参差 (參差) cēncī
cēncī
adjective
uneven; jagged
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: This is an example of an alliterative semi-reduplicte in Literary Chinese. Only the first part of the sound is repeated (Norman 1988, p. 87).
Contained in
- 参差错落(參差錯落) uneven and jumbled; irregular and disorderly; in a tangled mess
- 参差不齐(參差不齊) unevenly matched
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷九 志第一 禮上 Volume 9 Treatises 1: Rituals 1 Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 4
- 卷十七 Scroll 17 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
- 卷19 志第14 天文上 Volume 19 Treatises 14: Astronomy 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 4
- 卷七 Scroll 7 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
- 卷二十二 Scroll 22 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
- 卷二十 Scroll 20 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
- 卷十四 Scroll 14 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
- 卷19中 景穆十二王中 Volume 19b: Emperor Jingmu Twelve Princes 2 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 3
- 卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
- 卷八 Scroll 8 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
Collocations
- 参差不同 (參差不同) 參差不同矣 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷十九 志第九 禮上 Volume 19 Treatises 9: Rites Part One — count: 6
- 参差荇菜 (參差荇菜) 參差荇菜 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧關雎 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Guan Ju — count: 5
- 参差不一 (參差不一) 參差不一 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷九 志第一 禮上 Volume 9 Treatises 1: Rituals 1 — count: 4
- 崟参差 (崟參差) 岑崟參差 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷五十七上 司馬相如傳 Volume 57a: Sima Xiangru — count: 3
- 途参差 (途參差) 二途參差 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷19上 景穆十二王上 Volume 19a: Emperor Jingmu Twelve Princes 1 — count: 3
- 吹参差 (吹參差) 吹參差兮誰思 — Songs of Chu 楚辭, 卷第二 九歌 Chapter 2: Nine Songs — count: 3
- 用参差 (用參差) 心用參差 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷四十六 列傳第二十七 王秀之 王慈 蔡約 陸慧曉 顧憲之 蕭惠基 Volume 46 Biographies 27: Wang Xiuzhi, Wang Ci, Cai Yue, Lu Huixiao, Gu Xianzhi, Xiao Huiji — count: 3
- 管参差 (管參差) 餘管參差相次 — New Book of Tang 新唐書, 卷二百二十二下 列傳第一百四十七下 南蠻下 Volume 222c Biographies 147c: Southern Man 3 — count: 2
- 洞参差 (洞參差) 洞參差其紛錯兮 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷一百上 敍傳 Volume 100a: Afterword and Family History 1 — count: 2
- 地理参差 (地理參差) 地理參差 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷十一 志第一 律志序 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Lu Treatises Preface — count: 2