蕭條

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See also: 萧条, and 蕭条

Chinese

mournful
measure word for long, thin things (i.e. ribbon, river, etc.); a strip; item
measure word for long, thin things (i.e. ribbon, river, etc.); a strip; item; article
 
trad. (蕭條)
simp. (萧条)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (16) (7)
Final () (93) (93)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV IV
Fanqie
Baxter sew dew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/seu/ /deu/
Pan
Wuyun
/seu/ /deu/
Shao
Rongfen
/seu/ /deu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sɛw/ /dɛw/
Li
Rong
/seu/ /deu/
Wang
Li
/sieu/ /dieu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/sieu/ /dʱieu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiāo tiáo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
siu1 tiu4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xiāo xiāo tiáo tiáo
Middle
Chinese
‹ sew › ‹ sew › ‹ dew › ‹ dew ›
Old
Chinese
/*sˁiw/ /*sˁiw/ /*ˁiw/ /*lˁiw/
English Artemisia 蕭蕭 neighing of horses arrange branch (n.), shoot (n.)

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 1/1
No. 12114 15466
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sɯːw/ /*l'ɯːw/

Adjective

蕭條

  1. (ideophonic) bleak; desolate
  2. (economics, of an economy) in a slump; slack
    經濟蕭條经济萧条  ―  jīngjì xiāotiáo  ―  economic depression

Synonyms

  • (bleak):
  • (in a slump):

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of in a slump):

Noun

蕭條

  1. (economics, business, finance) recession; depression; slump

Synonyms

Derived terms