按呢

Chinese

		to press (with the hand); to push; to control to press (with the hand); to push; to control; to restrain; to check; pressing down (brush movement in painting); according to; in the light of	woolen material; (question particle)
trad. (按呢)		按	呢
simp. #(按呢)		按	呢
alternative forms		安尼 安乃 焉爾／焉尔 安爾／安尔 應爾／应尔 安尼 安乃 焉爾／焉尔 安爾／安尔 應爾／应尔 云爾

Etymology

From elision of 按生 (àn-siⁿ, àn-seⁿ, “this manner”). Compare with Hakka 恁樣／恁样 (án-ngiòng).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): án-ni / an-ni / an-nee / án-nee / án-ne / àn-ne / àn-ni

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: án-ni
    • Tâi-lô: án-ni
    • Phofsit Daibuun: afnny
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /an⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: an-ni
    • Tâi-lô: an-ni
    • Phofsit Daibuun: anny
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /an³³ nĩ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: an-nee
    • Tâi-lô: an-nee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /an⁴⁴⁻²² nɛ̃⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: án-nee
    • Tâi-lô: án-nee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /an⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nɛ̃⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: án-ne
    • Tâi-lô: án-ne
    • Phofsit Daibuun: afnnef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /an⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nẽ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àn-ne
    • Tâi-lô: àn-ne
    • Phofsit Daibuun: arnnef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /an²¹⁻⁴¹ nẽ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àn-ni
    • Tâi-lô: àn-ni
    • Phofsit Daibuun: arnny
    • IPA (Taipei): /an¹¹⁻⁵³ nĩ⁴⁴/

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 按呢

1. (Southern Min) like this; in this way

   按呢做。 [Hokkien]  ―  Án-ne chò. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  Do it like this.

   • 是m̄是伊本來to̍h án-ne [Hokkien, trad.]
     是m̄是伊本来to̍h án-ne [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: ?: anon., 二十、對台北 ê 嚮往 (Taiwanese short stories: "A trip from Taipei")

     sī-m̄-sī i pún-lâi to̍h án-ne [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     wasn't he always like this

Usage notes

• When used as an adverb, Min Nan 按呢 corresponds to Mandarin 這麼／这么 (zhème, “in this way”), but more in the sense of Mandarin 如此 (rúcǐ, “like this”). As such, Min Nan 按呢 can be placed at the end of a phrase, as can Mandarin 如此, whereas Mandarin 這麼／这么 must be followed by an adjective or verb.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 這樣 (“like this; in this way (modifies verb)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		如斯, 恁麼
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		如此
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	這麼, 這樣兒
	Taiwan	這麼, 這樣, 這樣子
	Harbin	這麼
	Malaysia	這樣
	Singapore	這樣, 這麼
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	這麼, 這樣
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	這麼
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	這麼
	Xi'an	這樣兒
	Xining	這們價
	Xuzhou	恁麼
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	這麼
	Lanzhou	這們家
	Ürümqi	這麼價
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	這們, 這麼, 這樣, 這個樣子, 這樣子
	Wuhan	這麼, 這, 這樣子, 這樣, 這個樣子
	Guiyang	仲個
	Guilin	陣子
	Liuzhou	哏子, 陣子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	這樣子, 這麼
	Yangzhou	這槓, 這槓子
	Nantong	格樣子, 格架子, 格麼
	Hefei	這樣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	噉樣, 噉
	Hong Kong	噉樣, 噉
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	咁
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	噉
	Dongguan	呢樣
	Yangjiang	拱子
	Singapore (Guangfu)	噉樣, 噉
Gan	Nanchang	講, 講樣
	Lichuan	該樣
	Pingxiang	箇史, 箇所, 箇傘
Hakka	Meixian	恁呢, 恁樣, 恁樣仔
	Yudu	這樣
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	恁樣
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	恁呢
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	恁樣
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	恁泥
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	恁樣
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	恁
	Hong Kong	恁樣
	Singapore (Dabu)	恁樣
Huizhou	Jixi	爾的
Jin	Taiyuan	這麼
	Xinzhou	真個
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𱕇格式
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	總款
	Fuqing	將款, 阿者
Southern Min	Xiamen	按呢, 按呢生
	Quanzhou	按呢, 按呢生
	Shishi	按呢
	Zhangzhou	按呢, 按呢仔, 按呢生
	Zhao'an	只生
	Tainan	按呢, 按呢生
	Penang (Hokkien)	按呢
	Singapore (Hokkien)	按呢款, 按呢
	Manila (Hokkien)	按呢
	Chaozhou	照生
	Raoping	只生
	Shantou	照生, 只生
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	照生
	Jieyang	照生
	Bangkok (Teochew)	照生
	Singapore (Teochew)	按呢, 按呢款, 照生
	Pontianak (Teochew)	照生
	Leizhou	偌體
	Haikou	即樣姿, 者樣姿
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	更
Wu	Shanghai	搿能, 搿能介, 搿個能, 搿能樣子, 迭能, 迭能介, 迭個能, 迭能樣子, 實能 dated, 實蓋 dated, 實個能 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	實其
	Suzhou	該實梗, 該尚, 哀實梗, 哀尚, 實梗, 尚
	Danyang	格種過, 根根
	Hangzhou	價套, 價, 實價套, 實價
	Ningbo	格貌, 格貌介, 格相貌, 格相貌介
	Wenzhou	該恁, 恁
	Jinhua	帳, 格生, 格亨
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	絞麼
Xiang	Changsha	咯樣
	Loudi	咯介

Conjunction

1. (Southern Min) in that case; then

Synonyms

• (Mandarin) 那麼／那么 (nàme, “then”)

References

• “Entry #5030”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
• “(#)”, in 臺灣閩南語按呢寫‎^[1], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2013.