See also: 战栗

Chinese

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to fight; fight; war
to fight; fight; war; battle
 
afraid; trembling
trad. (戰慄/戰栗) /
simp. (战栗)
alternative forms 顫慄颤栗

Etymology

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From the Analects, Book 3 (《論語·八佾》):

哀公宰我。宰我:「夏后氏:『使戰栗。』」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
哀公宰我。宰我:「夏后氏:『使战栗。』」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Āi gōng wèn shè yú Zǎi wǒ. Zǎi wǒ duì yuē: “Xiàhòushì yǐ sōng, yīn rén yǐ bǎi, zhōu rén yǐ lì. Yuē: ‘Shǐ mín zhànlì.’” [Pinyin]
The duke Ai asked Zai Wo about the altars of the spirits of the land. Zai Wo replied, "The Xia sovereign planted the pine tree about them; the men of the Yin planted the cypress; and the men of the Zhou planted the chestnut tree, meaning thereby to cause the people to be in awe."

(, “chestnut”) and (, “to tremble”) are homophonic.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (23) (37)
Final () (77) (48)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter tsyenH lit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiᴇnH/ /liɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕiɛnH/ /lit̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕjænH/ /ljet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cianH/ /lit̚/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕiɛnH/ /liĕt̚/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕĭɛnH/ /lĭĕt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯ɛnH/ /li̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zin3 lat6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhàn
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsyenH ›
Old
Chinese
/*tar-s/
English to fear

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. 2019 7971
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tjans/ /*riɡ/

Verb

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戰慄

  1. (literary) to tremble; to shudder (from fear or being cold)

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (戰慄):
  • Japanese: 戦慄(せんりつ) (senritsu)
  • Korean: 전율(戰慄) (jeonyul)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
せん
Jinmeiyō
りつ
Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

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(せん)(りつ) (senritsu

  1. Kyūjitai form of 戦慄

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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戰慄 (jeonyul) (hangeul 전율)

  1. hanja form? of 전율 (shudder)