Indicates the starting point of a range; from.


㗎

Contraction of 嘅 (ge3, “affirmative sentence-final particle”) + 呀 (aa4, “sentence-final particle expressing disapproval, doubt or surprise”) (Matthews and Yip, 2011).

zh-l

架
o架
咖
𡃉
架
o架
嘎
架
o架
𠿪
架
嘎
咖

你當我傻㗎？

你当我傻㗎？

Sentence-final particle used in a rhetorical question.


而已

/ˀɤɻ³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jiː²¹ jiː¹³/

/li²⁴⁻¹¹ i⁵³/

/li²⁴⁻²² i⁵⁵⁴/

/li²⁴⁻²² i⁵³/

/zi²³⁻³³ i⁴¹/

/d͡zi²⁴⁻³³ i⁵³/

/d͡zi¹³⁻²² i⁵³/

/ˀɤɻ³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jiː²¹ jiː¹³/

/li²⁴⁻¹¹ i⁵³/

/li²⁴⁻²² i⁵⁵⁴/

/li²⁴⁻²² i⁵³/

/zi²³⁻³³ i⁴¹/

/d͡zi²⁴⁻³³ i⁵³/

/d͡zi¹³⁻²² i⁵³/

混混日子而已

如此而已，豈有他哉！

如此而已，岂有他哉！

僅此而已。

仅此而已。

(at the end of a phrase) that's all; nothing more; is all


㖭

For pronunciation and definitions of 㖭 – see 舔 (“to lick; to suck up to; to brownnose”).
(This character is a variant form of 舔).

zh-see

(Cantonese) Alternative form of 添 (“again, more; modal particle expressing emphasis”)


的話

/d̥ə xu̯ä⁵¹/

/tɪk̚⁵ waː²²/

/tɪk̚⁵ waː²²⁻³⁵/

/ti³³⁻²³ ue¹¹/

/d̥ə xu̯ä⁵¹/

/tɪk̚⁵ waː²²/

/tɪk̚⁵ waː²²⁻³⁵/

/ti³³⁻²³ ue¹¹/

If no one offers assistance this kid will become permanently blind.

Rúguǒ méiyǒu rén juānzhù dehuà, zhè ge xiǎohái jiù huì yǒngyuǎn shīmíng.

如果沒有人捐助的話，這個小孩就會永遠失明。

如果没有人捐助的话，这个小孩就会永远失明。

要是考試不及格的話，怎麼辦？

要是考试不及格的话，怎么办？

If you go out today remember to lock the front door.

Nǐ jīntiān chūqù dehuà, jìde suǒshàng qiánmén.

你今天出去的話，記得鎖上前門。

你今天出去的话，记得锁上前门。

optional particle put at the end of a conditional clause


㖸

For pronunciation and definitions of 㖸 – see 噱.
(This character is a variant form of 噱).

(dialectal) Used to express a direct or imperative tone.


也罷

/jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵¹/

/jaː¹³ paː²²/

/jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵¹/

/jaː¹³ paː²²/

(expressing concession) all right; might as well


是也

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/siː²² jaː¹³/

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/siː²² jaː¹³/

(Classical, sentence-final declarative particle) it is, that is, that is the case

(Classical, interjective particle) right! it is!


兮兮

/hɐi̯²¹ hɐi̯²¹/

/hɐi̯²¹ hɐi̯²¹/

An emphatic particle placed after negative adjectives, often to denote a sense of contempt.


𠲎

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 伐 (Shanghainese: vaq).
Contraction of 勿啊, literally "or not".

Han compound

搿搶儂身體好𠲎？

搿抢侬身体好𠲎？

(Wu, including Shanghainese) final interrogative particle on a yes/no question.


