Sino-Tibetan etymology : List with all references

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ch[ē]t

Meaning: cut

Chinese: 切 *chīt cut.

Tibetan: zed broken off, damaged.

Burmese: ćhać to cut in parts, LB *chit; cf. also ćit to divide into several parts.

Lushai: sāt (saʔ) to chop (with a dao), to cut, to hew.

Lepcha: čít to split, as wood,to divide, to separate

Kiranti: *ʔcet to split

Comments: Cf. PAA *ciet / *cit 'to slice'.

Chinese characters :

Character: 切

Modern (Beijing) reading: qiē qiè

Preclassic Old Chinese: shīt

Classic Old Chinese: shīt

Western Han Chinese: shjǝ̄t

Eastern Han Chinese: shiǝ̄t

Early Postclassic Chinese: shiēt

Middle Postclassic Chinese: shiēt

Late Postclassic Chinese: shiēt

Middle Chinese: chiet

English meaning : to cut

Russian meaning[s]: резать; нарезать; [qiè] 1) настоятельный, срочный, насущный; обязательно, убедительно, настоятельно; непременно; необходимо; важно; с отрицанием ни в коем случае; 2) касаться; прилегать вплотную; близкий; 3) настойчивый; давить; давящий, гнетущий; 4) короткий (о времени); 5) реальный, правдивый; эффективный; 6) исследовать, щупать (пульс)

Comments: A later meaning (attested since L.Zhou and usually read as qiè in Mand.) is 'to be close, get close' ( < 'cut'?).

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 18

Four-angle index: 4182

Karlgren code: 0400 f

Vietnamese reading: thiết

Shijing occurrences: 55.1

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Chinese Dialects :

Number: 69

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 切

MC description : 山開四入屑清

ZIHUI: 0434 0355

Beijing: ćhie 11

Jinan: ćhie 11

Xi'an: ćhie 11

Taiyuan: ćhiǝʔ 41

Hankou: ćhie 12

Chengdu: ćhie 12

Yangzhou: ćhiǝʔ 4

Suzhou: chiôʔ 41

Wenzhou: ćhi 41

Changsha: chie 4

Shuangfeng: ćhiɛ 12

Nanchang: ćhiɛt 41

Meixian: chiɛt 41

Guangzhou: čhit 43

Xiamen: chiat 41

Chaozhou: chiek 41

Fuzhou: chieʔ 41

Shanghai: chîʔ 4

Zhongyuan yinyun: chie 42

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Kiranti etymology :

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔcet (/-n)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: to split

Limbu: sɛpmaʔ, sɛmmaʔ

Dumi: ce:tnɨ

Limbu dictionary :

Entry: sɛpmaʔ, -sɛr-/-sɛt-/-sɛʔl

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: 1) be scattered, be spilt; 2) go one's separate ways, split up, break up (a gathering)

Comments: 1) ma:ki kɛrɛk sɛrɛ the maize has all spilt out and scattered 2) sɔpmaN ani asɛʔl We shall get up and go our separate ways in a second; sɛri Let's break up the gathering; cf. sɛmmaʔ.