辣海

Chinese

		to be at	place
simp. and trad. (辣海)		辣	海
alternative forms		啦嗨 辣嗨 勒海 辣許／辣许 啦許／啦许 啦嗨 辣嗨 勒海 辣許／辣许 啦許／啦许 勒許／勒许 拉嗨 拉海 垃海

Etymology

From 在許 (MC dzojX|dzojH xjoX) or 來許 (MC loj xjoX), where 在/來 underwent lenition and 許 underwent an irregular evolution.

Pronunciation

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸laq-he

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• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁸laq-he
    • MiniDict: lah^入 he
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵laq-he
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /laʔ¹¹ he²³/

Verb

辣海 (Northern Wu)

1. to be (somewhere), to be in, to exist

   我辣海圖書館裡向。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   我辣海图书馆里向。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁶ngu ⁸laq-he ⁶du-sy-kuoe ⁶li-shian [Wugniu]

   I am in the library.

2. Used to indicate the continuous aspect.

   儂辣海等啥人啊？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
   侬辣海等啥人啊？ [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁶non ⁸laq-he ⁵ten ⁵sa-gnin-a [Wugniu]

   Who are you waiting for?

   儂活辣海末浪費空氣，死脫末浪費土地，我乃搭儂見氣也是浪費辰光，豪𢜶滾開！ [Shanghainese, trad.]
   侬活辣海末浪费空气，死脱末浪费土地，我乃搭侬见气也是浪费辰光，豪𢜶滚开！ [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁶non ⁸weq-laq-he-meq ⁶laon-fi ¹khon-chi ⁵shi-theq-meq ⁶laon-fi ⁵thu-di ⁶ngu ⁶ne ⁷taq-non ⁵ci-chi ⁶gha ⁶zy ⁶laon-fi ⁶zen-kuaon ⁶ghau-sau ⁵kuen ¹khe [Wugniu]

   You're a waste of air alive and waste of soil dead, me talking to you right now is a waste of time, now fuck off!

3. (when placed at the end of a sentence) Used to indicate the perfective aspect.

   我就一家頭活辣海，嘸沒一個人好交我講講閒話，一直等到有一趟子撒哈拉沙漠裡出仔故障，大概有六年個事體。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   我就一家头活辣海，呒没一个人好交我讲讲闲话，一直等到有一趟子撒哈拉沙漠里出仔故障，大概有六年个事体。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁶ngu ⁶zhieu ⁷iq-ka-deu ⁸weq-laq-he ⁶m-meq ⁷iq-gheq ⁶gnin ⁵hau ¹kau ⁶ngu ⁵kaon-kaon ⁶ghe-gho ⁷iq-zeq ⁵ten-tau ⁶yeu ⁷iq-thaon-tsy ⁵sa-ha-la ¹so-moq ⁶li ⁷tsheq-tsy ⁵ku-tsaon ⁶da-ke ⁶yeu ⁸loq-gni-gheq ⁶zy-thi [Wugniu]

   So I lived my life alone, without anyone that I could really talk to, until I had an accident with my plane in the Desert of Sahara, six years ago.

   • 我早飯還嘸沒吃辣海。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
     我早饭还呒没吃辣海。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

     From: 2010: Qian Nairong, 《從〈滬語便商〉所見的老上海話時態》 (Tenses and Aspects? Old Shanghainese as Found in the Book Huyu Bian Shang)

     ⁶ngu ⁵tsau-ve ⁶we ⁶m-meq ⁷chiq ⁸laq-he [Wugniu]

     I have yet to eat my breakfast.

Usage notes

The spellings with 許／许 are used in varieties where 許／许 are pronounced /he/ or similar, such as Suzhounese and Ningbonese. Lects such as Shanghainese and Hangzhounese do not use them.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 在 (“at, in”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		於
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		在
Mandarin	Beijing	在, 挨, 跟, 的
	Taiwan	在
	Harbin	在
	Jinan	在, 從
	Wanrong	在
	Xi'an	在
	Ürümqi	在
	Wuhan	在
	Chengdu	在
	Guiyang	在
	Guilin	在
	Liuzhou	在
	Yangzhou	在
	Nanjing	在
	Hefei	在
	Malaysia	在
	Singapore	在
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	在
Cantonese	Guangzhou	喺, 響
	Hong Kong	喺, 響
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	喺, 在
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	喺, 響
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	在
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	在
	Macau	喺
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	喺, 響
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	響, 喺
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	在
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	在
	Foshan	喺, 響
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	喺, 響
	Foshan (Shunde)	喺
	Foshan (Sanshui)	喺
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	喺, 響
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	在
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	在
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	響, 揀
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	揀
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	喺
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	喺
	Taishan	到, 響
	Kaiping (Chikan)	到, 響
	Enping (Niujiang)	到, 響
	Heshan (Yayao)	響
	Dongguan	響, 在, 喺
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	在
	Yangjiang	在
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	喺, 響
	Singapore (Guangfu)	喺
Gan	Nanchang	在
	Lichuan	在
	Pingxiang	在
Hakka	Meixian	嗨
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	在
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	在
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	在
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	在
	Conghua (Lütian)	在
	Yudu	在
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	在
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	在
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	在
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	在
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	在
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	在
	Hong Kong	在
	Senai (Huiyang)	在
	Kuching (Hepo)	在
	Singapore (Dabu)	在
Jin	Taiyuan	在
	Xinzhou	在
Northern Min	Jian'ou	到
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	著, 在, 洽
	Fuqing	著, 洽
	Singapore (Fuqing)	著
Southern Min	Xiamen	佇, 踮, 蹛
	Quanzhou	佇, 踮, 蹛
	Zhangzhou	佇, 咧, 蹛
	Zhao'an	佇, 蹛
	Taipei	佇
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	佇
	Kaohsiung	佇
	Yilan	佇
	Changhua (Lukang)	佇
	Taichung	佇
	Tainan	佇, 踮, 蹛
	Hsinchu	佇
	Kinmen	佇
	Penghu (Magong)	佇
	Penang (Hokkien)	佇, 蹛
	Singapore (Hokkien)	佇, 壏
	Manila (Hokkien)	佇, 踮
	Chaozhou	在
	Shantou	在
	Shantou (Chenghai)	在
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	在
	Jieyang	在, 壏, 放
	Haifeng	著
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	在
	Singapore (Teochew)	在, 壏
	Leizhou	佇, 放
	Wenchang	佇
	Singapore (Hainanese)	佇
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	在
Wu	Shanghai	辣, 辣辣, 辣海, 辣該
	Suzhou	勒
	Danyang	在
	Hangzhou	勒, 勒哈, 在
	Ningbo	來, 來勒, 來的, 來東, 來當, 來該
	Wenzhou	是
Xiang	Changsha	在
	Loudi	在
	Shuangfeng	在