閃爍

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See also: 闪烁

Chinese

Etymology 1

		flash; lightning	bright; luminous
trad. (閃爍)		閃	爍
simp. (闪烁)		闪	烁
alternative forms		閃鑠／闪铄

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǎnshuò

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sim² soek³ / sim² lik¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siám-siok / siám-siak

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǎnshuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǎnshuò
  - Wade–Giles: shan³-shuo⁴
  - Yale: shǎn-shwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaanshuoh
  - Palladius: шаньшо (šanʹšo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sim² soek³ / sim² lik¹
  - Yale: sím seuk / sím līk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sim² soek⁸ / sim² lik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: xim² sêg³ / xim² lig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːm³⁵ sœːk̚³/, /siːm³⁵ lɪk̚⁵/

Note: sim2 lik1 - non-standard.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siám-siok
  - Tâi-lô: siám-siok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siafmsiog
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siám-siak
  - Tâi-lô: siám-siak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siafmsiag
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siak̚³²/

Verb

閃爍

to glisten; to glimmer; to flicker; to twinkle
星光閃爍／星光闪烁 ― xīngguāng shǎnshuò ― glimmering starlight
to be vague; to be evasive; to be noncommittal
閃爍其詞／闪烁其词 ― shǎnshuòqící ― to speak evasively

Synonyms

(to glisten):

忽閃／忽闪
晃
煥發／焕发 (huànfā)
𥍉爍／𱳅烁 (Hokkien)
閃／闪 (shǎn)
閃光／闪光 (shǎnguāng)
閃動／闪动 (shǎndòng)
閃灼／闪灼 (shǎnzhuó)
閃耀／闪耀 (shǎnyào)

Derived terms

閃爍其詞／闪烁其词 (shǎnshuòqící)
閃閃爍爍／闪闪烁烁

Etymology 2

		flash; lightning	bright; luminous
trad. (閃爍)		閃	爍
simp. (闪烁)		闪	烁
alternative forms		閃熾／闪炽閃熠／闪熠閃鑠／闪铄閃閃／闪闪

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siám-sih / siám-sihⁿ

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siám-sih
  - Tâi-lô: siám-sih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siafmsiq
  - IPA (Taipei): /siam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siám-sihⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: siám-sinnh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siafmsviq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sĩʔ³²/

Adjective

閃爍

(Southern Min) glistening; glimmering; flickering; twinkling

Synonyms

閃閃爍爍／闪闪烁烁

References

“Entry #6899”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
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