細漢

See also: 细汉

Chinese

		fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender	Chinese; name of a dynasty; man
trad. (細漢)		細	漢
simp. (细汉)		细	汉

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sòe-hàn / sè-hàn / sère-hàn

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòe-hàn
    • Tâi-lô: suè-hàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soea'haxn
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ han⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /sue¹²⁻⁵³ han¹²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sue¹¹⁻⁵³ han¹¹/
    • IPA (Lukang): /sue³¹⁻⁵³ han³¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sue²¹⁻⁵³ han²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-hàn
    • Tâi-lô: sè-hàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sea'haxn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ han²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Tainan, Yilan): /se²¹⁻⁵³ han²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sère-hàn
    • Tâi-lô: serè-hàn

Adjective

細漢 (Southern Min)

1. young

   • 在細漢的時陣阮阿嬤對我尚好。 [Hokkien, trad.]
     在细汉的时阵阮阿嬷对我尚好。 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 蕭煌奇 (Hsiao Huang-Chi), 阿嬤的話

     Tī sè-hàn ê sî-chūn gún a-má tùi góa siōng hó. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     When I was young, my grandma treated me the best.

2. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, of stature) short

   • 可惜生成較細漢，需要觀前顧後才bē危險 [Hokkien, trad.]
     可惜生成较细汉，需要观前顾后才bē危险 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 蕭Lah-jih (Siau Lah-jih), 水pī仔水--ni̍h泅 (Chúi-pī-á chúi--nih siû)

     Khó-sioh seⁿ-chiâⁿ khah sè-hàn, Su-iàu koan-chêng kò͘-āu chiah-bē gûi-hiám [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Unfortunately, it is quite short; it needs to look back and forth to be safe

3. youngest; of the lowest position in family hierarchy

Synonyms

• (young): (Hokkien) 細米／细米

Antonyms

• 大漢／大汉 (dàhàn)

Derived terms

• 細漢偷挽匏，大漢偷牽牛／细汉偷挽匏，大汉偷牵牛 (sè-hàn thau bán pû, tōa-hàn thau khan gû)
• 細漢囝／细汉囝
• 細漢囡仔／细汉囡仔
• 細漢煩惱伊袂大，大漢煩惱伊袂娶／细汉烦恼伊袂大，大汉烦恼伊袂娶 (sè-hàn hoân-ló i bē tōa, tōa-hàn hoân-ló i bē chhōa)

 

Adverb

細漢 (Southern Min)

1. during one's childhood

   • 聽講伊細漢厝內散赤真歹命，父母號名罔市仔。 [Hokkien, trad.]
     听讲伊细汉厝内散赤真歹命，父母号名罔市仔。 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 詹雅雯, 罔市仔

     Thiaⁿ-káng i sè-hàn chhù-lāi sàn-chhiah chin pháiⁿ-miā, pē-bú hō-miâ Bóng-chhī-á. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     I heard that during her childhood, her family was poor and very unfortunate. Her parents called her little Bóng-chhī (homophone of 罔飼／罔饲 - to raise up tentatively).

Synonyms

• (Min nan) 少年 (shàonián)
• 小時候／小时候 (xiǎoshíhou)

References

• “Entry #7793”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.