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Chinese
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personal; private; selfish
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speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
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trad. (私語)
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私
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語
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simp. (私语)
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私
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语
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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私
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語
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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sī
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yǔ
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Middle Chinese
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‹ sij ›
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‹ ngjoX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*əj/
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/*ŋ(r)aʔ/
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English
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private
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speak
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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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私
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語
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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No.
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11949
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13159
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Phonetic component
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厶
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五
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Rime group
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脂
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魚
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Rime subdivision
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1
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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私
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語
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Old Chinese
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/*sil/
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/*ŋaʔ/
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Verb
私語
- (literary) to whisper; to talk in hushed tones
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
私語
- secret talk; confidences
Japanese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
私語 • (shigo)
- whisper, whispering; private or secret talk
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- 私語をするんじゃない!
- Shigo o suru n ja nai!
- No whispering!
Verb
私語する • (shigo suru) suru (stem 私語し (shigo shi), past 私語した (shigo shita))
- to whisper
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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私語し
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しごし
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shigo shi
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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私語し
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しごし
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shigo shi
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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私語する
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しごする
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shigo suru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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私語する
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しごする
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shigo suru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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私語すれ
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しごすれ
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shigo sure
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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私語せよ¹ 私語しろ²
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しごせよ¹ しごしろ²
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shigo seyo¹ shigo shiro²
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Key constructions
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Passive
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私語される
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しごされる
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shigo sareru
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Causative
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私語させる 私語さす
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しごさせる しごさす
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shigo saseru shigo sasu
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Potential
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私語できる
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しごできる
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shigo dekiru
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Volitional
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私語しよう
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しごしよう
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shigo shiyō
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Negative
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私語しない
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しごしない
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shigo shinai
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Negative continuative
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私語せず
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しごせず
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shigo sezu
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Formal
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私語します
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しごします
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shigo shimasu
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Perfective
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私語した
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しごした
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shigo shita
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Conjunctive
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私語して
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しごして
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shigo shite
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Hypothetical conditional
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私語すれば
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しごすれば
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shigo sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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Etymology 2
Noun
私語 • (sasayaki)
- Alternative spelling of 囁き
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.