# 啲

| 啲 | U+5572, &#21874; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5572 |
| ← 啱 [U+5571] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 啳 → [U+5573] |

## Translingual
### Han character

啲 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口竹日戈 (RHAI), composition ⿰口的)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 196, character 26
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 642, character 9
* Unihan data for U+5572

## Chinese
### Etymology 1

* 啲 (Cantonese)
Possibly derived from 滴 (“drop; a very small quantity”). Compare the semantics of 點／点 (diǎn): "drop (of liquid)" > "a little bit". Also compare Zhuang di.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dī (di$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): di$^1$ / dit$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dī
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: di
*** Wade–Giles: ti$^1$
*** Yale: dī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: di
*** Palladius: ди (di)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: di$^1$ / dit$^1$
*** Yale: dī / dīt
*** Cantonese Pinyin: di$^1$ / dit$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: di$^1$ / did$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tiː⁵⁵/, /tiːt̚⁵/

#### Definitions

啲
* (Cantonese) a few; a little bit; some
       hou$^2$ leng$^3$ saang$^1$ gwo$^2$. maai$^5$ di$^1$ laa$^1$, siu$^2$ ze$^2$. [Jyutping]
       Very nice fruits. Buy a few, miss.
       di$^1$ sai$^1$ gwaa$^1$ hou$^2$ tim$^4$. [Jyutping]
       The watermelon is sweet.
       sai$^2$ maai$^4$ di$^1$ saam$^1$ laa$^1$! [Jyutping]
       Finish washing the clothes!
    上海啲嘢食 [Cantonese] ― soeng$^6$ hoi$^2$ di$^1$ je$^5$ sik$^6$ [Jyutping] ― Shanghainese food
* (Cantonese, used after adjectives and certain verbs) a bit; a bit more
       ting$^1$ jat$^6$ jiu$^3$ zou$^2$ di$^1$ hei$^2$ san$^1$. [Jyutping]
       You need to get up earlier tomorrow.
    食快啲啦！ [Cantonese] ― sik$^6$ faai$^3$ di$^1$ laa$^1$! [Jyutping] ― Eat faster!
       zoeng$^1$ toi$^{4-2}$ jiu$^3$ bun$^1$ jap$^6$ di$^1$. [Jyutping]
       The table needs to be moved in a bit.

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 些 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 些 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 些 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 啲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 啲 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 尼 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 啲 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 兜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 兜 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 兜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 兜 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 兜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 兜 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 兜 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 寡 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 寡 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 寡 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 寡 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 寡 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 撮 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 撮 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 撮 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 眼, 點, 些 formal or Mandarin-influenced |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 厘兒 |

##### Compounds

* 借啲意
* 呢啲
* 啲咁多
* 啲啲
* 嗰啲

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): teh
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teh
*** Tâi-lô: teh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: deq
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /teʔ³²/

#### Definitions

啲 (Southern Min)
* Alternative form of 咧 (“-ing”)
    From: 現代台語譯本 (Today's Taiwanese Version), 馬太福音 (Matthew) 14:26
    Bûn-tô͘ khòaⁿ-tio̍h I tī ô͘ ê téng-bīn teh kiâⁿ, chin tio̍h-kiaⁿ, kóng: “Sī kúi!” In kiaⁿ-kah tōa-siaⁿ hoah chhut-lâi. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): di$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: di$^1$
*** Yale: dī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: di$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: di$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tiː⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

啲
* Only used in 啲咑.

### References

* “啲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* 花箋記・（卷三）・十九、主婢看月
* 「尐」字之亂(增修版)