偌爾

Chinese

		so; such; to such a degree	thus; so; like that thus; so; like that; you; thou
trad. (偌爾)		偌	爾
simp. (偌尔)		偌	尔
alternative forms		偌呢 偌尼 若爾／若尔 若呢 若尼 偌呢 偌尼 若爾／若尔 若呢 若尼 外爾／外尔 外呢 外尼

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gōa-nī / jōa-nī / lōa-nī

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-nī
    • Tâi-lô: guā-nī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaxni
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³⁻²¹ nĩ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡua³³⁻¹¹ nĩ³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jōa-nī
    • Tâi-lô: juā-nī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: joaxni
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zua³³⁻²¹ nĩ³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lōa-nī
    • Tâi-lô: luā-nī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loaxni
    • IPA (Taipei): /lua³³⁻¹¹ nĩ³³/

Adverb

偌爾

1. (Southern Min) how; what; so; such
   • 2005: anon. 金门踅一lìn (Wandering around Kinmen)

     這會當互汝體會金門在地做穡儂是偌呢仔艱苦，嘛會當理解是按怎金門攏無法度發展海上運動。 [Hokkien, trad.]
     这会当互汝体会金门在地做穑侬是偌呢仔艰苦，嘛会当理解是按怎金门拢无法度发展海上运动。 [Hokkien, simp.]

     Che ē-tàng hō͘ lí thé-hōe Kim-mn̂g chāi-tōe chò-sit-lâng sī lōa-nī-á kan-khó͘, mā ē-tàng lí-kái sī an-chóaⁿ Kim-mn̂g lóng bô-hoat-tō͘ hoat-tián hái-siōng ūn-tōng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     From this, you can see how hard it is for the farmers on Kinmen, and you can also understand why Kinmen has not been able to develop its ocean activities.

   • 彼擺我就恬恬仔予你罵，因為我知影你會遮爾受氣，就是表示你對我袂曉好好仔照顧家己，是偌爾煩惱。 [Hokkien, trad.]
     彼摆我就恬恬仔予你骂，因为我知影你会遮尔受气，就是表示你对我袂晓好好仔照顾家己，是偌尔烦恼。 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2008, 劉育君, 予阿母的一張批 (A Letter to Mother)

     Hit-pái góa tō tiām-tiām-á hō͘ lí mē, in-ūi góa chai-iáⁿ lí ē chiah-nī siū-khì, tō-sī piáu-sī lí tùi góa bē-hiáu hó-hó-á chiàu-kò͘ ka-kī, sī gōa-nī hoân-ló. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     That time, I silently let you scold me, because I know you getting this angry indicates that you are so worried that I don't know how to take good care of myself.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 多麼 (“how; what; so; such”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		何等, 何其, 一何, 何哉, 何等也, 何則
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		多麼, 何等, 何其
Mandarin	Beijing	多麼, 多
	Taiwan	多麼, 多
	Jinan	多麼, 多
	Xi'an	多
	Wuhan	幾, 幾樣, 好
	Chengdu	好, 多
	Guilin	好
	Yangzhou	多
	Hefei	好
	Malaysia	多
	Singapore	多麼, 多
Cantonese	Guangzhou	幾, 幾咁
	Hong Kong	幾, 幾咁
	Yangjiang	幾
Gan	Nanchang	幾
Hakka	Meixian	幾
Jin	Taiyuan	多麼, 多來
Northern Min	Jian'ou	幾多
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	若夥, 若
Southern Min	Xiamen	偌, 偌爾仔, 活, 活欲
	Quanzhou	偌, 活, 活欲
	Zhangzhou	偌, 偌爾仔, 偌仔爾, 活, 活欲
	Taipei	偌爾, 偌仔爾
	Kaohsiung	偌爾, 偌仔爾
	Penang (Hokkien)	偌
	Singapore (Hokkien)	偌
	Manila (Hokkien)	偌
	Chaozhou	若
	Singapore (Teochew)	若
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	幾
Wu	Shanghai	多少, 幾化
	Suzhou	幾化
	Wenzhou	幾倈, 幾恁
Xiang	Changsha	幾, 幾多, 好
	Shuangfeng	幾, 好