嫻熟

嫻熟

See also: 娴熟

Chinese

		elegant; refined	familiar; skilled; ripe familiar; skilled; ripe; done; cooked
trad. (嫻熟)		嫻	熟
simp. (娴熟)		娴	熟
anagram		熟嫻／熟娴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiánshú, xiánshóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨˊ, ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haan⁴ suk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, literary; standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiánshú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siánshú
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²-shu²
    • Yale: syán-shú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanshwu
    • Palladius: сяньшу (sjanʹšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛn³⁵ ʂu³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial; standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiánshóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siánshóu
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²-shou²
    • Yale: syán-shóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanshour
    • Palladius: сяньшоу (sjanʹšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛn³⁵ ʂoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: haan⁴ suk⁶
    • Yale: hàahn suhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haan⁴ suk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: han⁴ sug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːn²¹ sʊk̚²/

Adjective

嫻熟

1. (formal) skilled; skillful; adept; proficient

   • 二人兵馬嫻熟，武藝精通。 [MSC, trad.]
     二人兵马娴熟，武艺精通。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 5#4

     Èr rén bīngmǎ xiánshú, wǔyì jīngtōng. [Pinyin]

     The two of them were highly skilled in warfare, and proficient in all of the military arts.

Synonyms

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熟手 (shúshǒu) (mainland China, Hokkien) 熟嫻／熟娴 (shúxián) (literary)

熟練／熟练 (shúliàn) 純熟／纯熟 (chúnshú)