稍微

Chinese

		somewhat; a little	tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite
trad. (稍微)		稍	微
simp. #(稍微)		稍	微

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāowēi, shāowéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠ ㄨㄟ, ㄕㄠ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saau² mei⁴

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sau-bî
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹sau-vi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāowēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠ ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shaowei
    • Wade–Giles: shao¹-wei¹
    • Yale: shāu-wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shauuei
    • Palladius: шаовэй (šaovɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāowéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shaowéi
    • Wade–Giles: shao¹-wei²
    • Yale: shāu-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shauwei
    • Palladius: шаовэй (šaovɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saau² mei⁴
    • Yale: sáau mèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saau² mei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sao² méi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːu̯³⁵ mei̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sau-bî
    • Tâi-lô: sau-bî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sau'bii
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sau³³ bi²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sau⁴⁴⁻²² bi¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sau⁴⁴⁻²² bi²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹sau-vi
    • MiniDict: sau^平 vi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sau-vi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɔ⁵⁵ vi²¹/

Adverb

稍微

1. slightly; a little; somewhat

Synonyms

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• 一些 (yīxiē)
• 多少 (duōshǎo)
• 小可 (Hokkien)
• 小可仔 (Hokkien)
• 微微仔 (Hokkien)
• 拉圇 / 拉囵 (Hokkien)
• 普二略 (Hokkien)
• 普其略 (Hokkien)
• 普普仔 (Hokkien)
• 有些 (yǒuxiē)
• 略事 (lüèshì) (literary)
• 略仔 (Hokkien)
• 略微 (lüèwēi)
• 略為 / 略为 (lüèwéi)
• 略略 (lüèlüè)
• 略略仔 (Hokkien)
• 稍
• 稍為 / 稍为 (shāowéi)
• 稍稍仔 (Hokkien)
• 粗粗 (Hakka)
• 粗粗仔 (Hakka)
• 約略 / 约略 (yuēlüè)
• 聊 (liáo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 頗略仔 / 颇略仔 (Hokkien)
• 麻微 (Hokkien)
• 麻文 (Hokkien)