See also: 严肃

Chinese edit

 
(air or water) tight; stern; serious
(air or water) tight; stern; serious; strict; severe
Gansu; respectful
trad. (嚴肅)
simp. (严肃)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (31) (16)
Final () (145) (4)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie 𩏩
Baxter ngjaem sjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɨɐm/ /sɨuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋiɐm/ /siuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋiɐm/ /siuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɨam/ /suwk̚/
Li
Rong
/ŋiɐm/ /siuk̚/
Wang
Li
/ŋĭɐm/ /sĭuk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋi̯ɐm/ /si̯uk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yán su
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jim4 suk1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/5
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yán
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngjæm › ‹ sjuwk ›
Old
Chinese
/*ŋ(r)am/ /*siwk/
English stern, majestic solemn, severe

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 3692 12125
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋam/ /*sɯwɢ/

Adjective edit

嚴肅

  1. solemn; stately; serious
    特區嚴肅處理公務員違規事件 [MSC, trad.]
    特区严肃处理公务员违规事件 [MSC, simp.]
    Tèqū yīng yánsù chǔlǐ gōngwùyuán wéiguī shìjiàn. [Pinyin]
    Special administrative regions should seriously punish civil servants who violate regulations.
  2. earnest; serious

Synonyms edit

  • (solemn):
  • (earnest):

Verb edit

嚴肅

  1. to make serious or severe
  2. to strictly enforce

Derived terms edit

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
げん
Jinmeiyō
しゅく
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 嚴肅 – see the following entry.
厳粛げんしゅく
[adjective] grave, solemn, serious
[noun] solemnity, seriousness
(This term, 嚴肅, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

嚴肅 (eomsuk) (hangeul 엄숙)

  1. Hanja form? of 엄숙 (solemnity; graveness; seriousness).