呔
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Translingual
Han character
呔 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口大戈 (RKI) or 難口大戈 (XRKI), four-corner 64030, composition ⿰口太)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 181, character 19
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 587, character 3
- Unihan data for U+5454
Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 口 (“mouth; speech”) + phonetic 太 (OC *tʰaːds).
Etymology 1
| simp. and trad. |
呔 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 𠯪 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: dāi
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄞ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dai
- Wade–Giles: tai1
- Yale: dāi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dai
- Palladius: дай (daj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /taɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tai
- Zhuyin: ˙ㄊㄞ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tåi
- Wade–Giles: tʻai5
- Yale: tai
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .tai
- Palladius: тай (taj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaɪ̯/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
Definitions
呔
- An exclamation to get attention.
Etymology 2
| simp. and trad. |
呔 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 奤 㘆 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tǎi
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tǎi
- Wade–Giles: tʻai3
- Yale: tǎi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tae
- Palladius: тай (taj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaɪ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: toi2
- Yale: tói
- Cantonese Pinyin: toi2
- Guangdong Romanization: toi2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɔːi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
呔
Compounds
- 老呔兒 / 老呔儿
Etymology 3
| simp. and trad. |
呔 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 𧘹 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: taai1
- Yale: tāai
- Cantonese Pinyin: taai1
- Guangdong Romanization: tai1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaːi̯⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: tai2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰai⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
呔
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 領帶 (“necktie”) [map]
Compounds
Etymology 4
| simp. and trad. |
呔 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 軚／𮷗 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: taai1
- Yale: tāai
- Cantonese Pinyin: taai1
- Guangdong Romanization: tai1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰaːi̯⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: tai2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰai⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
呔
Synonyms
- (Mandarin) 胎 (tāi)
Compounds
Etymology 5
| simp. and trad. |
呔 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 汰 太 豈／岂 泰 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thài / thái
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài
- Tâi-lô: thài
- Phofsit Daibuun: taix
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thái
- Tâi-lô: thái
- Phofsit Daibuun: tae
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰai⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Definitions
呔
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) how; why
- 呔會按呢？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
- Thài ē án-ne? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- How could it be?
呔会按呢？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
Synonyms
Compounds
- 呔討 / 呔讨
References
- “呔”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.