棲息

See also: 栖息

Chinese

		to roost; to inhabit; to stay to roost; to inhabit; to stay; habitat	rest; news; interest rest; news; interest; breath
trad. (棲息)		棲	息
simp. (栖息)		栖	息

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīxī, qīxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄒㄧ, ㄑㄧ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cai¹ sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cisi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: chī-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chishi
    • Palladius: циси (cisi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cisí
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-hsi²
    • Yale: chī-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chishyi
    • Palladius: циси (cisi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cai¹ sik¹
    • Yale: chāi sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsai¹ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: cei¹ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sej sik

Rime
Character	棲	息
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	蒸 (134)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	先稽切	相即切
Baxter	sej	sik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sei/	/sɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/sei/	/sɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛi/	/siek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛj/	/sik̚/
Li Rong	/sei/	/siək̚/
Wang Li	/siei/	/sĭək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/siei/	/si̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī	xi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sai1	sik1

Verb

棲息

1. to rest; to stay; to perch

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (棲息):

• → Japanese: 棲息(せいそく) (seisoku)
• → Korean: 서식(棲息) (seosik)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
棲	息
せい Jinmeiyō	そく Grade: 3
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 棲息 – see the following entry.

【生息せいそく】 [noun] habitation [verb] to inhabit, to live in (a habitat)

(This term, 棲息, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
棲	息

Noun

棲息 • (seosik) (hangeul 서식)

1. Hanja form^? of 서식 (“inhabitation”).