蕭索

See also: 萧索

Chinese

		mournful	to search; to demand; to ask to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated
trad. (蕭索)		蕭	索
simp. (萧索)		萧	索

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāosuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄙㄨㄛˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāosuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siaosuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-so³
    • Yale: syāu-swǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiausuoo
    • Palladius: сяосо (sjaoso)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: sew sak

Rime
Character	蕭	索
Reading #	1/1	1/3
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	蘇彫切	蘇各切
Baxter	sew	sak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/seu/	/sɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/seu/	/sɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/seu/	/sɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛw/	/sak̚/
Li Rong	/seu/	/sɑk̚/
Wang Li	/sieu/	/sɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/sieu/	/sɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāo	suo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu1	sok3

Adjective

蕭索

1. bleak and chilly; desolate