灑掃

Chinese

		spill; sprinkle	broom; to sweep
trad. (灑掃)		灑	掃
simp. (洒扫)		洒	扫
anagram		掃灑／扫洒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǎsǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄚˇ ㄙㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa² sou³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sá-sàu / sèe-sò

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǎsǎo [Phonetic: sásǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄚˇ ㄙㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǎsǎo
    • Wade–Giles: sa³-sao³
    • Yale: sǎ-sǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saasao
    • Palladius: сасао (sasao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saa² sou³
    • Yale: sá sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saa² sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sa² sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː³⁵ sou̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sá-sàu
    • Tâi-lô: sá-sàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: safsaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sa⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sau⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèe-sò
    • Tâi-lô: sèe-sò
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ²¹⁻⁵³ so²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: srjeX|srjeH sawX

Rime
Character	灑	灑	掃
Reading #	1/4	4/4	1/2
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	生 (21)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	支 (13)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	I
Fanqie	所綺切	所寄切	蘇老切
Baxter	srjeX	srjeH	sawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠiᴇX/	/ʃˠiᴇH/	/sɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚiɛX/	/ʃᵚiɛH/	/sɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiɛX/	/ʃiɛH/	/sɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂjiə̆X/	/ʂjiə̆H/	/sawX/
Li Rong	/ʃjeX/	/ʃjeH/	/sɑuX/
Wang Li	/ʃǐeX/	/ʃǐeH/	/sɑuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂie̯X/	/ʂie̯H/	/sɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǐ	shì	sǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si2	si3	sou2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sreːlʔ|srels  suːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	灑	灑	掃
Reading #	1/4	4/4	1/2
No.	7904	7935	10985
Phonetic component	丽	丽	掃
Rime group	歌	歌	幽
Rime subdivision	2	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	灑	屣	㛮
Old Chinese	/*sreːlʔ/	/*srels/	/*suːʔ/
Notes			同埽

Verb

灑掃

1. (literary) to sprinkle water and sweep the floor

   • 凡內外：雞初鳴，咸盥漱。衣服，斂枕簟。灑掃室堂及庭。布席，各從其事。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     凡内外：鸡初鸣，咸盥漱。衣服，敛枕簟。洒扫室堂及庭。布席，各从其事。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

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

     Fán nèiwài: jī chū míng, xián guàn shù. Yīfú, liǎn zhěn diàn. Sǎsǎo shì táng jí tíng. Bù xí, gè cóng qí shì. [Pinyin]

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   • 見其庭宇有諸糞穢，掬除灑掃，塗香散花，更采青蓮，重布其地。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     见其庭宇有诸粪秽，掬除洒扫，涂香散花，更采青莲，重布其地。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 646 AD, 玄奘 (Xuanzang), 辯機 (Bianji), 《大唐西域記·卷三·八國·呾叉始羅國》 (Great Tang Records on the Western Regions, Chapter 3, Taxila)

     Jiàn qí tíngyǔ yǒu zhū fènhuì, jū chú sǎsǎo, tú xiāng sàn huā, gèng cǎi qīnglián, chóng bù qí dì. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (灑掃):

• → Japanese: 灑掃(さいそう) (saisō); 灑掃(せいそう) (seisō)