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Chinese
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(air or water) tight; stern; serious (air or water) tight; stern; serious; strict; severe |
Gansu; respectful
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| trad. (嚴肅)
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嚴
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肅
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| simp. (严肃)
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严
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肃
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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嚴
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肅
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/5
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yán
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sù
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ngjæm ›
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‹ sjuwk ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋ(r)am/
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/*siwk/
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| English
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stern, majestic
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solemn, severe
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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嚴
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肅
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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3692
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12125
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Phonetic
component
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敢
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肅
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Rime
group
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談
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覺
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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嚴
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肅
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋam/
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/*sɯwɢ/
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Adjective
嚴肅
- solemn; stately; serious
特區應嚴肅處理公務員違規事件。 [MSC, trad.]
特区应严肃处理公务员违规事件。 [MSC, simp.]- Tèqū yīng yánsù chǔlǐ gōngwùyuán wéiguī shìjiàn.
- Special administrative regions should seriously punish civil servants who violate regulations.
- earnest; serious
Synonyms
Verb
嚴肅
- to make serious or severe
- to strictly enforce
Derived terms
Japanese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 嚴肅 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 嚴肅, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
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Korean
Noun
嚴肅 • (eomsuk) (hangeul 엄숙)
- hanja form? of 엄숙 (“solemnity; graveness; seriousness”)