須臾

See also: 须臾

Chinese

		necessary; must; need	surname; a moment; little while
trad. (須臾)		須	臾
simp. (须臾)		须	臾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xūyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi¹ jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xūyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuyú
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹-yü²
    • Yale: syū-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuyu
    • Palladius: сюйюй (sjujjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi¹ jyu⁴
    • Yale: sēui yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵ jyː²¹/

Etymology 1

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 須臾

1. (literary) in an instant

Etymology 2

Calque of Sanskrit मुहूर्त (muhūrta).

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 須臾

1. (obsolete, Buddhism, archaic) A unit of time consisting of one-thirtieth of a day (approximately 48 minutes).

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
須	臾
しゅ Grade: S	ゆ Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Appears to be a shift in reading from suyu below, adopting the relatively newer kan'on reading of shu for the first character.

Noun

須(しゅ)臾(ゆ) • (shuyu) 

1. a short amount of time, a moment, an instant
2. (uncommon) a very small number, 10^-15

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
須	臾
す Grade: S	ゆ Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Probably from Middle Chinese 須臾 (MC sju yu). The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.

Ultimately derived as a meaning-based translation of Sanskrit मुहूर्त (muhūrta, “a moment, instant, any short space of time”), applied to the earlier phonetically transcribed term 牟呼栗多 (MC mjuw xu lit ta).

This reading appears to be less common than shuyu above.

Noun

須(す)臾(ゆ) • (suyu) 

1. a short amount of time, a moment, an instant
2. (uncommon) a very small number, 10^-15