蟄居

Chinese

		hibernate	reside
trad. (蟄居)		蟄	居
simp. (蛰居)		蛰	居

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhéjū, zhíjū

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˊ ㄐㄩ, ㄓˊ ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶ geoi¹ / zat⁶ geoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhéjū
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˊ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhéjyu
    • Wade–Giles: chê²-chü¹
    • Yale: jé-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jerjiu
    • Palladius: чжэцзюй (čžɛczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhíjū
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhíhjyu
    • Wade–Giles: chih²-chü¹
    • Yale: jŕ-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrjiu
    • Palladius: чжицзюй (čžiczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik⁶ geoi¹ / zat⁶ geoi¹
    • Yale: jihk gēui / jaht gēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹ goey¹ / dzat⁹ goey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶ gêu¹ / zed⁶ gêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚² kɵy̯⁵⁵/, /t͡sɐt̚² kɵy̯⁵⁵/

Verb

蟄居

1. to live in isolation; to live in seclusion

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蟄居):

• → Japanese: 蟄居(ちっきょ) (chikkyo)
• → Korean: 칩거(蟄居) (chipgeo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蟄	居
ちつ > ちっ Hyōgaiji	きょ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ち​っきょ [chíꜜkkyò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕik̚ʲkʲo̞]

Noun

蟄居(ちっきょ) • (chikkyo) 

1. being confined to one's house

Verb

蟄居(ちっきょ)する • (chikkyo suru) suru (stem 蟄居(ちっきょ)し (chikkyo shi), past 蟄居(ちっきょ)した (chikkyo shita))

1. Same as above.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "蟄居する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	蟄居し	ちっきょし	chikkyo shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	蟄居し	ちっきょし	chikkyo shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	蟄居する	ちっきょする	chikkyo suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	蟄居する	ちっきょする	chikkyo suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	蟄居すれ	ちっきょすれ	chikkyo sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	蟄居せよ¹ 蟄居しろ²	ちっきょせよ¹ ちっきょしろ²	chikkyo seyo¹ chikkyo shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	蟄居される	ちっきょされる	chikkyo sareru
Causative	蟄居させる 蟄居さす	ちっきょさせる ちっきょさす	chikkyo saseru chikkyo sasu
Potential	蟄居できる	ちっきょできる	chikkyo dekiru
Volitional	蟄居しよう	ちっきょしよう	chikkyo shiyō
Negative	蟄居しない	ちっきょしない	chikkyo shinai
Negative continuative	蟄居せず	ちっきょせず	chikkyo sezu
Formal	蟄居します	ちっきょします	chikkyo shimasu
Perfective	蟄居した	ちっきょした	chikkyo shita
Conjunctive	蟄居して	ちっきょして	chikkyo shite
Hypothetical conditional	蟄居すれば	ちっきょすれば	chikkyo sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative