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
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	領帶
	Taiwan	領帶
	Chengde	領帶兒
	Chifeng	領帶
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	領帶
	Heihe	領帶
	Qiqihar	領帶
	Harbin	領帶兒
	Jiamusi	領帶
	Baicheng	領帶
	Changchun	領帶
	Tonghua	領帶
	Shenyang	領帶
	Jinzhou	領帶
	Singapore	領帶
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	領帶兒
	Tangshan	領帶
	Cangzhou	領帶
	Baoding	領帶
	Shijiazhuang	領帶
	Lijin	領帶兒
	Jinan	領帶兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	領帶, 乃夫帶
	Dandong	領帶
	Yantai	領帶兒
	Qingdao	領帶兒
	Zhucheng	領帶
Central Plains Mandarin	Lingbao	領帶
	Jining	領帶兒
	Linfen	領帶
	Shangqiu	領帶
	Yuanyang	領帶
	Zhengzhou	領帶兒
	Xinyang	領帶兒
	Baihe	領帶
	Xi'an	領帶兒
	Baoji	領帶
	Tianshui	領帶
	Xining	領帶
	Xuzhou	領帶
	Fuyang	領帶
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	領帶
	Lanzhou	領帶
	Dunhuang	領帶
	Hami	領帶
	Ürümqi	領帶
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	領帶
	Nanchong	領帶
	Dazhou	領帶
	Hanyuan	領帶
	Xichang	領帶
	Zigong	領帶
	Chongqing	領帶
	Wuhan	領帶
	Yichang	領帶
	Xiangyang	領帶
	Tianmen	領帶
	Guiyang	領帶
	Zunyi	領帶
	Bijie	領帶
	Liping	領帶
	Zhaotong	領帶
	Dali	領帶
	Kunming	領帶
	Mengzi	領帶
	Guilin	領帶
	Liuzhou	領帶
	Jishou	領帶
	Changde	領帶
	Hanzhong	領帶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	領帶
	Yangzhou	領帶
	Lianyungang	領帶
	Lianshui	領帶子
	Nantong	領帶
	Anqing	領帶
	Wuhu	領帶
	Hefei	領帶
	Hong'an	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
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	內固帶
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	牛舌嫲
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	牛舌嫲
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	領帶
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	領帶
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	內固帶
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	內固帶, 領帶
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	領帶, 內固帶
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	內固帶
Huizhou	Shexian	領帶
Jin	Taiyuan	領帶兒
	Yangyuan	領帶兒
	Datong	領帶兒
	Xinzhou	領帶
	Lüliang (Lishi)	領帶兒
	Changzhi	領帶
	Linhe	領帶
	Jining	領帶
	Hohhot	領帶
	Erenhot	領帶
	Pingshan	領帶
	Zhangjiakou	領帶
	Handan	領帶
	Linzhou	領帶
	Suide	領帶兒
Southern Min	Xiamen	領帶
	Quanzhou	領帶
	Zhangzhou	領帶, 豬尺仔 humorous
	Zhao'an	領帶
	Taipei	領帶
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	領帶, ne-kut-tái
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	ne-kut-tái
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	ne-kut-tái
	Kaohsiung	領帶, ne-kut-tái, 油炸粿, 牛舌
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	領帶
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	油炸粿, ne-kut-tái
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	領帶, 油炸粿, ne-kut-tái
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	領帶, 油炸粿, ne-kut-tái
	Yilan	領帶
	Yilan (Luodong)	領帶, ne-kut-tái
	Yilan (Toucheng)	領帶
	Changhua (Lukang)	ne-kut-tái
	Taichung	ne-kut-tái
	Tainan	ne-kut-tái, 領帶
	Tainan (Anping)	油炸粿, ne-kut-tái
	Hsinchu	領帶, ne-kut-tái
	Kinmen	領帶, 油炸粿
	Penghu (Magong)	領帶, 油炸粿, ne-kut-tái
	Penghu (Xiyu)	油炸粿, ne-kut-tái
	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 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.