汲汲
Chinese
| draw water from well | draw water from well | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (汲汲) | 汲 | 汲 | |
| simp. #(汲汲) | 汲 | 汲 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: jíjí
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jíjí
- Wade–Giles: chi2-chi2
- Yale: jí-jí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyijyi
- Palladius: цзицзи (cziczi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
- Homophones:
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岌岌
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: kap1 kap1
- Yale: kāp kāp
- Cantonese Pinyin: kap7 kap7
- Guangdong Romanization: keb1 keb1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɐp̚⁵ kʰɐp̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: kip kip
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*krɯb krɯb/
Adjective
汲汲
- (ideophonic, literary) eager (for); intent (on); hurried
- 其往送也，望望然，汲汲然，如有追而弗及也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
- Qí wǎng sòng yě, wàngwàng rán, jíjí rán, rú yǒu zhuī ér fú jí yě. [Pinyin]
- When (the mourners) went, accompanying the coffin (to the grave), they looked forward, with an expression of eagerness, as if they were following some one, and unable to get up to him.
- (ideophonic, literary) anxious; uneasy; worried
- (ideophonic, literary) deferential; cautious
- (ideophonic, literary) alternative form of 岌岌 (jíjí, “perilous; precarious”)
Derived terms
Verb
汲汲
Derived terms
- 不汲汲於富貴 / 不汲汲于富贵
- 汲汲於富貴 / 汲汲于富贵
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 汲 | 汲 |
| きゅう Jinmeiyō |
きゅう Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi | |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 汲汲 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 汲汲, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 汲 | 汲 |
Noun
汲汲 • (geupgeup) (hangeul 급급)
- hanja form? of 급급 (“intent”)