似曾相識

See also: 似曾相识

Chinese

		to seem; to appear; similar to seem; to appear; similar; like; to resemble	(refers to something that happened previously); already; at some time in the past (refers to something that happened previously); already; at some time in the past; before; once; great-grand (father)	to get to know each other; to be acquainted with each other; acquaintance
trad. (似曾相識)		似	曾	相識
simp. (似曾相识)		似	曾	相识

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìcéngxiāngshí, sìcéngxiāngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄘㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄕˊ, ㄙˋ ㄘㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁵ cang⁴ soeng¹ sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìcéngxiāngshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄘㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhcéngsiangshíh
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-tsʻêng²-hsiang¹-shih²
    • Yale: sz̀-tséng-syāng-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhtserngshiangshyr
    • Palladius: сыцэнсянши (sycɛnsjanši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ t͡sʰɤŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìcéngxiāngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄘㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhcéngsiangshìh
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-tsʻêng²-hsiang¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: sz̀-tséng-syāng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhtserngshiangshyh
    • Palladius: сыцэнсянши (sycɛnsjanši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ t͡sʰɤŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ci⁵ cang⁴ soeng¹ sik¹
    • Yale: chíh chàhng sēung sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁵ tsang⁴ soeng¹ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁵ ceng⁴ sêng¹ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː¹³ t͡sʰɐŋ²¹ sœːŋ⁵⁵ sɪk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ziX dzong sjang syik

Rime
Character	似	曾	相	識
Reading #	1/1	2/2	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)	從 (15)	心 (16)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	登 (129)	陽 (105)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I	III	III
Fanqie	詳里切	昨楞切	息良切	賞職切
Baxter	ziX	dzong	sjang	syik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/zɨX/	/d͡zəŋ/	/sɨɐŋ/	/ɕɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/zɨX/	/d͡zəŋ/	/siɐŋ/	/ɕɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/zieX/	/d͡zəŋ/	/siɑŋ/	/ɕiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zɨX/	/d͡zəŋ/	/sɨaŋ/	/ɕik̚/
Li Rong	/ziəX/	/d͡zəŋ/	/siaŋ/	/ɕiək̚/
Wang Li	/zĭəX/	/d͡zəŋ/	/sĭaŋ/	/ɕĭək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ziX/	/d͡zʱəŋ/	/si̯aŋ/	/ɕi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sì	céng	xiāng	shi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi6	cang4	soeng1	sik1

Idiom

似曾相識

1. to seem to have met before; déjà vu

   • 無可奈何花落去，似曾相識燕歸來。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     无可奈何花落去，似曾相识燕归来。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 11^th century, Yan Shu, “Sand of Silk-Washing Stream – A New Piece of Ci and a Cup of Wine”

     Wúkěnàihé huā luòqù, sìcéngxiàngshí yàn guīlái. [Pinyin]

     [I] feel helpless about the flowers falling downwards / and seem to recognize the swallows coming back.

See also

• 既視感／既视感 (jìshìgǎn)