遐爾

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Chinese

		abandon; distant	thus; so; like that thus; so; like that; you; thou
trad. (遐爾)		遐	爾
simp. (遐尔)		遐	尔
alternative forms		遐呢彼爾／彼尔彼呢許爾／许尔許呢／许呢遐呢彼爾／彼尔彼呢許爾／许尔許呢／许呢赫爾／赫尔赫呢赫尼

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiah-nī / hiah-nî / hiah-līn / hiah-nih / hiah-ni̍h

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiah-nī
  - Tâi-lô: hiah-nī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiahni
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ nĩ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nĩ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiah-nî
  - Tâi-lô: hiah-nî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiahnii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nĩ¹³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiah-līn
  - Tâi-lô: hiah-līn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiahlin
  - IPA (Taipei): /hia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lin³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ lin³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiah-nih
  - Tâi-lô: hiah-nih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiahniq
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ nĩʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nĩʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiah-ni̍h
  - Tâi-lô: hiah-ni̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiahnih
  - IPA (Taipei): /hia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nĩʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ nĩʔ⁴/

Adverb

遐爾 (Southern Min)

so; that
- 2005: anon. 又koh beh 去澎湖啊～因為 23.5蔚藍 (blog post: "Going to Penghu again, 23.5c and blue skies")
  m̄-ko hit-sî í-keng sī cha̍p-it-tiám a, hiah-ni àm a, thâu-ke khó-lêng í-keng khùn a.
  But it was already eleven o'clock. It was so dark, the boss may have already gone to bed.

Synonyms

那麼／那么 (nàme)
(Hokkien) 遐 (xiá), 遐爾仔／遐尔仔, 喝 (hē)

References

“Entry #10261”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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