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Chinese
Pronunciation
Verb
欲呢
- (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) what does someone want to do (with something); what for
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References
- Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “nîⁿ”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 335; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 335
- “Entry #7508”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
- 周长楫 , editor (2006), “要□ [beh⁷⁻³ nɛh⁸]”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min dialects] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 , →ISBN, page 694.