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 Dictionary: 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

Historical forms of the character 系
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Etymology 1

trad. 喺
simp. # 喺
nonstandard simp. 𫪈
alternative forms o係 Internet
起 (hei2) eye dialect
匸 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? [Cantonese, trad.]
    你喺边度啊? [Cantonese, simp.]
    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.
    喺日本返香港 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    hai2 jat6 bun2 faan1 hoeng1 gong2 [Jyutping]
    return to Hong Kong from Japan
  3. (temporal) in
    喺2012 [Cantonese]  ―  hai2 2012 [Jyutping]  ―  in 2012
  4. within; in
    喺英文度 [Cantonese]  ―  hai2 jing1 man4-2 dou6 [Jyutping]  ―  within English
Synonyms
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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