些須

Chinese

		some; few; several some; few; several; (a measure word)	necessary; must; need
trad. (些須)		些	須
simp. (些须)		些	须

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiēxū

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝ ㄒㄩ

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): sê¹ su¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiēxū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝ ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siesyu
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh¹-hsü¹
    • Yale: syē-syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieshiu
    • Palladius: сесюй (sesjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ ɕy⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sê¹ su¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: se su
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /se³³⁻²³ su³³/

Adjective

些須

1. a few; a little; some

   • 我耳聾些須 [Teochew, trad.]
     我耳聋些须 [Teochew, simp.]

     From: 1841, William Dean, First Lessons in the Tie-chiw Dialect, “Diseases”

     ua² hin⁶ lang⁵ sê¹ su¹ [Peng'im]

     I am a little hard of hearing

   • 行開些須 [Teochew, trad.]
     行开些须 [Teochew, simp.]

     From: 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, Dictionary of the Swatow dialect

     gian⁵ kui¹ sê¹ su¹ [Peng'im]

     stand off a little

   • 差些須就死 [Teochew, trad.]
     差些须就死 [Teochew, simp.]

     From: 1883, William Duffus, English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular Or Spoken Language of Swatow

     zuah⁸ sê¹ su¹ ziu⁶ si² [Peng'im]

     within a step of death

   • 差些須會入港 [Teochew, trad.]
     差些须会入港 [Teochew, simp.]

     From: 1884, William Ashmore, Primary Lessons In Swatow Grammar

     zuah⁸ sê¹ su¹ oi⁶ rib⁸ gang² [Peng'im]

     just a little more and then could have entered the channel

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 一點 (“a little”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		一點
Mandarin	Beijing	一點兒, 點兒, 點子
	Taiwan	一點, 一點點
	Harbin	一點兒
	Jinan	一點兒
	Luoyang	一點兒
	Xi'an	一點兒
	Lanzhou	一點兒, 一點點
	Xining	一絲絲, 一點兒
	Ürümqi	一點兒
	Wuhan	一點, 一點點, 一點個, 一丁丁, 一丁家, 一夾夾, 一咪咪, 一咪嘀
	Chengdu	一點兒, 點兒
	Liuzhou	一點
	Xuzhou	一點兒
	Yangzhou	一的個, 一的個子, 一點點, 尕尕, 一尕尕
	Nanjing	一點兒
	Hefei	一點
	Malaysia	一點
	Singapore	一點, 一點點
Cantonese	Guangzhou	一啲, 啲, 少少
	Hong Kong	一啲, 啲, 少少
	Taishan	一尼
	Dongguan	一啲
	Singapore (Guangfu)	啲, 一啲, 少少
Gan	Nanchang	一滴, 一滴子
	Pingxiang	一滴仔, 一點仔
Hakka	Meixian	一滴, 一滴仔, 一滴過仔
	Yudu	一滴子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	一息仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	一息, 一息仔, 一滴仔, 息把仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	一息
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	一屑
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	一息
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	一兜仔
	Singapore (Dabu)	少少
Huizhou	Jixi	一點
Jin	Taiyuan	一點點
	Xinzhou	些些兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	一習仔, 咪仔, 咪咪仔, 咪毛仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	一滴囝, 仂囝, 仂滴
	Fuqing	一滴囝
	Matsu	仂儉
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	仂囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	一點仔, 淡薄仔, 淡薄, 一疕仔, 一絲仔
	Quanzhou	一點仔, 淡薄仔, 淡薄, 一疕仔, 一絲仔
	Zhangzhou	一點仔, 淡薄仔, 淡薄, 一疕仔, 一絲仔
	Zhao'an	淡薄仔
	Taipei	一點仔, 淡薄仔 GT, 一疕仔 GT, 一絲仔 GT
	Kaohsiung	一屑仔
	Yilan	一屑仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	一喙仔
	Taichung	一屑仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	一屑仔
	Tainan	一屑仔
	Hsinchu	一屑仔
	Penghu (Magong)	一滴仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	淡薄
	Singapore (Hokkien)	淡薄
	Manila (Hokkien)	淡薄, 一絲仔
	Chaozhou	一滴囝, 滴囝, 須囝
	Shantou	滴囝
	Shantou (Chenghai)	一滴囝
	Jieyang	滴囝, 滴滴囝, 些囝, 些須囝, 須囝
	Singapore (Teochew)	淡薄, 滴滴囝
	Wenchang	滴滴
	Haikou	一滴仔, 滴仔, 一滴
	Singapore (Hainanese)	滴滴
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	一啲, 啲
Wu	Shanghai	一眼, 一點, 一眼眼, 一沰沰, 一點點, 一彌彌, 一滴滴
	Shanghai (Chongming)	一眼眼, 一點點
	Suzhou	一點點, 一滴滴
	Danyang	一眼眼
	Ningbo	一眼眼, 一眼, 一沰, 一沰沰
	Wenzhou	眼兒, 一眼兒, 眼仔兒, 一眼仔兒, 釐兒, 一釐兒, 釐仔兒, 一釐仔兒, 釐絲兒, 一釐絲兒
	Jinhua	一點兒, 點兒
Xiang	Changsha	一點, 一點咖子, 點咖子, 一滴咖子, 滴咖子, 點把點子
	Loudi	滴
	Shuangfeng	一滴唧
Note	GT: General Taiwan (no particular region identified)