似的

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ d̥ə¹/

/sz̩⁵¹ d̥ə¹/

/t͡sʰiː¹³ tɪk̚⁵/

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ d̥ə¹/

/sz̩⁵¹ d̥ə¹/

/t͡sʰiː¹³ tɪk̚⁵/

不要哭得像個孩子似的。

不要哭得像个孩子似的。

他真跟變了個人似的。

他真跟变了个人似的。

I am so indescribably livid with him - he isn't even listening to what I am saying. [literally: I am angered by him like whatever - he isn't at all listening to my speaking]

Wǒ bèi tā qì de shénme shìde, tā gēnběn jiù méiyǒu zài tīng wǒ shuōhuà.

我被他氣得什麼似的，他根本就沒有在聽我說話。

我被他气得什么似的，他根本就没有在听我说话。


罷了

/pä⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/paː²² liːu̯¹³/

/pä⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/paː²² liːu̯¹³/

/pä⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/paː²² liːu̯¹³/


與否

/y²¹⁴⁻³⁵ foʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jyː¹³ fɐu̯³⁵/

/y²¹⁴⁻³⁵ foʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jyː¹³ fɐu̯³⁵/


也好

/jɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ia³³⁻²¹ hɤ⁴¹/

/ia³³⁻¹¹ ho⁵³/

/ia²²⁻²¹ ho⁵³/

/jɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ia³³⁻²¹ hɤ⁴¹/

/ia³³⁻¹¹ ho⁵³/

/ia²²⁻²¹ ho⁵³/

may as well; it may not be a bad idea (expressing hesitant acceptance)


思密達

/sz̩⁵⁵ mi⁵¹ tä³⁵/

/sz̩⁵⁵ mi⁵¹ tä³⁵/

(pharmacology) montmorillonite (brand name Smecta)


㗎喇

/kaː³³ laː³³/

/kaː³³ laː³³/

(Cantonese) final particle used for giving a reminder


不起

/pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

看不起

(used after verbs) do not wish to ... (in contempt)


唔起

/m̩²¹ hei̯³⁵/

/m̩²¹ hei̯³⁵/

呢個醫生我睇唔起。

呢个医生我睇唔起。

呢層樓我買唔起。

呢层楼我买唔起。

(used after verbs, Cantonese) cannot afford to


唔住

/m̩²¹ t͡syː²²/

/m³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su³⁵/

/m̩²¹ t͡syː²²/

/m³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su³⁵/

我頂唔住喇

我顶唔住喇

我對你唔住

我对你唔住

unable to remember even one's own birthday

lin⁴ zi⁶ gei² ge³ saang¹ jat⁶ dou¹ gei³ m⁴ zyu⁶

連自己嘅生日都記唔住

连自己嘅生日都记唔住

(not productive, Cantonese, Teochew) cannot


使乜

/sɐi̯³⁵ mɐt̚⁵/

/sᵘɔi⁵⁵ ᵐbᵘɔt̚⁵⁵/

/sɐi̯³⁵ mɐt̚⁵/

/sᵘɔi⁵⁵ ᵐbᵘɔt̚⁵⁵/

使乜咁緊張？

使乜咁紧张？

(Cantonese) for what reason; what need is there (→ there is no need)


何止

/xɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hɔː²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

/ho²⁴ t͡sz̩²¹³/

/ho⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡si⁵²/

/xɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hɔː²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

/ho²⁴ t͡sz̩²¹³/

/ho⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡si⁵²/

(used in rhetorical questions to indicate the actual extent is far greater) be much more than


𠯽

(Cantonese) a final particle indicating affirmation


果果

/ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kʷɔː³⁵ kʷɔː³⁵/

/ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kʷɔː³⁵ kʷɔː³⁵/

(Buddhism) nirvana; reaching the state of nirvana


From 辣 (là), homophonic play on 啦 (la) in Mandarin.

Used at the end of a sentence to indicate a change of state with a strong emotion.


才怪

/t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ kʷaːi̯³³/

/t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ kʷaːi̯³³/

You are such a naughty kid. It'd be surprising if your mum were not worried.

