睬

Translingual

Han character

睬 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月山月木 (BUBD), four-corner 6209₄, composition ⿰目采)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 811, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23470
• Dae Jaweon: page 1226, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2498, character 5
• Unihan data for U+776C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		睬
alternative forms		倸

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (采) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
采	*sʰɯːʔ
睬	*sʰɯːʔ
彩	*sʰɯːʔ
採	*sʰɯːʔ
綵	*sʰɯːʔ
寀	*sʰɯːʔ
菜	*sʰɯːs
埰	*sʰɯːs
棌	*sʰɯːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰɯːʔ) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 采 (OC *sʰɯːʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎi (cai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): coi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): toi²

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhái

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cai²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tshe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎi
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai³
    • Yale: tsǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsae
    • Palladius: цай (caj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: coi²
    • Yale: chói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: toi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰᵘɔi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhái
    • Tâi-lô: tshái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cai²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshái
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰai⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵tshe
    • MiniDict: tshe^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰe³⁴/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰɯːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	睬
Reading #	1/1
No.	1071
Phonetic component	采
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	采
Old Chinese	/*sʰɯːʔ/
Notes	採採晚起分化字

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 睬

1. to notice, to pay attention to

   儂勿講道理，阿拉勿睬儂！ [Shanghainese, trad.]
   侬勿讲道理，阿拉勿睬侬！ [Shanghainese, simp.]

   You are being unreasonable; I'm not talking to you anymore. [girl, cute-sounding]

   唔好睬佢。 [Cantonese]  ―  m⁴ hou² coi² keoi⁵. [Jyutping]  ―  Don't pay attention to him/her.

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Japanese

Kanji

睬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さい (sai)

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Korean

Hanja

睬 • (chae) (hangeul 채)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 睬 (thải, thái)

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