切切

Chinese

		close to; to cut; to slice	close to; to cut; to slice
simp. and trad. (切切)		切	切
alternative forms		竊竊／窃窃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qièqiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄑㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cit³ cit³
• Eastern Min (BUC): chiék-chiék

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qièqiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄑㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cièciè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻieh⁴-chʻieh⁴
    • Yale: chyè-chyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiehchieh
    • Palladius: цеце (cece)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cit³ cit³
    • Yale: chit chit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsit⁸ tsit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: qid³ qid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːt̚³ t͡sʰiːt̚³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chiék-chiék
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰieʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰiɛʔ²⁴/

Adjective

切切

1. (literary) urgent; pressing
2. (literary) earnest; sincere

   • 如同鹿切切渴慕溪水，我靈亦渴慕追求祢。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     如同鹿切切渴慕溪水，我灵亦渴慕追求祢。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1991, 如鹿渴慕 [As the Deer], in 《讚美系列短歌集》, 93

     jyu⁴ tung⁴ luk⁶ cit³ cit³ hot³ mou⁶ kai¹ seoi², ngo⁵ ling⁴ jik⁶ hot³ mou⁶ zeoi¹ kau⁴ nei⁵. [Jyutping]

     As the deer panteth for the water, so my soul longeth after Thee.

3. (literary) sad
4. (literary) soft; having a small voice

   • 大弦嘈嘈如急雨，小弦切切如私語。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     大弦嘈嘈如急雨，小弦切切如私语。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 815, Bai Juyi, Song of the Pipa

     Dà xián cáocáo rú jí yǔ, xiǎo xián qièqiè rú sīyǔ. [Pinyin]

     The bold strings loudly, with the crash of falling rain; the fine strings softly, as the murmur of whispered words.

Synonyms

• (urgent):

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• 亟亟 (jíjí) (literary)
• 促迫 (cùpò)
• 倥傯／倥偬 (kǒngzǒng) (literary)
• 加急 (jiājí) (attributive, of a telegram, test, etc.)
• 卒暴 (cùbào) (literary)
• 危迫 (wēipò) (literary)
• 吃緊／吃紧 (chījǐn)
• 孔亟 (kǒngjí)
• 孔急 (kǒngjí)
• 急 (jí)
• 急促 (jícù)
• 急切 (jíqiè)
• 急急 (jíjí) (literary)
• 急要 (jíyào) (literary)
• 急迫 (jípò)
• 打緊／打紧 (dǎjǐn)
• 火急 (huǒjí)
• 窘促 (jiǒngcù)
• 緊促／紧促 (jǐncù)
• 緊張／紧张 (jǐnzhāng)
• 緊急／紧急 (jǐnjí)
• 緊要／紧要 (jǐnyào)
• 緊迫／紧迫 (jǐnpò)
• 緊逼逼／紧逼逼 (Hokkien)
• 要緊／要紧 (yàojǐn)
• 迫切 (pòqiè)
• 遑急 (huángjí) (literary)
• 險急／险急 (xiǎnjí)

 

Derived terms

• 切切私語／切切私语 (qièqièsīyǔ)

 

Adverb

切切

1. (literary) be sure to; must