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U+5572, 啲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5572

[U+5571]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5573]

Translingual

Han character

(radical 30 +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口竹日戈 (RHAI), composition)

References

  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 196, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 1, page 642, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+5572

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
alt. forms D nonstandard
d nonstandard
o的 nonstandard

Pronunciation

Definitions

  1. (Cantonese) a few; a little bit; some
  2. (Cantonese) the; those
    • 西瓜 [Cantonese]   Di1 sai1 gwaa1 hou2 tim4. [Jyutping]   The watermelon is sweet.
    • [Cantonese]   Sai2 maai4di1 saam1 laa1! [Jyutping]   Finish washing the clothes!
  3. (Cantonese) more; -er
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of (“some, a few”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
Mandarin Beijing
Cantonese Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Taishan
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian)
Liudui (S. Sixian)
Hsinchu (Hailu)
Dongshi (Dabu)
Zhuolan (Raoping)
Wu Wenzhou 厘兒

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Min Nan) Alternative form of (“-ing”).