Radical
Strokes
15
Residual strokes
12
Mandarin
cēng
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
12 strokes
Strokes
15 strokes
Mandarin
cēng

Definitions by reading

zêng1
Mandarin equivalent cēng
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng zêng1 Chaoyang zêng1 Chenghai zêng1 Jieyang zêng1 Raoping zêng1 Shantou zêng1
cēng
①见「泓噌」。
②方言,叱责。张天翼《宝葫芦的秘密》九:「我嘴里虽然噌他,我心里可觉着它的话对。」
③象声词。老舍《二马》第三段三:「噌的一声划着一枝火柴,腮梆子一凹,吸了一口。」
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English meaning

scold, shout at

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
初母 二等 開口 耕韵 平声 楚耕切
Reconstruction:
Original

噌吰,鐘音。