佇咧

Chinese

wait; look towards; turn one's back on draw back corners of mouth; child's cry
trad. (佇咧) 佇 咧
simp. (伫咧) 伫 咧
variant forms 在咧
置咧
治咧
佇啲/伫啲

Pronunciation

  • Min Nan (POJ): tī-le̍h / tǐr-lér / tī-leh / tī-teh / tǐ-lé

Adverb

佇咧

  1. (Min Nan) in the process of; currently
    我佇咧食飯。 / 我伫咧食饭。 [Taiwanese]  ―  Góa tī-leh chia̍h-pn̄g. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  I'm eating.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 正在 (“in the process of; currently”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 正在、刻正
Mandarin Beijing 正在、在
Taiwan 正在、在
Cantonese Guangzhou 喺度、喺處、緊 >
Hong Kong 喺度、喺處、緊 >
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 當、在該、當在
Liudui (S. Sixian) 當、在該
Hsinchu (Hailu) 當、在該
Dongshi (Dabu) 當、在該
Hsinchu (Raoping) 當、在該
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 正在、在遐
Min Nan 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
Taipei 佇咧、咧、當咧
Philippines (Manila) 佇咧、咧
Shantou 在
Note > - after verb

Verb

佇咧

  1. (Min Nan) to exist, to be (in a place)
    伊有佇咧無? / 伊有伫咧无? [Taiwanese]  ―  I ū tī-leh bô? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  Is she/he here?
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