瑟縮

Chinese

		(mus. instr.)	to withdraw; to pull back; to contract to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce
trad. (瑟縮)		瑟	縮
simp. (瑟缩)		瑟	缩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sèsuō

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄜˋ ㄙㄨㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ suk¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sèsuō
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄜˋ ㄙㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sèsuo
  - Wade–Giles: sê⁴-so¹
  - Yale: sè-swō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sehsuo
  - Palladius: сэсо (sɛso)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɤ⁵¹ su̯ɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sat¹ suk¹
  - Yale: sāt sūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ suk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ sug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ sʊk̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: srit srjuwk

Rime
Character	瑟	縮
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	臻 (51)	東 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	所櫛切	所六切
Baxter	srit	srjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɪt̚/	/ʃɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃɪt̚/	/ʃiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiet̚/	/ʃiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂit̚/	/ʂuwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʃiĕt̚/	/ʃiuk̚/
Wang Li	/ʃĭet̚/	/ʃĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯æt̚/	/ʂi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	she	shu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sat¹	suk¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[s.m]ri[t] [s]ruk/

(Zhengzhang): /*smriɡ sruɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	瑟	縮
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sè	suō
Middle Chinese	‹ srit ›	‹ srjuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*[s.m]ri[t]/	/*[s]ruk/
English	lute	shrink
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] 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	瑟	瑟	縮
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	599	602	12107
Phonetic component	必	必	宿
Rime group	質	質	覺
Rime subdivision	2	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	瑟	瑟	縮
Old Chinese	/*smriɡ/	/*smriɡ/	/*sruɡ/

Verb

瑟縮

to curl up shivering; to cower
- 2024, 林家謙 [Terence Lam] (lyrics and music), “無答案 [Nocture]”‎performed by 林家謙 [Terence Lam]:
  
  瑟縮於窗邊一角呆呆地遙望 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  瑟缩于窗边一角呆呆地遥望 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  sat¹ suk¹ jyu¹ coeng¹ bin¹ jat¹ gok³ ngoi⁴ ngoi⁴ dei⁶ jiu⁴ mong⁶ [Jyutping]
  Cowering in a corner beside the window, staring blankly at a distance

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