佇咧
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Etymology
From 佇 (tī, tǐr, “at”) + 塊／块 (tè, tèr, “place”); written as 在處 in Tale of the Lychee Mirror (Lien, 2015). Compare Cantonese 喺度 (hai2 dou6).
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tī-le̍h / tǐr-lér / tī-leh / tī-teh / tǐ-lé / tǐ-té
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tī-le̍h
- Tâi-lô: tī-le̍h
- Phofsit Daibuun: dixleh
- IPA (Xiamen): /ti²²⁻²¹ leʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǐr-lér
- Tâi-lô: tǐr-lér
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tɯ²² lə⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tī-leh
- Tâi-lô: tī-leh
- Phofsit Daibuun: dixleq
- IPA (Taipei): /ti³³⁻¹¹ leʔ³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti³³⁻²¹ leʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tī-teh
- Tâi-lô: tī-teh
- Phofsit Daibuun: dixdeq
- IPA (Taipei): /ti³³⁻¹¹ teʔ³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti³³⁻²¹ teʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǐ-lé
- Tâi-lô: tǐ-lé
- IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /ti³³⁻²² le⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǐ-té
- Tâi-lô: tǐ-té
- IPA (Philippines): /ti³³⁻²² te⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Adverb
佇咧
- (Southern Min) in the process of; currently
- 我佇咧食飯。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
- Góa tī-leh chia̍h-pn̄g. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- I'm eating.
我伫咧食饭。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
Synonyms
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 正在, 刻正 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 正在, 在 |
| Taiwan | 正在, 在 | |
| Malaysia | 正在, 在 | |
| Singapore | 正在, 在 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 在 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 喺度, 喺處, 響度, 響處 |
| Hong Kong | 喺度, 喺處, 響度, 響處 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 喺度 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 當, 在該, 當在 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 當, 在該 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 當, 在該 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 當, 在該 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 當, 在該 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 正在, 在遐 | |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 著𡅏, 𡅏 |
| Fuqing | 著𡅏 | |
| Singapore (Fuqing) | 著𡅏 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧 |
| Quanzhou | 佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧 | |
| Zhangzhou | 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 當時 | |
| Tainan | 佇咧, 咧, 當咧 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 佇 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 佇, 佇咧 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 佇咧, 咧 | |
| Shantou | 在 | |
| Shantou (Chaoyang) | 在 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 在 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 垃, 垃垃, 垃拉, 垃海, 垃該 |
| Ningbo | 來, 來的, 來該, 來當, 來東, 來勒 | |
| Wenzhou | 是, 是搭 | |
Verb
佇咧
- (Southern Min) to exist, to be (in a place)
- 伊有佇咧無？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
- I ū tī-leh bô? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- Is she/he here?
伊有伫咧无？ [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
References
- “Entry #2909”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
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