稍稍

Chinese

		somewhat; a little	somewhat; a little
trad. (稍稍)		稍	稍
simp. #(稍稍)		稍	稍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāoshāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠ ㄕㄠ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāoshāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠ ㄕㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shaoshao
    • Wade–Giles: shao¹-shao¹
    • Yale: shāu-shāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaushau
    • Palladius: шаошао (šaošao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saau² saau²
    • Yale: sáau sáau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saau² saau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sao² sao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːu̯³⁵ saːu̯³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹sau-sau
    • MiniDict: sau^平 sau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sau-sau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɔ⁵⁵ sɔ²¹/

Adverb

稍稍

1. slightly; a little; somewhat
2. gradually; little by little; step by step; progressively

Synonyms

• (slightly): 稍微 (shāowēi), 略微 (lüèwēi)
• (gradually):

• 慢慢
• 步步 (bùbù)
• 浸 (literary)
• 浸漸／浸渐 (jìnjiàn) (literary)
• 浸潯／浸浔 (qīnyín) (literary)
• 漸次／渐次 (jiàncì)
• 漸漸／渐渐 (jiànjiàn)
• 逐步 (zhúbù)
• 逐漸／逐渐 (zhújiàn)