跣足

Chinese

		barefooted	foot; to be sufficient
simp. and trad. (跣足)		跣	足

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎnzú

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄗㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin² zuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎnzú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄗㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎnzú
    • Wade–Giles: hsien³-tsu²
    • Yale: syǎn-dzú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheantzwu
    • Palladius: сяньцзу (sjanʹczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin² zuk¹
    • Yale: sín jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin² dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin² zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn³⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/

Verb

跣足

1. to be barefoot; to go barefoot

   • 軍馬亦是裸體跣足，右手執摽槍，左手執戰牌，别無所謂弓箭、砲石、甲胄之屬。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     军马亦是裸体跣足，右手执摽枪，左手执战牌，别无所谓弓箭、炮石、甲胄之属。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 1300, 周達觀 / 周达观 (Zhou Daguan), 《真臘風土記 / 真腊风土记》 (The Customs of Cambodia), translation by Peter Harris

     Jūnmǎ yì shì luǒtǐ xiǎnzú, yòushǒu zhí biào qiāng, zuǒshǒu zhí zhàn pái, bié wú suǒwèi gōngjiàn, pàoshí, jiǎzhòu zhī shǔ. [Pinyin]

     The soldiers, too, go naked and barefoot. In their right hand they carry a lance, and in their left hand a shield. They have nothing that could be called bows and arrows, trebuchets, body armor, helmets, or the like.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 赤腳 (“to be barefoot”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		赤足, 跣足
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		赤腳, 光腳
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	赤腳, 打赤腳, 光腳
	Harbin	光腳, 光腳兒
	Singapore	光腳
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	光腳丫子, 光腳丫兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	光著腳, 赤著腳
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	赤巴腳兒, 光腳丫子
	Wanrong	赤啪腳, 精啪腳 in Xianxi
	Xi'an	精腳, 精腳子
	Xining	精腳, 精腳片
	Xuzhou	赤腳
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	精腳片子
	Ürümqi	精腳片子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	光腳板, 光腳板兒
	Wuhan	赤腳
	Guiyang	光腳片, 光腳板, 光腳兩板
	Liuzhou	赤腳, 打赤腳
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	精腳巴, 光腳巴, 赤腳巴, 精腳一巴 emphasized
	Yangzhou	赤腳, 精腳
Cantonese	Guangzhou	除大赤腳, 除腳, 打赤腳
	Hong Kong	赤腳, 打赤腳, 赤大腳
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	赤腳
	Macau	剝赤腳
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	除腳
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	赤腳
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	脫出大腳
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	打赤腳
	Foshan	除腳, 除赤腳
	Foshan (Shunde)	除腳
	Foshan (Sanshui)	除腳
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	剝赤腳
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	剝赤腳
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	打赤腳
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	剝腳
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	打赤腳
	Taishan	撻岔腳
	Kaiping (Chikan)	撻岔腳
	Enping (Niujiang)	打岔腳
	Heshan (Yayao)	赤腳
	Dongguan	打赤腳
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	打赤腳
Gan	Nanchang	赤腳, 打赤腳
	Lichuan	赤腳
	Pingxiang	赤腳
Hakka	Meixian	赤腳, 打赤腳
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	打赤腳
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	打赤腳
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	打赤腳
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	剝赤腳
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	赤腳
	Yudu	赤腳, 打赤腳
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	打赤腳
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	打赤腳
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	打赤腳
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	打赤腳
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	打赤腳
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	打赤腳
Huizhou	Jixi	赤腳, 赤腳打掌, 打赤腳
Jin	Taiyuan	赤迫腳, 離鞋赤腳
	Xinzhou	赤腳, 赤腳尥蹄
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𢫦赤跤
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	褪跣跤
Southern Min	Xiamen	褪赤跤, 赤跤
	Quanzhou	褪赤跤, 赤跤
	Jinjiang	褪赤跤
	Zhangzhou	褪赤跤, 赤跤
	Tainan	褪赤跤 GT, 赤跤 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	褪赤跤
	Shantou	剝赤跤
	Jieyang	剝赤跤, 赤跤
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	剝赤跤
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	打赤腳
Wu	Shanghai	赤腳
	Shanghai (Chongming)	赤腳, 赤脚孛倒
	Suzhou	赤腳
	Danyang	赤腳
	Hangzhou	赤腳, 光腳
	Jinhua	赤腳, 赤腳撣地 derogatory
Xiang	Changsha	赤腳, 打赤腳
	Loudi	赤腳, 赤腳板
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (跣足):

• → Japanese: 跣足(せんそく) (sensoku)
• → Korean: 선족(跣足) (seonjok)