你這麼淘氣，媽媽不擔心才怪！

你这么淘气，妈妈不担心才怪！

it'd be a wonder if ... (following a verb phrase that is usually negative)


𠻹

(Cantonese) Alternative form of 添 (“again, more; mirative particle”)


𡅏

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 口 + phonetic 禮 (lā̤).
From 裡 /里, which is clipped from 著許裡 /著许里 (“there”) (Wu, 2011).

Modal particle used to indicate emphasis or exaggeration.


先怪

/siːn⁵⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/

/siːn⁵⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/

(Cantonese) it'd be a wonder if ... (following a verb phrase that is usually negative)


伍的

I won’t go this way. It's closer to go through here, but the floor here is slippery. It would not be worth it at all to slip and fall or something like that.

Wǒ kě bù zǒu zhàrhar. Zènme zǒu shì jìn, kěshì tā dì huá. Zài shuāi yī jiāo wǔde, tài bù zhídàng le.

我可不走這兒哈兒。這麼走是近，可是它地滑。再摔一跤伍的，太不值當了。

我可不走这儿哈儿。这么走是近，可是它地滑。再摔一跤伍的，太不值当了。


云爾

/yn³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/yn³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


妃呼豨

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/

(obsolete) a meaningless particle used in songs


爾爾

/niã²²⁻²¹ niã²²/

/niã³³⁻¹¹ niã³³/

/niã³³⁻²¹ niã³³/

/nã²²⁻²¹ niã²²/

/na²²⁻²¹ nia²²/

/nã²²⁻²¹ nã²²/

/niã²²⁻²¹ niã²²/

/niã³³⁻¹¹ niã³³/

/niã³³⁻²¹ niã³³/

/nã²²⁻²¹ niã²²/

/na²²⁻²¹ nia²²/

/nã²²⁻²¹ nã²²/

尔尔
尔尔
耳耳
定定
領領

(Hokkien, at the end of a phrase) just; simply; that's all; nothing more; is all


𣍐

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 勿 + 會.
Contraction of 無會／无会 or 毋會／毋会.

𫧃
不
未
袂
袜
沒
𬒮
賣
𠁞
𠊉
𫧃
𠊉
𫧃

GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

我若是汝，我𣍐去臺北。

我若是汝，我𫧃去台北。

汝會去𣍐？

汝会去𫧃？

1996, 杨必胜, 潘家懿, 陈建民, 《广东海丰方言研究》, Beijing: 语文出版社, →ISBN, page 18:

汝会跳舞𫧃？

汝會跳舞𣍐？

(Min) Interrogative particle, used sentence-finally with 會 as the main verb.


𣍐

𫧃
不
未
袂
袜
沒
𬒮
賣
𠁞
𠊉
𫧃
𠊉
𫧃

I am not going to go shop for groceries with this rainy weather.

落雨天家我下飯𣍐去買。

落雨天家我下饭𠊉去买。

(Northern Wu) won't; wouldn't; don't want to (expressing nonvolition or impossibility)


𣍐

𫧃
不
未
袂
袜
沒
𬒮
賣
𠁞
𠊉
𫧃
𠊉
𫧃

上海去𣍐？

上海去𠊉？

(Ningbonese) Final interrogative particle, forming yes/no questions.


唔到

/m̩²¹ tou̯³³⁻³⁵/

/m̩²¹ tou̯³³⁻³⁵/


來的

/laɪ̯³⁵ d̥ə³/

/laɪ̯³⁵ d̥ə³/

這是什麼來的？

这是什么来的？

(regional, chiefly Cantonese-influenced Mandarin, colloquial) Synonym of 來著 /来着 (láizhe)


使咩

/sɐi̯³⁵ mɛː⁵⁵/

/sɐi̯³⁵ mɛː⁵⁵/

使咩答佢啫？


使鬼

/sɐi̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

/sɐi̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

使鬼同佢講？

使鬼同佢讲？

(Cantonese) why the hell; what damn need is there (→ there is no damn need)


使撚

/sɐi̯³⁵ lɐn³⁵/

/sɐi̯³⁵ lɐn³⁵/

使撚同佢講？

使撚同佢讲？

(Cantonese, vulgar) why the fuck; what fucking need is there (→ there is no fucking need)


𰇇

19??, “〈陳三大難〉”, in 《潮州戲曲選集》, page 8:

niê⁵ gian². le² zai³ ke³ siên⁶ toin² no⁷.

