細漢

See also: 细汉

Chinese

		fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender	Chinese; name of a dynasty; man
trad. (細漢)		細	漢
simp. (细汉)		细	汉

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sòe-hàn / sè-hàn / sère-hàn

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòe-hàn
  - Tâi-lô: suè-hàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soea'haxn
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ han⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /sue¹²⁻⁵³ han¹²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sue¹¹⁻⁵³ han¹¹/
  - IPA (Lukang): /sue³¹⁻⁵³ han³¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sue²¹⁻⁵³ han²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-hàn
  - Tâi-lô: sè-hàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sea'haxn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ han²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou, Tainan, Yilan): /se²¹⁻⁵³ han²¹/
- (Hokkien: Sanxia)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sère-hàn
  - Tâi-lô: serè-hàn

Adjective

細漢 (Southern Min)

young
- (Can we date this quote?), “阿嬤的話”, performed by 蕭煌奇 [Hsiao Huang-Chi]:
  
  在細漢的時陣阮阿嬤對我尚好。 [Hokkien, trad.]
  在细汉的时阵阮阿嬷对我尚好。 [Hokkien, simp.]
  Tī sè-hàn ê sî-chūn gún a-má tùi góa siōng hó. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  When I was young, my grandma treated me the best.
(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, of stature) short
- 可惜生成較細漢，需要觀前顧後才 bē 危險 [Hokkien, trad.]
  可惜生成较细汉，需要观前顾后才 bē 危险 [Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 蕭Lah-jih (Siau Lah-jih), 水pī仔水--ni̍h泅 (Chúi-pī-á chúi--nih siû)
  Khó-sioh seⁿ-chiâⁿ khah sè-hàn, Su-iàu koan-chêng kò͘-āu chiah-bē gûi-hiám [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Unfortunately, it is quite short; it needs to look back and forth to be safe
youngest; of the lowest position in family hierarchy

Synonyms

(young): (Hokkien) 細米／细米

Antonyms

大漢／大汉 (dàhàn)

Derived terms

細漢偷挽匏，大漢偷牽牛 / 细汉偷挽匏，大汉偷牵牛 (sè-hàn thau bán pû, tōa-hàn thau khan gû)
細漢囝 / 细汉囝
細漢囡仔 / 细汉囡仔
細漢煩惱伊袂大，大漢煩惱伊袂娶 / 细汉烦恼伊袂大，大汉烦恼伊袂娶 (sè-hàn hoân-ló i bē tōa, tōa-hàn hoân-ló i bē chhōa)

Adverb

細漢 (Southern Min)

during one's childhood
- (Can we date this quote?), “罔市仔”‎^[1]performed by 詹雅雯:
  
  聽講伊細漢厝內散赤真歹命，父母號名罔市仔。 [Hokkien, trad.]
  听讲伊细汉厝内散赤真歹命，父母号名罔市仔。 [Hokkien, simp.]
  Thiaⁿ-káng i sè-hàn chhù-lāi sàn-chhiah chin pháiⁿ-miā, pē-bú hō-miâ Bóng-chhī-á. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  I heard that during her childhood, her family was poor and very unfortunate. Her parents called her little Bóng-chhī (homophone of 罔飼／罔饲 - to raise up tentatively).

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 少年 (shàonián)
小時候／小时候 (xiǎoshíhou)

References

“細漢”, 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.