差少少

Chinese

		differ from; short of; to lack differ from; short of; to lack; poor; send; a messenger; a mission; to commission; uneven; difference; discrepancy; to differ; error; to err; to make a mistake	a little; a little bit; slightly a little; a little bit; slightly; a little
trad. (差少少)		差	少少
simp. ^#(差少少)		差	少少

Pronunciation

Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ca¹ zieo³ zieo³

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ca¹ zieo³ zieo³ [Phonetic: ca¹ zieo⁵ zieo³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cha-câ̤u-câ̤u
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa⁵³³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sieu⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ t͡sieu⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ca¹ zieo³ zieo³ [Phonetic: ca¹ zieo⁵ zieo³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa⁵⁴⁴⁻⁵⁵ t͡sieu³³²⁻²¹ t͡sieu³³²/

Adverb

差少少

(Puxian Min) almost; nearly

Synonyms

差一點 / 差一点
差啲 (caa¹ di¹) (Cantonese)
差小可 (Hokkien)
差小可仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
差小可囝 (Puxian Min)
差淡薄 (Hokkien)
差淡薄仔 (Hokkien)
差滴涓 (Puxian Min)
差滴涓囝 (Puxian Min)
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)
差點囝 / 差点囝 (Puxian Min)
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)
絀滴囝 / 绌滴囝 (Teochew)
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)
險險 / 险险 (Hokkien)

References

李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 107.