細 (Kangxi radical 120,糸+5, 11 strokes,cangjie input女火田 (VFW),four-corner26900,composition⿰糹田)
- 𱔕, 𫱫, 𪷉, 𫋘, 𫎰, 𬧐, 𫙶, 𦃯, 𬗱, 𬘅, 𫄕, 𦹀, 𬗽, 𧀇
- Kangxi Dictionary:page 919, character 36
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27344
- Dae Jaweon: page 1351, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3380, character 5
- Unihan data for U+7D30
| Old Chinese |
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| 崽 | *ʔslɯːʔ, *srɯː, *srɯː |
| 偲 | *sn̥ʰɯː, *snɯ |
| 腮 | *snɯː |
| 鰓 | *snɯː |
| 揌 | *snɯː |
| 顋 | *snɯː |
| 愢 | *snɯː |
| 毢 | *snɯː |
| 諰 | *srɯː, *snɯʔ |
| 細 | *snɯːls |
| 思 | *snɯ, *snɯs |
| 緦 | *snɯ |
| 罳 | *snɯ |
| 禗 | *snɯ |
| 楒 | *snɯ |
| 葸 | *snɯʔ |
| 恖 | *snɯ |
| 颸 | *sʰrɯ |
| 囟 | *snɯns |
| 顖 | *sniŋs |
| 毸 | *snɯː |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*snɯːls): semantic 糸 + phonetic 囟(OC*snɯns). The right component is etymologically unrelated to田 in which it was corrupted to after the Han dynasty.
FromProto-Sino-Tibetan*z(j)əj(“little; small; tiny”) (STEDT); cognate withJingphozi(“small”),Tibetanཟི(zi,“small”),Burmeseသေး(se:,“small”).
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien:Xiamen,Quanzhou,Taipei,Lukang,Kinmen,Magong,Hsinchu,Philippines,Singapore)
- (Hokkien:Xiamen,Quanzhou,Zhangzhou,Kaohsiung,Yilan,Tainan,Taichung)
- (Hokkien:Sanxia)
Note:
- Xiamen, Quanzhou:
- sòe - vernacular;
- sè - literary.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) |
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| Character | 細 |
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| Reading # | 1/1 |
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xì |
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Middle Chinese | ‹ sejH › |
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Old Chinese | /*[s]ˁe(k)-s/ |
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| English | small, minute |
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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) |
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| Character | 細 |
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| Reading # | 1/1 |
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| No. | 13834 |
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Phonetic component | 囟 |
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Rime group | 微 |
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Rime subdivision | 1 |
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Corresponding MC rime | 細 |
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Old Chinese | /*snɯːls/ |
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細
- (literary or Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Min)small;tiny;little
- Antonym:大
點解會咁細嘅?[Cantonese,trad.]
点解会咁细嘅?[Cantonese,simp.]- dim2 gaai2 wui5 gam3sai3 ge2?[Jyutping]
- Why is it sosmall?
- thin;slender
- Antonym:粗(cū)
- 細線/细线 ― xì xiàn ― thin string
- fine;delicate;exquisite
- Antonym:粗(cū)
- 細沙/细沙 ― xì shā ― fine sand
- careful;detailed;meticulous
- slowly;carefully;thoroughly;detailedly
- 細看/细看 ― xìkàn ― to carefully examine
- trifling;trivial;unimportant
- (of one's voice)soft
- frugal;sparing
- (literary or Cantonese, Hakka, Min)young;little
- Antonym:大
- 你仲細咩!/你仲细咩![Cantonese] ― nei5 zung6sai3 me1![Jyutping] ― [Do you think that] you're still a child?
