啱

啱	U+5571, 啱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5571

← 啰
[U+5570]

CJK Unified Ideographs

啲 →
[U+5572]

Translingual

Han character

啱 (radical 30 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口山一口 (RUMR), composition ⿰口岩)

References

KangXi: not present, would follow page 196, character 26

Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 1, page 641, character 8

Unihan data for U+5571

Chinese

simp. and trad.		啱

Etymology

Tai-Kadai substrate word (Li, 1990). Compare Zhuang ngamq (“just; exactly; only”).

Alternatively, some postulate that this is derived from 諳 (am1, “to know; familiar with”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yán (yan²)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yán
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ
  - Wade-Giles: yen²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngaam¹
  - Yale: ngāam
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngaam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngam¹
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋɑːm⁵⁵/

Definitions

啱

(Cantonese)

correct, right
to fit; to be appropriate; to be suitable

啱細路仔飲 / 啱细路仔饮 [Cantonese] ― ngaam¹ sai³ lou⁶ zai² jam² [Jyutping] ― suitable for consumption by children
just now; a moment ago

啱啱 [Cantonese] ― ngaam¹ ngaam¹ [Jyutping] ― just now; just
by chance; coincidentally

Compounds

剛啱／刚啱
咁啱
咁啱嘅
咁啱得咁巧
唔啱
唔啱嗲
唔啱嘴形
唔啱講到啱／唔啱讲到啱
啱feel
啱key
啱使
啱傾／啱倾
啱先
啱去

啱口味
啱啱
啱啱好
啱啱線／啱啱线
啱啱落地
啱嗲
啱嘴型
啱嘴形
啱好
啱心水
啱晒
啱晒你
啱牙

啱睇
啱聽／啱听
啱身
啱食
啱飲／啱饮
夾啱／夹啱
湊啱／凑啱
湊啱條數／凑啱条数
真啱
睇啱
碰啱
計啱條數／计啱条数
遇啱

Vietnamese

Han character

啱 (nhàm)

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