嚿

Han character

嚿 (radical 30 口+18, 21 strokes, cangjie input 口廿人X (RTOX), composition ⿰口舊)

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 口 (“mouth; vernacular”) + phonetic 舊 (OC *ɡʷɯs).

Etymology

Bai (1980) derives this word from 䊆 (MC ɡɨu^X).

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Pronunciation

Definitions

嚿

1. (Cantonese) Classifier for pieces or chunks. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

   一嚿泥 / 一𫩥泥 [Cantonese]  ―  jat¹ gau⁶ nai⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  a clod of earth

   呢嚿肉 / 呢𫩥肉 [Cantonese]  ―  nei¹ gau⁶ juk⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  this piece of meat

2. (Cantonese, colloquial) Classifier for money: hundred dollars

   三嚿水 / 三𫩥水 [Cantonese]  ―  saam¹ gau⁶ seoi² [Jyutping]  ―  three hundred bucks

   呢度食餐晏都要幾嚿㗎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   呢度食餐晏都要几𫩥㗎。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   Nei¹ dou⁶ sik⁶ caan¹ aan³ dou¹ jiu³ gei² gau⁶ gaa³. [Jyutping]

   Lunch costs a few hundred here.