啫

啫 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口十大日 (RJKA), composition ⿰口者)

• 𣾻

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 201, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 636, character 4
• Unihan data for U+556B

啫

1. (Cantonese) sentence final particle: only; just; simply; merely
   • (Can we date this quote?), “紅茶館”, performed by 陳慧嫻:

     你冇女朋友？梗係唔信啦！……或者有。你唔知啫。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     你冇女朋友？梗系唔信啦！……或者有。你唔知啫。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     nei⁵ mou⁵ neoi⁵ pang⁴ jau⁵? gang² hai⁶ m⁴ seon³ laa¹!...... waak⁶ ze² jau⁵. nei⁵ m⁴ zi¹ ze¹. [Jyutping]

     You don't have a girlfriend? Of course I don't believe you! ... Maybe you do have one, but you just don't know it.

2. (Cantonese) Used to form critical questions.

   你琴日去咗邊啫？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你琴日去咗边啫？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ kam⁴ jat⁶ heoi³ zo² bin¹ ze¹? [Jyutping]

   Where exactly did you go yesterday?

   你想點啫？／你想点啫？ [Cantonese]  ―  nei⁵ soeng² dim² ze¹? [Jyutping]  ―  What do you want?

3. (Cantonese) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

   好彩冇事啫。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   hou² coi² mou⁵ si⁶ ze¹. [Jyutping]

   At least nothing happened.

• (only):

• 唧 (jī)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From 追?”)

啫

1. (Cantonese) to target, to annoy someone verbally

   啫住 [Cantonese]  ―  zoe¹ zyu⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

啫

1. only used in 啫喱／啫哩 (zhělī, “jelly”)