稍為

Chinese

		somewhat; a little	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
trad. (稍為/稍爲)		稍	為/爲
simp. (稍为)		稍	为

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāowéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saau² wai⁴
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹sau-we

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • 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 wai⁴
    • Yale: sáau wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saau² wai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sao² wei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːu̯³⁵ wɐi̯²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹sau-we
    • MiniDict: sau^平 we
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sau-hhue
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɔ⁵⁵ ɦue²¹/

Adverb

稍為

1. slightly; a little; somewhat

   • 假如這樣，又假如突圍後的領導稍為聰明一點，情況便將有很大的不同。 [MSC, trad.]
     假如这样，又假如突围后的领导稍为聪明一点，情况便将有很大的不同。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1936, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《中國革命戰爭的戰略問題》 (Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Jiǎrú zhèyàng, yòu jiǎrú tūwéi hòu de lǐngdǎo shāowéi cōngmíng yīdiǎn, qíngkuàng biàn jiāng yǒu hěn dà de bùtóng. [Pinyin]

     If that had been done, and if the leadership had been a little wiser after our breakthrough, the outcome would have been very different.

Synonyms

• 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
• 稍微 (shāowēi)
• 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)