Chinese

Alternative forms

• 遐呢
• 彼爾／彼尔, 彼呢
• 許爾／许尔, 許呢／许呢
• 赫爾／赫尔, 赫呢

Adverb

遐爾 (Min Nan)

1. so; that
   • 2005: anon. 又koh beh 去澎湖啊～因為 23.5蔚藍 (blog post: "Going to Penghu again, 23.5c and blue skies")

     m̄-ko hit-sî í-keng sī cha̍p-it-tiám a, hiah-ni àm a, thâu-ke khó-lêng í-keng khùn a.

     But it was already eleven o'clock. It was so dark, the boss may have already gone to bed.

Synonyms

• 遐 (hiah), 遐爾仔／遐尔仔 (hiah-nī-á)
• (Mandarin) 那麼／那么 (nàme)

References

• “Entry #10261”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.