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粵
粵
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See also: 粤
Translingual
Han character
粵 (radical 119 米+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹田一女尸 (HWMVS), four-corner 26207, composition ⿱⿵⿱丿冂釆亏)
References
- KangXi: not present, would follow page 909, character 31
- Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 5, page 3149, character 4
- Unihan data for U+7CB5
Chinese
| trad. | 粵 | |
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| simp. | 粤 | |
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
- Wade-Giles: yüeh4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
- IPA (key): /y̯œ⁵¹/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jyut6
- Yale: yuht
- Cantonese Pinyin: jyt9
- IPA (key): /jyːt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ye̍t
- Hakka Romanization System: ied
- Hagfa Pinyim: yad6
- IPA: /i̯et̚⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ya̍t
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)iad
- Hagfa Pinyim: yad6
- IPA: /(j)i̯at̚⁵/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍t
- Tâi-lô: ua̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: oat
- IPA (Xiamen): /uat̚⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /uat̚²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /uat̚¹²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /uat̚⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /uat̚⁴/
- (Hokkien)
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 粵 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
yuè |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ hjwot › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[ɢ]ʷat/ |
| English | generous, favorable |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 粵 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16341 |
| Phonetic component |
粵 |
| Rime group |
月 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
越 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɢʷad/ |
| Notes | 金文作雩，隸變轉註分化字 |
Definitions
粵
- (literary) a meaningless particle
- a meaningless form word (發語詞／发语词) used in the beginning of a sentence
- a meaningless particle used in the middle of a sentence
- Guangdong
- Guangdong and Guangxi
- 兩粵 / 两粤 ― liǎngyuè ― Guangdong and Guangxi
- Short for 粵語／粤语 (yuèyǔ, “Cantonese”).
- (informal, punning) Alternative form of 越 (“more”), usually in reference to the Cantonese language.
- 要我哋收聲，我哋粵大聲！ [Cantonese, trad.]
- 要我哋收声，我哋粤大声！ [Cantonese, simp.]
- Jiu3 ngo5 dei6 sau1 seng1, ngo5 dei6jyut6 daai6 seng1! [Jyutping]
- You want us to be quiet, and the [more] louder we will be! (a slogan protesting restriction of usage of Cantonese)
- 粵講越掂 / 粤讲越掂 [Cantonese] ― jyut6 gong2 jyut6 dim6 [Jyutping] ― "steadier the more one speaks" (the name of a TV show by GDTV Pearl River Channel focusing on the Cantonese language)
- 《粵唱越響》 / 《粤唱越响》 [Cantonese] ― "jyut6 coeng3 jyut6 hoeng2" [Jyutping] ― "Echoing Further the More [I] Sing" (a 2015 song by George Lam about singing in Cantonese)
Compounds
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Related terms
- 越 (yuè)
References
Pronunciation 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 粵 – see 曰. (This character, 粵, is a variant form of 曰.) |
Japanese
Kanji
粵
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
粵 • (wol) (hangeul 월, revised wol, McCune-Reischauer wŏl, Yale wel)
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Vietnamese
Han character
粵 (việt)
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