| wait; look towards; turn one's back on | draw back corners of mouth; child's cry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (佇咧) | 佇 | 咧 | |
| simp. (伫咧) | 伫 | 咧 | |
| alternative forms | |||
From 佇 (tī, tǐr, “at”) + 塊／块 (tè, tèr, “place”); written as 在處 in Tale of the Lychee Mirror (Lien, 2015). Compare Cantonese 喺度 (hai2 dou6).
佇咧
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 正在, 刻正 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 正在, 在 |
| Taiwan | 正在, 在 | |
| Malaysia | 正在, 在 | |
| Singapore | 正在, 在 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 在 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 喺度, 喺處, 響度, 響處 |
| Hong Kong | 喺度, 喺處, 響度, 響處 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 喺度 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 當, 在該, 當在 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 當, 在該 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 當, 在該 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 當, 在該 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 當, 在該 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 正在, 在遐 | |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 著𡅏, 𡅏 |
| Fuqing | 著𡅏 | |
| Singapore (Fuqing) | 著𡅏 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧 |
| Quanzhou | 佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧 | |
| Zhangzhou | 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 當時 | |
| Tainan | 佇咧, 咧, 當咧 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 佇 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 佇, 佇咧 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 佇咧, 咧 | |
| Shantou | 在 | |
| Shantou (Chaoyang) | 在 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 在 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 垃, 垃垃, 垃拉, 垃海, 垃該 |
| Ningbo | 來, 來的, 來該, 來當, 來東, 來勒 | |
| Wenzhou | 是, 是搭 | |
佇咧