斯須

See also: 斯须

Chinese

		phonetic; this	necessary; must; need
trad. (斯須)		斯	須
simp. (斯须)		斯	须

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sīxū

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sīxū
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihsyu
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-hsü¹
    • Yale: sz̄-syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syshiu
    • Palladius: сысюй (sysjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ seoi²
    • Yale: sī séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sje sju

Rime
Character	斯	須
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	息移切	相俞切
Baxter	sje	sju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇ/	/sɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛ/	/sio/
Shao Rongfen	/sjɛ/	/sio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siə̆/	/suə̆/
Li Rong	/sie/	/sio/
Wang Li	/sǐe/	/sĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/sie̯/	/si̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sī	xū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si1	seoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*se  [s]o/

  (Zhengzhang): /*se  so/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	斯	須
Reading #	3/3	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sī	xū
Middle Chinese	‹ sje ›	‹ sju ›
Old Chinese	/*se/	/*[s]o/
English	斯須 a short time	斯須 a short time
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	斯	須
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11995	13955
Phonetic component	斯	須
Rime group	支	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	斯	須
Old Chinese	/*se/	/*so/
Notes	朱駿聲雲斯爲會意字， 非其聲

Noun

斯須

1. (literary) a little while; a moment

   • 禮樂不可斯須去身。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     礼乐不可斯须去身。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Lǐyuè bùkě sīxū qù shēn. [Pinyin]

     Ceremonies and music should not for a moment be neglected by any one.