啱啱

Chinese

simp. and trad. (啱啱)		啱	啱
alternative forms		岩岩 nonstandard

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaam¹ ngaam¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ngam¹ ngam¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ngam¹ ngam¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaam¹ ngaam¹
    • Yale: ngāam ngāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaam¹ ngaam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngam¹ ngam¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːm⁵⁵ ŋaːm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngam¹ ngam¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋam⁴⁴ ŋam⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngam¹ ngam¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngam ngam
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋam³³⁻²³ ŋam³³/

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 啱啱 (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)

1. just; just now; a moment ago

   佢哋啱啱走咗。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   keoi⁵ dei⁶ ngaam¹ ngaam¹ zau² zo². [Jyutping]

   They have just gone.

2. barely

Synonyms

• (just now):

(deprecated template usage)

• 今仔 (Hokkien)
• 剛剛／刚刚 (gānggāng)
• 剛才／刚才 (gāngcái)
• 方才 (fāngcái)
• 暫／暂 (zàn) (literary)
• 站仔 (Hokkien)
• 適才／适才 (shìcái)

 

• (barely): 剛剛／刚刚 (gānggāng)