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細

sai3included in 5 dictionaries
slai3included in 1 dictionaries
實用廣州話分類詞典: 5902CantonCharacter九、狀況與現象[自然現象和生理現象參見二，心理現象參見五，某些社會現象參見八] > 九A外形與外貌 > 九A1大、小、粗、細
Jyutping:
sai3

小

Examples

呢隻杯咁～嘅

這隻杯子怎這麼小

呢樖樹好～嗻

這棵樹很小

佢年紀唔～喇

他年紀不小了

Notes: [與“大”相對。普通話“細”與“粗”相對，而在廣州話中與“粗”相對的是“幼”]
粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongCharacter
Jyutping:
sai3
01

#小 嘅同義詞，可以形容面積、體積、容量同規模 (small; tiny; little)

形容詞

Examples

世界真係細啊，去邊都撞到熟人嘅。

sai3 gaai3 zan1 hai6 sai3 aa3, heoi3 bin1 dou1 zong6 dou3 suk6 jan4 ge3

What a small world. I run into people I know wherever I go.

02

#年輕 (young; youthful)

Examples

你仲細，唔明咩叫失戀㗎喇。

nei5 zung6 sai3, m4 ming4 me1 giu3 sat1 lyun2 gaa3 laa3.

You're still young. You don't know what breaking up is like.

03

程度#弱 (weak; soft)

Examples

你咁細聲無人聽到你講咩㗎。

nei5 gam3 sai3 seng1 mou4 jan4 teng1 dou2 nei5 gong2 me1 gaa3.

Your voice is too soft to be heard.

04

組織或團體入面地位比較低 (junior; subordinate members of an organisation)

Examples

我哋呢啲做細嘅邊有能力改變公司經營策略吖。

ngo5 dei6 ni1 di1 zou6 sai3 ge3 bin1 jau5 nang4 lik6 goi2 bin3 gung1 si1 ging1 jing4 caak3 loek6 aa1.

As members of the junior staff, we don't have any influence over the business strategies of the company.

維基辭典YueCharacter文雅
Jyutping:
sai3
01

small; tiny; little

Examples

點解會咁細嘅？

Why is it so small?

02

thin; slender

Examples

細線

thin string

03

fine; delicate; exquisite

Examples

細沙

fine sand

04

careful; detailed; meticulous

05

slowly; carefully; thoroughly; detailedly

Examples

細看

to carefully examine

06

trifling; trivial; unimportant

07

soft

08

frugal; sparing

09

young; little

Examples

你仲細咩！

[Do you think that] you're still a child?

10

to be younger than

Examples

細佢幾十年

younger than them by a couple decades

11

concubine

粵語辭源: 315_4CantonCharacter
Jyutping:
sai3Original phonetic: sei3

小。（饒秉才等：2020：384）

References:
  • 《周書·旅獒》：不矜～行，終累大德。（《尚書》卷七葉三）
  • 招子庸《還花債》：起首共你相交，你妹年紀尚～。（《粵謳》葉六十二）
廣州方言詞典: 3001CantonCharacter
Jyutping:
sai3
01

小

Examples

對鞋太～，唔啱着

我～你一歲

～食

我要～隻啲嘅

我要小些的

～件

小塊，小件頭

～聲

02

排行最末的

Examples

～仔

小兒子

～女

小女兒

03

年紀小的人

Examples

一家大～

04

仔細，詳細

Examples

你～想一下

～睇

仔細看

05

細微，細小

Examples

～藝

家頭～務

家務瑣事