瑣碎

See also: 琐碎

Chinese

		fragmentary; trifling	to break down; to break into pieces; fragmentary
trad. (瑣碎)		瑣	碎
simp. (琐碎)		琐	碎

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): suǒsuì

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): so² seoi³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): só-chhùi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suǒsuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄙㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suǒsuèi
  - Wade–Giles: so³-sui⁴
  - Yale: swǒ-swèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suoosuey
  - Palladius: сосуй (sosuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: so² seoi³
  - Yale: só seui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: so² soey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: so² sêu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː³⁵ sɵy̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só-chhùi
  - Tâi-lô: só-tshuì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soyzhuix
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /so⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰui⁴¹/

Adjective

瑣碎

trivial; inconsequential; trifling

Synonyms

屑 (xiè) (literary, or in compounds)
濕濕碎 / 湿湿碎 (sap¹ sap¹ seoi³) (Cantonese)
濕碎 / 湿碎 (sap¹ seoi³) (Cantonese)
瑣屑 / 琐屑 (suǒxiè) (literary)
瑣細 / 琐细 (suǒxì)

Derived terms

瑣碎化 / 琐碎化 (suǒsuìhuà)

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhó-chhùi / só-chhùi

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-chhùi
  - Tâi-lô: tshó-tshuì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhoyzhuix
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui²¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só-chhùi
  - Tâi-lô: só-tshuì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soyzhuix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui¹¹/

Adjective

瑣碎

(Taiwanese Hokkien) entangled; complicated (to the point of being hard to settle or manage)

Verb

瑣碎

(Taiwanese Hokkien) to have a quarrel; to become embroiled into a dispute or trouble (of people)