- (Cantonese) to beyounger than
- Antonym:大
- 細佢幾十年/细佢几十年[Cantonese] ― sai3 keoi5 gei2 sap6 nin4[Jyutping] ― younger than them by a couple decades
- (Hokkien, Hainanese, dialectal Cantonese)concubine
Dialectal synonyms of
小 (“small”)
[map]| Variety | Location | Words |
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| Formal(Written Standard Chinese) | 小 |
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| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 小 |
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| Taiwan | 小 |
| Harbin | 小 |
| Malaysia | 小 |
| Singapore | 小 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 小 |
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| Jinan | 小 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 小 |
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| Xi'an | 小,碎 |
| Xining | 小,尕 |
| Xuzhou | 小 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 小 |
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| Ürümqi | 小,尕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 小 |
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| Wuhan | 小 |
| Guiyang | 小 |
| Guilin | 小 |
| Liuzhou | 小 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 小 |
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| Yangzhou | 小 |
| Hefei | 小 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 細 |
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| Hong Kong | 細 |
| Hong Kong(San Tin; Weitou) | 細 |
| Hong Kong(Kam Tin; Weitou) | 細 |
| Hong Kong(Ting Kok) | 細 |
| Hong Kong(Tung Ping Chau) | 細 |
| Macau | 細 |
| Guangzhou(Panyu) | 細 |
| Guangzhou(Huashan, Huadu) | 細 |
| Guangzhou(Conghua) | 細 |
| Guangzhou(Zengcheng) | 細 |
| Foshan | 細 |
| Foshan(Shatou, Nanhai) | 細 |
| Foshan(Shunde) | 細 |
| Foshan(Sanshui) | 細 |
| Foshan(Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 細 |
| Zhongshan(Shiqi) | 細 |
| Zhuhai(Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 細 |
| Zhuhai(Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 細 |
| Zhuhai(Doumen) | 細 |
| Jiangmen(Baisha) | 細 |
| Jiangmen(Xinhui) | 細 |
| Taishan | 細 |
| Kaiping(Chikan) | 細 |
| Enping(Niujiang) | 細 |
| Heshan(Yayao) | 細 |
| Dongguan | 細 |
| Shenzhen(Shajing, Bao'an) | 細 |
| Qingyuan | 細 |
| Fogang | 細 |
| Yingde(Hanguang) | 細 |
| Yangshan | 細 |
| Lianzhou(Qingshui; Sihui) | 細 |
| Shaoguan | 細 |
| Shaoguan(Qujiang) | 細 |
| Renhua | 細 |
| Lechang | 細 |
| Zhaoqing(Gaoyao) | 細 |
| Sihui | 細 |
| Guangning | 細 |
| Deqing | 細 |
| Huaiji | 細 |
| Yunfu | 細 |
| Xinxing | 細 |
| Luoding | 細 |
| Yunan(Pingtai) | 細 |
| Yangjiang | 細 |
| Xinyi | 細 |
| Maoming(Xinpo) | 細 |
| Lianjiang | 細 |
| Nanning | 細 |
| Wuzhou | 細,𱒃 |
| Yulin | 𱒃 |
| Hepu(Lianzhou) | 𱒃 |
| Hepu(Shatian) | 𱒃 |
| Guiping | 細,小 |
| Guiping(Mule) | 𱒃 |
| Pingnan | 細 |
| Mengshan(Xihe) | 細 |
| Guigang(Gangcheng) | 細 |
| Guigang(Nanjiang) | 細 |
| Guigang(Pingdong) | 細 |
| Beiliu(Tangliao) | 細 |
| Baise | 細 |
| Bobai | 細 |
| Lingshan | 細 |
| Pubei | 細 |
| Qinzhou | 細 |
| Qinzhou(Xiniujiao) | 𱒃 |
| Beihai | 細 |
| Beihai(Nankang) | 細 |
| Beihai(Yingpan) | 𱒃 |
| Beihai(Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 細 |
| Beihai(Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 細,小 |
| Ningming | 細 |
| Hengzhou | 細 |
| Fangchenggang(Fangcheng) | 細 |
| Danzhou | 細 |
| Kuala Lumpur(Guangfu) | 細 |
| Singapore(Guangfu) | 細 |
| Ho Chi Minh City(Guangfu) | 細 |
| Móng Cái | 細 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 細,小 |
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| Lichuan | 細,小 |
