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嘢
嘢
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Translingual
Han character
嘢 (radical 30 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口田土弓 (RWGN), composition ⿰口野)
References
- KangXi: not present, would follow page 206, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 676, character 4
- Unihan data for U+5622
Chinese
simp. and trad. |
嘢 | |
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alt. forms | 野 |
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 口 + phonetic 野.
Etymology
Possibly from 也 (MC jiaX, “affirmation particle”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˇ
- Wade-Giles: yeh3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiee
- IPA (key): /i̯ɛ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: je5
- Yale: yéh
- Cantonese Pinyin: je5
- IPA (key): /jɛː¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Definitions
嘢 (Cantonese)
- thing; matter (Classifier: 樣/样 c)
- stuff; goods; article (Classifier: 樣/样 c)
- (derogatory) guy; fellow; devil
- Classifier for occurrences of events.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 東西 (“thing, object”) | ||
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Variety | Location | Words |
Classical Chinese | 物 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 東西 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 東西 |
Jinan | 東西 | |
Xi'an | 東西 | |
Wuhan | 東西、家伙 | |
Chengdu | 東西 | |
Yangzhou | 東子、東西 | |
Hefei | 東西 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 嘢 |
Hong Kong | 嘢 | |
Taishan | 嘢 | |
Yangjiang | 嘢 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 東西 |
Hakka | Meixian | 東西 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 東西 | |
Liudui (S. Sixian) | 東西 | |
Hsinchu (Hailu) | 東西 | |
Dongshi (Dabu) | 東西 | |
Zhuolan (Raoping) | 東西 | |
Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 物件 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 東西 |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 物事 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 乇 |
Min Nan | Quanzhou | 物件 |
Xiamen | 物件、物 | |
Zhangzhou | 物件 | |
Taipei | 物件 | |
Kaohsiung | 物仔、物件 | |
Tainan | 物仔、物件 | |
Taichung | 物件 | |
Yilan | 物仔、物件 | |
Lukang | 物、物件 | |
Sanxia | 物件 | |
Kinmen | 物、物件 | |
Magong | 物、物件 | |
Hsinchu | 物件 | |
Chaozhou | 物件、物 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 物事 |
Suzhou | 物事 | |
Wenzhou | 物事、物色、名堂 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 東西、家伙 |
Shuangfeng | 東西、家伙 |
Compounds
Derived terms from 嘢
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