娘仔。你再去想看𰇇。

(Teochew) particle used to express persuasion


嘅話

/kɛː³³ waː²²⁻³⁵/

/kɛː³³ waː²²/

/kɛː³³ waː²²⁻³⁵/

/kɛː³³ waː²²/

If you go out today, remember to lock the door.

nei⁵ gam¹ jat⁶ ceot¹ heoi³ ge³ waa⁶⁻², gei³ dak¹ so² mun⁴ wo³.

你今日出去嘅話，記得鎖門喎。

你今日出去嘅话，记得锁门㖞。

1990, 蔣志光 [Ram Chiang] (lyrics and music), “相逢何必曾相識”performed by 蔣志光 [Ram Chiang] and 韋綺珊 [Rita Carpio]:

jaa⁵ heoi² jat¹ tin¹ ho² ji⁵ ge³ waa⁶, zeon² heoi² ngo⁵ do¹ oi³ jat¹ ci³

也許一天可以嘅話 准許我多愛一次

也许一天可以嘅话 准许我多爱一次

(Cantonese) Particle put at the end of a conditional clause.


咋嘛

/t͡saː³³ maː³³/

/t͡saː³³ maː³³/

落雨咋嘛！

(Cantonese) Sentence-final particle for dismissiveness.


點止

點只汽水咁簡單

点只汽水咁简单

(Cantonese) (used in rhetorical questions to indicate the actual extent is far greater) be much more than


𡃓

(Cantonese) Final particle used to assert something.


生嗮

/saːŋ⁵⁵ saːi̯³³/

/saːŋ⁵⁵ saːi̯³³/

你哋咪嘈生嗮啦！

Rumours of the legislator's scandal were spread all over.

go³ ji⁵ jyun⁴ ge³ cau² si⁶ bei² jan⁴ coeng³ saang¹ saai³.

個議員嘅醜事畀人唱生嗮。

个议员嘅丑事畀人唱生嗮。

(Cantonese) Used after a verb to indicate annoying persistence of the action (usually related to speech).


吖嘛

I don't know, but "tomorrow lies hope", isn't it?

2005, 生命滿希望 前路由我創 [The future is your's to make, where there's life there's hope],

m⁴ zi¹ gaa³, “hei¹ mong⁶ zoi⁶ ming⁴ tin¹” a¹ maa³!

唔知㗎，「希望在明天」吖嘛！

(Cantonese) Used to suggest something obvious.

You are having meal A today as well, right?

今日都係A餐吖嘛？

今日都系A餐吖嘛？

(Cantonese) Used to confirm something that may be obvious in a question.


吖嘛

唔係吖嘛？

唔系吖嘛？

(Cantonese) Used to raise questions with disbelief.


脫了

/tʰəʔ³³ ləʔ⁴⁴/

/tʰəʔ³³ ləʔ⁴⁴/

腦子壞脫了

脑子坏脱了

太陽撥雲遮脫了。

太阳拨云遮脱了。

Used to indicate the occurrence of an action that results in a loss, vanishment or a negative outcome.


垃哉

2010, Qian Nairong, 《從〈滬語便商〉所見的老上海話時態》 (Tenses and Aspects? Old Shanghainese as Found in the Book Huyu Bian Shang)

伊爿天拉落哉。

儂拉瞎來來哉。

侬拉瞎来来哉。

(Suburban Shanghainese Wu, dated Shanghainese) Used to indicate the present progressive.

