蕭蕭

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See also: 萧萧

Chinese

		mournful	mournful
trad. (蕭蕭)		蕭	蕭
simp. (萧萧)		萧	萧

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāoxiāo

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠㄒㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ siu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāoxiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠㄒㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siaosiao
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-hsiao¹
  - Yale: syāu-syāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaushiau
  - Palladius: сяосяо (sjaosjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu¹ siu¹
  - Yale: sīu sīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ siu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ xiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: sew sew

Rime
Character	蕭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	蘇彫切
Baxter	sew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/seu/
Pan Wuyun	/seu/
Shao Rongfen	/seu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛw/
Li Rong	/seu/
Wang Li	/sieu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*sˤiw sˤiw/

(Zhengzhang): /*sɯːw sɯːw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蕭	蕭
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiāo	xiāo
Middle Chinese	‹ sew ›	‹ sew ›
Old Chinese	/*sˁiw/	/*sˁiw/
English	Artemisia	蕭蕭 neighing of horses
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	蕭
Reading #	1/1
No.	12114
Phonetic component	肅
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	蕭
Old Chinese	/*sɯːw/

Verb

蕭蕭

(literary, onomatopoeia) to neigh
- 車轔轔，馬蕭蕭，行人弓箭各在腰。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  车辚辚，马萧萧，行人弓箭各在腰。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 杜甫 (Du Fu) (712-770), 《兵車行》 (The Army Wagons: A Ballad); translated by Stephen Owen
  Chē línlín, mǎ xiāoxiāo, xíngrén gōngjiàn gè zài yāo.
  Wagons rattling,
  horses neighing,
  men walking, each with bow and arrows at the waist.
(literary, onomatopoeia, of winds blowing in a desolate place, or of such a place itself) to make bleak sounds; to be bleak with wind
- 風蕭蕭兮易水寒，壯士一去兮不復還！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  风萧萧兮易水寒，壮士一去兮不复还！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE
  Fēng xiāoxiāo xī Yìshuǐ hán, zhuàngshì yī qù xī bù fù huán!
  The winds are bleak and the waters of the Yi are cold; once a brave man leaves, he never comes back!
(literary, onomatopoeia) the sound of falling leaves
- 無邊落木蕭蕭下，不盡長江滾滾來。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  无边落木萧萧下，不尽长江滚滚来。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 767, Du Fu (杜甫), 《登高》.
  Wúbiān luòmù xiāoxiāo xià, bùjìn Chángjiāng gǔngǔn lái.
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Adjective

蕭蕭

(literary) sparse; thinly spread; few and scattered; few and far between

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