喺

喺 U+55BA, 喺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55BA
← 喹
[U+55B9] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 喻 →
[U+55BB]

Translingual

Han character

喺 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口人竹火 (ROHF), composition ⿰口係)

References
  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 201, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 657, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+55BA

Chinese

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (系) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
係 *keːɡs
系 *ɡeːɡs

Etymology 1
trad. 喺
simp. # 喺
alternative forms o係 Internet
匸 rare
𫪈 rare

Possibly from the copula 係／系 (hai6) (Chappell and Lü, 2022).

Pronunciation

Definitions

喺 (Cantonese)

  1. to be located in/at
    我而家喺香港。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    ngo5 ji4 gaa1 hai2 hoeng1 gong2. [Jyutping]
    I am in Hong Kong now.
    你喺邊度啊？／你喺边度啊？ [Cantonese]  ―  nei5 hai2 bin1 dou6 aa3? [Jyutping]  ―  Where are you?
    喺架車入便／喺架车入便 [Cantonese]  ―  hai2 gaa3 ce1 jap6 bin6 [Jyutping]  ―  to be inside the car
  2. (located) in; at; within
    你要喺巴士站上車。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    你要喺巴士站上车。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 jiu3 hai2 baa1 si6-2 zaam6 soeng5 ce1. [Jyutping]
    You need to get on at the bus station.
  3. (temporal) in
    喺2012 [Cantonese]  ―  hai2 2012 [Jyutping]  ―  in 2012
  4. within; in
    喺英文度 [Cantonese]  ―  hai2 jing1 man4 dou6 [Jyutping]  ―  within English
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 在 (“at, in”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 於
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 在
Mandarin Beijing 在, 挨, 跟
Taiwan 在
Harbin 在
Jinan 在, 從
Wanrong 在
Xi'an 在
Ürümqi 在
Wuhan 在
Chengdu 在
Guiyang 在
Guilin 在
Liuzhou 在
Yangzhou 在
Nanjing 在
Hefei 在
Malaysia 在
Singapore 在
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 在
Cantonese Guangzhou 喺, 響
Hong Kong 喺, 響
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 喺, 在
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 喺, 響
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 在
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 在
Macau 喺
Guangzhou (Panyu) 喺, 響
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 響, 喺
Guangzhou (Conghua) 在
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 在
Foshan 喺, 響
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 喺, 響
Foshan (Shunde) 喺
Foshan (Sanshui) 喺
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 喺, 響
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 在
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 在
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 響, 揀
Zhuhai (Doumen) 揀
Jiangmen (Baisha) 喺
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 喺
Taishan 到, 響
Kaiping (Chikan) 到, 響
Enping (Niujiang) 到, 響
Heshan (Yayao) 響
Dongguan 響, 在, 喺
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 在
Yangjiang 在
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 喺, 響
Singapore (Guangfu) 喺
Gan Nanchang 在
Lichuan 在
Pingxiang 在
Hakka Meixian 嗨
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 在
Dongguan (Qingxi) 在
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 在
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 在
Conghua (Lütian) 在
Yudu 在
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 在
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 在
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 在
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 在
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 在
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 在
Hong Kong 在
Senai (Huiyang) 在
Kuching (Hepo) 在
Jin Taiyuan 在
Xinzhou 在
Min Bei Jian'ou 到
Min Dong Fuzhou 著, 在, 洽
Fuqing 著, 洽
Singapore (Fuqing) 著
Min Nan Xiamen 佇, 踮, 蹛
Quanzhou 佇, 踮, 蹛
Zhangzhou 佇, 咧, 蹛
Zhao'an 佇, 蹛
Taipei 佇
New Taipei (Sanxia) 佇
Kaohsiung 佇
Yilan 佇
Changhua (Lukang) 佇
Taichung 佇
Tainan 佇, 踮, 蹛
Hsinchu 佇
Kinmen 佇
Penghu (Magong) 佇
Penang (Hokkien) 佇, 蹛
Singapore (Hokkien) 佇, 壏
Manila (Hokkien) 佇, 踮
Chaozhou 在
Shantou 在
Shantou (Chenghai) 在
Shantou (Chaoyang) 在
Jieyang 在, 壏, 放
Haifeng 著
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 在
Singapore (Teochew) 在, 壏
Leizhou 佇, 放
Wenchang 佇
Singapore (Hainanese) 佇
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 在
Wu Shanghai 辣, 辣辣, 辣海, 辣該
Suzhou 勒
Danyang 在
Hangzhou 勒, 勒哈, 在
Ningbo 來, 來勒, 來的, 來東, 來當, 來該
Wenzhou 是
Xiang Changsha 在
Loudi 在
Shuangfeng 在
Usage notes
  • Not to be confused with 係／系 (hai6, “to be”).
  • While Mandarin 在 (zài) can be used as a verb without an object (他現在不在 "he is not here right now"), Cantonese must use 喺度 (佢而家唔喺度 "he is not here right now").

Compounds

Etymology 2
trad. 喺
simp. # 喺

Pronunciation

  • Hakka

Definitions

喺

  1. (Hakka) Alternative form of 嗨 (“at; in”).

Further reading
  • 竹越美奈子 (TAKEKOSHI, Minako); 横田文彦 (YOKOTA, Fumihiko) (2007), ““喺”的历史演变”, in 第十届国际粤方言研讨会论文集, pages 299–305
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