私語する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 私語し しごし shigo shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 私語し しごし shigo shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 私語する しごする shigo suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 私語する しごする shigo suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 私語すれ しごすれ shigo sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 私語せよ¹
私語しろ² 		しごせよ¹
しごしろ² 		shigo seyo¹
shigo shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 私語される しごされる shigo sareru
Causative 私語させる
私語さす 		しごさせる
しごさす 		shigo saseru
shigo sasu
Potential 私語できる しごできる shigo dekiru
Volitional 私語しよう しごしよう shigo shiyō
Negative 私語しない しごしない shigo shinai
Negative continuative 私語せず しごせず shigo sezu
Formal 私語します しごします shigo shimasu
Perfective 私語した しごした shigo shita
Conjunctive 私語して しごして shigo shite
Hypothetical conditional 私語すれば しごすれば shigo sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
私 語
ささやき
Grade: 6 Grade: 2
jukujikun

Noun

私語(ささやき) • (sasayaki) 

  1. Alternative spelling of 囁き

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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