休戚

Chinese

		to rest	get close to; relative; sorrow get close to; relative; sorrow; battle-axe
simp. and trad. (休戚)		休	戚

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiūqī

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ cik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiu-chhek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiūqī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siouci
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-chʻi¹
    • Yale: syōu-chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiouchi
    • Palladius: сюци (sjuci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau¹ cik¹
    • Yale: yāu chīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ tsik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ qig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiu-chhek
    • Tâi-lô: hiu-tshik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiuzheg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiu⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/

Noun

休戚

1. joy and sorrow

Japanese

Kanji in this term
休	戚
きゅう Grade: 1	せき Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

休(きゅう)戚(せき) • (kyūseki) 

1. joy and sorrow

Korean

Hanja in this term
休	戚

Noun

休戚 • (hyucheok) (hangeul 휴척)

1. Hanja form^? of 휴척 (“joy and sorrow”).