矍鑠

See also: 矍铄

Chinese

		surname; glance fearfully	bright; melt; fuse (metal)
trad. (矍鑠)		矍	鑠
simp. (矍铄)		矍	铄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juéshuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄕㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fok³ soek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juéshuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄕㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuéshuò
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²-shuo⁴
    • Yale: jywé-shwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyueshuoh
    • Palladius: цзюэшо (czjuešo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fok³ soek³
    • Yale: fok seuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fok⁸ soek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: fog³ sêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːk̚³ sœːk̚³/

Adjective

矍鑠

1. (literary) old but full of energy; sprightly

   他的父親看起來是一位精神矍鑠的老人。 [MSC, trad.]
   他的父亲看起来是一位精神矍铄的老人。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā de fùqīn kànqǐlái shì yī wèi jīngshén juéshuò de lǎorén. [Pinyin]

   His father looks like a sprightly old man.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
矍	鑠
かく Hyōgai	しゃく Hyōgai
on'yomi

Etymology

Derived from Middle Chinese 矍鑠 (MC kjwak syak).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かくしゃく [kàkúshákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠kɯ̟ɕa̠kɯ̟]

Adjective

矍(かく)鑠(しゃく) • (kakushaku) ^{←くわくしやく (kwakusyaku)?†}-tari (adnominal 矍(かく)鑠(しゃく)とした (kakushaku to shita) or 矍(かく)鑠(しゃく)たる (kakushaku taru), adverbial 矍(かく)鑠(しゃく)と (kakushaku to) or 矍(かく)鑠(しゃく)として (kakushaku to shite))

1. (literary) old but full of energy; sprightly

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