嘞

嘞 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口廿十尸 (RTJS), composition ⿰口勒)

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 206, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4234
• Dae Jaweon: page 429, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 673, character 11
• Unihan data for U+561E

嘞

1. used in 嘞嘞

嘞

1. Alternative pronunciation of 了 (“used at the end of a sentence to indicate a change of state”).
   • 1999, 瓊瑤, 24:46 from the start, in 還珠格格第二部, episode 28, 陳惠卿 (actor):

     真是太好了。他真的聽見了。 [MSC, trad.]
     真是太好了。他真的听见了。 [MSC, simp.]

     Zhēn shi tài hǎo lei. Tā zhēn de tīngjiàn le. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2017, 杜怡臻, 幸福落地‎^[1]:

     唉，事到如今，提这个没用嘞。 [MSC, simp.]
     唉，事到如今，提這個沒用嘞。 [MSC, trad.]

     Ài, shì dào rújīn, tí zhè ge méiyòng lei. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. Alternative pronunciation of 了 (“used at the end of a sentence to inform the beginning of an action”).
   • 2013, 周孜仁, 歲月回望錄：紅衛兵小報主編的家族追憶‎^[2]:

     到點了，我悄悄起身，摸黑走去他床前，小聲說一句：爸！我走嘞…… [MSC, trad.]
     到点了，我悄悄起身，摸黑走去他床前，小声说一句：爸！我走嘞…… [MSC, simp.]

     Dào diǎn le, wǒ qiāoqiāo qǐshēn, mōhēi zǒu qù tā chuáng qián, xiǎoshēng shuō yī jù: bà! Wǒ zǒu lei...... [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. Alternative pronunciation of 了 (“used at the end of a sentence to demand”).
   • 2017, 古筝, 青果青‎^[3]:

     别睡嘞／別睡嘞  ―  bié shuì lei  ―  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. Alternative pronunciation of 哩 (“sentence-final particle indicating continuation of an action or state”).
   • 2014, 映雪, 女研楼的爱情故事‎^[4]:

     快来吃饭吧，我们正等你嘞。 [MSC, simp.]
     快來吃飯吧，我們正等你嘞。 [MSC, trad.]

     Kuài lái chī fàn ba, wǒmen zhèng děng nǐ lei. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

5. Alternative pronunciation of 哩 (“used to stress a declaration”).
   • 2023, 裘山山, 失控：世上原本沒有最後一根稻草，壓倒駱駝的是每一根稻草‎^[5]:

     我記得那裡頭的那個中尉還是你們羅家的嘞。 [MSC, trad.]
     我记得那里头的那个中尉还是你们罗家的嘞。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ jìdé nà lǐtóu de nà ge zhōngwèi hái shì nǐmen Luó jiā de lei. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

6. Alternative pronunciation of 哩 (“a question-forming particle”).
   • 2024, 左耀元, 夢幻病‎^[6]:

     「愛吃魚的狗，看過嗎？跟他老爸一樣。」泰山說。
     「你在說你還是校長？」
     「你說嘞？」 [MSC, trad.]
     「爱吃鱼的狗，看过吗？跟他老爸一样。」泰山说。
     「你在说你还是校长？」
     「你说嘞？」 [MSC, simp.]

     “Ài chī yú de gǒu, kàn guò ma? Gēn tā lǎobà yī yàng.” Tàishān shuō.
     “Nǐ zài shuō nǐ háishì xiàozhǎng?”
     “Nǐ shuō lei?” [Pinyin]

     ‘A dog that loves eating fish, have you seen this? Just like his dad’, Taishan says.
     ‘Are you talking about you or the principal?’
     ‘What do you think?’

Also used in 好嘞 (hǎo lei, “sure”).

嘞

1. (Cantonese) final particle used for polite refusal
2. (Cantonese) Used at the end of a sentence for confirmation.

   係嘞。／系嘞。 [Guangzhou Cantonese]  ―  hai⁶ laak³. [Jyutping]  ―  Indeed it is.

• (Cantonese) 啦 (laa1), 喇 (laa3)

嘞

1. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, intransitive) to weaken (of one's intent, vigor, etc.)
2. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) underweight (of something weighed)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to 息 sak1 in Standard Cantonese?”)

嘞

1. (Shunde Cantonese) great-grandson

• (Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): ろく (roku)

嘞 • (reuk) (hangeul 륵, revised reuk, McCune–Reischauer rŭk)

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嘞: Hán Nôm readings: dốc

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