險險

Chinese

		danger(ous); rugged	danger(ous); rugged
trad. (險險)		險	險
simp. (险险)		险	险

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hiám-hiám

  (Hailu, HRS): hiam^ˊ hiam^ˊ

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hieng³ hieng³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hiám-hiám

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hiam² hiam²

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiám-hiám
    • Hakka Romanization System: hiam^ˋ hiam^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hiam³ hiam³
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯am³¹ hi̯am³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: hiam^ˊ hiam^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /hiam²⁴⁻³³ hiam²⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hieng³ hieng³ [Phonetic: hieng⁵ hieng³]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hiâng-hiâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiɛŋ⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ hiɛŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hieng³ hieng³ [Phonetic: hieng⁵ hieng³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiɛŋ³³²⁻²¹ hiɛŋ³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiám-hiám
    • Tâi-lô: hiám-hiám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiafmhiarm
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiam⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiam⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiam⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiam⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiam⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiam² hiam²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiám hiám
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiam⁵²⁻³⁵ hiam⁵²⁻²¹/

Adverb

險險

1. (Southern Min, Taiwanese Hakka, Puxian Min) almost; nearly; barely

Synonyms

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• 差一點 / 差一点
• 差啲 (caa¹ di¹) (Cantonese)
• 差小可 (Hokkien)
• 差小可仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 差小可囝 (Puxian Min)
• 差少少 (Puxian Min)
• 差淡薄 (Hokkien)
• 差淡薄仔 (Hokkien)
• 差滴涓 (Puxian Min)
• 差滴涓囝 (Puxian Min)
• 差無偌 / 差无偌 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 差點 / 差点 (chàdiǎn)
• 差點咖子 / 差点咖子 (ca¹ dienn³ ga zr) (Xiang)
• 差點囝 / 差点囝 (Puxian Min)
• 急下烏 / 急下乌 (⁷ciq-shia-u) (Wu)
• 爭些 / 争些 (zhēngxiē) (obsolete)
• 爭啲 / 争啲 (zaang¹ di¹) (Cantonese)
• 爭差點兒 / 争差点儿 (zen¹ ca¹ dianr³) (Sichuanese)
• 爭滴滴兒 / 争滴滴儿 (zen¹ di¹ dir^3-1) (Sichuanese)
• 爭點兒 / 争点儿 (zen¹ dianr³) (Sichuanese)
• 絀滴囝 / 绌滴囝 (Teochew)
• 臨臨仔 / 临临仔 (Hokkien)
• 險 / 险 (xiǎn) (of bad things)
• 險些 / 险些 (xiǎnxiē) (of bad things)
• 險介乎 / 险介乎 (⁵shi-cia-wu) (Wu)

References

• “險險”, 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., 2026.
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “险险”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 265.