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Translingual
Han character
啱 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口山一口 (RUMR), composition ⿰口岩)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 196, character 26
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 641, character 8
- Unihan data for U+5571
Chinese
Etymology
Probably a Kra-Dai substrate word (Li, 1990). Compare Zhuang ngamq (“just; exactly; only”), Hlai ngamx (“suitable”), Thai งาม (ngaam, “beautiful”), Vietnamese ngám (“just right”).
Alternatively, some postulate that this is derived from 恰 (hap1, “just; coincidentally; suitable”) or 諳 (am1, “to know; familiar with”).
Pronunciation
Note: ngam - from Cantonese.
Definitions
啱 (chiefly Cantonese, Hakka, Malaysian Hokkien, Singapore Hokkien, Hainanese, Puxian Min)
- correct; right
- 答啱咗八題/答啱咗八题 [Cantonese] ― daap3 ngaam1 zo2 baat3 tai4 ― to have answered eight questions correctly
噉做好似唔係好啱喎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
噉做好似唔系好啱㖞。 [Cantonese, simp.]- gam2 zou6 hou2 ci5 m4 hai6 hou2 ngaam1 wo3.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- to fit; to be appropriate; to be suitable
- 啱細路仔飲/啱细路仔饮 [Cantonese] ― ngaam1 sai3 lou6 zai2 jam2 ― suitable for consumption by children
- 啱心水 [Cantonese] ― ngaam1 sam1 seoi2 ― to be one's preference
- just now; a moment ago
- 啱啱 [Cantonese] ― ngaam1 ngaam1 ― just now; just
- by chance; coincidentally
- (Cantonese) compatible; getting along
佢哋兩個不嬲都唔啱㗎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
佢哋两个不嬲都唔啱㗎。 [Cantonese, simp.]- keoi5 dei6 loeng5 go3 bat1 lau1 dou1 m4 ngaam1 gaa3.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
對 (“correct”)
- (Malaysia, Singapore, Mandarin) 準/准 (zhǔn)
- (to fit): 符合 (fúhé)
- (appropriate): 適合/适合 (shìhé)
- (appropriate, as an adjective only): 合適/合适 (héshì)
- (just now):
Dialectal synonyms of
剛才 (“just now”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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剛才, 方才, 適才, 剛剛, 剛
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Mandarin
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Beijing
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剛才, 才剛
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Taiwan
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剛才, 剛剛, 剛
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Harbin
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才剛兒, 頭先, 頭前兒
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Yantai (Muping)
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剛打剛兒, 剛剛兒
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Jinan
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剛才, 剛剛的
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Luoyang
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才剛, 才剛剛兒
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Wanrong
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剛剛
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Xi'an
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剛才
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Yinchuan
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剛才, 才剛
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Xining
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才才
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Ürümqi
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剛才, 剛剛, 剛, 剛頭兒
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Wuhan
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才剛, 剛才, 才一路, 才路, 一路
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Chengdu
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才剛, 剛才, 剛剛, 剛, 先頭
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Liuzhou
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頭先, 啱先
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Yangzhou
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剛才, 才剛, 剛剛, 剛
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Nanjing
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剛才, 才剛, 剛剛
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Hefei
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剛才
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Malaysia
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剛才
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Singapore
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剛才, 剛剛, 剛
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Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
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才剛
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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頭先, 求先, 啱先, 啱啱, 先頭, 正話, 疇先
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Hong Kong
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頭先, 求先, 啱先, 啱啱, 先頭, 正話
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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正就
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Macau
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頭先
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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頭先, 啱啱, 啱先, 正話
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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啱啱
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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啱啱
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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頭先
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Foshan
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剛啱, 舊家
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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舊先
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Foshan (Shunde)
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頭先
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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啱啱
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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啱青
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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頭先
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Zhuhai (Qianshan)
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頭先
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Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
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頭先
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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頭先
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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頭先
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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頭先
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Taishan
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頭先, 正話
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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頭先
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Enping (Niujiang)
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頭先
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Heshan (Yayao)
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啱啱
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Dongguan
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蚊蚊, 啱先, 啱啱
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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頭先
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Yangjiang
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頭先, 啱先
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Nanning
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啱先
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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啱啱, 正話
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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頭先, 啱啱
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Gan
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Nanchang
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剛腳, 一腳
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Lichuan
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剛腳
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Hakka
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Meixian
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頭先, 啱先, 啱啱
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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先頭, 頭先
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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正先
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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正先
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Wuhua (Huacheng)
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早先
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Wengyuan
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頭先
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Liannan
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正先
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Conghua (Lütian)
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啱啱
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Jiexi
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早回
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Changting
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頭先
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Wuping (Yanqian)
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頭間
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Ninghua
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正
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Ningdu
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當頭
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Tonggu (Sandu)
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正
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Dayu
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剛正哩
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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頭先, 頭下
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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頭先, 頭下
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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頭先, 頭下
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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頭先, 頭下
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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頭先, 頭下
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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頭先, 頭下
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Hong Kong
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頭先
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Mengshan (Xihe)
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啱
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Luchuan
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啱先
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Senai (Huiyang)
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正先
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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剛才, 剛剛, 剛之
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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剛才, 剛剛
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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頃先, 頃, 頃頃
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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頭先, 頭先早, 連眼, 連刻, 矢文
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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頭先, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔, 拄才, 拄仔才, 頭拄仔, 拄
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Quanzhou
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頭先, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔, 拄才, 拄仔才, 頭拄仔, 頭站仔, 拄
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Zhangzhou
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頭先, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔, 拄才, 拄仔才, 頭拄仔, 前拄仔, 盡拄仔, 拄
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Kaohsiung
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拄才
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Yilan
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拄才
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Changhua (Lukang)
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拄才
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Taichung
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拄拄仔
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Taichung (Wuqi)
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拄仔才
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Tainan
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頭陣仔
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Taitung
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頭拄仔
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Hsinchu
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拄仔
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Penghu (Magong)
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拄才
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Penang (Hokkien)
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麻汝, 耽仔
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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麻汝, 頭先, 頭早
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Manila (Hokkien)
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站仔, 頭站仔
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Chaozhou
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頭陣, 同早, 同旰
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Shantou
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剛才
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Jieyang
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同早, 同旰, 頭先, 同陣, 頭陣, 自早
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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同旰
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Singapore (Teochew)
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麻汝, 頭先, 同早
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Leizhou
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當奉囝
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Zhongshan Min
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Shaxi (Longdu)
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頭先, 開頭, 啱啱, 啱先
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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啱先, 頭先, 幾早, 頭幾早
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Wu
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Shanghai
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剛剛, 剛, 剛正, 開開 dated, 客客 dated, 方才 dated
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Suzhou
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剛剛, 剛剛頭, 剛巧
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Danyang
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剛才, 剛剛
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Hangzhou
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剛剛
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Ningbo
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剛剛
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Wenzhou
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頭前, 頭先, 頭兒
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Xiang
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Changsha
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剛才, 才剛, 嚴剛
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Loudi
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剛剛
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Shuangfeng
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當好, 才當
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Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
啱: Hán Nôm readings: nhàm
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