佇咧

Chinese

		wait; look towards; turn one's back on	draw back corners of mouth; child's cry
trad. (佇咧)		佇	咧
simp. (伫咧)		伫	咧
alt. forms		在咧置咧治咧佇啲／伫啲

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): tī-le̍h / tǐr-lér / tī-leh / tī-teh

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tī-le̍h
  - Tâi-lô: tī-le̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dixleh
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ti²²⁻²¹ leʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǐr-lér
  - Tâi-lô: tǐr-lér
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɯ²² lə⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tī-leh
  - Tâi-lô: tī-leh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dixleq
  - IPA (Taipei): /ti³³⁻¹¹ leʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti³³⁻²¹ leʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tī-teh
  - Tâi-lô: tī-teh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dixdeq
  - IPA (Taipei): /ti³³⁻¹¹ teʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti³³⁻²¹ teʔ³²/

Adverb

佇咧

(Min Nan) in the process of; currently

我佇咧食飯。 / 我伫咧食饭。 [Taiwanese] ― Góa tī-leh chia̍h-pn̄g. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― I'm eating.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 正在 (“in the process of; currently”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		正在
Mandarin	Beijing	正在
Cantonese	Guangzhou	緊
Min Nan	Taipei	佇咧、咧

Verb

佇咧

(Min Nan) to exist, to be (in a place)

伊有佇咧無？ / 伊有伫咧无？ [Taiwanese] ― I ū tī-leh bô? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― Is she/he here?
- 願主耶穌的恩典佮眾聖徒相佮佇咧。亞孟。 [Min Nan, trad.]
  愿主耶稣的恩典佮众圣徒相佮伫咧。亚孟。 [Min Nan, simp.]
  From: 巴克禮譯本 (Barclay Amoy Romanized Bible), 啟示錄 (Revelation) 22:21
  Goān Chú Ia-so͘ ê un-tián kap chèng sèng-tô͘ saⁿ-kap tī-teh. À-bēng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  May the grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen.

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