佇咧

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
variant forms		在咧 置咧 治咧 佇啲／伫啲

Pronunciation

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

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• 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/
  • (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǐ-lé
    • Tâi-lô: tǐ-lé
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /ti³³⁻²² le⁵⁵⁴/

Adverb

佇咧

1. (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、刻正
Mandarin	Beijing	正在、在
	Taiwan	正在、在
Cantonese	Guangzhou	喺度、喺處、緊 >
	Hong Kong	喺度、喺處、緊 >
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	當、在該、當在
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	當、在該
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	當、在該
	Dongshi (Dabu)	當、在該
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	當、在該
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	正在、在遐
Min Nan	Xiamen	佇咧、咧、當咧、拄咧、拄佇咧
	Quanzhou	佇咧、咧、當咧、拄咧、拄佇咧
	Zhangzhou	咧、當咧、拄咧
	Taipei	佇咧、咧、當咧
	Philippines (Manila)	佇咧、咧
	Shantou	在
Note	> - after verb

Verb

佇咧

1. (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.