稍為

稍為

Chinese

		somewhat; a little	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
trad. (稍為)		稍	為
simp. (稍为)		稍	为

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāowéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saau² wai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shāowéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shauwei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shaowéi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saau² wai⁴
    • Yale: sáau wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saau² wai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sao² wei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /säːu̯³⁵ wɐi̯²¹/

Adverb

稍為

1. Synonym of 稍微 (shāowēi, “slightly; a little; somewhat”).

   • 假如這樣，又假如突圍後的領導稍為聰明一點，情況便將有很大的不同。 [MSC, trad.]
     假如这样，又假如突围后的领导稍为聪明一点，情况便将有很大的不同。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1936, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《中國革命戰爭的戰略問題》 (Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Jiǎrú zhèyàng, yòu jiǎrú tūwéi hòu de lǐngdǎo shāowéi cōngmíng yīdiǎn, qíngkuàng biàn jiāng yǒu hěn dà de bùtóng. [Pinyin]

     If that had been done, and if the leadership had been a little wiser after our breakthrough, the outcome would have been very different.