蕭條

See also: 萧条, and 蕭条

Chinese

		mournful	measure word for long, thin things (i.e. ribbon, river, etc.); a strip; item measure word for long, thin things (i.e. ribbon, river, etc.); a strip; item; article
trad. (蕭條)		蕭	條
simp. (萧条)		萧	条

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	蕭	條
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	蘇彫切	徒聊切
Baxter	sew	dew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/seu/	/deu/
Pan Wuyun	/seu/	/deu/
Shao Rongfen	/seu/	/deu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛw/	/dɛw/
Li Rong	/seu/	/deu/
Wang Li	/sieu/	/dieu/
Bernard Karlgren	/sieu/	/dʱieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāo	tiáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu1	tiu4

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蕭	蕭	條	條
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiāo	xiāo	tiáo	tiáo
Middle Chinese	‹ sew ›	‹ sew ›	‹ dew ›	‹ dew ›
Old Chinese	/*sˁiw/	/*sˁiw/	/*[l]ˁiw/	/*lˁiw/
English	Artemisia	蕭蕭 neighing of horses	arrange	branch (n.), shoot (n.)
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	蕭	條
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12114	15466
Phonetic component	肅	攸
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	蕭	迢
Old Chinese	/*sɯːw/	/*l'ɯːw/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāotiáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄊㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ tiu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siau-tiâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāotiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄊㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siaotiáo
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-tʻiao²
    • Yale: syāu-tyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiautyau
    • Palladius: сяотяо (sjaotjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹ tiu⁴
    • Yale: sīu tìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ tiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ tiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ tʰiːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-tiâu
    • Tâi-lô: siau-tiâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siau'diaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau³³ tiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² tiau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau²³/

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• Middle Chinese: sew dew

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*sˤiw  [l]ˤiw|lˤiw/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːw  l'ɯːw/

Adjective

蕭條

1. (ideophonic) bleak; desolate
2. (economics, of an economy) in a slump; slack

   經濟蕭條／经济萧条  ―  jīngjì xiāotiáo  ―  economic depression

Synonyms

• (bleak):

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• 冷僻 (lěngpì)
• 冷清 (lěngqīng)
• 冷淡 (lěngdàn)
• 冷落 (lěngluò)
• 清冷 (qīnglěng)
• 淒涼／凄凉 (qīliáng)
• 荒涼／荒凉 (huāngliáng)
• 落寞 (luòmò)
• 蒼涼／苍凉 (cāngliáng)
• 青凊 (Min Nan)

 

• (in a slump):

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• 不景 (bùjǐng) (Hong Kong)
• 不景氣／不景气 (bùjǐngqì)
• 低迷 (dīmí)
• 冷淡 (lěngdàn)
• 慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn)
• 清淡 (qīngdàn)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “in a slump”):

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• 全盛 (quánshèng)
• 卬卬 (áng'áng) (literary)
• 富強／富强 (fùqiáng)
• 富昌 (fùchāng) (literary)
• 富盛 (fùshèng) (literary)
• 強盛／强盛 (qiángshèng)
• 昌 (literary, or in compounds)
• 昌明 (chāngmíng) (literary, of a government, culture, etc.)
• 昌盛 (chāngshèng)
• 旺盛 (wàngshèng)
• 昌隆 (chānglóng)
• 景氣／景气 (jǐngqì)
• 暢旺／畅旺 (chàngwàng)
• 條暢／条畅 (tiáochàng) (literary)
• 火爆 (huǒbào)
• 紅火／红火 (hónghuo) (mainland China)
• 繁榮／繁荣 (fánróng)
• 繁盛 (fánshèng)
• 繁華／繁华 (fánhuá)
• 繽紛／缤纷 (bīnfēn) (literary)
• 興旺／兴旺 (xīngwàng)
• 興盛／兴盛 (xīngshèng)
• 興隆／兴隆 (xīnglóng)
• 茂盛 (màoshèng)
• 蓬勃 (péngbó)
• 蕃昌 (fánchāng) (literary)
• 軫軫／轸轸 (zhěnzhěn) (literary)
• 隆昌 (lóngchāng) (literary)
• 隆盛 (lóngshèng)
• 鼎盛 (dǐngshèng)

 

Noun

蕭條

1. (economics, business, finance) recession; depression; slump

Synonyms

• 不景氣／不景气 (bùjǐngqì)
• 衰退 (shuāituì)

Derived terms

• 四壁蕭條／四壁萧条
• 大蕭條／大萧条 (Dàxiāotiáo)
• 經濟蕭條／经济萧条
• 蘭玉蕭條／兰玉萧条
• 身後蕭條／身后萧条
• 風雨蕭條／风雨萧条