斟酌

斟酌

Chinese

		pour; to deliberate	to pour the alcoholic drink; to consider
trad. (斟酌)		斟	酌
simp. #(斟酌)		斟	酌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnzhuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄓㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam¹ zoek³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂m-chok
• Min Nan (POJ): chim-chiok / chim-chiak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnzhuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄓㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhenjhuó
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-cho²
    • Yale: jēn-jwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenjwo
    • Palladius: чжэньчжо (čžɛnʹčžo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂwɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zam¹ zoek³
    • Yale: jām jeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam¹ dzoek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem¹ zêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm⁵⁵ t͡ʃœːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂m-chok
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziim´ zog`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zim¹ zog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨm²⁴ t͡sok̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chim-chiok
    • Tâi-lô: tsim-tsiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cimciog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕim³³ t͡ɕiɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕim⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chim-chiak
    • Tâi-lô: tsim-tsiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cimciag
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕim⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiak̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕiɪm  t͡ɕɨɐk̚/

Rime
Character	斟	酌
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)	陽 (107)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	職深切	之若切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪm/	/t͡ɕɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕim/	/t͡ɕiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjem/	/t͡ɕiɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cim/	/cɨak̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiəm/	/t͡ɕiak̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭĕm/	/t͡ɕĭak̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯əm/	/t͡ɕi̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēn	zhuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zam1	zoek3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*t.[q][ə]m  tewk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kljum  pljewɢ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	斟	酌
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhēn	zhuó
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyim ›	‹ tsyak ›
Old Chinese	/*t.[q][ə]m/	/*tewk/
English	deliberate (v.)	pour; deliberate (v.)
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	斟	酌
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11291	11189
Phonetic component	甚	勺
Rime group	侵	藥
Rime subdivision	3	2
Corresponding MC rime	斟	灼
Old Chinese	/*kljum/	/*pljewɢ/
Notes		勺分化字

Verb

斟酌

1. (literary, literally) to pour an insufficient or excessive amount of alcoholic beverage into a cup or glass
2. (literary) to pour the alcoholic beverage into a cup or glass, etc.
3. (literary) to drink alcohol
4. (figuratively) to consider; to deliberate; to think about carefully

   值得斟酌  ―  zhídé zhēnzhuó  ―  to be worth thinking about

   請您自行斟酌。／请您自行斟酌。  ―  Qǐng nín zìxíng zhēnzhuó.  ―  Please think about this carefully by yourself.

5. (figuratively, Min Nan) to discuss; to talk over
6. (figuratively, Min Nan, including Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwan) to be careful; to take care

Synonyms

• (to consider):

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Synonyms of 斟酌

冥思 (míngsī) 冥想 (míngxiǎng) 品味 (pǐnwèi) 念 (niàn) 思 (sī) (literary, or in compounds) 思想 (sīxiǎng) 思索 (sīsuǒ) 思考 (sīkǎo) 思裁 (Sichuan) 思量 (sīliáng) 慎思 (shènsī) 掂掇 (diānduo) (colloquial) 掂量 (diānliáng) 推敲 (tuīqiāo) 揣摩 (chuǎimó) 沉思 (chénsī) 深思 (shēnsī)

玩味 (wánwèi) 玩弄 (wánnòng) (Classical Chinese) 琢磨 (zuómo) 苦思 (kǔsī) 著想／着想 (zhuóxiǎng) 尋味／寻味 (xúnwèi) 尋思／寻思 (xúnsi) 思慮／思虑 (sīlǜ) 思維／思维 (sīwéi) 照顧／照顾 (zhàogù) 算計／算计 (suànjì) 考慮／考虑 (kǎolǜ) 計算／计算 (jìsuàn) 計較／计较 (jìjiào) 設想／设想 (shèxiǎng) 顧全／顾全 (gùquán) 顧及／顾及 (gùjí)

Derived terms

斟酌損益／斟酌损益

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (斟酌):

• → Japanese: 斟(しん)酌(しゃく) (shinshaku)
• → Korean: 짐작(斟酌) (jimjak)
• → Vietnamese: châm chước (斟酌)

References

• “Entry #9558”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
斟	酌
しん Hyōgaiji	しゃく Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɰ̃ɕa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

斟(しん)酌(しゃく) • (shinshaku) 

1. consideration (for others); (making) allowance

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Korean

Hanja in this term
斟	酌

Noun

斟酌 • (jimjak) (hangeul 짐작)

1. Hanja form^? of 짐작 (“guess; assumption; conjecture”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
斟	酌

Verb

斟酌

1. chữ Hán form of châm chước (“to accommodate, to reconcile”).