喺度

Chinese

		(Cantonese) be ...-ing; in, at, within; to be (located)	capacity; degree; standard
trad. (喺度)		喺	度
simp. #(喺度)		喺	度
alternative forms		喺道

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hai² dou⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hai² dou⁶
    • Yale: hái douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hai² dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hei² dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐi̯³⁵ tou̯²²/

Verb

喺度

1. (Cantonese) to be here; to be present

   我喺度！ [Cantonese]  ―  ngo⁵ hai² dou⁶! [Jyutping]  ―  I'm here!

   有隻雀死咗喺度。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   有只雀死咗喺度。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   jau⁵ zek³ zoek^3-2 sei² zo² hai² dou⁶. [Jyutping]

   There is a dead bird here. A bird has died here.

   你喺度等住我返嚟。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   From: 開放詞典 [Kaifang Cidian]

   nei⁵ hai² dou⁶ dang² zyu⁶ ngo⁵ faan¹ lai⁴. [Jyutping]

   You stay here and wait for me to come back.

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 喺處／喺处, 響度／响度, 響處／响处
• (Teochew) 在塊／在块

Derived terms

• 唔喺度

Adverb

喺度

1. (Cantonese) (often with 緊／紧) in the process of; currently (similar to English -ing)

   欸！喺度諗緊咩呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   欸！喺度谂紧咩呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   From: 陳慧嫻, 紅茶館

   e¹! hai² dou⁶ nam² gan² me¹ aa³? [Jyutping]

   Hey, so what are you thinking about?

   做咩啫你，喺度？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   zou⁶ me¹ ze¹ nei⁵, hai² dou⁶? [Jyutping]

   Exactly what are you doing anyway?

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
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
	Manila (Hokkien)	佇咧, 咧
	Shantou	在
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	在
Wu	Shanghai	辣, 辣辣, 辣海
	Ningbo	來, 來的, 來該, 來當, 來東, 來勒
	Wenzhou	是, 是搭