呔

Translingual

Han character

呔 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口大戈 (RKI) or 難口大戈 (XRKI), four-corner 6403₀, composition ⿰口太)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 181, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 587, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5454

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 (“mouth; speech”) + phonetic 太 (OC *tʰaːds).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		呔
alternative forms		𠯪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāi, tai (dai¹, tai⁵／tai⁰)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞ, ˙ㄊㄞ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dai
    • Wade–Giles: tai¹
    • Yale: dāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dai
    • Palladius: дай (daj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tai
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄊㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tåi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁵
    • Yale: tai
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .tai
    • Palladius: тай (taj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 呔

1. An exclamation to get attention.

   • 呔！住口！你這勢利的狗！ [MSC, trad.]
     呔！住口！你这势利的狗！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1925, Lu Xun, “The Dog's Retort”, in Wild Grass (English translation by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang)

     Dāi! Zhùkǒu! Nǐ zhè shìlì de gǒu! [Pinyin]

     Bah! Shut up! Lick-spittle cur!

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		呔
alternative forms		奤 㘆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǎi (tai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): toi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǎi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai³
    • Yale: tǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tae
    • Palladius: тай (taj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: toi²
    • Yale: tói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: toi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːi̯³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 呔

1. (dialectal) having a foreign accent

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		呔
alternative forms		𧘹

Borrowed from English tie.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: taai¹
    • Yale: tāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 呔

1. (Cantonese) tie; necktie (Classifier: 條／条)

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		呔
alternative forms		軚／𮷗

Borrowed from English tyre.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: taai¹
    • Yale: tāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 呔

1. (Cantonese) tyre (Classifier: 條／条)

Synonyms

• (Mandarin) 胎 (tāi)

Etymology 5

simp. and trad.		呔
alternative forms		豈／岂

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thái

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thái
    • Tâi-lô: thái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai⁴¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 呔

1. (Southern Min) how; why

   呔會按呢？／呔会按呢？ [Taiwanese Hokkien]  ―  Thái ē án-ne? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  How could it be?