遐爾

Chinese

		abandon; distant	thus; so; like that thus; so; like that; you; thou
trad. (遐爾)		遐	爾
simp. (遐尔)		遐	尔
alternative forms		遐呢 彼爾／彼尔 彼呢 許爾／许尔 許呢／许呢 遐呢 彼爾／彼尔 彼呢 許爾／许尔 許呢／许呢 赫爾／赫尔 赫呢 赫尼

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiah-nī / hiah-nî / hiah-līn / hiah-nih / hiah-ni̍h

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiah-nī
    • Tâi-lô: hiah-nī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiahni
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ nĩ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nĩ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiah-nî
    • Tâi-lô: hiah-nî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiahnii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nĩ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiah-līn
    • Tâi-lô: hiah-līn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiahlin
    • IPA (Taipei): /hia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lin³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ lin³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiah-nih
    • Tâi-lô: hiah-nih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiahniq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ nĩʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nĩʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiah-ni̍h
    • Tâi-lô: hiah-ni̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiahnih
    • IPA (Taipei): /hia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nĩʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ nĩʔ⁴/

Adverb

遐爾 (Southern Min)

1. so; that
   • 2005: anon. 又koh beh 去澎湖啊～因為 23.5蔚藍 (blog post: "Going to Penghu again, 23.5c and blue skies")

     m̄-ko hit-sî í-keng sī cha̍p-it-tiám a, hiah-ni àm a, thâu-ke khó-lêng í-keng khùn a.

     But it was already eleven o'clock. It was so dark, the boss may have already gone to bed.

Synonyms

• 那麼／那么 (nàme)
• (Hokkien) 遐 (xiá), 遐爾仔／遐尔仔, 喝 (hē)

References

• “Entry #10261”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.