啱

Translingual

Han character

啱 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口山一口 (RUMR), composition ⿰口岩)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 196, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 641, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5571

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		啱
alternative forms		恰

Etymology

Probably a Kra-Dai substrate word (Li, 1990). Compare Zhuang ngamq (“just; exactly; only”), Hlai ngamx (“suitable”), Vietnamese ngám (“just right”).

Alternatively, some postulate that this is derived from 恰 (hap1, “just; coincidentally; suitable”) or 諳 (am1, “to know; familiar with”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yán (yan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaam¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ngam¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ngam

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yán
    • Wade–Giles: yen²
    • Yale: yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngaam¹
    • Yale: ngāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngam¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngam¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋam⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngam
    • Tâi-lô: ngam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngafm
    • IPA (Penang): /ŋam³³/

Note: ngam - from Cantonese.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngam¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngam
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋam³³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 啱 (chiefly Cantonese, Hakka, Malaysia Southern Min, Hainanese)

1. correct, right
2. to fit; to be appropriate; to be suitable

   啱細路仔飲／啱细路仔饮 [Cantonese]  ―  ngaam¹ sai³ lou⁶ zai² jam² [Jyutping]  ―  suitable for consumption by children

3. just now; a moment ago

   啱啱 [Cantonese]  ―  ngaam¹ ngaam¹ [Jyutping]  ―  just now; just

4. by chance; coincidentally

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 啱 (nhàm)

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