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Translingual
Han character
嚿 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+18 in traditional Chinese, 口+17 in simplified Chinese, 21 strokes in traditional Chinese, 20 strokes in simplified Chinese, cangjie input 口廿人難 (RTOX), composition ⿰口舊)
References
Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 (“mouth; vernacular”) + phonetic 舊.
Etymology 1
Bai (1980) proposes that this word comes from 䊆 (MC gjuwX, “cooked dry rice flour”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
嚿
- (Cantonese) Classifier for pieces or chunks. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
- 一嚿泥 [Cantonese] ― jat1 gau6 nai4 ― a clod of earth
- 呢嚿肉 [Cantonese] ― nei1 gau6 juk6 ― this piece of meat
- (Cantonese, colloquial) Classifier for money: hundred dollars/yuan
- 三嚿水 [Cantonese] ― saam1 gau6 seoi2 ― three hundred bucks
呢度食餐晏都要幾嚿㗎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
呢度食餐晏都要几嚿㗎。 [Cantonese, simp.]- nei1 dou6 sik6 caan1 aan3 dou1 jiu3 gei2 gau6 gaa3.
- Lunch costs a few hundred here.
See also
Compounds
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “正字通 says it's the same as 嚄”)
Pronunciation
Definitions
嚿
- ‡ to boast