守成

Chinese

		to guard	finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth
simp. and trad. (守成)		守	成

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² sing⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-sêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuchéng
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-chʻêng²
    • Yale: shǒu-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooucherng
    • Palladius: шоучэн (šoučɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² sing⁴
    • Yale: sáu sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ sɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-sêng
    • Tâi-lô: siú-sîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siwseeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: syuwX|syuwH dzyeng

Rime
Character	守	守	成
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	書 (26)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	書九切	舒救切	是征切
Baxter	syuwX	syuwH	dzyeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨuX/	/ɕɨuH/	/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiuX/	/ɕiuH/	/d͡ʑiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiəuX/	/ɕiəuH/	/d͡ʑiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕuwX/	/ɕuwH/	/d͡ʑiajŋ/
Li Rong	/ɕiuX/	/ɕiuH/	/ʑiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/ɕĭəuX/	/ɕĭəuH/	/ʑĭɛŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ə̯uX/	/ɕi̯ə̯uH/	/ʑi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǒu	shòu	chéng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau2	sau3	sing4

Verb

守成

1. to inherit and maintain the achievements of one's predecessors

Synonyms

• (literary) 持守 (chíshǒu)