習習

Chinese

		to practise; to study; habit	to practise; to study; habit
trad. (習習)		習	習
simp. (习习)		习	习

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˊ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaap⁶ zaap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sísí
    • Wade–Giles: hsi²-hsi²
    • Yale: syí-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyishyi
    • Palladius: сиси (sisi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵ ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaap⁶ zaap⁶
    • Yale: jaahp jaahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaap⁹ dzaap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zab⁶ zab⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːp̚² t͡saːp̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: zip zip

Rime
Character	習
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	侵 (141)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	似入切
Baxter	zip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/zip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/zjep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zip̚/
Li Rong	/ziəp̚/
Wang Li	/zĭĕp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zap6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-ɢʷəp  s-ɢʷəp/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ljub  ljub/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	習
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xí
Middle Chinese	‹ zip ›
Old Chinese	/*s-ɢʷəp/ (with root *ɢʷəp ‘wing’?)
English	repeat; practice
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	習
Reading #	1/1
No.	13387
Phonetic component	習
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	習
Old Chinese	/*ljub/

Adjective

習習

1. (literary, of wind) blowing gently

   • 習習谷風，以陰以雨。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     习习谷风，以阴以雨。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Xíxí gǔfēng, yǐ yīn yǐ yǔ. [Pinyin]

     Gently blows the east wind, with cloudy skies and with rain.