慫恿

See also: 怂恿

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (慫恿)		慫	恿
simp. (怂恿)		怂	恿
alternative forms		從容／从容 慫慂／怂慂 慫惥／怂惥 𢠰悀 慫悀／怂悀 從容／从容 慫慂／怂慂 慫惥／怂惥 𢠰悀 慫悀／怂悀 聳恿／耸恿 聳惥／耸惥

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǒngyǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥˇ ㄩㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sung² jung²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): song² iong³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǒngyǒng [Phonetic: sóngyǒng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥˇ ㄩㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǒngyǒng
    • Wade–Giles: sung³-yung³
    • Yale: sǔng-yǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: soongyeong
    • Palladius: сунъюн (sunʺjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sung² jung²
    • Yale: súng yúng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sung² jung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sung² yung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ³⁵ jʊŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: song² iong³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sóng iòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /soŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ ioŋ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: sjowngX yowngX

Rime
Character	慫	恿
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	息拱切	余隴切
Baxter	sjowngX	yowngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨoŋX/	/jɨoŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/sioŋX/	/jioŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/sioŋX/	/ioŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suawŋX/	/juawŋX/
Li Rong	/sioŋX/	/ioŋX/
Wang Li	/sĭwoŋX/	/jĭwoŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯woŋX/	/i̯woŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sǒng	yǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sung2	jung5

Verb

慫恿

1. to instigate; to incite; to provoke

Synonyms

• 主使 (zhǔshǐ)
• 使使 (Hokkien)
• 使唆 (Hokkien)
• 助長／助长 (zhùzhǎng)
• 勾引 (gōuyǐn)
• 反間／反间 (fǎnjiàn)
• 唆使 (suōshǐ)
• 唆擺／唆摆 (so¹ baai²) (Cantonese)
• 嗾使 (sǒushǐ)
• 引誘／引诱 (yǐnyòu)
• 引逗 (yǐndòu)
• 扇動／扇动 (shāndòng)
• 拖逗 (tuōdòu) (literary)
• 指使 (zhǐshǐ)
• 挑動／挑动 (tiǎodòng)
• 挑唆 (tiǎosuō)
• 挑撥／挑拨 (tiǎobō)
• 挑起 (tiǎoqǐ)
• 挑釁／挑衅 (tiǎoxìn)
• 搬弄 (bānnòng)
• 撮弄 (cuōnòng) (literary)
• 撥弄／拨弄 (bōnòng)
• 攏慫／拢怂 (Hokkien)
• 攛掇／撺掇 (cuānduo) (colloquial)
• 教唆 (jiàosuō)
• 煽動／煽动 (shāndòng)
• 煽惑 (shānhuò)
• 簸弄 (bǒnòng)
• 縱臾／纵臾 (zǒngyǒng) (obsolete)
• 縱踴／纵踊 (obsolete)
• 誘使／诱使 (yòushǐ)
• 離間／离间 (líjiàn)
• 鼓動／鼓动 (gǔdòng)
• 鼓惑 (gǔhuò)