颯颯

Chinese

		declining; sound of wind	declining; sound of wind
trad. (颯颯)		颯	颯
simp. (飒飒)		飒	飒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sàsà

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄚˋ ㄙㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saap³ saap³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sàsà
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄚˋ ㄙㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sàsà
    • Wade–Giles: sa⁴-sa⁴
    • Yale: sà-sà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sahsah
    • Palladius: саса (sasa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sä⁵¹⁻⁵³ sä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saap³ saap³
    • Yale: saap saap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saap⁸ saap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sab³ sab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːp̚³ saːp̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: sop sop

Rime
Character	颯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	合 (160)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蘇合切
Baxter	sop
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sʌp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/səp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sɒp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/səp̚/
Li Rong	/sᴀp̚/
Wang Li	/sɒp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/săp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sa
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saap3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sluːb  sluːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	颯
Reading #	1/1
No.	7868
Phonetic component	立
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	趿
Old Chinese	/*sluːb/

Noun

颯颯

1. (onomatopoeia) the sound of wind, rain, water, etc.; sough; rustle

   • 風颯颯兮木蕭蕭，思公子兮徒離憂。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     风飒飒兮木萧萧，思公子兮徒离忧。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 4th century BCE, Qu Yuan (屈原), 《九歌·山鬼》, based on the translation by Herbert Allen Giles, 1922.

     Fēng sàsà xī mù xiāoxiāo, sī gōngzǐ xī tú líyōu. [Pinyin]

     The gale rushes fitfully through the whispering trees. And I am thinking of my prince, but in vain; for I cannot lay my grief.

Derived terms

• 淅淅颯颯 / 淅淅飒飒
• 瀟瀟颯颯 / 潇潇飒飒