昔昔

Chinese

		past; former	past; former
simp. and trad. (昔昔)		昔	昔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīxī, xíxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧ, ㄒㄧˊ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sisi
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: syī-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishi
    • Palladius: сиси (sisi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sísí
    • Wade–Giles: hsi²-hsi²
    • Yale: syí-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyishyi
    • Palladius: сиси (sisi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵ ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ sik¹
    • Yale: sīk sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵/

Noun

昔昔

1. (literary) every night

Japanese

Kanji in this term
昔	昔
むかし Grade: 3	むかし Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
昔々

Etymology

Reduplication of 昔(むかし) (mukashi, “the past, old times”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) むかしむかし [mùkáshí múkáshí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ka̠ɕi mɯ̟ka̠ɕi]

Noun

昔(むかし)昔(むかし) • (mukashi mukashi) 

1. ancient times, a very long time ago

   昔昔(むかしむかし)、遠(とお)いところに…

   mukashi mukashi, tōi tokoro ni…

   a long time ago in a place far away…

Usage notes

When used to start a fairy tale or other story, mukashi mukashi is often glossed as once upon a time.

Synonyms

• 大昔(おおむかし) (ōmukashi)