蹉跌

Chinese

		error; slip; miss error; slip; miss; err	to drop; to fall; to tumble
trad. (蹉跌)		蹉	跌
simp. ^#(蹉跌)		蹉	跌

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cuōdiē, cuōdié

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄛㄉㄧㄝ, ㄘㄨㄛㄉㄧㄝˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cuōdiē
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛㄉㄧㄝ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cuodie
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻo¹-tieh¹
  - Yale: tswō-dyē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuodie
  - Palladius: цоде (code)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ti̯ɛ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cuōdié
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄛㄉㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cuodié
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻo¹-tieh²
  - Yale: tswō-dyé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuodye
  - Palladius: цоде (code)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ti̯ɛ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: tsha det

Rime
Character	蹉	跌
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	七何切	徒結切
Baxter	tsha	det
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɑ/	/det̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɑ/	/det̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɑ/	/dɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰa/	/dɛt̚/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰɑ/	/det̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɑ/	/diet̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑ/	/dʱiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cuō	dié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	co¹	dit⁶

Verb

蹉跌

(literary) to lose one's footing; to slip and fall
(literary) to make a mistake

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蹉	跌
さ Hyōgai	てつ Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さてつ [sàtétsú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sa̠te̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

蹉(さ)跌(てつ) • (satetsu)

failure partway through

Verb

蹉(さ)跌(てつ)する • (satetsu suru) suru (stem 蹉(さ)跌(てつ)し (satetsu shi), past 蹉(さ)跌(てつ)した (satetsu shita))

to fail partway through
Synonyms: 躓く, 挫折する

Conjugation

Conjugation of "蹉跌する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	蹉跌し	さてつし	satetsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	蹉跌し	さてつし	satetsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	蹉跌する	さてつする	satetsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	蹉跌する	さてつする	satetsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	蹉跌すれ	さてつすれ	satetsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	蹉跌せよ¹ 蹉跌しろ²	さてつせよ¹ さてつしろ²	satetsu seyo¹ satetsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	蹉跌される	さてつされる	satetsu sareru
Causative	蹉跌させる蹉跌さす	さてつさせるさてつさす	satetsu saseru satetsu sasu
Potential	蹉跌できる	さてつできる	satetsu dekiru
Volitional	蹉跌しよう	さてつしよう	satetsu shiyō
Negative	蹉跌しない	さてつしない	satetsu shinai
Negative continuative	蹉跌せず	さてつせず	satetsu sezu
Formal	蹉跌します	さてつします	satetsu shimasu
Perfective	蹉跌した	さてつした	satetsu shita
Conjunctive	蹉跌して	さてつして	satetsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	蹉跌すれば	さてつすれば	satetsu sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“^▲蹉^▲跌”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
蹉	跌

Noun

蹉跌 • (chajil) (hangeul 차질)

hanja form^? of 차질 (“setback; problem”)