Suburban Shanghainese Wu; dated Shanghainese; Suburban Shanghainese Wu; dated Shanghainese


拉末

(dated Shanghainese) Used to indicate the perfective aspect in a question.


拉蠻

Pronounced /lɑ.mɛ̃/. Became obsolete after the /ɛ̃/ rime disappeared. (Edkins, 1868)

(obsolete Shanghainese) Used to indicate the perfective aspect in a question.


拉個

We used to sit on ricksaws like this, we used to be used to sitting like this, and there are already rules there.

我伲一到拉坐個，坐慣拉個，有板數勒拉個。

我伲一到拉坐个，坐惯拉个，有板数勒拉个。

(dated Shanghainese) Used to indiacte the past progressive.


快哉

(dated Shanghainese) Used to indicate the near future tense.


要哉

(dated Shanghainese) Used to indicate the future tense.


歇過

/ɕiɪʔ³³ ku⁴⁴/

/çiɪʔ⁴⁴ ku³⁵/

/ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵ kəu⁵²³/

/ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵ kəu³³/

/ɕiɪʔ³³ ku⁴⁴/

/çiɪʔ⁴⁴ ku³⁵/

/ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵ kəu⁵²³/

/ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵ kəu³³/

"Big News"? They didn't teach this sentence in the textbook at all!

1983, https://youtu.be/m1qoLglnFJk?si=JpnvtmQFrjOgCCdT&t=1951小小得月樓 "The Little Moonshadow Tower"

big news？俚句閒話課本浪㬟教歇過！

big news？俚句闲话课本浪㬟教歇过！

Have [you] ever been here before? No, [I] have never been here

2010: Qian Nairong, 《從〈滬語便商〉所見的老上海話時態》 (Tenses and Aspects? Old Shanghainese as Found in the Book Huyu Bian Shang)

先起頭來歇過否？勿曾來歇過

先起头来歇过否？勿曾来歇过

(Northern Wu) Experimentative marker; used to mark that the agent has experienced or done the action prior.


向左走向右走

/hœːŋ³³ t͡sɔː³⁵ t͡sɐu̯³⁵ hœːŋ³³ jɐu̯²² t͡sɐu̯³⁵/

From the word censor implemented in Hong Kong Golden Forum.

(Hong Kong Cantonese, originally Internet slang, euphemistic, neologism) Alternative form of 撚 (lan2, “fucking”)


㗎呢

/kɐ³³ nɛː⁵⁵/

/kɐ³³ nɛː⁵⁵/

This plate of sushi is really delicious!

ni¹ dip⁶ sau⁶ si¹ zan¹ hai⁶ hou² hou² sik⁶ ga³ ne¹!

呢碟壽司真係好好食㗎呢！

呢碟寿司真系好好食㗎呢！

(Hong Kong Cantonese, ethnic slur) Sentence-final particle used to mimic Japanese person speaking Cantonese.


都未定

/tou̯⁵⁵ mei̯²² tɪŋ²²⁻³⁵/

/tou̯⁵⁵ mei̯²² tɪŋ²²⁻³⁵/

佢死咗都未定

(Cantonese) Used to express possibility of an event.


傻的嗎

/sɔː²¹ tɪk̚⁵ maː⁵⁵/

/sɔː²¹ tɪk̚⁵ maː⁵⁵/

(Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, euphemistic, neologism) Synonym of 戇鳩 /戆鸠 (ngong⁶ gau¹)


甲若

/ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nã²²/

/ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nã²²/


𫬃

Grammaticalization of 話 /话 (waa⁶), with the tone change associated with its use as an evidential marker. May be an ancestor of 啝 (wo⁴), 喎 /㖞 (wo⁵) as well as 喎 /㖞 (wo³).

