下把

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Chinese

Etymology 1

under; next; lower
under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
 
handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object)
handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object); to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of
 
simp. and trad.
(下把) 		下 把

Pronunciation

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Adverb

下把

  1. (Hailu, Dabu and Raoping Hakka) sometimes; occasionally; now and then
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 有時 (“sometimes; at times; now and then”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 有時, 有時候, 偶爾, 間或
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 晃晃兒
Taiwan 有時候
Singapore 有時候
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 有時候
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 有時候兒
Xuzhou 時早晚兒, 時不早晚兒, 時不時
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 久不久, 時不時
Cantonese Guangzhou 有陣時, 間中, 間或, 耐不耐, 耐唔耐, 耐耐, 耐時, 耐中, 耐唔中, 久時久, 久唔久, 久不久
Hong Kong 有時, 有陣時, 有時候, 間中, 間唔中, 間唔時, 耐唔耐, 耐耐, 耐不耐, 耐唔時, 久唔久, 久不久, 一時時, 時不時
Dongguan 耐不耐, 久久
Gan Nanchang 有時間
Pingxiang 有時會
Hakka Meixian 間中, 下把仔, 成下仔
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 有成時, 成時, 成擺, 一半下
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 有成時, 下把仔, 有時節, 成時, 成下仔, 成擺
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 有成時, 成時, 下把, 成下, 成擺, 一半下
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 有成時, 成半下, 成時, 下把, 下把下, 成下, 成擺, 一半下
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 有成時, 成時, 下把, 成下, 成擺, 一半下
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 有時務, 一半下, 一半時務, 一半擺
Southern Min Xiamen 有時陣, 有當時, 拄陣, 拄時陣
Quanzhou 有時陣, 拄陣, 拄時陣
Shishi 有陣
Zhangzhou 有時陣, 有時仔, 有當時
Tainan 有當時仔, 有時陣, 拄時陣, 拄著仔, 有時仔 GT, 有時 GT, 罕罕仔 GT
Singapore (Hokkien) 有當時, 有時陣
Manila (Hokkien) 有時陣, 有陣仔, 有陣時, 有陣
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 耐耐
Wu Shanghai 有常時, 有辰光, 常時, 難板, 有常
Shanghai (Chongming) 有常時, 有辰光
Hangzhou 有時光
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Etymology 2

under; next; lower
under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
 
handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object)
handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object); to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of
 
simp. and trad.
(下把) 		下 把
alternative forms 下靶

Pronunciation

Noun

下把

  1. (Cantonese) minor role
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