瑣碎

See also: 琐碎

Chinese

		fragmentary; trifling	to break down; to break into pieces; fragmentary
trad. (瑣碎)		瑣	碎
simp. (琐碎)		琐	碎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suǒsuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄙㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): so² seoi³
• Min Nan (POJ): só-chhùi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suǒsuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suǒsuèi
    • Wade–Giles: so³-sui⁴
    • Yale: swǒ-swèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suoosuey
    • Palladius: сосуй (sosuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /swɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ sweɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: so² seoi³
    • Yale: só seui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: so² soey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: so² sêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː³⁵ sɵy̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só-chhùi
    • Tâi-lô: só-tshuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soyzhuix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /so⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰui⁴¹/

Adjective

瑣碎

1. trivial; inconsequential; trifling

Synonyms

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• 屑 (xiè) (literary, or in compounds)
• 濕濕碎／湿湿碎 (Cantonese)

• 濕碎／湿碎 (Cantonese)
• 瑣屑／琐屑 (suǒxiè) (literary)

Derived terms

• 瑣碎化／琐碎化 (suǒsuìhuà)