莘莘

Chinese

		Asarum sieboldi; long; numerous	Asarum sieboldi; long; numerous
trad. (莘莘)		莘	莘
simp. #(莘莘)		莘	莘
alternative forms		駪駪／𬳽𬳽 詵詵／诜诜 甡甡 兟兟 侁侁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēnshēn, xīnxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄕㄣ, ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ san¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēnshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shenshen
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹-shên¹
    • Yale: shēn-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenshen
    • Palladius: шэньшэнь (šɛnʹšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinsin
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-hsin¹
    • Yale: syīn-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinshin
    • Palladius: синьсинь (sinʹsinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ san¹
    • Yale: sān sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: srin srin

Rime
Character	莘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	臻 (46)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所臻切
Baxter	srin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃɪn/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃien/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂin/
Li Rong	/ʃiĕn/
Wang Li	/ʃĭen/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯æn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	san1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*sri[n]  sri[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sriŋ  sriŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	莘
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shēn
Middle Chinese	‹ srin ›
Old Chinese	/*sri[n]/
English	long, drawn-out
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	莘
Reading #	1/1
No.	13819
Phonetic component	辛
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	莘
Old Chinese	/*sriŋ/

Adjective

莘莘

1. (literary, ideophonic) many; numerous
2. (literary, ideophonic) lush; luxuriant

Derived terms

• 莘莘學子／莘莘学子 (shēnshēnxuézǐ)