利索

Chinese

		advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp	to search; to demand; to ask to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated
simp. and trad. (利索)		利	索
alternative forms		俐索

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): lìsuo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄙㄨㄛ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): лисуә (lisuə, III-0)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁶ sok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lī-soh / lī-sak
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶li-soq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìsuo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄙㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìsuo̊
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-so⁵
    • Yale: lì-swo
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih.suo
    • Palladius: лисо (liso)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ su̯ɔ¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: лисуә (lisuə, III-0)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁴⁴ suə⁰/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁶ sok³
    • Yale: leih sok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁶ sok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁶ sog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²² sɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-soh
    • Tâi-lô: lī-soh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixsoiq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /li²²⁻²¹ soʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-sak
    • Tâi-lô: lī-sak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixsag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² sak̚⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶li-soq
    • MiniDict: li^去 soh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³li-soq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²² soʔ⁴⁴/

Adjective

利索

1. (colloquial) agile; nimble; dexterous
2. (colloquial) neat; orderly
3. (colloquial) settled; finished
4. (colloquial) unrestricted

Synonyms

• (agile):

• 便利 (biànlì) (literary)
• 便捷 (biànjié)
• 利落 (lìluo)
• 快手 (faai³ sau²) (Cantonese)
• 手快 (shǒukuài)
• 敏捷 (mǐnjié)
• 機動／机动 (jīdòng)
• 緊手／紧手 (Hokkien)
• 緊跤捷手／紧跤捷手 (Hokkien)
• 輕快／轻快 (qīngkuài)
• 靈便／灵便 (língbiàn)
• 靈利／灵利 (línglì) (literary)
• 靈巧／灵巧 (língqiǎo)
• 靈敏／灵敏 (língmǐn)
• 靈活／灵活 (línghuó)
• 麻利 (málì) (colloquial)

 

• (neat): 利落 (lìluo)
• (settled): 利落 (lìluo)

Derived terms

• 利利索索 (lìlìsuōsuō)