只消

Chinese

		only; merely; just only; merely; just; but	consume; news; subside consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish
trad. (只消)		只	消
simp. #(只消)		只	消

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐxiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² siu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chí-siau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐxiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhsiao
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-hsiao¹
    • Yale: jř-syāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyshiau
    • Palladius: чжисяо (čžisjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² siu¹
    • Yale: jí sīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² siu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² xiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-siau
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-siau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cysiaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsye|tsyeX sjew

Rime
Character	只	只	消
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	章 (23)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	支 (11)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	章移切	諸氏切	相邀切
Baxter	tsye	tsyeX	sjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇ/	/t͡ɕiᴇX/	/siᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛ/	/t͡ɕiɛX/	/siɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjɛ/	/t͡ɕjɛX/	/sjæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciə̆/	/ciə̆X/	/siaw/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕie/	/t͡ɕieX/	/siɛu/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕǐe/	/t͡ɕǐeX/	/sĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕie̯/	/t͡ɕie̯X/	/si̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhī	zhǐ	xiāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi1	zi2	siu1

Adverb

只消

1. (dialectal or early vernacular Chinese) all one has to do is; you only need to

Related terms

• 只要 (zhǐyào)