宿宿

Chinese

Etymology 1

		(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night (a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former	(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night (a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former
simp. and trad. (宿宿)		宿	宿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sùsù

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄙㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sùsù
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sùsù
    • Wade–Giles: su⁴-su⁴
    • Yale: sù-sù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhsuh
    • Palladius: сусу (susu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹⁻⁵³ su⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Middle Chinese: sjuwk sjuwk

Rime
Character	宿
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	東 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息逐切
Baxter	sjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/siuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/siuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suwk̚/
Li Rong	/siuk̚/
Wang Li	/sĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	su
Expected Cantonese Reflex	suk1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]uk  [s]uk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*suɡ  suɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	宿
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sù
Middle Chinese	‹ sjuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]uk/
English	spend the night
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	宿
Reading #	2/2
No.	12105
Phonetic component	宿
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	肅
Old Chinese	/*suɡ/

Verb

宿宿

1. (obsolete) to stay for two nights

Etymology 2

		(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night (a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former	(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night (a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former
simp. and trad. (宿宿)		宿	宿
alternative forms		蹜蹜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sùsù

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄙㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sùsù
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sùsù
    • Wade–Giles: su⁴-su⁴
    • Yale: sù-sù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhsuh
    • Palladius: сусу (susu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹⁻⁵³ su⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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Adjective

宿宿

1. (obsolete) walking slowly in small steps