修禊

See also: 脩禊

Chinese

		to decorate; to embellish; to repair to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate	purification ceremony
trad. (修禊)		修	禊
simp. ^#(修禊)		修	禊
alternative forms		脩禊 archaic

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiūxì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡㄒㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiūxì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡㄒㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siousì
  - Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-hsi⁴
  - Yale: syōu-syì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shioushih
  - Palladius: сюси (sjusi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: sjuw hejH

Rime
Character	修	禊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	息流切	胡計切
Baxter	sjuw	hejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨu/	/ɦei^H/
Pan Wuyun	/siu/	/ɦei^H/
Shao Rongfen	/siəu/	/ɣɛi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suw/	/ɦɛj^H/
Li Rong	/siu/	/ɣei^H/
Wang Li	/sĭəu/	/ɣiei^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯ə̯u/	/ɣiei^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiū	xì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau¹	hai⁶

Noun

修禊

(archaic) rite of purification (washing by the water so as to purify oneself of misfortune)
- 會於會稽山陰之蘭亭，脩禊事也。 [MSC, trad.]
  会于会稽山阴之兰亭，脩禊事也。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 353, Wang Xizhi, Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion
  Huì yú Kuàijī shānyīn zhī Lántíng, xiūxì shì yě. [Pinyin]
  We all gathered at the orchid pavilion in Shanyin County, Guiji Prefecture for the Spring Purification Festival.