嚿

Translingual

Han character

嚿 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+18, 21 strokes, cangjie input 口廿人難 (RTOX), composition ⿰口舊)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 214, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 705, character 15
• Unihan data for U+56BF

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Chinese

trad.		嚿
simp.		𫩥
alternative forms		舊／旧 䊆

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 (“mouth; vernacular”) + phonetic 舊 (OC *ɡʷɯs).

Etymology

Bai (1980) derives this word from 䊆 (MC gjuwX).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gau⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gau⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gau⁶
    • Yale: gauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gau⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau³²/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 嚿

1. (Cantonese) Classifier for pieces or chunks. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

   一嚿泥 [Cantonese]  ―  jat¹ gau⁶ nai⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  a clod of earth

   呢嚿肉 [Cantonese]  ―  nei¹ gau⁶ juk⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  this piece of meat

2. (Cantonese, colloquial) Classifier for money: hundred dollars

   三嚿水 [Cantonese]  ―  saam¹ gau⁶ seoi² [Jyutping]  ―  three hundred bucks

   呢度食餐晏都要幾嚿㗎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   呢度食餐晏都要几嚿㗎。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei¹ dou⁶ sik⁶ caan¹ aan³ dou¹ jiu³ gei² gau⁶ gaa³. [Jyutping]

   Lunch costs a few hundred here.

See also

• 塊／块 (kuài)