阿合

阿合

Chinese

		(phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.) (phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together
simp. and trad. (阿合)		阿	合

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from Malay agak (“to guess”).

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): a-gah / a-kah

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-gah
    • Tâi-lô: a-gah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: a'gaq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ ɡaʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² ɡaʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-kah
    • Tâi-lô: a-kah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: a'kaq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² kaʔ³²/

Verb

阿合

1. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to estimate; to assess; to guess

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 阿合

估計／估计 (gūjì) 估量 (gūliáng) 假想 (jiǎxiǎng) 商量 (shāngliàng) (Classical Chinese) 想象 (xiǎngxiàng) 懷疑／怀疑 (huáiyí) 打估 (Pinghua) 推想 (tuīxiǎng) 推測／推测 (tuīcè) 揣度 (chuǎiduó) (formal) 母量 (Gan) 派胚 (Min Nan) 測／测 (cè) (literary, or in compounds)

測算／测算 (cèsuàn) 猜度 (cāiduó) 猜想 (cāixiǎng) 猜測／猜测 (cāicè) 算計／算计 (suànjì) 約摸／约摸 (yuēmo) 臭疑 (Min Nan) 臭青疑 (Min Nan) 虛擬／虚拟 (xūnǐ) 設想／设想 (shèxiǎng) 青疑 (Min Nan) 預計／预计 (yùjì)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 阿合 – see 阿佮 (“together; jointly; in collaboration”). (This term, 阿合, is the simplified form of 阿佮.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.