| Pingxiang | 細,小 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 細,小 |
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| Xingning | 細 |
| Huizhou(Huicheng; Bendihua) | 細 |
| Huiyang | 細 |
| Huidong(Daling) | 細 |
| Dongguan(Qingxi) | 細 |
| Boluo(Bendihua) | 細 |
| Shenzhen(Shatoujiao) | 細 |
| Zhongshan(Nanlang Heshui) | 小 |
| Heyuan(Bendihua) | 細 |
| Longchuan(Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 細 |
| Heping(Linzhai; Bendihua) | 細 |
| Lianping(Longjie; Bendihua) | 細 |
| Shaoguan(Qujiang) | 細 |
| Lianshan(Xiaosanjiang) | 細 |
| Guangzhou(Lütian, Conghua) | 細 |
| Jiexi | 細 |
| Changting | 細 |
| Wuping | 細 |
| Wuping(Pingyu) | 細 |
| Liancheng | 細 |
| Ninghua | 小 |
| Yudu | 細 |
| Ruijin | 細 |
| Shicheng | 細 |
| Shangyou(Shexi) | 細 |
| Miaoli(N. Sixian) | 細 |
| Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) | 細 |
| Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) | 細 |
| Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) | 細 |
| Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) | 細 |
| Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 細 |
| Hong Kong | 細 |
| Beiliu(Tang'an) | 小 |
| Mashan(Pianlian) | 細 |
| Senai(Huiyang) | 細 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 小 |
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| Jin | Taiyuan | 小 |
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| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 小 |
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| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 嫩,細 |
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| Fuzhou(Changle) | 嫩 |
| Fuqing | 嫩 |
| Yongtai | 嫩 |
| Gutian | 嫩 |
| Fu'an | 嫩 |
| Ningde | 嫩 |
| Shouning | 嫩 |
| Zhouning | 細 |
| Fuding | 嫩,細 |
| Matsu | 嫩 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 細 |
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| Xiamen(Tong'an) | 細 |
| Quanzhou | 細 |
| Jinjiang | 細 |
| Nan'an | 細 |
| Hui'an | 細 |
| Anxi | 細 |
| Yongchun | 細 |
| Dehua | 細 |
| Zhangzhou | 細 |
| Zhangzhou(Longhai) | 細 |
| Zhangzhou(Changtai) | 細 |
| Hua'an | 細 |
| Nanjing | 細 |
| Pinghe | 細 |
| Zhangpu | 細 |
| Yunxiao | 細 |
| Zhao'an | 細 |
| Dongshan | 細 |
| Taipei | 小,細 |
| New Taipei(Sanxia) | 小,細 |
| Kaohsiung | 小,細 |
| Yilan | 小,細 |
| Changhua(Lukang) | 小,細 |
| Taichung | 小,細 |
| Tainan | 小,細 |
| Hsinchu | 小,細 |
| Kinmen | 小 |
| Penghu(Magong) | 小 |
| Penang(Hokkien) | 細 |
| Singapore(Hokkien) | 細 |
| Manila(Hokkien) | 細 |
| Zhangping(Yongfu) | 細 |
| Pingnan(Shangdu) | 小 |
| Chaozhou | 細 |
| Shantou | 細 |
| Shantou(Chenghai) | 細 |
| Shantou(Chaoyang) | 細 |
| Jieyang | 細 |
| Haifeng | 細 |
| Bangkok(Teochew) | 細 |
| Johor Bahru(Teochew) | 細 |
| Singapore(Teochew) | 細 |
| Batam(Teochew) | 細 |
| Pontianak(Teochew) | 細 |
| Leizhou | 細 |
| Wenchang | 細,孧 |
| Haikou | 細,孧 |
| Qionghai | 孧 |
| Singapore(Hainanese) | 孧,細 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 細 |
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| Xianyou | 細 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning(Tingzi) | 細 |
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| Nanning(Shajing) | 細 |
| Binyang(Xinqiao) | 細 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin(Chaoyang) | 細 |
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| Guilin(Zhuyuan) | 細 |
| Lingchuan(Tanxia) | 細 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 小 |
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| Shanghai(Chongming) | 小 |
| Suzhou | 小 |
| Danyang | 小 |
