啱啱

啱啱

Chinese

simp. and trad. (啱啱)		啱	啱
variant forms		岩岩 nonstandard

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaam¹ ngaam¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ngam¹ ngam¹
• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): ngam¹ ngam¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaam¹ ngaam¹
    • Yale: ngāam ngāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaam¹ ngaam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngam¹ ngam¹
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋäːm⁵⁵ ŋäːm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngam¹ ngam¹
    • IPA: /ŋam⁴⁴ ŋam⁴⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngam¹ ngam¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngam ngam
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋam³³⁻²³ ŋam³³/

Adverb

啱啱

(Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew)

1. just; just now; a moment ago

   佢哋啱啱走咗。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   Keoi⁵ dei⁶ ngaam¹ ngaam¹ zau² zo². [Jyutping]

   They have just gone.

2. barely

Synonyms

• (just now):

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Synonyms of 啱啱

前拄仔 (Min Nan) 剛剛／刚刚 (gānggāng) 剛才／刚才 (gāngcái) 啱先 (Cantonese, Hakka) 啱啱 (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew) 才 (cái) (Min Nan) 拄 (zhǔ) (Min Nan) 拄仔 (Min Nan) 拄仔才 (Min Nan)

拄才 (Min Nan) 拄拄 (Min Nan) 拄拄仔 (Min Nan) 盡拄仔／尽拄仔 (Min Nan) 站仔 (Min Nan) 頭下／头下 (Hakka) 頭先／头先 (tóuxiān) (Cantonese, Hakka, Min Nan) 頭拄仔／头拄仔 (Min Nan) 頭站仔／头站仔 (Min Nan)

• (barely): 剛剛／刚刚 (gānggāng)