熟悉

Chinese

		familiar; skilled; ripe familiar; skilled; ripe; done; cooked	in all cases; know
trad. (熟悉)		熟	悉
simp. #(熟悉)		熟	悉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shúxī, shóuxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˊ ㄒㄧ, ㄕㄡˊ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): suk⁶ sik¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sio̍k-sek / sio̍k-siak / se̍k-sek / se̍k-si

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sêg⁸ sêg⁴

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁸zoq-shiq₇

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, literary; standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shúxī → shúxi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˊ ㄒㄧ → ㄕㄨˊ ˙ㄒㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shúsi̊
    • Wade–Giles: shu²-hsi⁵
    • Yale: shú-syi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwu.shi
    • Palladius: шуси (šusi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/ → /ʂu³⁵ ɕi³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial; standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shóuxī → shóuxi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˊ ㄒㄧ → ㄕㄡˊ ˙ㄒㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shóusi̊
    • Wade–Giles: shou²-hsi⁵
    • Yale: shóu-syi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shour.shi
    • Palladius: шоуси (šousi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/ → /ʂoʊ̯³⁵ ɕi³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: suk⁶ sik¹
    • Yale: suhk sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁹ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sug⁶ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚² sɪk̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 熟悉 熟識 / 熟识

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio̍k-sek
    • Tâi-lô: sio̍k-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siogseg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔk̚⁴⁻³² siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio̍k-siak
    • Tâi-lô: sio̍k-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siogsiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /siɔk̚²⁴⁻² siak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍k-sek
    • Tâi-lô: si̍k-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: segseg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪk̚⁴⁻³² siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍k-si
    • Tâi-lô: si̍k-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: segsy
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚⁴⁻³² si⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sêg⁸ sêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: se̍k sek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sek̚⁴⁻² sek̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Jiaxing)
    • Wugniu: ⁸zoq-shiq₇
    • MiniDict: zoh^入 shih^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵zoq-xiq₄
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zoʔ¹¹ ɕiɪʔ²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /zoʔ²² ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵/

Verb

熟悉

1. (formal) to know well; to know clearly
2. to familiarise oneself with; to make oneself accustomed to

Synonyms

• (to know well):

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• 了解 (liǎojiě)
• 佔有 / 占有 (zhànyǒu)
• 分曉 / 分晓 (fēnxiǎo)
• 參悟 / 参悟 (cānwù)
• 悟 (wù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 懂 (dǒng)
• 懂得 (dǒngde)
• 打生 (Wenzhounese)
• 把握 (bǎwò)
• 掌握 (zhǎngwò)
• 明 (ming⁴) (Cantonese)
• 明白
• 明瞭 / 明了 (míngliǎo)
• 曉得 / 晓得 (xiǎode)
• 會悟 / 会悟 (huìwù) (literary)
• 洞悉 (dòngxī)
• 清亮 (mainland China)
• 清楚
• 熟似 (Hokkien)
• 熟稔 (shúrěn) (literary)
• 熟識 / 熟识 (shúshí)
• 理會 / 理会 (lǐhuì)
• 理解 (lǐjiě)
• 瞭悟 / 了悟 (liǎowù) (literary)
• 知影 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 知悉 (zhīxī) (literary)
• 知曉 / 知晓 (zhīxiǎo)
• 知識 / 知识 (zhīshí) (literary)
• 知道 (zhīdào)
• 覺 / 觉
• 覺悟 / 觉悟 (juéwù)
• 覺醒 / 觉醒 (juéxǐng)
• 認識 / 认识
• 諳曉 / 谙晓 (ānxiǎo) (literary)
• 諳達 / 谙达 (āndá) (literary)
• 貫通 / 贯通 (guàntōng)
• 通曉 / 通晓 (tōngxiǎo)
• 通解 (tōngjiě) (literary)
• 通達 / 通达 (tōngdá)
• 達 / 达 (literary, or in compounds)
• 醒悟 (xǐngwù)
• 開悟 / 开悟 (kāiwù) (literary)
• 領悟 / 领悟 (lǐngwù)
• 領會 / 领会 (lǐnghuì)
• 領略 / 领略 (lǐnglüè)

Adjective

熟悉

1. familiar; accustomed; recognised
   • 2013, 荒山亮 [Ric Huang], “趁我還會記 [While I Still Remember]”, in 趁我還會記 [While I Still Remember], performed by 荒山亮 [Ric Huang]:

     怎樣叫我放抹記熟悉的氣味 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     怎样叫我放抹记熟悉的气味 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     chóaⁿ-iūⁿ kiò góa pàng bōe-kì se̍k-si ê khì-bī [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2016, 曹雅雯 [Olivia Tsao], “我是你的人”, in 思念的歌, performed by 曹雅雯 [Olivia Tsao]:

     你的嘴唇你的氣味你的聲音遮呢熟悉 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     你的嘴唇你的气味你的声音遮呢熟悉 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     lí ê chhùi-tûn lí ê khì-bī lí ê siaⁿ-im chiah-nī se̍k-si [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Your lips, your smell, your voice are all so familiar

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 熟悉 (“familiar”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		熟悉
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	熟悉
	Singapore	熟悉, 熟
Cantonese	Hong Kong	熟
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	熟似
	Singapore (Hokkien)	熟似
	Manila (Hokkien)	熟似
Wu	Shanghai	熟悉