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參差
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): caam1 ci1 / cam1 ci1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhim-chhu / chherm-chhir / chhim-chhi / chham-chha / chham-chhu / chham-chhi / chhim-chhe / chham-chhe
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: cēncī
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄣ ㄘ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cencih
- Wade–Giles: tsʻên1-tzʻŭ1
- Yale: tsēn-tsz̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsentsy
- Palladius: цэньцы (cɛnʹcy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰən⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: caam1 ci1 / cam1 ci1
- Yale: chāam chī / chām chī
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam1 tsi1 / tsam1 tsi1
- Guangdong Romanization: cam1 qi1 / cem1 qi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhim-chhu
- Tâi-lô: tshim-tshu
- Phofsit Daibuun: chimzhw
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chherm-chhir
- Tâi-lô: tsherm-tshir
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰəm³³ t͡sʰɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhim-chhi
- Tâi-lô: tshim-tshi
- Phofsit Daibuun: chimchy
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chham-chha
- Tâi-lô: tsham-tsha
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhamzhaf
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰam³³ t͡sʰa³³/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chham-chhu
- Tâi-lô: tsham-tshu
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhamzhw
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰu⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chham-chhi
- Tâi-lô: tsham-tshi
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhamchy
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhim-chhe
- Tâi-lô: tshim-tshe
- Phofsit Daibuun: chimzhef
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chham-chhe
- Tâi-lô: tsham-tshe
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhamzhef
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Middle Chinese: tsrhim tsrhje
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰr][u]m tsʰraj/
- (Zhengzhang): /*sʰrum sʰral/
Adjective
參差
- (ideophonic) irregular; uneven; jagged
- 參差荇菜，左右流之 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Cēncī xìngcài, zuǒyòu liú zhī [Pinyin]
- Here long, there short, is the duckweed, To the left, to the right, borne about by the current.
参差荇菜，左右流之 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
Adverb
參差
- (literary) approximately; about; or so; or thereabouts
Synonyms
- 上下 (shàngxià)
- 光景 (guāngjǐng)
- 前後 / 前后 (qiánhòu) (of a point in or period of time)
- 大抵 (dàdǐ)
- 大概 (dàgài)
- 大率 (dàshuài) (literary)
- 大約 / 大约 (dàyuē)
- 大約摸 / 大约摸 (dàyuēmō) (colloquial)
- 大約摸捉 / 大约摸捉 (Shanghainese)
- 大約莫 / 大约莫 (colloquial)
- 大致 (dàzhì)
- 左右 (zuǒyòu)
- 模樣 / 模样
- 無慮 / 无虑 (wúlǜ) (literary)
- 約摸 / 约摸 (yuēmo)
- 約略 / 约略 (yuēlüè)
- 約莫 / 约莫 (yuēmo)
Verb
參差
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