嗮

嗮	U+55EE, 嗮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55EE

Translingual

Han character

嗮 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口日一田 (RAMW), composition ⿰口晒)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 204, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 667, character 7
Unihan data for U+55EE

Chinese

simp. and trad.		嗮
alternative forms		晒哂澌 rare

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Chan (1995) suggests that it is from 澌 (MC sjeH, “to dry up; to finish”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sài (sai⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄞˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): saai³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lhai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sài
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sài
  - Wade–Giles: sai⁴
  - Yale: sài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: say
  - Palladius: сай (saj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: saai³
  - Yale: saai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːi̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lhai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬai³³/

Definitions

嗮

(Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) Verbal aspect marker for full extent.
做嗮功課未呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
做嗮功课未呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]
zou⁶ saai³ gung¹ fo³ mei⁶ aa³? [Jyutping]
Have you finished all your homework?

今晚唔知點解個個都冇乜胃口，搞到食剩嗮啲餸。 [Cantonese, trad.]
今晚唔知点解个个都冇乜胃口，搞到食剩嗮啲𩠌。 [Cantonese, simp.]
gam¹ maan^5-1 m⁴ zi¹ dim² gaai² go³ go³ dou¹ mou⁵ mat¹ wai⁶ hau², gaau² dou³ sik⁶ zing⁶ saai³ di¹ sung³. [Jyutping]
For some reason, everyone is not hungry tonight and left all the food almost untouched.

多謝嗮！／多谢嗮！ [Cantonese] ― do¹ ze⁶ saai³! [Jyutping] ― Thank you very much!

等佢哋走嗮先。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
dang² keoi⁵ dei⁶ zau² saai³ sin¹. [Jyutping]
Wait until they've all gone.

已經喺嗮出便啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
已经喺嗮出便啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]
ji⁵ ging¹ hai² saai³ ceot¹ bin⁶ laa³. [Jyutping]
They're all outside already.
- 我要嗮！ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
  From: 1994, Stephen Chow, Hail the Judge, spoken by Lui Pao (Elvis Tsui)
  ngo⁵ jiu³ saai³! [Jyutping]
  I want all!
- (Can we date this quote?), “海南鸡饭 [Hǎinán jīfàn]”‎^[1]performed by 张少林 (Chong Sau Lin):
  
  張惠妹稱霸晒歌壇 [Malaysian Huiyang Hakka, trad.]
  张惠妹称霸晒歌坛 [Malaysian Huiyang Hakka, simp.]
  A-Mei dominates the whole singing world
- 1986, “跳舞街”, 林敏驄 (lyrics), performed by 陳慧嫻:
  
  差一分鐘天就黑晒　毋須急於趕計成敗 [Cantonese, trad.]
  差一分钟天就黑晒　毋须急于赶计成败 [Cantonese, simp.]
  caa¹ jat¹ fan¹ zung¹ tin¹ zau⁶ hak¹ saai³, mou⁴ seoi¹ gap¹ jyu¹ gon² gai³ sing⁴ baai⁶ [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
(Nanning Cantonese) Verbal aspect marker for completion of an action (perfective).

Synonyms

(verbal aspect marker for completion of an action):

Dialectal synonyms of 了 (“(perfective particle)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		矣₁
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		了
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	了
	Taiwan	了
	Harbin	了
	Malaysia	了
	Singapore	了
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	了
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	了
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	了
	Wanrong	嘮
	Xi'an	咧
	Xuzhou	了
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	了
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	咧
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	了
	Wuhan	了
	Guiyang	了
	Guilin	了
	Liuzhou	了
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	了
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	了
Cantonese	Guangzhou	咗, 嘵 obsolete
	Hong Kong	咗
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	咗
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	咗
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	耗
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	好
	Macau	咗, 敲
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	咗
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	咗
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	咗
	Foshan	咗
	Foshan (Sanshui)	咗
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	咗
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	哺
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	咗
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	誒, 咗
	Taishan	誒
	Kaiping (Chikan)	誒
	Enping (Niujiang)	誒
	Dongguan	敲
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	好
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	後, 咗
	Qingyuan	咗
	Fogang	咗
	Yingde (Hanguang)	咗
	Shaoguan	咗
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	咗
	Renhua	咗
	Lechang	咗
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	咗
	Xinxing	標
	Luoding	咗
	Yangjiang	都
	Nanning	嗮
	Nanning (Tanka)	嗮
	Wuzhou	啊
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	了
	Guiping	畢
	Guiping (Mule)	開, 了
	Pingnan	開
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	開
	Guigang (Pingdong)	開, 了
	Beihai	了
	Beihai (Nankang)	了
	Beihai (Yingpan)	了
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	了, 咗
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	咗
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	了, 咗
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	咗
	Singapore (Guangfu)	咗
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	咗
	Móng Cái	了, 咗
Gan	Nanchang	了
Gan	Lichuan	了
Hakka	Meixian	了
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	拋, 阿
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	開
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	開
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	開
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	哩
	Yudu	了
	Hong Kong	開
	Senai (Huiyang)	開
	Kuching (Hepo)	了
Huizhou	Jixi	了
Jin	Taiyuan	咾
Jin	Xinzhou	咾
Jiuxing Yumin	Lanxi	了
Northern Min	Jian'ou	了
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	了, 𡅏
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	了
	Singapore (Hokkien)	了
	Manila (Hokkien)	了, 囉
	Chaozhou	了
	Shantou	了
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	了
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	了
Wu	Shanghai	仔, 了
	Shanghai (Chongming)	仔
	Suzhou	仔
	Hangzhou	得, 了
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	得, 了
	Ningbo	仔
	Wenzhou	爻
	Jinhua	了

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 嗮 – see 嘥 (“to waste; wasteful; tending to waste resources; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 嘥).