自省

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Chinese

from; self; oneself
from; self; oneself; since
 
comprehend; introspect; visit
comprehend; introspect; visit; frugal; save; to omit; to leave out; to save (money); province
 
simp. and trad.
(自省)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (15) (16)
Final () (15) (121)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter dzijH sjengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ziɪH/ /siᴇŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ziH/ /siɛŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡zjɪH/ /siæŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ziH/ /siajŋX/
Li
Rong
/d͡ziH/ /siɛŋX/
Wang
Li
/d͡ziH/ /sĭɛŋX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/d͡zʱiH/ /si̯ɛŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xǐng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zi6 sing2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xǐng
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzijH › ‹ sjengX ›
Old
Chinese
/*s.i-s/ /*eŋʔ/
English self (adv.) inspect

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
Reading # 1/1 2/2
No. 17879 11386
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɦljids/ /*sleŋʔ/

Verb

自省

  1. (literary) to self-reflect
    我們保持深度自省
    我们保持深度自省
    Wǒmen yào bǎochí shēndù zìxǐng.
    We should keep on examining ourselves critically.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
せい
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

()(せい) (jisei

  1. self-reflection
    Synonym: 反省 (hansei)

Verb

()(せい)する (jisei surusuru (stem ()(せい) (jisei shi), past ()(せい)した (jisei shita))

  1. to self-reflect

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN