仔

Characters in the same phonetic series (子) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔslɯ, *ʔslɯʔ): semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 子 (OC *ʔslɯʔ)
Cognate with 子 (OC *ʔslɯʔ) and 崽 (OC *ʔslɯːʔ, *srɯː, *srɯː).

Han compound

崽
子
子
囝
兒
亜
啊
也
兒
欸
之

你個仔真係好乖。

你个仔真系好乖。

(Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Shehua) son (Classifier: 個／个 c; 粒 c)


寮

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reːw): semantic 宀 + phonetic 尞 ().


睇

Related to Chepang धय्सा (dhəy-, “to concentrate; look at (especially when aiming)”), धेस्सा (dhes-, “to see clearly; to sight clearly (when aiming)”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Also compare Vietnamese thấy (“to see, to look, to find, to feel”).

cog

睇電視／睇电视 [Cantonese] ― tai² din⁶ si⁶ [Jyutping] ― to watch TV

睇電視／睇电视 [Teochew] ― toin² diang⁶ si⁶ [Peng'im] ― to watch TV

睇雜誌／睇杂志 [Cantonese] ― tai² zaap⁶ zi³ [Jyutping] ― to read a magazine

ua² gian⁵ cug⁴ goi¹ lou⁷ koin² dioh⁸ zêg⁸ ziah⁴ bu¹ bu¹ cia¹

我行出街路睇着一隻一隻噗噗車

我行出街路睇着一只一只噗噗车

(Cantonese, Teochew, dialectal Hakka, Shehua) to look; to see; to view; to watch


糜

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mral): phonetic 麻 (OC *mraːl) + semantic 米 (“rice”).

Han compound

(literary or Hakka, Southern Min, dialectal Eastern Min, Shehua) congee


糜粥

(Eastern Min, Hainanese, Luoyuan Shehua) congee; rice porridge


黃瓜

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ g̊u̯ä³/

/wɔːŋ²¹ kʷaː⁵⁵/

/uoŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋua⁵⁵/

/ŋ̍²³⁻³³ kue⁴⁴/

/ŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kue³³/

/ŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/

/ŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ kue⁴⁴/

/ŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kue³³/

/ɦuɑ̃²² ko⁴⁴/

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ g̊u̯ä³/

/wɔːŋ²¹ kʷaː⁵⁵/

/uoŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋua⁵⁵/

/ŋ̍²³⁻³³ kue⁴⁴/

/ŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kue³³/

/ŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/

/ŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ kue⁴⁴/

/ŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kue³³/

/ɦuɑ̃²² ko⁴⁴/


椅仔

/i²¹ t͡siɛ²¹/

/i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/

/i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/

/i²¹ t͡siɛ²¹/

/i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/

/i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/

(Lichuan Gan, Meixian Hakka, Northern Min, Southern Min, Hua'an Shehua) chair (Classifier: 塊／块 mn)


落水

/lu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/lɔːk̚² sɵy̯³⁵/

/lɔk̚⁵ suɪ³¹/

/lo(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/

/lu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/lɔːk̚² sɵy̯³⁵/

/lɔk̚⁵ suɪ³¹/

/lo(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/

/lau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/

/lau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/

The sound of the rain outside does not stop; do you hear it?

2007, performed by 鄭朝方, lyrics by 葉國居 and 鄭朝方, 你聽到了嗎？

ngo⁺ boiˇ geˇ log` shui´ shang` m ton`, ngi tangˇ doˇ le` mo

外背介落水聲不斷 你聽到咧麼

外背介落水声不断 你听到咧么

[I said:] when it was dark, it rained. You asked me what on earth is that?

2013, 黃明志 (Namewee), 學廣東話 (Learn Cantonese)

tin¹ hak¹ lok⁶ seoi² zo², nei⁵ man⁶ ngo⁵ hai⁶ mat¹ seoi² aa³?