| Hangzhou | 小 |
| Ningbo | 小 |
| Wenzhou | 小,瑣 |
| Lishui | 細 |
| Jinyun | 巧 |
| Jinhua | 小 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 細,小 |
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| Loudi | 小 |
| Shuangfeng | 細 |
| Quanzhou | 小 |
| Guanyang(Wenshi) | 小 |
Dialectal synonyms of
細 (“thin; fine; slender”)
[map]Dialectal synonyms of
妾 (“concubine”)
[map]| Variety | Location | Words |
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| Classical Chinese | 妾,姬,媵,妾媵,媵妾,侍妾,姬妾,側室,偏室,姑娘 |
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| Formal(Written Standard Chinese) | 妾,偏房 |
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| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 小太太兒,小婆婆兒,小奶奶兒,小的兒,屋兒裡人 |
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| Taiwan | 小老婆,姨太太 |
| Harbin | 小老婆 |
| Singapore | 小老婆 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 小老婆 |
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai(Muping) | 小老婆兒,小婆子 |
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| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 小老婆兒 |
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| Wanrong | 小婆子 |
| Xi'an | 小婆子,小 |
| Xuzhou | 小的兒,小的,小兒,小點子,小婆兒,小婆子,庶夫人 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 小老婆,小 |
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| Lanzhou | 小老婆 |
| Ürümqi | 小老婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 小老婆,小婆子,小婆娘 |
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| Chengdu(Xindu) | 小婆子 |
| Chengdu(Pidu) | 小婆子,小婆娘 |
| Chengdu(Wenjiang) | 小婆子,小婆娘 |
| Chengdu(Shuangliu) | 小婆子,小婆娘 |
| Chengdu(Xinjin) | 小婆子 |
| Jintang | 小婆子,小婆娘 |
| Pengzhou | 小婆子,小婆娘 |
| Dujiangyan | 小婆娘 |
| Chongzhou | 小婆子,小婆娘 |
| Dayi | 小婆子,小婆娘 |
| Pujiang | 小婆子,小婆娘 |
| Qionglai | 小婆子 |
| Wuhan | 小堂客,小,姨太太 |
| Guiyang | 小婆娘,姨太太 |
| Liuzhou | 小的,小,小老婆,小婆 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 小老婆 |
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| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 細婆,妾侍,二奶 |
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| Hong Kong | 細婆,妾侍,二奶,阿二,阿奶 |
| Hong Kong(Kam Tin; Weitou) | 細婆 |
| Macau | 妾 |
| Guangzhou(Panyu) | 妾侍 |
| Guangzhou(Huashan, Huadu) | 奶 |
| Guangzhou(Conghua) | 細婆 |
| Guangzhou(Zengcheng) | 妾侍,阿子 |
| Foshan | 妾侍 |
| Foshan(Shatou, Nanhai) | 阿細 |
| Foshan(Sanshui) | 妾侍 |
| Foshan(Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 偏房 |
| Zhongshan(Shiqi) | 妾侍 |
| Zhuhai(Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 妾侍 |
| Zhuhai(Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 妾侍 |
| Zhuhai(Doumen) | 妾侍 |
| Jiangmen(Baisha) | 小婆 |
| Jiangmen(Xinhui) | 小婆 |
| Taishan | 小老婆 |
| Kaiping(Chikan) | 妾侍 |
| Enping(Niujiang) | 妾侍,細 |
| Heshan(Yayao) | 偏房 |
| Dongguan | 細婆 |
| Shenzhen(Shajing, Bao'an) | 細婆 |
| Yangjiang | 細娘,細嬸,細媽 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 小老婆,小 |
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| Lichuan | 小婆 |
| Pingxiang | 小老婆,小婆子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 小婆 |
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| Huizhou(Huicheng; Bendihua) | 阿細 |
| Dongguan(Qingxi) | 細婆 |
| Shenzhen(Shatoujiao) | 細婆,細奶 |
| Zhongshan(Nanlang Heshui) | 細婆 |
| Guangzhou(Lütian, Conghua) | 細婆 |
| Yudu | 小老婆 |
| Miaoli(N. Sixian) | 細姐,細婆,偏房 |
| Miaoli(Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 細姐 |
| Miaoli(Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 細姐 |
| Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) | 細姆,細姐仔,細婆,偏房 |
