呔

呔 U+5454, 呔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5454 ← 呓 [U+5453] CJK Unified Ideographs 呕 → [U+5455]

Translingual

Han character

呔 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口大戈 (RKI) or 難口大戈 (XRKI), four-corner 6403₀, composition ⿰口太)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 181, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 587, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5454

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 (“mouth; speech”) + phonetic 太 (OC *tʰaːds).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		呔
alternative forms		𠯪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāi, tai (dai¹, tai⁵／tai⁰)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞ, ˙ㄊㄞ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dai
    • Wade–Giles: tai¹
    • Yale: dāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dai
    • Palladius: дай (daj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tai
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄊㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tåi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁵
    • Yale: tai
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .tai
    • Palladius: тай (taj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯/

Definitions

呔

1. An exclamation to get attention.

   • 呔！住口！你這勢利的狗！ [MSC, trad.]
     呔！住口！你这势利的狗！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1925, Lu Xun, “The Dog's Retort”, in Wild Grass (English translation by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang)

     Dāi! Zhùkǒu! Nǐ zhè shìlì de gǒu! [Pinyin]

     Bah! Shut up! Lick-spittle cur!

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		呔
alternative forms		奤 㘆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǎi (tai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): toi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǎi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai³
    • Yale: tǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tae
    • Palladius: тай (taj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: toi²
    • Yale: tói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: toi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːi̯³⁵/

Definitions

呔

1. (dialectal) having a foreign accent

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		呔
alternative forms		𧘹

Borrowed from English tie.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): taai¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): tai²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai¹
    • Yale: tāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: tai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai⁵⁵/

Definitions

呔

1. (Cantonese) tie; necktie (Classifier: 條／条 c)

   打呔 [Cantonese]  ―  daa² taai¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to tie a tie/to be wearing a tie

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 領帶 (“necktie”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		領帶
Mandarin	Taiwan	領帶
	Xi'an	領帶兒
	Singapore	領帶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	領呔, 呔
	Hong Kong	領呔, 呔
	Taishan	領呔, 呔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	領呔
	Dongguan	領呔
Hakka	Meixian	領帶, 拉西
Southern Min	Xiamen	領帶
	Quanzhou	領帶
	Zhangzhou	領帶, 豬尺仔 humorous
	Taipei	領帶
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	ne-kut-tái
	Kaohsiung	領帶
	Yilan	領帶
	Changhua (Lukang)	ne-kut-tái
	Taichung	ne-kut-tái
	Tainan	ne-kut-tái, 領帶
	Hsinchu	領帶, ne-kut-tái
	Kinmen	領帶
	Penghu (Magong)	領帶
	Penang (Hokkien)	領帶
	Shantou	領帶
	Haikou	牛舌, 勒帶
Wu	Danyang	領帶, 領結

Compounds

• 呔夾／呔夹
• 呔針／呔针
• 打呔
• 煲呔
• 領呔／领呔

 

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		呔
alternative forms		軚／𮷗

Borrowed from English tyre.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): taai¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): tai²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai¹
    • Yale: tāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: tai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰai⁵⁵/

Definitions

呔

1. (Cantonese) tyre (Classifier: 條／条 c)

Synonyms

• (Mandarin) 胎 (tāi)

Compounds

• 呔令
• 呔軨／呔𫐉
• 四季呔
• 士啤呔
• 爆呔
• 車呔／车呔
• 輪呔／轮呔
• 雪呔

 

Etymology 5

simp. and trad.		呔
alternative forms		豈／岂

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thài

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài
    • Tâi-lô: thài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: taix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹/

Definitions

呔

1. (Southern Min, chiefly Zhangzhou accents) how; why (Only used in 呔會／呔会 (“how could it be...?”))

   呔會按呢？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
   呔会按呢？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

   Thài ē án-ne? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   How could it be?

Synonyms

• 哪

References

• “Entry #14041”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.