袂使

Chinese

		sleeve	to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger
trad. (袂使)		袂	使
simp. #(袂使)		袂	使
alternative forms		𣍐使／𫧃使 袂晒

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bōe-sái / bē-sái / bǒe-sái / bē-saih / bōe-saih

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-sái
    • Tâi-lô: buē-sái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boexsae
    • IPA (Kinmen): /bue²²⁻¹² sai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bue³³⁻¹¹ sai⁵³/
    • IPA (Yilan): /bue³³⁻²¹ sai⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bue²²⁻²¹ sai⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-sái
    • Tâi-lô: bē-sái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bexsae
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /be²²⁻²¹ sai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /be³³⁻²¹ sai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Tainan): /be³³⁻¹¹ sai⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bǒe-sái
    • Tâi-lô: buě-sái
    • IPA (Lukang): /bue³³⁻²² sai⁵⁵/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-saih
    • Tâi-lô: bē-saih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bexsaiq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /be³³⁻²¹ saiʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-saih
    • Tâi-lô: buē-saih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boexsaiq
    • IPA (Taipei): /bue³³⁻¹¹ saiʔ³²/

Verb

袂使

1. (Southern Min) may not; cannot

Synonyms

• 不可以 (bùkěyǐ)
• 使不得 (shǐbùdé)
• (Cantonese) 唔可以
• (Min Nan) 袂使得, 袂用, 袂用得, 袂做

Further reading

• “Entry #6666”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.