細階

Chinese

		fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender	rank or step; stairs
trad. (細階)		細	階
simp. (细阶)		细	阶
alternative forms		細楷／细楷

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ gaai¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ gaai¹
    • Yale: sai gāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ gaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ gai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ kaːi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

細階

1. (Cantonese) small letters; lower case

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小寫 (“lower case”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小寫, 小階
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	小寫
	Singapore	小寫
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	碎字
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	碎字
Cantonese	Hong Kong	細階, 細草