淅瀝

Chinese

		sound of rain; sleet etc.	drip
trad. (淅瀝)		淅	瀝
simp. (淅沥)		淅	沥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄌㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: silì
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-li⁴
    • Yale: syī-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shilih
    • Palladius: сили (sili)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ li⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Middle Chinese: sek lek

Rime
Character	淅	瀝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	錫 (127)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	先擊切	郎擊切
Baxter	sek	lek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sek̚/	/lek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/sek̚/	/lek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛk̚/	/lɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛjk̚/	/lɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/sek̚/	/lek̚/
Wang Li	/siek̚/	/liek̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/siek̚/	/liek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xi	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik1	lik6

Noun

淅瀝

1. (onomatopoeia) The sound of a drizzle, breeze, moving shuttle, falling leaves, etc.

Derived terms

• 淅淅瀝瀝 / 淅淅沥沥