伨

伨 U+4F28, 伨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F28 ← 伧 [U+4F27] CJK Unified Ideographs 伩 → [U+4F29]

Translingual

Han character

伨 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人心戈一 (OPIM), composition ⿰亻匀 (G) or ⿰亻勻 (T))

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 96, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 124, character 16
• Unihan data for U+4F28

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 伨 – see 徇 (“to submit; to comply”). (This character is a variant form of 徇).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 伨 – see 侚. (This character is a variant form of 侚).

Etymology 3

trad.		伨
simp. #		伨
alternative forms		媵 挺 “to support”

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thīn / thēng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thīn / thēng
    • Tâi-lô: thīn / thīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tin, teng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰin²²/, /tʰiɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰin⁴¹/, /tʰiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰin²²/, /tʰiɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰin³³/, /tʰiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰin³³/, /tʰiɪŋ³³/

Definitions

伨 (Hokkien)

1. to betroth; to marry (to arrange for the marriage of)
   • Synonym: 做人 (chò--lâng)

   姑表相伨 [Hokkien]  ―  ko͘-piáu siòng-thīn [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  marriage between cousins

   恁查某囝伨人未？ [Hokkien, trad. and simp.]

   Lín cha-bó͘-kiáⁿ thīn-lâng--bōe? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   Is your daughter betrothed to someone?

2. (Quanzhou Hokkien) to match (as a pair)
3. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, intransitive) to match
   • Synonym: 伨頭／伨头
4. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) (usually negative): to get involved with ; to compete with; to haggle with; to wrangle with; to fuss with

   大人伨囡仔，人會笑。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
   大人伨囡仔，人会笑。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

   Tāi-jîn thīn gín-á, lâng ē chhiò. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   If an adult haggles with a child, peolple will laugh at him.

   這个人實在袂伨得。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
   这个人实在袂伨得。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

   Chit-ê lâng si̍t-chāi bē thīn--tit. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   This person is really unreasonable.

5. (Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to balance; to add a weight to balance the weights on both sides

   即頭着伨一个磚仔 [Hokkien, trad.]
   即头着伨一个砖仔 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Chit thâu tio̍h thīn chi̍t-ê chng-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   An extra brick should be placed on this side (to balance the weight).

6. (Taiwanese Hokkien, transitive) to support; to stand for; to be behind someone for support

   我伨你。 [Taiwanese Hokkien]  ―  Góa thīn--lí. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  I support you.

Compounds

• 伨人
• 伨袂起
• 伨重
• 伨頭／伨头
• 四伨
• 對伨／对伨
• 應伨／应伨
• 相伨

 

Descendants

• → Mandarin: 挺 (tǐng, “to support”)

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “伨”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1], volume 2 (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 317
• “Entry #2050”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
• “【伨】thīn (#524)”, in 臺灣閩南語按呢寫‎^[2], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2013.
• 張裕宏 (Tiuⁿ, Jû-hông), editor (2009), “thīn/thēng”, in TJ台語白話小詞典 [TJ's Dictionary of Non-Literary Taiwanese] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Tainan: 亞細亞國際傳播社, →ISBN, page 534.