嗮

Translingual

Han character

嗮 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口日一田 (RAMW), composition ⿰口晒)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 204, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 667, character 7
• Unihan data for U+55EE

Chinese

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Chan (1995) suggests that it is from 澌 (MC sjeH, “to dry up; to finish”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

嗮

1. (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) Verbal aspect marker for full extent.

   做嗮功課未呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   做嗮功课未呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   zou⁶ saai³ gung¹ fo³ mei⁶ aa³?

   Have you finished all your homework?

   今晚唔知點解個個都冇乜胃口，搞到食剩嗮啲餸。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   今晚唔知点解个个都冇乜胃口，搞到食剩嗮啲𩠌。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   gam¹ maan^5-1 m⁴ zi¹ dim² gaai² go³ go³ dou¹ mou⁵ mat¹ wai⁶ hau², gaau² dou³ sik⁶ zing⁶ saai³ di¹ sung³.

   For some reason, everyone is not hungry tonight and left all the food almost untouched.

   多謝嗮！／多谢嗮！ [Cantonese]  ―  do¹ ze⁶ saai³!   ―  Thank you very much!

   等佢哋走嗮先。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   dang² keoi⁵ dei⁶ zau² saai³ sin¹.

   Wait until they've all gone.

   已經喺嗮出便啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   已经喺嗮出便啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ji⁵ ging¹ hai² saai³ ceot¹ bin⁶ laa³.

   They're all outside already.

   • 我要嗮！ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

     From: 1994, Stephen Chow, Hail the Judge, spoken by Lui Pao (Elvis Tsui)

     ngo⁵ jiu³ saai³!

     I want all!

   • (Can we date this quote?), “海南鸡饭 [Hǎinán jīfàn]”‎performed by 张少林 (Chong Sau Lin):

     張惠妹稱霸晒歌壇 [Malaysian Huiyang Hakka, trad.]
     张惠妹称霸晒歌坛 [Malaysian Huiyang Hakka, simp.]

     A-Mei dominates the whole singing world

   • 1986, “跳舞街”, 林敏驄 (lyrics), performed by 陳慧嫻:

     差一分鐘天就黑晒　毋須急於趕計成敗 [Cantonese, trad.]
     差一分钟天就黑晒　毋须急于赶计成败 [Cantonese, simp.]

     caa¹ jat¹ fan¹ zung¹ tin¹ zau⁶ hak¹ saai³, mou⁴ seoi¹ gap¹ jyu¹ gon² gai³ sing⁴ baai⁶

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (Nanning Cantonese) Verbal aspect marker for completion of an action (perfective).

Synonyms

• (verbal aspect marker for completion of an action):

Compounds

Etymology 2