啲
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Translingual
Han character
啲 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口竹日戈 (RHAI), composition ⿰口的)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 196, character 26
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 642, character 9
- Unihan data for U+5572
Chinese
Etymology 1
| simp. and trad. |
啲 | |
|---|---|---|
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Possibly derived from 滴 (“drop; a very small quantity”). Compare the semantics of 點／点 (diǎn): "drop (of liquid)" > "a little bit". Also compare Zhuang di.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: di
- Wade–Giles: ti1
- Yale: dī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: di
- Palladius: ди (di)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ti⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: di1 / dit1
- Yale: dī / dīt
- Cantonese Pinyin: di1 / dit7
- Guangdong Romanization: di1 / did1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tiː⁵⁵/, /tiːt̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
啲
- (Cantonese) a few; a little bit; some
- (Cantonese, used after adjectives and certain verbs) a bit; a bit more
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 些 (“some, a few”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 些 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 些 |
| Singapore | 些 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 啲 |
| Hong Kong | 啲 | |
| Taishan | 尼 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 啲 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 兜 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 兜 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 兜 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 兜 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 兜 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 兜 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 兜 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 寡 |
| Zhangzhou | 寡 | |
| Tainan | 寡 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 寡 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 寡 | |
| Shantou | 撮 | |
| Jieyang | 撮 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 撮 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 眼, 點, 些 formal or Mandarin-influenced |
| Wenzhou | 厘兒 | |
Compounds
Etymology 2
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啲 | |
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Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): teh
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teh
- Tâi-lô: teh
- Phofsit Daibuun: deq
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /teʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Definitions
啲 (Southern Min)
- Alternative form of 咧 (“-ing”)
- 門徒看著伊佇湖的頂面啲行，真著驚，講：「是鬼！」𪜶驚甲大聲喝出來。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
- From: 現代台語譯本 (Today's Taiwanese Version), 馬太福音 (Matthew) 14:26
- Bûn-tô͘ khòaⁿ-tio̍h I tī ô͘ ê téng-bīn teh kiâⁿ, chin tio̍h-kiaⁿ, kóng: “Sī kúi!” In kiaⁿ-kah tōa-siaⁿ hoah chhut-lâi. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
门徒看着伊伫湖的顶面啲行，真着惊，讲：「是鬼！」𪜶惊甲大声喝出来。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
Etymology 3
| simp. and trad. |
啲 | |
|---|---|---|
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: di1
- Yale: dī
- Cantonese Pinyin: di1
- Guangdong Romanization: di1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tiː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
啲
- Only used in 啲咑.
References
- “啲”, 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–
- 花箋記・（卷三）・十九、主婢看月
- 「尐」字之亂(增修版)