嗲

嗲 U+55F2, 嗲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55F2
← 嗱
[U+55F1]
CJK Unified Ideographs 嗳 →
[U+55F3]

Translingual

Han character

嗲 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口金大弓 (RCKN), four-corner 68027, composition ⿰口爹)

  1. (Cantonese) saliva
  2. intensifying particle
  3. inviting, coquettish
  4. daddy

References

Chinese

trad. 嗲
simp. # 嗲

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 口 + phonetic 爹 (OC *daːʔ, *tjaː).

Pronunciation


Definitions

嗲

  1. (dialectal) coy; acting spoiled or flirtatious
  2. (Cantonese) (of a child, girl, woman, pet, etc.) to act coy, childish, or cute to someone who loves or dotes on them, in order to fulfil their wish or display their affection
    Synonym: 撒嬌/撒娇 (sājiāo)
  3. (Shanghainese Wu) good
    昨日隻電影老嗲。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
    昨日只电影老嗲。 [Shanghainese, simp.]
    [z̥ʊʔ¹¹ n̠ʲi̯ɪʔ²³ t͡sa̱ʔ⁴⁴  d̥i²² ɪɲ⁴⁴ lɔ²³ tia̱³⁴] [IPA]
    The movie yesterday was quite good.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Teochew 茶 (tê5, “tea”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

嗲

  1. (Cantonese) to chat

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Definitions

嗲 (Cantonese)

  1. The sound of dripping.
  2. to drip; to trickle

Compounds

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