Williams, Samuel Wells (1856) A tonic dictionary of the Chinese language in the Canton dialect

話佢少佢銀𫬃。

话佢少佢银𫬃。

(19th century Cantonese) Sentence-final modal particle used for reported speech; it is said.


遮若

/t͡sia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nã²²/

/t͡sia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nã²²/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, used in rhetorical questions to indicate the actual extent is far greater) be much more than


個閒話

/ɦəʔ ɦe²² ɦo⁴⁴/

/əʔ ɦe²² ɦo⁴⁴/

/ɦəʔ ɦe²² ɦo⁴⁴/

/əʔ ɦe²² ɦo⁴⁴/

If it rains tomorrow, I will not go to the park.

⁶min-zau ⁸loq ⁶yu ⁰gheq ⁶ghe-gho ⁶ngu 勿-chi ¹kon-yoe

明朝落雨個閒話我勿去公園。

明朝落雨个闲话我勿去公园。

optional particle put at the end of a conditional clause


但定

/nã³³⁻¹¹ tiã³³/

/nã³³⁻²¹ tiã³³/

/nã²²⁻²¹ tiã²²/

/nã³³⁻¹¹ tiã³³/

/nã³³⁻²¹ tiã³³/

/nã²²⁻²¹ tiã²²/

If I were them, I wouldn't know anything but just appreciation and happiness.

Nā-sī góa, góa m̄ chai, chí-ū chai “kám-kek” kap “hoaⁿ-hí” nā-tiāⁿ.

若是我，我m̄知，只有知「感激」kap「歡喜」nā-tiāⁿ。

若是我，我m̄知，只有知「感激」kap「欢喜」nā-tiāⁿ。

(Hokkien, at the end of a phrase) just; simply; that's all; nothing more; is all


日媽

/zz̩²¹³ ma⁵⁵/

/zz̩²¹³ ma⁵⁵/

(Sichuanese, vulgar) particle inserted into the sentence to express one's anger, displeasure, suprise etc, similar to one usage of fucking


吖嗱

/aː⁵⁵ naː²¹/

/aː⁵⁵ naː²¹/

去我屋企坐下吖嗱！

nei⁵ gau³ daam² zau⁶ gwo³ lai⁴ aa¹ naa⁴!

你夠膽就過嚟吖嗱！

你够胆就过嚟吖嗱！

(Cantonese) Used to make suggestions or warnings


罷啦

/paː²²⁻³⁵ laː⁵⁵/

/paː²²⁻³⁵ laː⁵⁵/

算罷啦！

算罢啦！

(Cantonese) Sentence final particle used to indirectly make suggestions.


𠺢嘛

/kaː⁵⁵ maː³³/

/kaː⁵⁵ maː³³/

c. 1963, “釣魚郎”, 唐滌生 [Tang Ti-sheng] (lyrics), performed by 梁醒波 [Leung Sing Poh]:

The whitefish will play tricks on you, right? You've just got to keep to yourself and it'll be fine.

baak⁶ laap⁶ zai² wui⁵ waan⁴⁻² nei⁵ gaa¹ maa³, nei⁵ jiu³ on¹ fan⁶ sau² gei² dak¹ gaa².

白鱲仔會玩你𠺢嘛，你要安分守己得㗎。

白𫚭仔会玩你𠺢嘛，你要安分守己得㗎。

(Cantonese) Final particle used to mark that the listener should agree with or should be made aware of the statement


之嘛

/t͡siː⁵⁵ maː³³/

/t͡siː⁵⁵ maː³³/

Of course he can't drive, he's only fourteen.

keoi⁵ dong¹ jin⁴ m⁴ sik¹ zaa¹ ce¹; keoi⁵ hai⁶ sap⁶ sei³ seoi³ zi¹ maa³.

佢當然唔識揸車；佢係十四歲之嘛。

佢当然唔识揸车；佢系十四岁之嘛。

(Cantonese) Final particle used to indicate unimportance or triviality.