喺度

Chinese

		(Cantonese) be ...-ing; in, at, within; to be (located)	capacity; degree; standard
trad. (喺度)		喺	度
simp. #(喺度)		喺	度
alternative forms		喺道

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hai² dou⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hai² dou⁶
    • Yale: hái douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hai² dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hei² dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐi̯³⁵ tou̯²²/

Verb

喺度

1. (Cantonese) to be here; to be present

   我喺度！ [Cantonese]  ―  ngo⁵ hai² dou⁶! [Jyutping]  ―  I'm here!

   有隻雀死咗喺度。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   有只雀死咗喺度。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   jau⁵ zek³ zoek^3-2 sei² zo² hai² dou⁶. [Jyutping]

   There is a dead bird here. A bird has died here.

   你喺度等住我返嚟。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   From: 開放詞典／开放词典 [Kaifang Cidian]

   nei⁵ hai² dou⁶ dang² zyu⁶ ngo⁵ faan¹ lai⁴ . [Jyutping]

   You stay here and wait for me to come back.

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 喺處／喺处, 響度／响度, 響處／响处
• (Teochew) 在塊／在块

Adverb

喺度

1. (Cantonese) (often with 緊／紧) in the process of; currently (similar to English -ing)

   欸！喺度諗緊咩呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   欸！喺度谂紧咩呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   From: 陳慧嫻, 紅茶館

   e¹! hai² dou⁶ nam² gan² me¹ aa³? [Jyutping]

   Hey, so what are you thinking about?

   做咩啫你，喺度？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   zou⁶ me¹ ze¹ nei⁵, hai² dou⁶? [Jyutping]

   Exactly what are you doing anyway?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 正在 (“in the process of; currently”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		正在, 刻正
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	正在, 在
	Taiwan	正在, 在
	Malaysia	正在, 在
	Singapore	正在, 在
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	在
Cantonese	Guangzhou	喺度, 喺處, 響度, 響處
	Hong Kong	喺度, 喺處, 響度, 響處
	Singapore (Guangfu)	喺度
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	當, 在該, 當在
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	當, 在該
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	當, 在該
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	當, 在該
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	當, 在該
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	正在, 在遐
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	著𡅏, 𡅏
	Fuqing	著𡅏
	Singapore (Fuqing)	著𡅏
Southern Min	Xiamen	佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧
	Quanzhou	佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧
	Zhangzhou	咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 當時
	Tainan	佇咧, 咧, 當咧
	Penang (Hokkien)	佇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	佇, 佇咧
	Manila (Hokkien)	佇咧, 咧
	Shantou	在
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	在
	Singapore (Teochew)	在
Wu	Shanghai	垃, 垃垃, 垃拉, 垃海, 垃該
	Ningbo	來, 來的, 來該, 來當, 來東, 來勒
	Wenzhou	是, 是搭