| Pingtung(Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 細姆 |
| Kaohsiung(Meinong; S. Sixian) | 細姐仔 |
| Kaohsiung(Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 細姐仔 |
| Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) | 細姐,細婆,偏房 |
| Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) | 細姐,細姨,偏房 |
| Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) | 細姐,細婆,偏房 |
| Miaoli(Zhuolan; Raoping) | 細姨,細姐,細婆,偏房 |
| Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 細姐,細姨,偏房 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 細老嫗 |
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| Jin | Taiyuan | 小老婆,姨娘,姨太太 |
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| Xinzhou | 小婆子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 小嬤 |
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| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 細婆 non-face-to-face,細姐 face-to-face,姨太 older,姑娘 younger, face to face |
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| Southern Min | Xiamen | 細姨,細 |
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| Quanzhou | 細姨,細 |
| Jinjiang | 細姨 |
| Yongchun | 細姨 |
| Zhangzhou | 細姨,細 |
| Taipei | 細姨 |
| New Taipei(Sanxia) | 細姨 |
| Kaohsiung | 細姨 |
| Yilan | 細姨 |
| Changhua(Lukang) | 細姨 |
| Taichung | 細姨 |
| Tainan | 細姨 |
| Hsinchu | 細姨 |
| Kinmen | 細姨 |
| Penghu(Magong) | 細姨 |
| Manila(Hokkien) | 細姨 |
| Chaozhou | 姨囝 |
| Leizhou | 細娘 |
| Haikou | 細姩,細老婆,孧老婆,細 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 阿娌,阿姐 regional,細婆,細某,德配 |
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| Xianyou | 阿娌,細某,德配 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan(Longdu, Shaxi) | 細婆 |
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| Southern Pinghua | Nanning(Tingzi) | 細婆 |
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| Wu | Shanghai | 小老媽,小老婆,小娘子,偏房 |
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| Shanghai(Chongming) | 小老婆,小老官,姨太太 |
| Suzhou | 小老媽 |
| Danyang | 小老媽 |
| Hangzhou | 小老婆 |
| Ningbo | 小老𡢿 |
| Wenzhou | 姨娘,姨娘兒 |
| Jinhua | 小老婆,小婆 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 小婆子,小堂客 |
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| Loudi | 小 |
| Hengyang | 妾婆子 |
- (antonym(s) of“small”):大 (dà, “large”)
- (antonym(s) of“young”):大 (dà, “grown up”)
- (antonym(s) of“fine”):粗 (cū, “coarse”)
- “細”, in漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1],香港中文大學 (theChinese University of Hong Kong),2014–
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆[Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “细”, in莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page254.
細
(Second grade kyōiku kanji)
- thin, fine
- slender
- Go-on:さい(sai,Jōyō)
- Kan-on:せい(sei)
- Kun:ほそい(hosoi,細い,Jōyō)、こまかい(komakai,細かい,Jōyō)、ささやか(sasayaka,細やか)、ほそる(hosoru,細る,Jōyō)、こまか(komaka,細か,Jōyō)、くわしい(kuwashii,細しい)
| For pronunciation and definitions of細 – see the following entry. |
| 【小】1 | - [prefix]attached to certain nouns to mean:
- [prefix]small
- [prefix]fine
- [prefix]slight
Alternative spellings些些,さざ
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| (This term,細, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
細 (eumhun가늘세(ganeul se))
- hanja form? of세(“thin”)
細:Hán Việt readings:tế[1][2][3][4][5][6]
細:Nôm readings:té[1][2][3][4][5][6][7],tới[1][2][4][5][6][7],tí[2][3],tía[1],tỉ[2]
- chữ Hán form oftế(“small;thin”)
- chữ Nôm form ofté(“totrip; tofall; tosprinkle”)
- chữ Nôm form oftía(“(dated)purple”)
- chữ Nôm form oftới(“toarrive (at);to”)