啫

啫 U+556B, 啫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-556B ← 啪 [U+556A] CJK Unified Ideographs 啬 → [U+556C]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𣾻

References

• 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

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		啫
alternative forms		嗻 姐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zē (ze¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zē
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ze
    • Wade–Giles: tsê¹
    • Yale: dzē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tze
    • Palladius: цзэ (czɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze¹
    • Yale: jē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː⁵⁵/

Definitions

啫

1. (Cantonese) sentence final particle: only; just; simply; merely

   • 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.]

     From: 陳慧嫻, 紅茶館

     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.

Synonyms

• (only): (Mandarin) 而已 (éryǐ)

See also

• 唧 (jī)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 啫 – see 脧 (“penis; to reduce”). (This character is a variant form of 脧).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 啫 – see 嗜 (“to be addicted to; to indulge in; to have weakness for; to covet”). (This character is a variant form of 嗜).

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		啫
alternative forms		jer ger

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

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoe¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoe¹
    • Yale: jēu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoe¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zê¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœː⁵⁵/

Definitions

啫

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

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

Etymology 5

simp. and trad.		啫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhě (zhe³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhě
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhě
    • Wade–Giles: chê³
    • Yale: jě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jee
    • Palladius: чжэ (čžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze¹
    • Yale: jē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː⁵⁵/

Definitions

啫

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