嗲

Translingual

Han character

嗲 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口金大弓 (RCKN), four-corner 6802₇, composition ⿰口爹)

1. (Cantonese) saliva
2. intensifying particle
3. inviting, coquettish
4. daddy

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 204, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 669, character 7
• Unihan data for U+55F2

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Chinese

trad.		嗲
simp. #		嗲

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 + phonetic 爹 (OC *daːʔ, *tjaː).

Etymology 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嗲

1. (dialectal) coy; acting spoiled or flirtatious
2. (Wu) good

Etymology 2

From 茶 (tê⁵, “tea”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): de¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: de¹
    • Yale: dē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: de¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛː⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嗲

1. (Cantonese) to chat

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): de⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: de⁴
    • Yale: dèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: de⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛː²¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嗲 (Cantonese)

1. The sound of dripping.
2. to drip; to trickle