U+55BA, 喺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55BA

[U+55B9]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+55BB]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 30, +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口人竹火 (ROHF), composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 201, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 657, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+55BA

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       

Etymology 1

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trad.
simp. #
nonstandard simp. 𫪈
alternative forms o係 Internet
(hei2) eye dialect
rare

Possibly from the copula (hai6) (Chappell and Lü, 2022).

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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(Cantonese)

  1. to be located in/at
    而家香港 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    ngo5 ji4 gaa1 hai2 hoeng1 gong2. [Jyutping]
    I am in Hong Kong now.
    邊度 [Cantonese, trad.]
    边度 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 hai2 bin1 dou6 aa3? [Jyutping]
    Where are you?
    入便入便 [Cantonese]  ―  hai2 gaa3 ce1 jap6 bin6 [Jyutping]  ―  to be inside the car
  2. (located) in; at; within
    巴士站上車 [Cantonese, trad.]
    巴士站上车 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 jiu3 hai2 baa1 si6-2 zaam6 soeng5 ce1. [Jyutping]
    You need to get on at the bus station.
    日本香港 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    hai2 jat6 bun2 faan1 hoeng1 gong2 [Jyutping]
    return to Hong Kong from Japan
  3. (temporal) in
    2012 [Cantonese]  ―  hai2 2012 [Jyutping]  ―  in 2012
  4. within; in
    英文 [Cantonese]  ―  hai2 jing1 man4-2 dou6 [Jyutping]  ―  within English
Synonyms
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Usage notes
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  • Not to be confused with (hai6, “to be”).
  • While Mandarin (zài) can be used as a verb without an object (現在 "he is not here right now"), Cantonese must use 喺度 (而家喺度 "he is not here right now").

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Hakka) Alternative form of (at; in)

Further reading

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  • 竹越美奈子 (TAKEKOSHI, Minako), 横田文彦 (YOKOTA, Fumihiko) (2007) ““喺”的历史演变”, in 第十届国际粤方言研讨会论文集, pages 299–305