天黑落水咗 妳問我係麼水啊？

天黑落水咗 你问我系么水啊？

(dialectal, including Cantonese, Hakka, Gan, Shehua, Wu) to rain


番茄

→ Zhuang: fanhgez

/fän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ³⁵/

/fan⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiɛ²¹/

/fã³¹ t͡ɕʰye²⁴/

/faːn⁵⁵ kʰɛː²¹⁻³⁵/

/fɛŋ²¹³ kʰø²¹⁻³⁵/

/fan³³ kʰiɛ²¹⁻²¹⁵/

/fan⁴² ˈt͡ɕʰia²⁴/

/fan⁴⁴⁻³⁵ kʰio¹¹/

/huan⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɤ²³/

/huaŋ³³⁻²³ kie⁵⁵/

/huaŋ³³⁻²³ kio⁵⁵/

/fẽ̞³³ ɡɑ³⁴/

/fɑ³³ t͡ɕiɑ⁵⁵/

/ɸan³³ t͡ɕi̯e̞¹³/

/fän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ³⁵/

/fan⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiɛ²¹/

/fã³¹ t͡ɕʰye²⁴/

/faːn⁵⁵ kʰɛː²¹⁻³⁵/

/fɛŋ²¹³ kʰø²¹⁻³⁵/

/fan³³ kʰiɛ²¹⁻²¹⁵/

/fan⁴² ˈt͡ɕʰia²⁴/

/fan⁴⁴⁻³⁵ kʰio¹¹/

/huan⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɤ²³/

/huaŋ³³⁻²³ kie⁵⁵/

/huaŋ³³⁻²³ kio⁵⁵/

/fẽ̞³³ ɡɑ³⁴/

/fɑ³³ t͡ɕiɑ⁵⁵/

/ɸan³³ t͡ɕi̯e̞¹³/

Compare Thai มะเขือเทศ (má-kʉ̌ʉa-têet, “tomato”) ( < มะเขือ (má-kʉ̌ʉa, “eggplant”) + เทศ (têet, “foreign”)).

cog

(Xianyou Min, Luoyuan Shehua) chilli pepper


煙霧

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (煙霧):
* → Japanese: 煙(えん)霧(む) (enmu)
* → Korean: 연무(煙霧) (yeonmu)
* → Vietnamese: yên vụ (煙霧)

/i̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ vu⁵⁵/

/iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² bu²²/

/iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² bu²²/

/iɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ bu³³/

/iɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ bu³³/

/iŋ³³⁻²³ bu¹¹/

/i̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ vu⁵⁵/

/iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² bu²²/

/iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² bu²²/

/iɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ bu³³/

/iɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ bu³³/

/iŋ³³⁻²³ bu¹¹/

煙霧章

Smoke, the forty-fourth sura of the Qur'an


蛟龍

ja-r

蛟(こう)龍(りゅう) (kōryū)

蛟(こう)龍(りょう) (kōryō)

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (蛟龍):
* → Japanese: 蛟(こう)龍(りゅう) (kōryū); 蛟(こう)龍(りょう) (kōryō)
* → Korean: 교룡(蛟龍) (gyoryong), 교용(蛟龍) (gyoyong)
* → Vietnamese: giao long (蛟龍)

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/

/kaːu̯⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹/

/kau⁴⁴⁻²² liɔŋ²⁴/

/kau⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/

/kau⁴⁴⁻²² liɔŋ¹³/

/kau⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/

/kau⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ²⁴/

/kau⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²⁴/

/kau⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ²³/

/kau⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²³/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/

/kaːu̯⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹/

/kau⁴⁴⁻²² liɔŋ²⁴/

/kau⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/

/kau⁴⁴⁻²² liɔŋ¹³/

/kau⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ¹³/

/kau⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ²⁴/

/kau⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²⁴/

/kau⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ²³/

/kau⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪŋ²³/


今晡

/kiŋ⁵⁵ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾muo⁵⁵/

/kiŋ⁵⁵ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾muo⁵⁵/

GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)


暗晡

/am⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pɔ³³/

/am²¹⁻⁴² pɔ⁴⁴/

/am²¹⁻⁵³ pɔ⁴⁴/

/am⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pɔ³³/

/am²¹⁻⁴² pɔ⁴⁴/

/am²¹⁻⁵³ pɔ⁴⁴/


麼人

He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

現代臺灣客語譯本 (Today's Taiwan Hakka Version), 馬太福音 (Matthew) 16:15

Yâ-sû mun kì-têu kóng: “Ngì-têu nè? Ngì-têu kóng ngài he má-ngìn?”

耶穌問佢等講：「你等呢？你等講𠊎係麼人？」

耶稣问佢等讲：「你等呢？你等讲𠊎系么人？」

(Hakka, Fengshun Shehua, Dexing Huizhou) who


叔婆

/ʂu⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/

/ʂu³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/

/sʊk̚⁵ pʰɔː²¹/

/ˈsuʔ⁵ pʰo²⁴/

/sʊk̚¹ pʰo¹¹/

/ʂu⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/

/ʂu³⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/

/sʊk̚⁵ pʰɔː²¹/

/ˈsuʔ⁵ pʰo²⁴/

/sʊk̚¹ pʰo¹¹/

(Yulin Yue, Fu'an Eastern Min and Sanming Shehua) paternal aunt (father's younger brother's wife)


雷公

/leɪ̯³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/lɵy̯²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/lui²² kɵŋ³³/

/lui⁴² kʊŋ³³/

/luɪ¹¹ kʊŋ⁴⁴/

/so³³ kɔŋ⁵⁴/

/l̃ai⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾uŋ⁵⁵/

/lui²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/lui²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ³³/

/lui¹³⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/lui²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/lui²³⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/lui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kaŋ³³/

/leɪ̯³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/lɵy̯²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/lui²² kɵŋ³³/

/lui⁴² kʊŋ³³/

/luɪ¹¹ kʊŋ⁴⁴/

/so³³ kɔŋ⁵⁴/

/l̃ai⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾uŋ⁵⁵/

/lui²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/lui²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ³³/

/lui¹³⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/lui²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/lui²³⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/lui⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kaŋ³³/

(dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Southern Min, Pinghua, Shehua, dialectal Wu, dialectal Xiang) thunder


