啲

啲 U+5572, 啲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5572 ← 啱 [U+5571] CJK Unified Ideographs 啳 → [U+5573]

Translingual

Han character

啲 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口竹日戈 (RHAI), composition ⿰口的)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 196, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 642, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5572

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		啲
alternative forms		D nonstandard d nonstandard o的 nonstandard 的 尐 D nonstandard d nonstandard o的 nonstandard 的 尐 滴 Mainland China

Possibly derived from 滴 (“drop; a very small quantity”). Compare the semantics of 點／点 (diǎn): "drop (of liquid)" > "a little bit". Also compare Zhuang di.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dī (di¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): di¹ / dit¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dī
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: di
    • Wade–Giles: ti¹
    • Yale: dī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: di
    • Palladius: ди (di)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: di¹ / dit¹
    • Yale: dī / dīt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: di¹ / dit⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: di¹ / did¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiː⁵⁵/, /tiːt̚⁵/

Definitions

啲

1. (Cantonese) a few; a little bit; some

   好靚生果。買啲啦，小姐。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
   好靓生果。买啲啦，小姐。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   hou² leng³ saang¹ gwo². maai⁵ di¹ laa¹, siu² ze². [Jyutping]

   Very nice fruits. Buy a few, miss.

   啲西瓜好甜。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   di¹ sai¹ gwaa¹ hou² tim⁴. [Jyutping]

   The watermelon is sweet.

   洗埋啲衫啦！ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   sai² maai⁴ di¹ saam¹ laa¹! [Jyutping]

   Finish washing the clothes!

   上海啲嘢食 [Cantonese]  ―  soeng⁶ hoi² di¹ je⁵ sik⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  Shanghainese food

2. (Cantonese, used after adjectives and certain verbs) a bit; a bit more

   聽日要早啲起身。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   听日要早啲起身。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ting¹ jat⁶ jiu³ zou² di¹ hei² san¹. [Jyutping]

   You need to get up earlier tomorrow.

   食快啲啦！ [Cantonese]  ―  sik⁶ faai³ di¹ laa¹! [Jyutping]  ―  Eat faster!

   張檯要搬入啲。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   张台要搬入啲。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   zoeng¹ toi^4-2 jiu³ bun¹ jap⁶ di¹. [Jyutping]

   The table needs to be moved in a bit.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 些 (“some, a few”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		些
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	些
	Singapore	些
Cantonese	Guangzhou	啲
	Hong Kong	啲
	Taishan	尼
	Singapore (Guangfu)	啲
Hakka	Meixian	兜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	兜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	兜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	兜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	兜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	兜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	兜
Southern Min	Xiamen	寡
	Zhangzhou	寡
	Tainan	寡
	Singapore (Hokkien)	寡
	Manila (Hokkien)	寡
	Shantou	撮
	Jieyang	撮
	Singapore (Teochew)	撮
Wu	Shanghai	眼, 點, 些 formal or Mandarin-influenced
	Wenzhou	厘兒

Compounds

• 借啲意
• 呢啲
• 啲咁多
• 啲啲
• 嗰啲

 

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		啲

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): teh

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teh
    • Tâi-lô: teh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: deq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /teʔ³²/

Definitions

啲 (Southern Min)

1. Alternative form of 咧 (“-ing”)

   • 門徒看著伊佇湖的頂面啲行，真著驚，講：「是鬼！」𪜶驚甲大聲喝出來。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     门徒看着伊伫湖的顶面啲行，真着惊，讲：「是鬼！」𪜶惊甲大声喝出来。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 現代台語譯本 (Today's Taiwanese Version), 馬太福音 (Matthew) 14:26

     Bûn-tô͘ khòaⁿ-tio̍h I tī ô͘ ê téng-bīn teh kiâⁿ, chin tio̍h-kiaⁿ, kóng: “Sī kúi!” In kiaⁿ-kah tōa-siaⁿ hoah chhut-lâi. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		啲

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): di¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: di¹
    • Yale: dī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: di¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: di¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiː⁵⁵/

Definitions

啲

1. Only used in 啲咑.

References

• “啲”, 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–
• 花箋記・（卷三）・十九、主婢看月
• 「尐」字之亂(增修版)