險些

Chinese

		danger(ous); rugged	some; few; several some; few; several; (a measure word)
trad. (險些)		險	些
simp. (险些)		险	些

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎnxiē

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): him² se¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎnxiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎnsie
    • Wade–Giles: hsien³-hsieh¹
    • Yale: syǎn-syē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheanshie
    • Palladius: сяньсе (sjanʹse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (險些兒／险些儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎnxiēr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄝㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎnsier
    • Wade–Giles: hsien³-hsieh¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: syǎn-syēr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheanshie'l
    • Palladius: сяньсер (sjanʹser)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: him² se¹
    • Yale: hím sē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: him² se¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: him² sé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːm³⁵ sɛː⁵⁵/

Adverb

險些

1. (of bad things) almost; nearly

Synonyms

• 差一點／差一点
• 差啲 (caa¹ di¹) (Cantonese)
• 差小可 (Hokkien)
• 差小可仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 差淡薄 (Hokkien)
• 差淡薄仔 (Hokkien)
• 差無偌／差无偌 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 差點／差点 (chàdiǎn)
• 差點咖子／差点咖子 (ca¹ dienn³ ga zr) (Xiang)
• 急下烏／急下乌 (⁷ciq-shia-u) (Wu)
• 爭些／争些 (zhēngxiē) (obsolete)
• 爭啲／争啲 (zaang¹ di¹) (Cantonese)
• 爭差點兒／争差点儿 (zen¹ ca¹ dianr³) (Sichuanese)
• 爭滴滴兒／争滴滴儿 (zen¹ di¹ dir^3-1) (Sichuanese)
• 爭點兒／争点儿 (zen¹ dianr³) (Sichuanese)
• 臨臨仔／临临仔 (Hokkien)
• 險／险 (xiǎn) (of bad things)
• 險介乎／险介乎 (⁵shi-cia-wu) (Wu)
• 險險／险险 (Hokkien)