肅殺

Chinese

		Gansu; respectful	to kill; to murder; to slaughter
trad. (肅殺)		肅	殺
simp. (肃杀)		肃	杀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sùshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ saat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sùshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sùsha
    • Wade–Giles: su⁴-sha¹
    • Yale: sù-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhsha
    • Palladius: суша (suša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: suk¹ saat³
    • Yale: sūk saat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ saat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ sad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ saːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: sjuwk sreat

Rime
Character	肅	殺
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)	鎋 (75)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	息逐切	所八切
Baxter	sjuwk	sreat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨuk̚/	/ʃˠɛt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/siuk̚/	/ʃᵚæt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/siuk̚/	/ʃæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suwk̚/	/ʂəɨt̚/
Li Rong	/siuk̚/	/ʃɛt̚/
Wang Li	/sĭuk̚/	/ʃæt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯uk̚/	/ʂat̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	su	sha
Expected Cantonese Reflex	suk1	saat3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*siwk  s<r>at/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɯwɢ  sreːd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	肅	肅	肅	肅	肅	殺
Reading #	1/5	2/5	3/5	4/5	5/5	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sù	sù	sù	sù	sù	shā
Middle Chinese	‹ sjuwk ›	‹ sjuwk ›	‹ sjuwk ›	‹ sjuwk ›	‹ sjuwk ›	‹ srɛt ›
Old Chinese	/*siwk/	/*siwk/	/*siwk/	/*siwk/	/*siwk/	/*s<r>at/
English	solemn, severe	contract (v.); shrivel	present (v.)	beat (v.)	eager; swift	kill
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	肅	殺
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	12125	11010
Phonetic component	肅	杀
Rime group	覺	月
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	肅	殺
Old Chinese	/*sɯwɢ/	/*sreːd/

Adjective

肅殺

1. harsh and desolate