閃爍

See also: 闪烁

Chinese

Etymology 1

		flash; lightning	bright; luminous
trad. (閃爍)		閃	爍
simp. (闪烁)		闪	烁
alternative forms		閃鑠／闪铄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǎnshuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sim² soek³ / sim² lik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siám-siok / siám-siak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǎnshuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǎnshuò
    • Wade–Giles: shan³-shuo⁴
    • Yale: shǎn-shwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaanshuoh
    • Palladius: шаньшо (šanʹšo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sim² soek³ / sim² lik¹
    • Yale: sím seuk / sím līk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sim² soek⁸ / sim² lik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xim² sêg³ / xim² lig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːm³⁵ sœːk̚³/, /siːm³⁵ lɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siám-siok
    • Tâi-lô: siám-siok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siafmsiog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siám-siak
    • Tâi-lô: siám-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siafmsiag
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siak̚³²/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 閃爍

1. glistening; glimmering; flickering; twinkling

   星光閃爍／星光闪烁  ―  xīngguāng shǎnshuò  ―  glimmering starlight

2. vague; evasive; noncommittal

   閃爍其詞／闪烁其词  ―  shǎnshuòqící  ―  to speak evasively

Verb

閃爍

1. to glisten; to glimmer; to flicker; to twinkle

Synonyms

• 煥發／焕发 (huànfā)
• 閃耀／闪耀 (shǎnyào)

Etymology 2

		flash; lightning	bright; luminous
trad. (閃爍)		閃	爍
simp. (闪烁)		闪	烁
alternative forms		閃熾／闪炽 閃熠／闪熠 閃鑠／闪铄 閃閃／闪闪

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siám-sih / siám-sihⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siám-sih
    • Tâi-lô: siám-sih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siafmsiq
    • IPA (Taipei): /siam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siám-sihⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: siám-sinnh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siafmsviq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sĩʔ³²/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 閃爍

1. (Southern Min) glistening; glimmering; flickering; twinkling

Synonyms

• 閃閃爍爍／闪闪烁烁

References

• “Entry #6923”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
• “(#)”, in 臺灣閩南語按呢寫‎^[1], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2013.

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