慢慢仔是

Chinese

		slowly	be; yes; this
trad. (慢慢仔是)		慢慢仔	是
simp. ^#(慢慢仔是)		慢慢仔	是

Etymology

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Particularly: “是 (sī) in 慢慢仔是, possibly related to 先 (suiⁿ)?”

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bān-bān-á-sī / bān-bān-á-sǐ

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-bān-á-sī
  - Tâi-lô: bān-bān-á-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxnban'afsi
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ ban²²⁻²¹ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ ban³³ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ ban³³ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-bān-á-sǐ
  - Tâi-lô: bān-bān-á-sǐ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² ban⁴¹⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si²²/

Adverb

慢慢仔是

(Hokkien) slowly

Synonyms

慢慢 (mànmàn), 慢慢地
(Hakka) 定定 (dìngdìng)
(Hokkien) 寬寬仔／宽宽仔, 勻勻仔／匀匀仔, 沓沓仔, 聊聊仔, 慢慢仔

Verb

慢慢仔是

(Hokkien) to slow down; to take one's time

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 勻勻仔是／匀匀仔是, 寬寬仔是／宽宽仔是, 勻仔是／匀仔是
慢慢來／慢慢来, 慢慢的