大細仙

Chinese

		big and small	immortal
trad. (大細仙)		大細	仙
simp. (大细仙)		大细	仙

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-sòe-sian / tǒa-sòe-sian / tōa-sère-sian / tōa-sè-sian

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Yilan, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-sòe-sian
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-suè-sian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxsoeasiefn
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /tua⁴¹⁻²² sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɛn³³/
    • IPA (Yilan): /tua³³⁻²¹ sue²¹⁻⁵³ siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ sue²¹⁻⁵³ siɛn⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǒa-sòe-sian
    • Tâi-lô: tuǎ-suè-sian
    • IPA (Lukang): /tua³³⁻²² sue³¹⁻⁵³ siɛn³³/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-sère-sian
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-serè-sian
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-sè-sian
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-sè-sian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxseasiefn
    • IPA (Yilan): /tua³³⁻²¹ se²¹⁻⁵³ siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ se²¹⁻⁴¹ siɛn⁴⁴/

Noun

大細仙

1. (Xiamen Hokkien) inequality or difference of size, level, degree, etc. (of people, dolls, etc.)
2. (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taiwanese and Philippine Hokkien) husbands of sisters

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 連襟 (“husbands of sisters”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		連襟
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	連襟兒, 一擔兒挑
	Taiwan	連襟
	Harbin	連橋兒, 連橋的, 連橋兒的, 一擔挑兒, 擔挑兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	連襟, 二喬, 兩喬
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	連襟
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	挑串
	Wanrong	挑擔
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	擔子
	Xi'an	挑擔, 兩挑擔
	Xuzhou	連襟
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	挑擔
	Lanzhou	挑擔
	Ürümqi	連襟, 挑擔
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	老挑, 挑擔子, 連襟
	Wuhan	連襟
	Guiyang	兩姨老, 連襟
	Liuzhou	老襟
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	連襟
	Yangzhou	連襟
	Hefei	連襟
Cantonese	Guangzhou	連襟, 老襟, 襟兄弟
	Hong Kong	老襟, 襟兄弟
	Dongguan	老襟, 襟兄弟
	Yangjiang	老襟
Gan	Nanchang	連襟
	Lichuan	姨夫
	Pingxiang	姨丈
Hakka	Meixian	連襟
Huizhou	Jixi	大小姨夫
Jin	Taiyuan	連襟
	Xinzhou	連襟
Northern Min	Jian'ou	姨丈, 兩姨丈
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	同門
Southern Min	Xiamen	同門, 同門的
	Quanzhou	同門, 同門的, 大細仙
	Jinjiang	大細仙
	Zhangzhou	同門
	Zhao'an	同空丈
	Taipei	大細丈
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	大細仙
	Kaohsiung	大細仙, 大細輦, 同門的
	Yilan	大細仙
	Changhua (Lukang)	大細丈, 大細仙, 連襟
	Taichung	大細腎
	Tainan	同門的
	Hsinchu	大細丈
	Kinmen	楗的, 連襟
	Penghu (Magong)	同門
	Singapore (Hokkien)	同門
	Chaozhou	同門丈
	Raoping	姨丈
	Shantou	同門
	Jieyang	同門, 同門丈, 同郎丈
	Leizhou	那襟
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	老襟
Wu	Shanghai	連襟
	Suzhou	連襟
	Danyang	連襟, 拉弗斷
	Hangzhou	連襟
	Ningbo	連襟, 兩連襟
	Wenzhou	姨夫, 姨襟
	Jinhua	兩姨夫
Xiang	Changsha	連襟, 兩姨夫
	Loudi	姨夫
	Shuangfeng	姨夫

References

＊“Entry #2200”, 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., 2024.