瑟瑟

Chinese

		(mus. instr.)	(mus. instr.)
trad. (瑟瑟)		瑟	瑟
simp. #(瑟瑟)		瑟	瑟

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sèsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄜˋ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ sat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sèsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄜˋ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sèsè
    • Wade–Giles: sê⁴-sê⁴
    • Yale: sè-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sehseh
    • Palladius: сэсэ (sɛsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sat¹ sat¹
    • Yale: sāt sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ sɐt̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: srit srit

Rime
Character	瑟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	櫛 (51)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所櫛切
Baxter	srit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃɪt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂit̚/
Li Rong	/ʃiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/ʃĭet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯æt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	she
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sat1

Noun

瑟瑟

1. (literary) a kind of dark green gemstone
2. (onomatopoeia) sound of wind; sough; rustle

Derived terms

• 瑟瑟枕

 

Adjective

瑟瑟

1. (literary) dark green
2. (literary, ideophonic) cold
3. (literary, ideophonic) desolate
4. (ideophonic) shivering; trembling
5. (ideophonic) rustling; swishing
6. (Internet slang) Alternative form of 色色 (sèsè)

Derived terms

• 冷瑟瑟
• 抖抖瑟瑟
• 瑟瑟塵／瑟瑟尘
• 瑟瑟幕
• 瑟瑟縮縮／瑟瑟缩缩