堪該

Chinese

		endure	that; the above-mentioned; most likely that; the above-mentioned; most likely; to deserve; should; ought to; owe
trad. (堪該)		堪	該
simp. (堪该)		堪	该

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khâm-kôi

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khâm-kôi
    • Hakka Romanization System: kam´ goi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kam¹ goi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰam²⁴⁻¹¹ koi̯²⁴/

Verb

堪該

1. (Hakka) to serve someone right; to have gotten what's coming to one

Synonyms

• 抵死 (dai² sei²) (Cantonese)
• 活該／活该 (huógāi) (colloquial)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 活該 (“to serve someone right; to have gotten what's coming to one”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		活該
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	活該, 死好
	Harbin	活該
	Singapore	活該
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	活該
	Xi'an	活該
Cantonese	Guangzhou	抵死
	Hong Kong	抵死
	Taishan	抵死
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	堪該, 該死, 死該, 堪得
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	堪該, 該死, 死該, 擳胲, 堪得
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	堪該, 該死, 死該, 該暢, 堪得
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	該然, 該死, 死好
Jin	Taiyuan	活該
Northern Min	Jian'ou	該死
Southern Min	Xiamen	合該, 合該然
	Taichung	應該, 死好, 三好加一好
Wu	Ningbo	該死