粵

人jan4仔zai2細sai3細sai3

simp人仔细细
jan4 zai2 sai3 sai3rén zǐ xì xì

English

  1. one who is still very young, but behaving like adults or teenagers
  2. used to describe children who talk or act like adults

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容人年紀好細，通常之後所講嘅係一啲大人先會做嘅事或者係成熟嘅表現

Examples

  • 佢今年十二歲啫，人仔細細就已經開始拍拖。

    He is only twelve, but he started dating at such a young age.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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