閃閃

See also: 闪闪

Chinese

		flash; lightning	flash; lightning
trad. (閃閃)		閃	閃
simp. (闪闪)		闪	闪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǎnshǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˇ ㄕㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sim² sim²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǎnshǎn [Phonetic: shánshǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˇ ㄕㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǎnshǎn
    • Wade–Giles: shan³-shan³
    • Yale: shǎn-shǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaanshaan
    • Palladius: шаньшань (šanʹšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sim² sim²
    • Yale: sím sím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sim² sim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xim² xim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːm³⁵ siːm³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: syemX|syemH syemX|syemH

Rime
Character	閃	閃
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	失冉切	舒贍切
Baxter	syemX	syemH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇmX/	/ɕiᴇmH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛmX/	/ɕiɛmH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæmX/	/ɕjæmH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiamX/	/ɕiamH/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛmX/	/ɕiɛmH/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛmX/	/ɕĭɛmH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛmX/	/ɕi̯ɛmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǎn	shàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sim2	sim3

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 閃閃

1. (ideophonic) glittering; glistening
2. (ideophonic, literary) swaying