些
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Translingual
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Han character
些 (Kangxi radical 7, 二+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜心一一 (YPMM), four-corner 21101, composition ⿱此二)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 87, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 268
- Dae Jaweon: page 183, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1441, character 8
- Unihan data for U+4E9B
Chinese
| trad. | 些 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 些 | |
| alternative forms | 㱔 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 些 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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 s01200 |
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 些 | *saːls, *sjaːl, *seːs |
| 跐 | *ʔsreːʔ, *ʔseʔ, *sʰeʔ, *ʔsreʔ |
| 柴 | *zreː |
| 祡 | *zreː |
| 茈 | *zreː, *ʔseʔ, *ze |
| 眦 | *zreːs |
| 砦 | *zraːds |
| 寨 | *zraːds, *slɯːɡ |
| 啙 | *ʔseː, *zeːʔ, *ʔseʔ |
| 泚 | *sʰeːʔ, *sʰeʔ |
| 玼 | *sʰeːʔ, *sʰeʔ, *ze |
| 皉 | *sʰeːʔ |
| 鮆 | *zeːʔ, *ʔse |
| 眥 | *zeːs, *zes |
| 貲 | *ʔse |
| 髭 | *ʔse |
| 頾 | *ʔse |
| 訾 | *ʔse, *ʔseʔ |
| 鴜 | *ʔse, *ze |
| 鈭 | *ʔse, *sʰe |
| 姕 | *ʔse, *sʰe, *ze |
| 觜 | *ʔse, *ʔse, *ʔseʔ |
| 紫 | *ʔseʔ |
| 訿 | *ʔseʔ |
| 呰 | *ʔseʔ |
| 嘴 | *ʔseʔ |
| 雌 | *sʰe |
| 此 | *sʰeʔ |
| 佌 | *sʰeʔ, *seʔ |
| 庛 | *sʰes |
| 疵 | *ze |
| 骴 | *ze, *zes |
| 胔 | *ze, *zes |
| 飺 | *ze |
| 齜 | *ʔsre |
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xi1
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): xiet6
- Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): xia1
- Jin (Wiktionary): xie1
- Northern Min (KCR): siě
- Eastern Min (BUC): siĕ
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1shi
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sia1 / sie1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sie
- Wade–Giles: hsieh1
- Yale: syē
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shie
- Palladius: се (se)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siě
- Wade–Giles: hsieh3
- Yale: syě
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiee
- Palladius: се (se)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: xi1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xi
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: se1
- Yale: sē
- Cantonese Pinyin: se1
- Guangdong Romanization: sé1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɛː⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: lhie1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬiɛ³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: xiet6
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕiɛt̚⁵/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: xie1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕie¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siě
- Sinological IPA (key): /siɛ²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: siĕ
- Sinological IPA (key): /sie⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
Note:
- sia - literary;
- se - vernacular.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: sê1 / sên1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: se / seⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /se³³/, /sẽ³³/
- Wu
- Xiang
Note:
- xia1 - vernacular;
- xie - literary.
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: sjae
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*sjaːl/
Definitions
些
- some; a few; a little; a bit (an indefinite amount)
- (used after adjectives and certain verbs) a bit; a bit more
- rather; somewhat
- (archaic) A modal particle.
Synonyms
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 些 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 些 |
| Singapore | 些 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 啲 |
| Hong Kong | 啲 | |
| Taishan | 尼 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 啲 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 兜 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 兜 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 兜 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 兜 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 兜 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 兜 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 兜 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 寡 |
| Zhangzhou | 寡 | |
| Tainan | 寡 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 寡 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 寡 | |
| Shantou | 撮 | |
| Jieyang | 撮 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 撮 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 眼, 點, 些 formal or Mandarin-influenced |
| Wenzhou | 厘兒 | |
Compounds
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: suò
- Wade–Giles: so4
- Yale: swò
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suoh
- Palladius: со (so)
- Sinological IPA (key): /su̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: so3 / sai3 / so1
- Yale: so / sai / sō
- Cantonese Pinyin: so3 / sai3 / so1
- Guangdong Romanization: so3 / sei3 / so1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɔː³³/, /sɐi̯³³/, /sɔː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: saH, sejH
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*saːls/, /*seːs/
Definitions
些
Compounds
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to etymology 1?”)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛ
- Tongyong Pinyin: suo
- Wade–Giles: so1
- Yale: swō
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suo
- Palladius: со (so)
- Sinological IPA (key): /su̯ɔ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
些
- ‡ to decrease
References
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00056
- 諸橋轍次 (Morohashi Tetsuji), chief ed. 大漢和辞典 (Dai Kan-Wa Jiten, “Comprehensive Chinese–Japanese Dictionary”). 13 vols. 1955–1960. Revised and enlarged ed. 1984–1986. Tokyo: Taishukan.
Japanese
Kanji
些
Readings
Korean
Hanja
些 (eum 사 (sa))