肚屎

(Hakka, Hainanese, Shehua) belly; stomach


狗嫲

/kau²¹⁻²¹³ ba²¹/

/kau²¹⁻²¹³ ba²¹/

(dialectal Gan, Hakka, Northern Min, dialectal Southern Min, Central Min, Shaojiang Min, Shehua, Pucheng Wu) female dog


細仔

/sɐi̯³³ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/se⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡saɪ³¹/

/sɐi̯³³ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/se⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡saɪ³¹/

(Hakka, Shehua, dialectal Cantonese) child


飯疕

/pŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ pʰi⁵³/

/pŋ̍³³⁻²¹ pʰi⁴¹/

/pŋ̍²²⁻²¹ pʰi⁵³/

/pŋ̍⁴¹⁻²² pʰi⁵⁵⁴/

/pŋ̍²²⁻¹² pʰi⁵³/

/puĩ²²⁻²¹ pʰi⁵³/

/puĩ³³⁻²¹ pʰi⁵³/

/pŋ̍³³⁻²² pʰi⁵⁵/

/puŋ¹¹ pʰi⁵²/

/pɯŋ¹¹ pʰi⁵²/

/pŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ pʰi⁵³/

/pŋ̍³³⁻²¹ pʰi⁴¹/

/pŋ̍²²⁻²¹ pʰi⁵³/

/pŋ̍⁴¹⁻²² pʰi⁵⁵⁴/

/pŋ̍²²⁻¹² pʰi⁵³/

/puĩ²²⁻²¹ pʰi⁵³/

/puĩ³³⁻²¹ pʰi⁵³/

/pŋ̍³³⁻²² pʰi⁵⁵/

/puŋ¹¹ pʰi⁵²/

/pɯŋ¹¹ pʰi⁵²/

(Northern Min, dialectal Eastern Min, Southern Min, Shehua) rice crust; crust of cooked rice


叔仔

/sʊk̚⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/sʊk̚⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

(dialectal Cantonese, Dongshan Hokkien and Zhangping Hokkien, Northern Min, Central Min, Shehua) paternal uncle (father's younger brother)


屎缸

/sɨ³¹ koŋ²⁴/

/sz̩³¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/sai⁵²⁻³⁵ kɯŋ³³/

/sɨ³¹ koŋ²⁴/

/sz̩³¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/sai⁵²⁻³⁵ kɯŋ³³/

(Nantong Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, Huizhou, Teochew, Chaozhou Teochew Shehua) toilet; latrine


蝨仔

/sɐt̚⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/set̚² e³¹⁻¹¹/

/sɐt̚⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/set̚² e³¹⁻¹¹/

Kâm-é-phì pûn liá-chung set-é khie ko voi chhut yù, kâm-é-yù lâu khûng-hi teu khiung-ha chhiu pien to vû-set vû-set ke fó-sêu-kâm lé, he yu-é-phì pûn kì yèn ko, me voi chhiong kieu-chṳ̂ ko yong-é liù-tén muk-chṳp-fin.

柑仔皮分這種蝨仔喫過會出油，柑仔油摎空氣鬥共下就變到烏色烏色个火燒柑了，係柚仔皮分佢蜒過，乜會像噭眵過樣仔留等目汁痕。

柑仔皮分这种虱仔吃过会出油，柑仔油摎空气斗共下就变到乌色乌色个火烧柑了，系柚仔皮分佢蜒过，乜会像噭眵过样仔留等目汁痕。

(Cantonese, Hakka, Shehua) louse; bug; parasite


蜂仔

/pʰuŋ²⁴ e³¹/

/pʰuŋ²⁴ e³¹/

/fʊŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ŋe³¹/

/pʰuŋ²⁴ e³¹/

/pʰuŋ²⁴ e³¹/

/fʊŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ŋe³¹/

(Hakka, Shehua, Chong'an Northern Min) bee; honeybee


龍雹

/lœyŋ³³ pʰau⁵⁵/

/lœyŋ³³ pʰau⁵⁵/

The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

1896, Séng Iŏ̤ Cṳ̌ing Sṳ́: Gṳ̄ing-nǎing Hǔ gâ̤ Tǔ-kióng (Lô̤-mǎ Cī), Mă̤-sī-lṳ̀ 8:7

Tê cì-ciă sǎ̤-chṳ̿ gâ̤ chṳé sā̤-gŭ, ciū iǔ lê̤ng-pāu iáu sáu huăi gâ̤ hǒ, lò̤ hā diá-di̿: si̿-gáing sáng-gǔ cì-gǔ chiáu-tiāu, chiū sáng-gǔ cì-gǔ iǎ chiáu-tiāu, gŏ̤ iōng gâ̤ cháng-chǎu dú chiáu-tiāu.

頭一隻使喙其吹□角，就有龍雹邀搜血其火，落下地裡：世間三股一股燒掉，樹三股一股也燒掉，各樣其青草都燒掉。

头一只使喙其吹□角，就有龙雹邀搜血其火，落下地里：世间三股一股烧掉，树三股一股也烧掉，各样其青草都烧掉。

(Northern, Eastern and Central Min, Southern Wu, Huizhou, Shehua) hail