熟似

Chinese

		familiar; skilled; ripe familiar; skilled; ripe; done; cooked	to seem; to appear; similar to seem; to appear; similar; like; to resemble
trad. (熟似)		熟	似
simp. #(熟似)		熟	似
alternative forms		熟事 熟姒 熟視／熟视 熟識／熟识 熟賽／熟赛 熟事 熟姒 熟視／熟视 熟識／熟识 熟賽／熟赛 熟婿 色事

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): se̍k-sāi / sia̍k-sāi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍k-sāi
    • Tâi-lô: si̍k-sāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: segsai
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚⁴⁻³² sai³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ sai²²/
    • IPA (Penang): /sek̚⁴⁻³ sai²¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /sek̚⁴³⁻²¹ sai²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪk̚⁴⁻³² sai²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sia̍k-sāi
    • Tâi-lô: sia̍k-sāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siagsai
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /siak̚²⁴⁻² sai⁴¹/

Verb

熟似

1. (Southern Min) to be well-acquainted with; to know well

   • 找一個無人熟識生份的所在 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     找一个无人熟识生份的所在 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1996, 張清芳, 無人熟識

     chhē chi̍t-ê bô-lâng se̍k-sāi chhiⁿ-hūn ê só͘-chāi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     I want to find a unfamiliar place where nobody knows me.

Synonyms

• 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
• 熟悉 (shúxī)
• 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
• 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)

 

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

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

Derived terms

• 熟似人
• 熟似人行生分禮／熟似人行生分礼
• 熟似騙厝內／熟似骗厝内

 

Further reading

• “Entry #11228”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.