莘莘

Chinese

		Asarum sieboldi; long; numerous	Asarum sieboldi; long; numerous
simp. and trad. (莘莘)		莘	莘
alt. forms		駪駪詵詵／诜诜甡甡兟兟侁侁

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēnshēn, xīnxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣㄕㄣ, ㄒㄧㄣㄒㄧㄣ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
  - Pinyin: shēnshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣㄕㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenshen
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    深深
    莘莘
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland and Taiwan)
  - Pinyin: xīnxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄒㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinshin
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    欣欣
    莘莘

Middle Chinese: /ʃɪn ʃɪn/▼

Rime
Character	莘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	臻 (46)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所臻切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃɪn/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃien/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂin/
Li Rong	/ʃiĕn/
Wang Li	/ʃĭen/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯æn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēn

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter-Sagart): /*sri[n] sri[n]/

(Zhengzhang): /*sriŋ sriŋ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	莘
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shēn
Middle Chinese	‹ srin ›
Old Chinese	/*sri[n]/
English	long, drawn-out
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	莘
Reading #	1/1
No.	13819
Phonetic component	辛
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	莘
Old Chinese	/*sriŋ/

Adjective

莘莘

(literary, ideophonic) many; numerous
(literary, ideophonic) lush; luxuriant

Derived terms

莘莘學子／莘莘学子 (shēnshēn-xuézǐ)

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