咓

咓 U+5493, 咓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5493 ← 咒 [U+5492] CJK Unified Ideographs 咔 → [U+5494]

Translingual

Han character

咓 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口一女弓 (RMVN), composition ⿰口瓦)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 185, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3511
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 588, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5493

Chinese

Etymology 1

trad.		咓
simp. #		咓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎ (wa³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎ
    • Wade–Giles: wa³
    • Yale: wǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woa
    • Palladius: ва (va)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä²¹⁴/

Definitions

咓

1. Used in transcription.

Etymology 2

trad.		咓
simp. #		咓
alternative forms		呀

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa⁵
    • Yale: áh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: a⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː¹³/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

咓

1. (Cantonese) Used at the end of a question to make a confirmation.

   你想飲奶茶咓？我哋落街買囉。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   你想饮奶茶咓？我哋落街买啰。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ soeng² jam² naai⁵ caa⁴ aa⁵? ngo⁵ dei⁶ lok⁶ gaai¹ maai⁵ lo¹. [Jyutping]

   [Oh,] you want to drink milk tea? We can go out to buy some.

   我唔係最遲嗰個咓？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   我唔系最迟嗰个咓？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ m⁴ hai⁶ zeoi³ ci⁴ go² go³ aa⁵? [Jyutping]

   I'm not latest one, right?

2. (Cantonese) Used at the end of a question when correcting someone.

   甲：前面轉左。乙：轉右咓？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   甲：前面转左。乙：转右咓？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   gaap³: cin⁴ min⁶ zyun³ zo². jyut³: zyun³ jau⁶ aa⁵? [Jyutping]

   A: Make a left. B: You mean a right?

3. (Cantonese) Used to make a polite request.

   等等咓。 [Cantonese]  ―  dang² dang² aa⁵. [Jyutping]  ―  Please wait.