利索

Chinese

		advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp	to search; to demand; to ask to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated
simp. and trad. (利索)		利	索
alternative forms		俐索

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): lìsuo

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄙㄨㄛ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): лисуә (lisuə, III-0)
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁶ sok³
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lia⁵ sorh⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lī-soh / lī-sak
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶li-soq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lìsuo
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄙㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lìsuo̊
  - Wade–Giles: li⁴-so⁵
  - Yale: lì-swo
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih.suo
  - Palladius: лисо (liso)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ su̯ɔ¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: лисуә (lisuə, III-0)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁴⁴ suə⁰/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lei⁶ sok³
  - Yale: leih sok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁶ sok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁶ sog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²² sɔːk̚³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lia⁵ sorh⁶ [Phonetic: lia⁴ lorh⁶]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: liā-so̤h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lia¹¹⁻⁴² ^(ɬ-)lɒʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lia⁵ sorh⁶ [Phonetic: lia⁴ lorh⁶]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lia²¹⁻⁴² ^(ɬ-)lɒʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-soh
  - Tâi-lô: lī-soh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lixsoiq
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /li²²⁻²¹ soʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-sak
  - Tâi-lô: lī-sak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lixsag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² sak̚⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶li-soq
  - MiniDict: li^去 soh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³li-soq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²² soʔ⁴⁴/

Adjective

利索

(colloquial) agile; nimble; dexterous
(colloquial) neat; orderly
(colloquial) settled; finished
(colloquial) unrestricted

Synonyms

(agile):

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便利 (biànlì) (literary)
便捷 (biànjié)
利落 (lìluo)
快手 (faai³ sau²) (Cantonese)
手快 (shǒukuài)
敏捷 (mǐnjié)
機動 / 机动 (jīdòng)
粗殘 / 粗残 (chŭ-chàng) (Eastern Min)
緊手 / 紧手 (Hokkien)
緊跤捷手 / 紧跤捷手 (Hokkien)
輕快 / 轻快 (qīngkuài)
靈便 / 灵便 (língbiàn)
靈利 / 灵利 (línglì) (literary)
靈巧 / 灵巧 (língqiǎo)
靈敏 / 灵敏 (língmǐn)
靈活 / 灵活 (línghuó)
麻利 (málì) (colloquial)

(neat): 利落 (lìluo)
(settled): 利落 (lìluo)

Derived terms

利利索索 (lìlìsuōsuō)

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “利索”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 358.