呔

Translingual edit

Han character edit

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 edit

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 edit

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 (“mouth; speech”) + phonetic 太 (OC *tʰaːds).

Etymology 1 edit

simp. and trad.		呔
alternative forms		𠯪

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dāi, tai (dai¹, tai⁵／tai⁰)
(Zhuyin): ㄉㄞ, ˙ㄊㄞ

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/

Definitions edit

呔

An exclamation to get attention.
- 呔！住口！你這勢利的狗！ [MSC, trad.]
  呔！住口！你这势利的狗！ [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1925, Lu Xun, “The Dog's Retort”, in Wild Grass (English translation by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang)
  Dāi! Zhùkǒu! Nǐ zhè shìlì de gǒu! [Pinyin]
  Bah! Shut up! Lick-spittle cur!

Etymology 2 edit

simp. and trad.		呔
alternative forms		奤㘆

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tǎi (tai³)
(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): toi²

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: toi²
  - Yale: tói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: toi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: toi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːi̯³⁵/

Definitions edit

呔

(dialectal) having a foreign accent

Etymology 3 edit

simp. and trad.		呔
alternative forms		𧘹

Borrowed from English tie.

Pronunciation edit

Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): taai¹
(Taishan, Dictionary): tai²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: taai¹
  - Yale: tāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Dictionary: tai²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai⁵⁵/

Definitions edit

呔

(Cantonese) tie; necktie (Classifier: 條／条 c)
打呔 [Cantonese] ― daa² taai¹ [Jyutping] ― to tie a tie/to be wearing a tie

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 領帶 (“necktie”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		領帶
Mandarin	Taiwan	領帶
	Xi'an	領帶兒
	Singapore	領帶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	領呔, 呔
	Hong Kong	領呔, 呔
	Taishan	領呔, 呔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	領呔
	Dongguan	領呔
Hakka	Meixian	領帶, 拉西
Southern Min	Xiamen	領帶
	Quanzhou	領帶
	Zhangzhou	領帶, 豬尺仔 humorous
	Taipei	領帶
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	ne-kut-tái
	Kaohsiung	領帶
	Yilan	領帶
	Changhua (Lukang)	ne-kut-tái
	Taichung	ne-kut-tái
	Tainan	ne-kut-tái, 領帶
	Hsinchu	領帶, ne-kut-tái
	Kinmen	領帶
	Penghu (Magong)	領帶
	Penang (Hokkien)	領帶
	Shantou	領帶
	Haikou	牛舌, 勒帶
Wu	Danyang	領帶, 領結

Compounds edit

呔夾／呔夹
呔針／呔针
打呔
煲呔
領呔／领呔

Etymology 4 edit

simp. and trad.		呔
alternative forms		軚／𮷗

Borrowed from English tyre.

Pronunciation edit

Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): taai¹
(Taishan, Dictionary): tai²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: taai¹
  - Yale: tāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Dictionary: tai²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai⁵⁵/

Definitions edit

呔

(Cantonese) tyre (Classifier: 條／条 c)

Synonyms edit

(Mandarin) 胎 (tāi)

Compounds edit

呔令
呔軨／呔𫐉
四季呔
士啤呔
爆呔
車呔／车呔
輪呔／轮呔
雪呔

Etymology 5 edit

simp. and trad.		呔
alternative forms		豈／岂

Pronunciation edit

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thài

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài
  - Tâi-lô: thài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: taix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹/

Definitions edit

呔

(Southern Min, chiefly Zhangzhou accents) how; why (Only used in 呔會／呔会 (“how could it be...?”))
呔會按呢？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
呔会按呢？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
Thài ē án-ne? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
How could it be?

Synonyms edit

哪

References edit

“Entry #14041”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.