嘢
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Translingual
Han character
嘢 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口田土弓 (RWGN), composition ⿰口野)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 206, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 676, character 4
- Unihan data for U+5622
Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic 口 + phonetic 野.
Etymology 1
| simp. and trad. |
嘢 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 野 惹 | |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yě
- Wade–Giles: yeh3
- Yale: yě
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yee
- Palladius: е (je)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: je5
- Yale: yéh
- Cantonese Pinyin: je5
- Guangdong Romanization: yé5
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛː¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: yie1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiɛ³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
嘢
- (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Zhongshan Min) thing; matter; stuff (Classifier: 樣／样 c; 家 c)
- (Cantonese, derogatory, always with the classifier) guy; fellow; devil (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
- (Cantonese, euphemistic, always with the classifier) penis; thingy (Classifier: 條／条 c; 轆／辘 c; 支 c)
- (Cantonese, always with the classifier) negative matters caused by or associated with someone (Classifier: 籠／笼 c; 鑊／镬 c; 壇／坛 c)
- (Cantonese, always with the classifier) age of a person, approximating in multiples of tens (only for three or above) (Classifier: 張／张 c)
- (Cantonese) Classifier for occurrences of events, usually negative ones.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 東西 (“thing; object”)
Dialectal synonyms of 陰莖 (“penis; male genitalia”)
Compounds
- 一嘢
- 一嚿嘢
- 一張嘢 / 一张嘢
- 一皮嘢
- 乜嘢
- 乜嘢嘢
- 乜嘢物嘢
- 乜嘢話 / 乜嘢话
- 乜嘢都
- 你好嘢
- 你講嘢呀 / 你讲嘢呀
- 來路嘢 / 来路嘢
- 做乜嘢
- 做嘢
- 偷嘢
- 冇乜嘢
- 冇嘢
- 冇嘢到
- 出嘢
- 叫嘢食
- 咩嘢
- 唔係嘢少 / 唔系嘢少
- 唔做嘢
- 嗌嘢食
- 嘅嘢
- 嘢小
- 嘢食
- 嘢飲 / 嘢饮
- 垃圾嘢
- 執嘢 / 执嘢
- 執平嘢 / 执平嘢
- 大枝嘢
- 大粒嘢
- 大路嘢
- 好嘢
- 㜺嘢 / 𫲗嘢
- 扑嘢
- 扮嘢
- 揩嘢
- 搶嘢 / 抢嘢
- 搵嘢做 / 揾嘢做
- 撈嘢 / 捞嘢
- 撻嘢 / 挞嘢
- 攋嘢 / 𪮶嘢
- 攪嘢 / 搅嘢
- 整嘢食
- 曳嘢
- 正嘢
- 污糟嘢
- 流嘢
- 淋瀋嘢 / 淋沈嘢
- 演嘢
- 濕星嘢 / 湿星嘢
- 瀨嘢 / 濑嘢
- 玩嘢
- 用屎窟諗嘢 / 用屎窟谂嘢
- 𥄫嘢
- 神嘢
- 笠嘢
- 筍嘢 / 笋嘢
- 肺講嘢 / 肺讲嘢
- 舉嘢 / 举嘢
- 衰鬼嘢
- 諗嘢 / 谂嘢
- 講嘢 / 讲嘢
- 講嘢唔算數 / 讲嘢唔算数
- 識嘢 / 识嘢
- 賴嘢 / 赖嘢
- 辣嘢
- 重嘢
- 領嘢 / 领嘢
- 飲嘢 / 饮嘢
- 鼠嘢
Etymology 2
| simp. and trad. |
嘢 | |
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The character is found volume 8 of the 40-volume version of the Chinese translation of the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra.
Pronunciation
Definitions
嘢
- (Buddhism) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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References
- “嘢”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- 大般涅槃經（北本涅槃）・卷第八・如來性品第四之五 Early usage of the character in Buddhist text.