多謝

See also: 多谢

Chinese

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		many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	to decline; to thank; gratitude
trad. (多謝)		多	謝
simp. (多谢)		多	谢
alternative forms		㩼謝／㩼谢 Teochew

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): duōxiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛ ㄒㄧㄝˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дуәще (duəxi͡ə, I-III)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): do¹ ze⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): o¹ die⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): do¹ 'xia⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): tô-chhia

  (Meixian, Guangdong): do¹ qia⁴

• Northern Min (KCR): do̿-ciā
• Eastern Min (BUC): dŏ-siâ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): to-siā / to-siǎ / to͘-siā

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zoi⁷ sia⁷

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹tu-zhia / ¹tou-zia₆
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): do¹ sie⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duōxiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duosiè
    • Wade–Giles: to¹-hsieh⁴
    • Yale: dwō-syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duoshieh
    • Palladius: досе (dose)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дуәще (duəxi͡ə, I-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuə²⁴ ɕiə⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: do¹ ze⁶
    • Yale: dō jeh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ dze⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: do¹ zé⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sɛː²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: o¹ die⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵘɔ³³ tiɛ³²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: do¹ 'xia⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /to⁴² ˈɕia¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tô-chhia
    • Hakka Romanization System: do^ˊ qia
    • Hagfa Pinyim: do¹ qia⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /to²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi̯a⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: do¹ qia⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /to⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰia⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: do̿-ciā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /to³³ t͡sia⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dŏ-siâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(s-)liɑ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to-siā
    • Tâi-lô: to-siā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doisia
    • IPA (Taipei, Yilan): /to⁴⁴⁻³³ sia³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kinmen): /to⁴⁴⁻²² sia²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Tainan): /tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ sia³³/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to-siǎ
    • Tâi-lô: to-siǎ
    • IPA (Lukang): /to³³ sia³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to͘-siā
    • Tâi-lô: too-siā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dosia
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ³³ sia⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zoi⁷ sia⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsōi siā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soi¹¹ sia¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tu-zhia
    • MiniDict: tu^平 zhia
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tu-xxia
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tu⁵⁵ ʑia²¹/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹tou-zia₆
    • MiniDict: tou^平 zia^去
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /təu⁴⁴ ziɑ/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: do¹ sie⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /to³³ si̯e̞⁴⁵/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /to³³ ɕi̯e̞⁴⁵/

Interjection

多謝

1. thank you; thank you very much

   多謝救命之恩。／多谢救命之恩。  ―  Duōxiè jiùmìngzhī'ēn.  ―  Thank you for saving my life.

Usage notes

• (Cantonese) Used to thank someone for a gift, including for patronage or applause. Indicates gratitude for a bigger favour compared to the usage of 唔該／唔该 (m4 goi1).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 謝謝 (“thank you”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		有勞, 感謝, 感恩
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		謝謝, 多謝
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	謝謝, 謝謝你
	Malaysia	謝謝
	Singapore	謝謝
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	多謝, рахмат
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	謝謝, 感謝
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Hong Kong	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Taishan	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Yangjiang	無該, 多謝
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Penang (Guangfu)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
Gan	Nanchang	多謝
Hakka	Meixian	多謝, 恁仔細 §
	Xingning	多謝
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	恁仔細
	Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)	恁仔細
	Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)	恁仔細
	Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)	承蒙, 恁仔細
	Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)	承蒙
	Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)	承蒙
	Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)	承蒙
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	承蒙你, 恁仔細, 感謝, 多謝
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	承蒙你, 恁仔細, 感謝, 多謝
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	多謝
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	多謝
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	多謝
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	感謝, 多謝, 承蒙
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	承蒙, 承蒙你, 阿里加多
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	勞瀝, 恁勞瀝, 承蒙, 承蒙你, 阿里加多
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	承蒙, 承蒙你, 恁仔細, 勞力, 阿里加多
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	感謝
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	勞力, 阿里加多
	Hong Kong	多謝
	Singapore (Dabu)	多謝
Jin	Taiyuan	謝謝
Northern Min	Jian'ou	多謝
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	謝謝, 起動
	Fuqing	多謝
	Matsu	謝謝, 多謝
	Singapore (Fuqing)	謝謝, 起動
Southern Min	Xiamen	感謝, 多謝, 費神, 勞力
	Quanzhou	道謝, 感謝, 費神, 勞力
	Zhangzhou	多謝, 費神, 勞力
	Zhao'an	多謝, 感謝
	Taipei	多謝, 勞力
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	勞力, 多謝, 阿里加多
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	勞力
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	勞力
	Kaohsiung	多謝, 勞力, 感恩
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	勞力, 謝謝, 感恩
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Yilan	多謝, 勞力, 感恩
	Yilan (Luodong)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Yilan (Toucheng)	勞力, 多謝
	Changhua (Lukang)	多謝, 勞力
	Taichung	勞力, 多謝
	Tainan	多謝, 勞力, 感恩
	Tainan (Anping)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Hsinchu	勞力, 多謝
	Kinmen	勞力, 多謝
	Penghu (Magong)	勞力, 多謝
	Penghu (Xiyu)	勞力, 多謝
	Penang (Hokkien)	感謝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	感謝, 費神, 多謝
	Manila (Hokkien)	多謝, 感謝
	Medan (Hokkien)	感謝
	Chaozhou	㩼謝
	Shantou	㩼謝
	Jieyang	㩼謝
	Haifeng	感謝
	Bangkok (Teochew)	㩼謝
	Singapore (Teochew)	㩼謝, 感謝
	Leizhou	無該
	Wenchang	無該, 謝謝
	Haikou	無該, 謝謝
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無該
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	唔該, 多謝
Wu	Shanghai	謝謝, 謝謝儂, 多謝
	Ningbo	謝謝儂, 交關感謝
	Wenzhou	謝謝你
Xiang	Changsha	多謝
Note	† - when someone does you a favour; § - when someone gives you a gift

Verb

多謝

1. to thank

Synonyms

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• 感恩 (gǎn'ēn)
• 感激 (gǎnjī)
• 感謝／感谢 (gǎnxiè)
• 知感 (Dungan, chiefly religion)
• 謝謝／谢谢 (xièxie)

 

Derived terms

• 說多謝／说多谢

 

Further reading

• “Entry #2425”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
多	謝

Interjection

多謝

1. chữ Hán form of đa tạ (“thank you very much”).