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Hokkien
Etymology
From Japanese ライター (raitā), from English lighter.
Pronunciation
Noun
lài-tah
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) lighter (fire making device)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
打火機 (“lighter”)
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
打火機
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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打火機, 自來火兒, 自來火
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| Taiwan
|
打火機
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| Langfang
|
打火機
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| Chengde
|
打火機
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| Chifeng
|
打火機
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| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
打火機
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| Heihe
|
打火機
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| Qiqihar
|
打火機
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| Harbin
|
打火機
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| Jiamusi
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打火機, 火機
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| Baicheng
|
打火機
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| Changchun
|
打火機
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| Tonghua
|
打火機
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| Shenyang
|
打火機
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| Jinzhou
|
打火機
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| Singapore
|
打火機
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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打火兒機, 自來火兒
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| Tangshan
|
打火機, 自來火兒
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| Cangzhou
|
打火機, 自來火兒
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| Baoding
|
打火機, 自來火兒
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| Shijiazhuang
|
打火機, 自來火
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| Lijin
|
打火機
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| Jinan
|
打火機, 自來火 dated
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Dalian
|
打火機
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| Dandong
|
打火機
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| Yantai
|
打火機
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| Qingdao
|
打火機, 自來火兒
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| Zhucheng
|
打火機, 自來火, 火機子
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| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Lingbao
|
打火機
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| Jining
|
打火機, 自來火
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| Daming
|
打火機
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| Wanrong
|
打火機
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| Linfen
|
打火機
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| Shangqiu
|
打火機
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| Yuanyang
|
打火機
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| Zhengzhou
|
打火機
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| Xinyang
|
打火機
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| Baihe
|
打火機
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| Xi'an
|
打火機
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| Baoji
|
打火機
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| Tianshui
|
打火機
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| Xining
|
打火機
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| Xuzhou
|
打火機, 自來火
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| Fuyang
|
打火機
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| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
打火機
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| Lanzhou
|
打火機, 自來火
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| Dunhuang
|
打火機
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| Hami
|
打火機
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| Ürümqi
|
打火機
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
打火機
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| Nanchong
|
打火機
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| Dazhou
|
打火機
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| Hanyuan
|
打火機
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| Xichang
|
打火機
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| Zigong
|
打火機
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| Chongqing
|
打火機
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| Wuhan
|
打火機
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| Yichang
|
打火機
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| Xiangyang
|
打火機
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| Tianmen
|
打火機
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| Guiyang
|
打火機
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| Zunyi
|
打火機
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| Bijie
|
打火機
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| Liping
|
打火機
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| Zhaotong
|
打火機
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| Dali
|
打火機
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| Kunming
|
打火機
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| Mengzi
|
打火機
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| Guilin
|
打火機
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| Liuzhou
|
打火機
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| Nanning (Wuming)
|
火機, 打火機
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| Jishou
|
打火機
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| Changde
|
打火機
|
| Hanzhong
|
打火機
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| Dagudi (Maliba)
|
火機
|
| Reshuitang (Longling)
|
火機
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| Mae Salong (Lancang)
|
火機
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| Mae Sai (Tengchong)
|
火機
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
打火機
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| Yangzhou
|
打火機
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| Lianyungang
|
打火機
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| Lianshui
|
打火機
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| Nantong
|
打火機
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| Anqing
|
打火機
|
| Wuhu
|
打火機
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| Hefei
|
打火機
|
| Hong'an
|
打火機, 火機
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| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
打火機, 火機
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| Hong Kong
|
打火機, 火機
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| Taishan
|
火柴雞
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| Nanning
|
火雞
|
| Wuzhou
|
火雞
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| Yulin
|
火雞
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| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
火雞
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| Hakka
|
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
賴打, 打火機
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
賴打, 打火機
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
賴打, 打火機
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
打火機, 賴打
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
打火機, 賴打
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
打火機, 賴打
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| Huizhou
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Shexian
|
打火機
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| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
打火機
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| Yangyuan
|
打火機, 自來火
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| Datong
|
自來火兒
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| Xinzhou
|
打火機
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| Lüliang (Lishi)
|
打火機, 自來火兒
|
| Changzhi
|
打火機
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| Linhe
|
打火機
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| Jining
|
打火機
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| Hohhot
|
打火機
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| Erenhot
|
打火機, 自來火
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| Pingshan
|
打火機
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| Zhangjiakou
|
打火機, 自來火
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| Handan
|
打火機
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| Linzhou
|
打火機
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| Suide
|
打火機
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| Eastern Min
|
Fuqing
|
火鍥
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| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
拍火機
|
| Zhangzhou
|
火揭, 火揭仔, 火刀揭仔
|
| Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
拍火機
|
| Taipei
|
火石仔
|
| Kaohsiung
|
賴打
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| Yilan
|
賴打, 火切仔
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| Changhua (Lukang)
|
賴打
|
| Taichung
|
賴打
|
| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
賴打
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| Tainan
|
揭石仔
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| Taitung
|
火石仔
|
| Hsinchu
|
火石仔
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
賴打
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| Penang (Hokkien)
|
拍火機, 火機
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
拍火機
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| Jieyang
|
拍火機
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| Puning
|
火機
|
| Leizhou
|
火機
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
火機, 拍火雞
|
References
- “Entry #20447”, 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.
- 張裕宏 (Tiuⁿ, Jû-hông), editor (2009), “lài-tah”, in TJ台語白話小詞典 [TJ's Dictionary of Non-Literary Taiwanese] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Tainan: 亞細亞國際傳播社, →ISBN, page 322.
