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See also: 私语

Chinese

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personal; private; selfish
speech; language; dialect
speech; language; dialect; tell to
 
trad. (私語)
simp. (私语)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (16) (31)
Final () (15) (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter sij ngjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/siɪ/ /ŋɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun
/si/ /ŋiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen
/sjɪ/ /ŋiɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/si/ /ŋɨə̆X/
Li
Rong
/si/ /ŋiɔX/
Wang
Li
/si/ /ŋĭoX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/si/ /ŋi̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
si1 jyu5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ sij › ‹ ngjoX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[s]əj/ /*ŋ(r)aʔ/
English private speak

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
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 11949 13159
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sil/ /*ŋaʔ/

Verb

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私語

  1. (literary) to whisper; to talk in hushed tones

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (私語):
  • Japanese: ()() (shigo)
  • Korean: 사어(私語) (sa'eo)

Noun

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私語

  1. secret talk; confidences

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 6

Grade: 2
goon

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()() (shigo

  1. whisper, whispering; private or secret talk

Verb

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()()する (shigo surusuru (stem ()() (shigo shi), past ()()した (shigo shita))

  1. to whisper
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
ささやき
Grade: 6 Grade: 2
jukujikun

Noun

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私語(ささやき) (sasayaki

  1. Alternative spelling of 囁き

References

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  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.