咧

咧 U+54A7, 咧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54A7 ← 咦 [U+54A6] CJK Unified Ideographs 咨 → [U+54A8]

Translingual

Han character

咧 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口一弓弓 (RMNN), four-corner 6200₀, composition ⿰口列)

1. stretched mouth, grimace, grin

References

• KangXi: page 186, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3536
• Dae Jaweon: page 405, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 613, character 16
• Unihan data for U+54A7

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 口 (“mouth; speech”) + phonetic 列 (OC *red).

Etymology 1

trad.		咧
simp. #		咧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liē, lié (lie¹, lie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄝ, ㄌㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lit⁶, le², le¹, le⁴
• Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): lia̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liē
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lie
    • Wade–Giles: lieh¹
    • Yale: lyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhie
    • Palladius: ле (le)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lié
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lié
    • Wade–Giles: lieh²
    • Yale: lyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lie
    • Palladius: ле (le)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lit⁶, le², le¹, le⁴
    • Yale: liht, lé, lē, lèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lit⁹, le², le¹, le⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lid⁶, lé², lé¹, lé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːt̚²/, /lɛː³⁵/, /lɛː⁵⁵/, /lɛː²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛt̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛt̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛt̚⁴/

Definitions

咧

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Compounds

• 乾巴疵咧／干巴疵咧
• 咧咧 (liēlie)
• 咧子
• 咧熊
• 大大咧咧
• 白不呲咧
• 罵罵咧咧／骂骂咧咧
• 醉咧咧兒／醉咧咧儿

 

Etymology 2

trad.		咧
simp. #		咧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liě (lie³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄝˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liě
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liě
    • Wade–Giles: lieh³
    • Yale: lyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liee
    • Palladius: ле (le)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛ²¹⁴/

Definitions

咧

1. to draw back the corners of one's mouth

Compounds

• 咧嘴 (liězuǐ)
• 齜牙咧嘴／龇牙咧嘴

 

Etymology 3

trad.		咧
simp. #		咧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lie, liē (lie⁵／lie⁰, lie¹)

  (Zhuyin): ˙ㄌㄧㄝ, ㄌㄧㄝ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lie
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄌㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lie̊
    • Wade–Giles: lieh⁵
    • Yale: lye
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .lie
    • Palladius: ле (le)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛ/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liē
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lie
    • Wade–Giles: lieh¹
    • Yale: lyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhie
    • Palladius: ле (le)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛ⁵⁵/

Definitions

咧

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Etymology 4

trad.		咧
simp. #		咧
alternative forms		在 塊／块 的 啲

See 佇咧／伫咧.

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): le̍h / --leh / lér / teh / leh / lé

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍h
    • Tâi-lô: le̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leh
    • IPA (Xiamen): /leʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /leʔ⁴³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --leh
    • Tâi-lô: --leh
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lér
    • Tâi-lô: lér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teh
    • Tâi-lô: teh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: deq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Singapore): /teʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: leh
    • Tâi-lô: leh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /leʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lé
    • Tâi-lô: lé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lea
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /le⁵⁵⁴/

Definitions

咧

1. (Min Nan) in the process of; currently

   我咧食飯。／我咧食饭。 [Taiwanese Hokkien]  ―  Góa teh chia̍h-pn̄g. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  I'm eating.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 正在 (“in the process of; currently”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		正在, 刻正
Mandarin	Beijing	正在, 在
	Taiwan	正在, 在
	Guilin	在
	Malaysia	正在, 在
	Singapore	正在, 在
Cantonese	Guangzhou	喺度, 喺處, 響度, 響處
	Hong Kong	喺度, 喺處, 響度, 響處
	Singapore (Guangfu)	喺度
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	當, 在該, 當在
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	當, 在該
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	當, 在該
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	當, 在該
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	當, 在該
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	正在, 在遐
Min Dong	Fuzhou	著𡅏, 𡅏
	Fuqing	著𡅏
	Singapore (Fuqing)	著𡅏
Min Nan	Xiamen	佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧
	Quanzhou	佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧
	Zhangzhou	咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 當時
	Tainan	佇咧, 咧, 當咧
	Penang (Hokkien)	佇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	佇, 佇咧
	Manila (Hokkien)	佇咧, 咧
	Shantou	在
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	在
	Singapore (Teochew)	在
Wu	Shanghai	辣, 辣辣, 辣海
	Ningbo	來, 來的, 來該, 來當, 來東, 來勒
	Wenzhou	是, 是搭

Compounds

• 佇咧／伫咧
• 咧欲
• 拄佇咧／拄伫咧
• 拄咧
• 當咧／当咧

 

Etymology 5

trad.		咧
simp. #		咧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lēi (lei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟ

• Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): --leh / --le

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lei
    • Wade–Giles: lei¹
    • Yale: lēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhei
    • Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --leh
    • Tâi-lô: --leh
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --le
    • Tâi-lô: --le

Definitions

咧

1. Sentence-final particle signalling emphasis of the preceding words.
2. Sentence-final interrogative particle used to express doubt.

   你好無？我真好。你咧？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
   你好无？我真好。你咧？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

   Lí hó--bô? Góa chin hó. Lí--leh? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   How are you? I'm well. How about you?

Descendants

• → English: leh

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00314
• “咧”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “Query for 咧”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Japanese

Kanji

咧

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): れつ (retsu); れち (rechi)

Korean

Hanja

咧 • (ryeol) (hangeul 렬)

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Vietnamese

Han character

咧: Hán Nôm readings: lác, sẹt, liệt, sèn, xẹt

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References

• Nom Foundation