粵

粵 (Kangxi radical 119, 米+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹田一女尸 (HWMVS), four-corner 2620₇, composition ⿱⿵𰃦釆亏 or ⿳丿⿴囗釆丂)

• 𠿋 𤀀 𨼟 𣙾 𤏓 𥜊 𥣄 𦆒 𧒹 𧞄 𨆗 𠟲

This character is not present in the Kangxi Dictionary; however, its corresponding simplified form, 粤 (yuè), is. The exact opposite applies to 奧 / 奥.

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 909, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 5, page 3149, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7CB5

Historical forms of the character 粵
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)	Libian (compiled in Qing)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts	Clerical script

A specialization of 雩 (OC *qʰʷla, *ɢʷla) by modification of 雨 (Chi, 2010).

Shuowen interprets it as an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 宷 + 亏.

Related to 越 (OC *ɢʷad, “Yue; Viet”). See there for more.

粵

1. (historical) Yue people; Baiyue people
2. Guangdong

   粵語／粤语  ―  yuèyǔ  ―  Cantonese language

3. Guangdong and Guangxi

   兩粵／两粤  ―  liǎngyuè  ―  Guangdong and Guangxi

4. short for 粵語／粤语 (yuèyǔ, “Cantonese”)

   粵音／粤音  ―  yuèyīn  ―  Cantonese pronunciation

   精通國粵英／精通国粤英  ―  jīngtōng Guó Yuè Yīng  ―  fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, and English

5. (informal, punning) alternative form of 越 (“more”), usually in reference to the Cantonese language.

   要我哋收聲，我哋粵大聲！
   要我哋收声，我哋粤大声！

   jiu³ ngo⁵ dei⁶ sau¹ seng¹, ngo⁵ dei⁶ jyut⁶ daai⁶ seng¹!

   If you want us to shut up, we'll be even louder! (a 2010 slogan protesting restriction of usage of Cantonese)

   《粵講越掂》
   《粤讲越掂》

   “jyut⁶ gong² jyut⁶ dim⁶”

   "the more you speak, the steadier " (the name of a TV show by GDTV Pearl River Channel focusing on the Cantonese language)

   《粵講粵㜺鬼》
   《粤讲粤𫲗鬼》

   “jyut⁶ gong² jyut⁶ zaan² gwai²”

   "Cantoxicating" (the name of a TV show by TVB)

   (literally, “the more you speak, the more it is interesting”)

   • (Can we date this quote?), “央廣粵語”, in Facebook‎:

     粵聽粵有feel／粤听粤有feel   ―  jyut⁶ teng¹ jyut⁶ jau⁵ fiu¹   ―  the more one listens, the more one feels it

Related to the particles 曰 (OC *ɢʷad) and 越 (OC *ɢʷad). Smith (2012) proposes this to be derived from the prepositional phrase *于之 (OC *ɢʷa tjɯ).

粵

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) A particle.
   1. Used in the beginning of a clause to express a prudent tone.

      • 粵其聞日，宗室之俊有四百人，民獻儀九萬夫，予敬以終於此謀繼嗣圖功。
        粤其闻日，宗室之俊有四百人，民献仪九万夫，予敬以终于此谋继嗣图功。

        From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

        Yuè qí wén rì, zōngshì zhī jùn yǒu sì bǎi rén, mín xiànyí jiǔ wàn fū, yǔ jìng yǐ zhōng yú cǐ móu jìsì túgōng.

        (please add an English translation of this usage example)

      • 粵以四月甲申朔旬有六日己亥，上及中宮，歷覽臺觀。
        粤以四月甲申朔旬有六日己亥，上及中宫，历览台观。

        From: 632 C.E., 魏徵 (Wei Zheng) 《九成宮醴泉碑銘》

        Yuè yǐ sìyuè jiǎ shēn shuò xún yǒu liù rì jǐhài, shàng jí zhōnggōng, lì lǎn tái guān.

        (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   2. Used in the middle of a clause. (clarification of this definition is needed)

      • 尚粵其幾，淪神域兮。
        尚粤其几，沦神域兮。

        From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

        Shàng yuè qí jǐ, lún shén yù xī.

        (please add an English translation of this usage example)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

粵

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) generous; favourable

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03064
• “粵”, 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–

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): えつ (etsu)、おち (ochi)
• Kun: ここに (kokoni, 粵に)

粵 (eumhun 말이 내킬 월 (mari naekil wol))

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粵: Hán Nôm readings: việt

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