啫

Translingual

Han character

啫 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口十大日 (RJKA), composition ⿰口者)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 201, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 636, character 4
• Unihan data for U+556B

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Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		啫
alternative forms		嗻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zē (ze¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zē
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ze
    • Wade–Giles: tsê¹
    • Yale: dzē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tze
    • Palladius: цзэ (czɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ze¹
    • Yale: jē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 啫

1. (Cantonese) sentence final particle: only; just; simply; merely

   你冇女朋友？梗係唔信啦！……或者有。你唔知啫。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   你冇女朋友？梗系唔信啦！……或者有。你唔知啫。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   From: (deprecated template usage) 陳慧嫻, (deprecated template usage) 紅茶館

   nei⁵ mou⁵ neoi⁵ pang⁴ jau⁵? gang² hai⁶ m⁴ seon³ laa¹!...... waak⁶ ze² jau⁵. nei⁵ m⁴ zi¹ ze¹. [Jyutping]

   You don't have a girlfriend? Of course I don't believe you! ... Maybe you do have one, but you just don't know it.

Synonyms

• (Mandarin) 而已 (éryǐ)

See Also

• 唧 (jī)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 啫 – see 脧 (“penis; to reduce”). (This character is a variant form of 脧).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 啫 – see 嗜 (“to be addicted to; to indulge in; to have weakness for; to covet”). (This character is a variant form of 嗜).

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		啫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhě, zé (zhe³, ze²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˇ, ㄗㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhě
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhě
    • Wade–Giles: chê³
    • Yale: jě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jee
    • Palladius: чжэ (čžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zé
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zé
    • Wade–Giles: tsê²
    • Yale: dzé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzer
    • Palladius: цзэ (czɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ze¹
    • Yale: jē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 啫

1. Only used in 啫喱／啫哩 (zhělī, “jelly”).