佢

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 亻 + phonetic 巨 (OC *ɡaʔ).
From the initial *k-series of Old Chinese third-person pronouns, cognate with 其 (OC *ɡɯ). Also compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ge(e)ʔ, whence Khmer គេ (kei, “they; he; she”) (Schuessler, 2007).
In standard Cantonese, the tone has assimilated with the other personal pronouns: 我 (ngo⁵), 你 (nei⁵) (Chan, 1998).
Before the use of 佢, 渠 was also used in some novels and newspapers, such as 老婆奴續編／老婆奴续编 (1926). The character 渠 is still preferred in lects such as Wu and sometimes Gan.

Han compound

while 渠 is more common in other varieties

Chinese varieties in general do not distinguish gender

distinctions are only sometimes made in writing.佢 is commonly used in Yue

佢有三個大佬。

佢有三个大佬。

唔好搞佢啦。

佢個鼻好大。

佢个鼻好大。

(Cantonese, Hakka, Gan, Northern Min, Central Min, Southern Wu, vernacular) he; she; they; it (third person singular pronoun)


徛

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *krals, *ɡralʔ): semantic 彳 (“to walk with small steps”) + phonetic 奇 (OC *kral, *ɡral).

Han compound

企
倚
跂
隑
戤
坚
立
笠

樹頭徛予在，毋驚樹尾做風颱 / 树头徛予在，毋惊树尾做风台

chhiū-thâu khiā hō͘ chāi, m̄ kiaⁿ chhiū-bóe chò-hong-thai

我徛廈門。

我徛厦门。

(Southern Min, Southern Wu) to live; to inhabit; to reside


戤

(Southern, Western and Linshao Wu) alternative form of 隑 /𬮿 (“to stand”)


瀾

A dialectal variant of 涎 (OC *ljan, “saliva”) in the South (Schuessler, 2007; Xu and Iwata, 2014).

澜
灡
澜
澜
涎
灠
漤
潾
㘓

(chiefly Hakka, Min, Southern Wu) saliva


爭

→ Vietnamese: giành

Pictogram (象形) – two hands on a plowshare. The two hands are still visibile on top of the character (爪 and 彐), while the plowshare looks like a vertical hook in modern writing.
; "to dispute; to fight; to contend; to strive"
; "to lack; to owe"

Their house still hasn't had the bathroom installed yet.

keoi⁵ dei⁶ gaan¹ uk¹ zung⁶ zaang¹ go³ ci³ so² mei⁶ zong¹.

佢哋間屋仲爭個廁所未裝。

佢哋间屋仲争个厕所未装。

There are still a couple minutes until we reach the airport.

dou³ gei¹ coeng⁴ zung⁶ zaang¹ gei² fan¹ zung¹.

到機場仲爭幾分鐘。

到机场仲争几分钟。

好似争减啲嘢 [Cantonese, simp.]
hou² ci⁵ zaang¹ gam² di¹ je⁵ [Jyutping]

(dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Jin, dialectal Min, Southern Wu) to lack; to be missing; still have; remaining


隑

Many Wu lects pronounce this term as /ŋe/, which is derived from lenition of 徛 (/ɡe/)

(Wu, chiefly Southern, Western and Linshao Wu) to stand


蠶豆

/t͡sʰän³⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sʰaːm²¹ tɐu̯²²⁻³⁵/

/tʰam²² eu³²⁻³²⁵/

/ˈt͡sʰɵn²⁴ tʰɛu¹¹/

/t͡sieŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾nɑu²⁴²/

/t͡sʰam²⁴⁻¹¹ tau³³/

/t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² tau⁴¹/

/t͡sʰam²³⁻³³ tau³³/

/t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² tau²²/

/t͡sʰan²⁴⁻¹¹ tau³³/

/t͡sʰan¹³⁻²² tau²²/

/t͡sʰan²³⁻³³ tau³³/

/t͡sʰõĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tau¹¹/

/t͡san¹³ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹/

/d̥͡z̥an¹¹ tɘu̯³/

/t͡sʰän³⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sʰaːm²¹ tɐu̯²²⁻³⁵/

/tʰam²² eu³²⁻³²⁵/

/ˈt͡sʰɵn²⁴ tʰɛu¹¹/

/t͡sieŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾nɑu²⁴²/

/t͡sʰam²⁴⁻¹¹ tau³³/

/t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² tau⁴¹/

/t͡sʰam²³⁻³³ tau³³/

/t͡sʰam²⁴⁻²² tau²²/

/t͡sʰan²⁴⁻¹¹ tau³³/

/t͡sʰan¹³⁻²² tau²²/

/t͡sʰan²³⁻³³ tau³³/

/t͡sʰõĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tau¹¹/

/t͡san¹³ təu̯²¹⁻¹¹/

/d̥͡z̥an¹¹ tɘu̯³/


落堂

/lɔːk̚² tʰɔːŋ²¹/

/l̃oʔ⁵⁻³³ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾louŋ⁵³/

/loʔ⁴⁻² tɯŋ⁵⁵/

/lɔːk̚² tʰɔːŋ²¹/

/l̃oʔ⁵⁻³³ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾louŋ⁵³/

/loʔ⁴⁻² tɯŋ⁵⁵/

(Cantonese, Eastern Min, Leizhou Min, Teochew, Southern Wu) to finish class


包蘿

包萝
包羅
苞蘿
波羅
菠羅
菠蘿

/pɑu³³ luɤ⁵⁵/

/pɑu³³ luɤ⁵⁵/

(Huizhou, Northern Min, dialectal Eastern Min, dialectal Southern Wu) corn; maize


病兒

(Southern Wu, Huizhou) to have morning sickness


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


麻雀兒

/ma²¹ t͡ɕʰyɚ²¹⁻⁵⁵/

/ma²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰuər⁵/

/mɑ²² t͡ɕʰiɔ⁵⁵ əl²¹/

/ma²¹ t͡ɕʰyɚ²¹⁻⁵⁵/

/ma²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰuər⁵/

/mɑ²² t͡ɕʰiɔ⁵⁵ əl²¹/

(dialectal Mandarin, Huizhou, Southern Wu, Hangzhounese) sparrow


水牯

/ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ ku⁴¹/

/ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ ku⁴¹/

(Guiyang Mandarin, Changsha Xiang, Southern Wu, Huizhou) male water buffalo


信肉

/sɵn³³ jʊk̚²⁻³⁵/

/sɵn³³ jʊk̚²/

/ɕin⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ŋiʊk̚¹/

/seŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ nek̚⁴/

/sɵn³³ jʊk̚²⁻³⁵/

/sɵn³³ jʊk̚²/

/ɕin⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ŋiʊk̚¹/

/seŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ nek̚⁴/

(dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew, Pinghua, Southern Wu) written letter in an envelope


六月天

lah⁷ guei⁵ ting¹ [Phonetic:lah⁶ guei⁵ ling¹]

/lak̚⁴⁻³² ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/

/lak̚⁴⁻³² ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/

/lak̚²⁴⁻² ɡə(ʔ)²⁴⁻² tʰĩ³³/

/lak̚⁴⁻³² ɡue(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/

/lak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡue(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/

/lak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ e(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/

/lak̚⁴⁻³² ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/

/lak̚⁴⁻³² ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/

/lak̚²⁴⁻² ɡə(ʔ)²⁴⁻² tʰĩ³³/

/lak̚⁴⁻³² ɡue(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/

/lak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡue(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/

/lak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ e(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/

(Hokkien, Puxian Min, Southern Wu) summer (especially the hottest part of summer during the sixth month of the lunar calendar)