吖

See also: OY and DY

吖 U+5416, 吖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5416 ← 吕 [U+5415] CJK Unified Ideographs 吗 → [U+5417]

Translingual

Han character

吖 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 口金中 (RCL), composition ⿰口丫)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 177, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 584, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5416

Chinese

simp. and trad.		吖

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 丫.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yā (ya¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yā
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ya
    • Wade–Giles: ya¹
    • Yale: yā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ia
    • Palladius: я (ja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵/

Definitions

吖

1. to shout; to cry out

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ā (a¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ā
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: a
    • Wade–Giles: a¹
    • Yale: ā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: a
    • Palladius: а (a)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa¹
    • Yale: ā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: a¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

吖

1. Synonym of 啊 (“An exclamation particle.”)
2. Used in transcription.

Compounds

• 吖丁啶 (ādīngdìng)
• 吖啶 (ādìng)
• 吖啶黃／吖啶黄
• 吖嗪 (āqín)

 

Pronunciation 3

• Cantonese (Jyutping): a¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: a¹
    • Yale: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Cantonese Pinyin: a¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐ⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

吖 (Cantonese)

1. Sentence final particle used for making polite requests or suggestions.

   埋嚟睇吓吖。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   maai⁴ lai⁴ tai² haa² a¹. [Jyutping]

   Come and have a look.

   不如我哋今晚打邊爐吖？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   不如我哋今晚打边炉吖？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   bat¹ jyu⁴ ngo⁵ dei⁶ gam¹ maan⁵ daa² bin¹ lou⁴ a¹? [Jyutping]

   Shall we have hot pot tonight?

2. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

   • 爭咩吖？兩樣溝埋變做瀨尿牛丸吖笨？ [Cantonese, trad.]
     争咩吖？两样沟埋变做濑尿牛丸吖笨？ [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1996, The God of Cookery, spoken by Stephen Chow

     zaang¹ me¹ a¹? loeng⁵ joeng⁶ kau¹ maai⁴ bin³ zou⁶ laai⁶ niu⁶ ngau⁴ jyun^4-2 a¹ ban⁶? [Jyutping]

     What are you quarrelling for? Why not put the two together to become pissing beef balls, you fools?

3. Sentence final particle used to express doubt in questions.

   噉你做完嘢未吖？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   gam² nei⁵ zou⁶ jyun⁴ je⁵ mei⁶ a¹? [Jyutping]

   So, are you done yet?

4. Sentence final particle to express a contrary positive opinion.

   好食吖。 [Cantonese]  ―  hou² sik⁶ aa¹. [Jyutping]  ―  It tastes great to me.

5. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

• 吖嗱
• 吖嘛
• 吖笨