熟悉

Chinese

		familiar; skilled; ripe familiar; skilled; ripe; done; cooked	in all cases; know
trad. (熟悉)		熟	悉
simp. ^#(熟悉)		熟	悉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shúxī, shóuxī

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˊ ㄒㄧ, ㄕㄡˊ ㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): suk⁶ sik¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sio̍k-sek / sio̍k-siak / se̍k-sek / se̍k-si

(Teochew, Peng'im): sêg⁸ sêg⁴
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁸zoq-shiq₇

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, literary; standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shúxī → shúxi (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˊ ㄒㄧ → ㄕㄨˊ ˙ㄒㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shúsi̊
  - Wade–Giles: shu²-hsi⁵
  - Yale: shú-syi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwu.shi
  - Palladius: шуси (šusi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/ → /ʂu³⁵ ɕi³/
- (Standard Chinese, colloquial; standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shóuxī → shóuxi (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˊ ㄒㄧ → ㄕㄡˊ ˙ㄒㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shóusi̊
  - Wade–Giles: shou²-hsi⁵
  - Yale: shóu-syi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shour.shi
  - Palladius: шоуси (šousi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/ → /ʂoʊ̯³⁵ ɕi³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: suk⁶ sik¹
  - Yale: suhk sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁹ sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: sug⁶ xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚² sɪk̚⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    熟悉
    熟識 / 熟识
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio̍k-sek
  - Tâi-lô: sio̍k-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siogseg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɔk̚⁴⁻³² siɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ siɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio̍k-siak
  - Tâi-lô: sio̍k-siak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siogsiag
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /siɔk̚²⁴⁻² siak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍k-sek
  - Tâi-lô: si̍k-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: segseg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪk̚⁴⁻³² siɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ siɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍k-si
  - Tâi-lô: si̍k-si
  - Phofsit Daibuun: segsy
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚⁴⁻³² si⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sêg⁸ sêg⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: se̍k sek
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sek̚⁴⁻² sek̚²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Jiaxing)
  - Wugniu: ⁸zoq-shiq₇
  - MiniDict: zoh^入 shih^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵zoq-xiq₄
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zoʔ¹¹ ɕiɪʔ²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /zoʔ²² ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵/

Verb

熟悉

(formal) to know well; to know clearly
to familiarise oneself with; to make oneself accustomed to

Synonyms

(to know well):

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了解 (liǎojiě)
佔有 / 占有 (zhànyǒu)
分曉 / 分晓 (fēnxiǎo)
參悟 / 参悟 (cānwù)
悟 (wù) (literary, or in compounds)
懂 (dǒng)
懂得 (dǒngde)
打生 (Wenzhounese)
把握 (bǎwò)
掌握 (zhǎngwò)
明 (ming⁴) (Cantonese)
明白
明瞭 / 明了 (míngliǎo)
曉得 / 晓得 (xiǎode)
會悟 / 会悟 (huìwù) (literary)
洞悉 (dòngxī)
清亮 (mainland China)
清楚
熟似 (Hokkien)
熟稔 (shúrěn) (literary)
熟識 / 熟识 (shúshí)
理會 / 理会 (lǐhuì)
理解 (lǐjiě)
瞭悟 / 了悟 (liǎowù) (literary)
知影 (Hokkien, Teochew)
知悉 (zhīxī) (literary)
知曉 / 知晓 (zhīxiǎo)
知識 / 知识 (zhīshí) (literary)
知道 (zhīdào)
覺 / 觉
覺悟 / 觉悟 (juéwù)
覺醒 / 觉醒 (juéxǐng)
認識 / 认识
諳曉 / 谙晓 (ānxiǎo) (literary)
諳達 / 谙达 (āndá) (literary)
貫通 / 贯通 (guàntōng)
通曉 / 通晓 (tōngxiǎo)
通解 (tōngjiě) (literary)
通達 / 通达 (tōngdá)
達 / 达 (literary, or in compounds)
醒悟 (xǐngwù)
開悟 / 开悟 (kāiwù) (literary)
領悟 / 领悟 (lǐngwù)
領會 / 领会 (lǐnghuì)
領略 / 领略 (lǐnglüè)

Adjective

熟悉

familiar; accustomed; recognised
- 2013, 荒山亮 [Ric Huang] (lyrics and music), “趁我還會記 [While I Still Remember]”, in 趁我還會記 [While I Still Remember], performed by 荒山亮 [Ric Huang]:
  
  怎樣叫我放抹記熟悉的氣味 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  怎样叫我放抹记熟悉的气味 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  chóaⁿ-iūⁿ kiò góa pàng bōe-kì se̍k-si ê khì-bī [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2016, 曹雅雯 [Olivia Tsao] (lyrics and music), “我是你的人”, in 思念的歌, performed by 曹雅雯 [Olivia Tsao]:
  
  你的嘴唇你的氣味你的聲音遮呢熟悉 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  你的嘴唇你的气味你的声音遮呢熟悉 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  lí ê chhùi-tûn lí ê khì-bī lí ê siaⁿ-im chiah-nī se̍k-si [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Your lips, your smell, your voice are all so familiar

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 熟悉 (“familiar”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		熟悉
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	熟悉
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	熟悉, 熟
Cantonese	Hong Kong	熟
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	熟似
	Singapore (Hokkien)	熟似
	Manila (Hokkien)	熟似
Wu	Shanghai	熟悉