嘥

Translingual

Han character

嘥 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口竹人人 (RHOO), composition ⿰口徙)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 206, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 677, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5625

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		嘥
alternative forms		口徙 Internet o徙 Internet

Etymology

Probably a Kra-Dai substrate word. Compare Zhuang sai (“to waste”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saai¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: saai¹
    • Yale: sāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːi̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嘥 (Cantonese)

1. to waste

   嘥錢／嘥钱 [Cantonese]  ―  saai¹ cin^4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to waste money

2. wasteful; tending to waste resources
3. to miss; to lose (an opportunity)
4. to debase; to taunt

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 浪費 (“to waste; to squander”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		靡
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		浪費, 靡費
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	糟蹋, 糟踐
	Taiwan	浪費, 糟蹋
	Harbin	糟踐
	Singapore	浪費
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	糟蹋, 糟踐
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	糟蹋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	糟蹋, 拋撒
	Wuhan	糟蹋, 拋撒
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	作蹋
	Hefei	糟蹋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	嘥, 嘥撻
	Hong Kong	嘥
	Taishan	嘥
	Kaiping (Chikan)	嘥
	Dongguan	嘥
	Yangjiang	嘥
	Singapore (Guangfu)	嘥
Gan	Nanchang	糟蹋
Hakka	Meixian	浪撇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	打爽
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	打爽, 浪核
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	打爽
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	打爽
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	打爽
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	打爽
Jin	Taiyuan	糟蹋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	糟蹋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	敗, 作蹋
Southern Min	Xiamen	拍損, 仄挩
	Quanzhou	拍損, 仄挩
	Zhangzhou	拍損
	Tainan	拍損, 仄挩
	Penang (Hokkien)	損
	Singapore (Hokkien)	拍損, 了
	Manila (Hokkien)	仄挩, 了
	Chaozhou	噠浪
	Jieyang	噠浪
	Singapore (Teochew)	拍損
Wu	Suzhou	糟蹋
	Wenzhou	糟, 殘嘈
Xiang	Changsha	糟蹋
	Shuangfeng	糟蹋