閃爍

See also: 闪烁

Chinese

Etymology 1

		flash; lightning	bright; luminous
trad. (閃爍)		閃	爍
simp. (闪烁)		闪	烁
alternative forms		閃鑠／闪铄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǎnshuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sim² soek³ / sim² lik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siám-siok / siám-siak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǎnshuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǎnshuò
    • Wade–Giles: shan³-shuo⁴
    • Yale: shǎn-shwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaanshuoh
    • Palladius: шаньшо (šanʹšo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sim² soek³ / sim² lik¹
    • Yale: sím seuk / sím līk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sim² soek⁸ / sim² lik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xim² sêg³ / xim² lig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːm³⁵ sœːk̚³/, /siːm³⁵ lɪk̚⁵/

Note: sim2 lik1 - non-standard.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siám-siok
    • Tâi-lô: siám-siok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siafmsiog
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɔk̚⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siám-siak
    • Tâi-lô: siám-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siafmsiag
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siak̚³²/

Verb

閃爍

1. to glisten; to glimmer; to flicker; to twinkle

   星光閃爍／星光闪烁  ―  xīngguāng shǎnshuò  ―  glimmering starlight

2. to be vague; to be evasive; to be noncommittal

   閃爍其詞／闪烁其词  ―  shǎnshuòqící  ―  to speak evasively

Synonyms

• (to glisten):

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• 忽閃 / 忽闪
• 晃
• 煥發 / 焕发 (huànfā)
• 𥍉爍 / 𱳅烁 (Hokkien)
• 閃 / 闪 (shǎn)
• 閃光 / 闪光 (shǎnguāng)
• 閃動 / 闪动 (shǎndòng)
• 閃灼 / 闪灼 (shǎnzhuó)
• 閃耀 / 闪耀 (shǎnyào)

Derived terms

• 閃爍其詞 / 闪烁其词 (shǎnshuòqící)
• 閃閃爍爍 / 闪闪烁烁

Etymology 2

		flash; lightning	bright; luminous
trad. (閃爍)		閃	爍
simp. (闪烁)		闪	烁
alternative forms		閃熾／闪炽 閃熠／闪熠 閃鑠／闪铄 閃閃／闪闪

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siám-sih / siám-sihⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siám-sih
    • Tâi-lô: siám-sih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siafmsiq
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /siam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siʔ³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /siam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siám-sihⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: siám-sinnh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siafmsviq
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sĩʔ³²/

Adjective

閃爍

1. (Southern Min) glistening; glimmering; flickering; twinkling

Synonyms

• 閃閃爍爍／闪闪烁烁

References

• “閃爍”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.
• “(#397)”, in 臺灣閩南語按呢寫‎^[1], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2013.