切切

Chinese

		close to; to cut; to slice	close to; to cut; to slice
simp. and trad. (切切)		切	切
alternative forms		竊竊／窃窃

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qièqiè

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄑㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cit³ cit³
Eastern Min (BUC): chiék-chiék

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qièqiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄑㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cièciè
  - Wade–Giles: chʻieh⁴-chʻieh⁴
  - Yale: chyè-chyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiehchieh
  - Palladius: цеце (cece)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cit³ cit³
  - Yale: chit chit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsit⁸ tsit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: qid³ qid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːt̚³ t͡sʰiːt̚³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chiék-chiék
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰieʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰiɛʔ²⁴/

Adjective

切切

(literary) urgent; pressing
(literary) earnest; sincere
- 如同鹿切切渴慕溪水，我靈亦渴慕追求祢。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  如同鹿切切渴慕溪水，我灵亦渴慕追求祢。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 1991, 如鹿渴慕 [As the Deer], in 《讚美系列短歌集》, 93
  jyu⁴ tung⁴ luk⁶ cit³ cit³ hot³ mou⁶ kai¹ seoi², ngo⁵ ling⁴ jik⁶ hot³ mou⁶ zeoi¹ kau⁴ nei⁵. [Jyutping]
  As the deer panteth for the water, so my soul longeth after Thee.
(literary) sad
(literary) soft; having a small voice
- 大弦嘈嘈如急雨，小弦切切如私語。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  大弦嘈嘈如急雨，小弦切切如私语。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 815, Bai Juyi, Song of the Pipa
  Dà xián cáocáo rú jí yǔ, xiǎo xián qièqiè rú sīyǔ. [Pinyin]
  The bold strings loudly, with the crash of falling rain; the fine strings softly, as the murmur of whispered words.

Synonyms

(urgent):

亟亟 (jíjí) (literary)
促迫 (cùpò)
倥傯／倥偬 (kǒngzǒng) (literary)
加急 (jiājí) (attributive, of a telegram, test, etc.)
卒暴 (cùbào) (literary)
危迫 (wēipò) (literary)
孔亟 (kǒngjí)
孔急 (kǒngjí)
急 (jí)
急促 (jícù)
急切 (jíqiè)
急急 (jíjí) (literary)
急要 (jíyào) (literary)
急迫 (jípò)
打緊／打紧 (dǎjǐn)
火急 (huǒjí)
窘促 (jiǒngcù)
緊促／紧促 (jǐncù)
緊張／紧张 (jǐnzhāng)
緊急／紧急 (jǐnjí)
緊要／紧要 (jǐnyào)
緊迫／紧迫 (jǐnpò)
緊逼逼／紧逼逼 (Hokkien)
要緊／要紧 (yàojǐn)
迫切 (pòqiè)
遑急 (huángjí) (literary)
險急／险急 (xiǎnjí)

Derived terms

切切私語／切切私语 (qièqièsīyǔ)

Adverb

切切

(literary) be sure to; must

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