矮細

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Chinese

		short (not tall)	fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender
trad. (矮細)		矮	細
simp. (矮细)		矮	细

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): ai² sai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ái-se
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): óe-sòe / é-sè

(Teochew, Peng'im): oi² soi³

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ai² sai³
  - Yale: ái sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ai² sai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ei² sei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐi̯³⁵ sɐi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ái-se
  - Hakka Romanization System: ai^ˋ se
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ai³ se⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ai̯³¹ se⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óe-sòe
  - Tâi-lô: ué-suè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oefsoex
  - IPA (Taipei): /ue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sue¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sue²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: é-sè
  - Tâi-lô: é-sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: efsex
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /e⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /e⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: oi² soi³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ói sòi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /oi⁵²⁻³⁵ soi²¹³/

Adjective

矮細

(Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min) short and small; undersized
- 1951, 《孔明献空城歌》下本, Hsinchu: 竹林書局:
  
  鄧芝人生恰矮細　原穿白甲戴銀盔 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  邓芝人生恰矮细　原穿白甲戴银盔 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  Tēng Chi lâng siⁿ khah óe-sòe, goân chhēng pe̍h kah tì gûn khoe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 矮小 (“(of stature) short and small”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		矮小
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	矮小
Cantonese	Hong Kong	矮細
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	矮細
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	矮細
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	矮細
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	矮細
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	矮細
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	矮細
Southern Min	Xiamen	矮細, 矮股, 細箍把, 細粒子
	Quanzhou	矮細, 矮股觸, 細箍把, 細粒子
	Zhangzhou	矮細, 矮股, 細粒子
	Tainan	矮股, 細粒子
	Jieyang	矮細

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