細聲

See also: 细声

Chinese

		fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender	sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
trad. (細聲)		細	聲
simp. (细声)		细	声

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ seng¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): se-sâng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sê⁴ sang¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sòe-siaⁿ / sè-siaⁿ / sère-siaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): soi³ sian¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìsheng
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-shêng¹
    • Yale: syì-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihsheng
    • Palladius: сишэн (sišɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ seng¹
    • Yale: sai sēng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ seng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ séng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ sɛːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: se-sâng
    • Hakka Romanization System: se sang´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: se⁴ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /se⁵⁵ saŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sê⁴ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /se⁵³ saŋ⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòe-siaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: suè-siann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soeasviaf
    • IPA (Singapore): /sue²¹⁻⁴² siã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sue²¹⁻⁵³ siã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siã³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sue¹¹⁻⁵³ siã⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-siaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sè-siann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seasviaf
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ siã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se²¹⁻⁵³ siã⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sère-siaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: serè-siann
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: soi³ sian¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sòi siaⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /soi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sĩã³³/

Noun

細聲

1. (literary or Cantonese, Hakka, Min) low voice; fine voice

Synonyms

• 小聲／小声 (xiǎoshēng)

Derived terms

• 大細聲／大细声
• 大聲細聲／大声细声
• 細聲細氣／细声细气

 

Adjective

細聲

1. (literary or Cantonese, Hakka, Min) quiet

Adverb

細聲

1. (literary or Cantonese, Hakka, Min) quietly; in a quiet voice

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “細聲”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC