索然

Chinese

		to search; to demand; to ask to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated	so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
trad. (索然)		索	然
simp. #(索然)		索	然

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suǒrán

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄖㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sok³ jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suǒrán
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄖㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suǒrán
    • Wade–Giles: so³-jan²
    • Yale: swǒ-rán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suooran
    • Palladius: сожань (sožanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sok³ jin⁴
    • Yale: sok yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sok⁸ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sog³ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔːk̚³ jiːn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sak nyen

Rime
Character	索	然
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	蘇各切	如延切
Baxter	sak	nyen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑk̚/	/ȵiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑk̚/	/ȵiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑk̚/	/ȵʑjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sak̚/	/ȵian/
Li Rong	/sɑk̚/	/ȵiɛn/
Wang Li	/sɑk̚/	/ȵʑĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑk̚/	/ȵʑi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suo	rán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sok3	jin4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*slaːɡ  njen/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	索	然
Reading #	1/3	1/1
No.	12191	10756
Phonetic component	索	肰
Rime group	鐸	元
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	索	然
Old Chinese	/*slaːɡ/	/*njen/

Adjective

索然

1. (Classical) crying
2. (Classical) scattered
3. (literary) dull; uninteresting; insipid

Derived terms

• 意興索然／意兴索然
• 索然寡味 (suǒránguǎwèi)
• 索然無味／索然无味 (suǒránwúwèi)
• 興味索然／兴味索然 (xìngwèisuǒrán)
• 興致索然／兴致索然

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (索然):

• → Japanese: 索然(さくぜん) (sakuzen)
• → Korean: 삭연(索然) (sagyeon)