刺促

Chinese

		thorn; sting; prick thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder	to hurry; to rush; to hasten to hurry; to rush; to hasten; near; to promote
simp. and trad. (刺促)		刺	促

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qìcù, cìcù

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄘㄨˋ, ㄘˋ ㄘㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìcù
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄘㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìcù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-tsʻu⁴
    • Yale: chì-tsù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihtsuh
    • Palladius: цицу (cicu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cìcù
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄘㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìhcù
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴-tsʻu⁴
    • Yale: tsz̀-tsù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhtsuh
    • Palladius: цыцу (cycu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰu⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjek tshjowk

Rime
Character	刺	促
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)	燭 (8)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	七迹切	七玉切
Baxter	tshjek	tshjowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiᴇk̚/	/t͡sʰɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiɛk̚/	/t͡sʰiok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰiæk̚/	/t͡sʰiok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰiajk̚/	/t͡sʰuawk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiɛk̚/	/t͡sʰiok̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭɛk̚/	/t͡sʰĭwok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯ɛk̚/	/t͡sʰi̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qi	cu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cik1	cuk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰeɡs|sʰeɡ  sʰoɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	刺	刺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cì	cì
Middle Chinese	‹ tshjeH ›	‹ tshjek ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]ek-s/	/*[tsʰ]ek/
English	sharp point, thorn	pierce, stab
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	刺	刺	促
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	1746	1780	17927
Phonetic component	朿	朿	足
Rime group	賜	錫	屋
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	刺	皵	促
Old Chinese	/*sʰeɡs/	/*sʰeɡ/	/*sʰoɡ/

Adjective

刺促

1. (literary) busy
2. (literary) terrified; uneasy

Synonyms

• (busy):

• 冗忙 (rǒngmáng) (literary)
• 忙 (máng)
• 忙忙 (mángmáng) (literary)
• 忙碌 (mánglù)
• 煩忙／烦忙 (fánmáng) (literary)
• 繁忙 (fánmáng)

 

• (terrified):

• 怖懼／怖惧 (bùjù) (literary)
• 恐慌 (kǒnghuāng)
• 恐懼／恐惧 (kǒngjù)
• 惶恐 (huángkǒng)
• 慹／𰑔 (zhí)
• 遑急 (huángjí) (literary)
• 驚恐／惊恐 (jīngkǒng)
• 驚惶／惊惶 (jīnghuáng) (literary or Min Nan)
• 驚慌／惊慌 (jīnghuāng)
• 驚駭／惊骇 (jīnghài) (literary)