# 蕭條
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiāotiáo
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄊㄧㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): siu$^1$ tiu$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siau-tiâu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiāotiáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄊㄧㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siaotiáo
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^1$-tʻiao$^2$
*** Yale: syāu-tyáu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiautyau
*** Palladius: сяотяо (sjaotjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: siu$^1$ tiu$^4$
*** Yale: sīu tìuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: siu$^1$ tiu$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xiu$^1$ tiu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːu̯⁵⁵ tʰiːu̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-tiâu
*** Tâi-lô: siau-tiâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siau'diaau
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siau³³ tiau²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² tiau¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siau⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau²³/
* Middle Chinese: sew dew
Rime :
| Character | 蕭 | 條 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 蕭 (93) | 蕭 (93) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | IV |
| Fanqie | 蘇彫切 | 徒聊切 |
| Baxter | sew | dew |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /seu/ | /deu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /seu/ | /deu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /seu/ | /deu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /sɛw/ | /dɛw/ |
| Li Rong | /seu/ | /deu/ |
| Wang Li | /sieu/ | /dieu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /sieu/ | /dʱieu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiāo | tiáo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | siu$^1$ | tiu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*sˤiw [l]ˤiw|lˤiw/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sɯːw l'ɯːw/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蕭 | 蕭 | 條 | 條 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiāo | xiāo | tiáo | tiáo |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ sew › | ‹ sew › | ‹ dew › | ‹ dew › |
| Old Chinese | /*sˁiw/ | /*sˁiw/ | /*[l]ˁiw/ | /*lˁiw/ |
| English | Artemisia | 蕭蕭 neighing of horses | arrange | branch (n.), shoot (n.) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蕭 | 條 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 12114 | 15466 |
| Phonetic component | 肅 | 攸 |
| Rime group | 幽 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 蕭 | 迢 |
| Old Chinese | /*sɯːw/ | /*l'ɯːw/ |

### Adjective

蕭條
* (ideophonic) bleak; desolate
* (economics, of an economy) in a slump; slack
    經濟蕭條／经济萧条 ― jīngjì xiāotiáo ― economic depression

#### Synonyms

* (bleak):
* 冷僻 (lěngpì)
* 冷清 (lěngqīng)
* 冷淡 (lěngdàn)
* 冷落 (lěngluò)
* 清冷 (qīnglěng)
* 淒涼／凄凉 (qīliáng)
* 荒涼／荒凉 (huāngliáng)
* 落寞 (luòmò)
* 蒼涼／苍凉 (cāngliáng)
* 青凊 (Min Nan)
* (in a slump):
* 不景 (bùjǐng) (Hong Kong)
* 不景氣／不景气 (bùjǐngqì)
* 低迷 (dīmí)
* 冷淡 (lěngdàn)
* 慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn)
* 清淡 (qīngdàn)

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “in a slump”):
* 全盛 (quánshèng)
* 卬卬 (áng'áng) (literary)
* 富強／富强 (fùqiáng)
* 富昌 (fùchāng) (literary)
* 富盛 (fùshèng) (literary)
* 強盛／强盛 (qiángshèng)
* 昌 (literary, or in compounds)
* 昌明 (chāngmíng) (literary, of a government, culture, etc.)
* 昌盛 (chāngshèng)
* 旺盛 (wàngshèng)
* 昌隆 (chānglóng)
* 景氣／景气 (jǐngqì)
* 暢旺／畅旺 (chàngwàng)
* 條暢／条畅 (tiáochàng) (literary)
* 火爆 (huǒbào)
* 紅火／红火 (hónghuo) (mainland China)
* 繁榮／繁荣 (fánróng)
* 繁盛 (fánshèng)
* 繁華／繁华 (fánhuá)
* 繽紛／缤纷 (bīnfēn) (literary)
* 興旺／兴旺 (xīngwàng)
* 興盛／兴盛 (xīngshèng)
* 興隆／兴隆 (xīnglóng)
* 茂盛 (màoshèng)
* 蓬勃 (péngbó)
* 蕃昌 (fánchāng) (literary)
* 軫軫／轸轸 (zhěnzhěn) (literary)
* 隆昌 (lóngchāng) (literary)
* 隆盛 (lóngshèng)
* 鼎盛 (dǐngshèng)

### Noun

蕭條
* (economics, business, finance) recession; depression; slump

#### Synonyms

* 不景氣／不景气 (bùjǐngqì)
* 衰退 (shuāituì)

### Derived terms

* 四壁蕭條／四壁萧条
* 大蕭條／大萧条 (Dàxiāotiáo)
* 經濟蕭條／经济萧条
* 蘭玉蕭條／兰玉萧条
* 身後蕭條／身后萧条
* 風雨蕭條／风雨萧条