嚿

嚿 U+56BF, 嚿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56BF ← 嚾 [U+56BE] CJK Unified Ideographs 囀 → [U+56C0]

Translingual

Han character

嚿 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+18 in traditional Chinese, 口+17 in simplified Chinese, 21 strokes in traditional Chinese, 20 strokes in simplified Chinese, cangjie input 口廿人難 (RTOX), composition ⿰口舊)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 214, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 705, character 15
• Unihan data for U+56BF

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 (“mouth; vernacular”) + phonetic 舊.

Etymology 1

trad.		嚿
simp. #		嚿
nonstandard simp.		𫩥
alternative forms		舊／旧 䊆 倃

Bai (1980) proposes that this word comes from 䊆 (MC gjuwX, “cooked dry rice flour”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gau⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gau⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gau⁶
    • Yale: gauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gau⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau³²/

Definitions

嚿

1. (Cantonese) Classifier for pieces or chunks. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

   一嚿泥 [Cantonese]  ―  jat¹ gau⁶ nai⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  a clod of earth

   呢嚿肉 [Cantonese]  ―  nei¹ gau⁶ juk⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  this piece of meat

2. (Cantonese, colloquial) Classifier for money: hundred dollars/yuan

   三嚿水 [Cantonese]  ―  saam¹ gau⁶ seoi² [Jyutping]  ―  three hundred bucks

   呢度食餐晏都要幾嚿㗎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   呢度食餐晏都要几嚿㗎。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei¹ dou⁶ sik⁶ caan¹ aan³ dou¹ jiu³ gei² gau⁶ gaa³. [Jyutping]

   Lunch costs a few hundred here.

See also

• 塊／块 (kuài)

Compounds

• 一嚿嚿
• 一嚿雲／一嚿云
• 一嚿飯／一嚿饭
• 多嚿魚／多嚿鱼
• 大嚿
• 大嚿衰
• 生嚿叉燒好過生你／生嚿叉烧好过生你
• 風嚿／风嚿

 

Etymology 2

trad.		嚿
simp. #		嚿
nonstandard simp.		𫩥

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “正字通 says it's the same as 嚄”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huò (huo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huò
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huò
    • Wade–Giles: huo⁴
    • Yale: hwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoh
    • Palladius: хо (xo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ⁵¹/

Definitions

嚿

1. ^‡ to boast