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奸細

奸細

See also: 奸细 and 姦細

Chinese

		traitor	fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender
trad. (奸細/姦細)		奸/姦	細
simp. (奸细)		奸	细

Noun

奸細

(literary) treacherous person
spy; enemy agent

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jiānxì

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢㄒㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan¹ sai³
Min Nan (POJ): kan-sè / kan-sòe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiānxì → jiānxi (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢㄒㄧˋ → ㄐㄧㄢㄒㄧ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian.shih
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹/ → /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaan¹ sai³
  - Yale: gāan sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaan¹ sai³
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑːn⁵⁵ sɐi̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-sè
  - Tâi-lô: kan-sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kansex
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² se²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kan³³ se⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² se²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ se²¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-sòe
  - Tâi-lô: kan-suè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kansoex
  - IPA (Taipei): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ sue¹¹/