險險

Chinese

		danger(ous); rugged	danger(ous); rugged
trad. (險險)		險	險
simp. (险险)		险	险

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiám-hiám

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiám-hiám
    • Tâi-lô: hiám-hiám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiafmhiarm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiam⁴¹/

Adverb

險險

1. (Southern Min) almost; nearly; barely

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)
• 險些／险些 (xiǎnxiē) (of bad things)
• 險介乎／险介乎 (⁵shi-cia-wu) (Wu)

 

References

• “Entry #12058”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.