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U+4E78, 乸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E78

[U+4E77]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4E79]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 5, +7, 8 strokes, cangjie input 心木田卜戈 (PDWYI), four-corner 47715, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 84, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2382, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+4E78

Chinese

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trad.
simp. #

Etymology

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Probably a dialectal form of (OC *naʔ, “woman; female”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Alternatively, Li (1990) proposed that this may be a Tai substrate loan, related to Zhuang nax (younger maternal uncle or aunt), Thai น้า (náa) (which go back to Proto-Tai *naːꟲ (mother's younger sibling)).

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Cantonese) female animal
    [Cantonese]  ―  zyu1 naa2 [Jyutping]  ―  sow
    定係 [Cantonese, trad.]
    定系 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei1 zek3 hai6 gung1 ding6 hai6 naa2 lai4 gaa3? [Jyutping]
    Is this male or female?
  2. (Cantonese, often derogatory) mother
  3. (Cantonese, often derogatory) wife (Classifier: c)
  4. (Cantonese) sissy; feminine; unmanly
    [Cantonese]  ―  naa2 jing4 [Jyutping]  ―  sissy
  5. (Cantonese, figuratively, of instruments, tools, or connectors) female
  6. (Cantonese, minced oath, vulgar) Euphemistic form of (lan2): freaking
    线 [Cantonese]  ―  ci1 naa2 sin3 [Jyutping]  ―  freaking crazy

Compounds

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