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Chinese
Etymology
Cognate with 首施 (shǒushī, “to hesitate”).
Pronunciation
| Rime
|
| Character
|
首
|
首
|
鼠
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
1/1
|
| Initial (聲)
|
書 (26)
|
書 (26)
|
書 (26)
|
| Final (韻)
|
尤 (136)
|
尤 (136)
|
魚 (22)
|
| Tone (調)
|
Rising (X)
|
Departing (H)
|
Rising (X)
|
| Openness (開合)
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
| Division (等)
|
III
|
III
|
III
|
| Fanqie
|
書九切
|
舒救切
|
舒吕切
|
| Baxter
|
syuwX
|
syuwH
|
syoX
|
| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/ɕɨuX/
|
/ɕɨuH/
|
/ɕɨʌX/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/ɕiuX/
|
/ɕiuH/
|
/ɕiɔX/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/ɕiəuX/
|
/ɕiəuH/
|
/ɕiɔX/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/ɕuwX/
|
/ɕuwH/
|
/ɕɨə̆X/
|
Li
Rong
|
/ɕiuX/
|
/ɕiuH/
|
/ɕiɔX/
|
Wang
Li
|
/ɕĭəuX/
|
/ɕĭəuH/
|
/ɕĭoX/
|
Bernhard
Karlgren
|
/ɕi̯ə̯uX/
|
/ɕi̯ə̯uH/
|
/ɕi̯woX/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
shǒu
|
shòu
|
shǔ
|
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
sau2
|
sau3
|
syu2
|
Verb
首鼠
- to hesitate
Derived terms