熟似

Chinese

		familiar; skilled; ripe familiar; skilled; ripe; done; cooked	to seem; to appear; similar to seem; to appear; similar; like; to resemble
trad. (熟似)		熟	似
simp. ^#(熟似)		熟	似
alternative forms		熟事熟姒熟視／熟视熟識／熟识熟賽／熟赛熟事熟姒熟視／熟视熟識／熟识熟賽／熟赛熟婿色事

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): se̍k-sāi / sia̍k-sāi

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍k-sāi
  - Tâi-lô: si̍k-sāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: segsai
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚⁴⁻³² sai³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ sai²²/
  - IPA (Penang): /sek̚⁴⁻³ sai²¹/
  - IPA (Singapore): /sek̚⁴³⁻²¹ sai²²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪk̚⁴⁻³² sai²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sia̍k-sāi
  - Tâi-lô: sia̍k-sāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siagsai
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /siak̚²⁴⁻² sai⁴¹/

Verb

熟似

(Southern Min) to be well-acquainted with; to know well
- 1996, “無人熟識”‎^[1]performed by 張清芳:
  
  找一個無人熟識生份的所在 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  找一个无人熟识生份的所在 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  chhē chi̍t-ê bô-lâng se̍k-sāi chhiⁿ-hūn ê só͘-chāi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  I want to find an unfamiliar place where nobody knows me.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 熟悉 (“familiar”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		熟悉
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	熟悉
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	熟悉, 熟
Cantonese	Hong Kong	熟
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	熟似
	Singapore (Hokkien)	熟似
	Manila (Hokkien)	熟似
Wu	Shanghai	熟悉

Derived terms

熟似人
熟似人行生分禮 / 熟似人行生分礼
熟似騙厝內 / 熟似骗厝内

Further reading

“熟似”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.