習習

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Chinese

to practise; to study; habit to practise; to study; habit
trad. (習習)
simp. (习习)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (17)
Final () (141)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter zip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ziɪp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/zip̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/zjep̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/zip̚/
Li
Rong
/ziəp̚/
Wang
Li
/zĭĕp̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/zi̯əp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zap6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ zip ›
Old
Chinese
/*s-ɢʷəp/ (with root *ɢʷəp ‘wing’?)
English repeat; practice

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
No. 13387
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ljub/

Adjective

習習

  1. (literary, of wind) blowing gently