U+5497, 咗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5497

[U+5496]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5498]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 30, +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口大一 (RKM), composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 185, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 599, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5497

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声) : semantic (mouth) + phonetic

Etymology 1

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms rare
rare
rare
nonstandard
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First attested in 《散語四十章》 (1877) as . This word replaces earlier (hiu1) in standard Cantonese.

Probably from (Cheung, 1997; Chan, 1998; Fan and Chan, 2022); the pronunciation may be due to influence from Mandarin zhuó (Chan, 1998) or colloquial tonal modification to a high-rising tone (Cheung, 1997).

Chan (1995) proposes that the original character is 𧇣 (MC dzuH, “to go”); others (including Jimmy Pang and Chapman Chan) have similarly proposed (MC dzu, “to go”) to be the original character. These derivations are phonologically and semantically problematic.

Pronunciation

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  1. (Cantonese) Used to emphasise an action which has been completed and whose result still applies to the present situation. It roughly translates to the past tense in English. [from 19th c.]
    佢哋啱啱 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    keoi5 dei6 ngaam1 ngaam1 zau2 zo2. [Jyutping]
    They left just now.
    阿媽尋日而家超級市場 [Cantonese, trad.]
    阿妈寻日而家超级市场𩠌 [Cantonese, simp.]
    aa3 maa1 cam4 jat6 bou1 zo2 tong1. keoi5 ji4 gaa1 heoi3 zo2 ciu1 kap1 si5 coeng4 maai5 sung3. [Jyutping]
    My mum made soup yesterday. Now, she has gone grocery shopping in the supermarket.
    [Cantonese]  ―  sik6 zo2 zau6 mou5 [Jyutping]  ―  if you eat it there will not be any more
  2. (Cantonese) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    剩返咁多聽日晏晝 [Cantonese, trad.]
    剩返咁多𩠌听日晏昼 [Cantonese, simp.]
    zing6 faan1 gam3 do1 sung3, nei5 ting1 jat6 aan3 zau3 sik6 zo2 keoi5 laa1! [Jyutping]
    There's so many food left. You should have them for lunch tomorrow.
    快啲 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    faai3 di1 sik6 zo2 keoi5! [Jyutping]
    Finish eating it, now!
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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simp. and trad.

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. A chant sound made while working.
Compounds
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