躞蹀

Chinese

		to walk	tread on
trad. (躞蹀)		躞	蹀
simp. #(躞蹀)		躞	蹀
anagram		蹀躞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xièdié

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sip³ dip⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xièdié
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sièdié
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh⁴-tieh²
    • Yale: syè-dyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiehdye
    • Palladius: седе (sede)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ ti̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sip³ dip⁶
    • Yale: sip dihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sip⁸ dip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xib³ dib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːp̚³ tiːp̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: sep dep

Rime
Character	躞	蹀
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	怗 (158)	怗 (158)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	蘇協切	徒協切
Baxter	sep	dep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sep̚/	/dep̚/
Pan Wuyun	/sep̚/	/dep̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛp̚/	/dɛp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛp̚/	/dɛp̚/
Li Rong	/sep̚/	/dep̚/
Wang Li	/siep̚/	/diep̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/siep̚/	/dʱiep̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xie	dié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sip3	dip6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*seːb  l'eːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	躞	蹀
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13798	11574
Phonetic component	燮	世
Rime group	盍	盍
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	燮	牒
Old Chinese	/*seːb/	/*l'eːb/
Notes		見淮南子

Verb

躞蹀

1. (literary) to walk in a mincing gait; to walk with small steps

   alt. forms: 踥蹀 (qièdié), 躡蹀／蹑蹀 (nièdié), 踕蹀

   See also: 蹀躞