徂謝

Chinese

		to go; to reach	to decline; to thank; gratitude
trad. (徂謝)		徂	謝
simp. (徂谢)		徂	谢
alternative forms		殂謝／殂谢 to die

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cúxiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cúxiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cúsiè
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻu²-hsieh⁴
    • Yale: tsú-syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tswushieh
    • Palladius: цусе (cuse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzu zjaeH

Rime
Character	徂	謝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	昨胡切	辝夜切
Baxter	dzu	zjaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zuo/	/ziaH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zuo/	/ziaH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zo/	/ziaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zɔ/	/ziaH/
Li Rong	/d͡zo/	/ziaH/
Wang Li	/d͡zu/	/zĭaH/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱuo/	/zi̯aH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cú	xiè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cou4	ze6

Verb

徂謝

1. (literary) to die; to pass away; to decease
2. (literary) to wither; to fade away