# lài-tah
## Hokkien

* lài-tah (Southern Min)

### Etymology

From Japanese ライター (raitā), from English lighter.

### Pronunciation

* (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lài-tah
** Tâi-lô: lài-tah
** Phofsit Daibuun: lae'daq
** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lai²¹⁻⁴¹ taʔ³²/
** IPA (Taipei): /lai¹¹⁻⁵³ taʔ³²/

### Noun

lài-tah
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) lighter (fire making device)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 打火機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 打火機, 自來火兒, 自來火 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 打火機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 打火機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 打火機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 打火機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 打火機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 打火機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 打火機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 打火機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 打火機, 火機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 打火機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 打火機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 打火機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 打火機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 打火機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 打火機 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 打火兒機, 自來火兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 打火機, 自來火兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 打火機, 自來火兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 打火機, 自來火兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 打火機, 自來火 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 打火機 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 打火機, 自來火 dated |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 打火機 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 打火機 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 打火機 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 打火機, 自來火兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 打火機, 自來火, 火機子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 打火機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 打火機, 自來火 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 打火機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 打火機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 打火機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 打火機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 打火機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 打火機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 打火機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 打火機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 打火機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 打火機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 打火機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 打火機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 打火機, 自來火 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 打火機 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 打火機 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 打火機, 自來火 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 打火機 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 打火機 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 打火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 打火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 打火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 打火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 打火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 打火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 打火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 打火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 打火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 打火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 打火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 打火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 打火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 打火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 打火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 打火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 打火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 打火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 打火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 打火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 打火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 打火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 火機, 打火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 打火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 打火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 打火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 火機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 火機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 打火機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 打火機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 打火機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 打火機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 打火機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 打火機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 打火機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 打火機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 打火機, 火機 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 打火機, 火機 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 打火機, 火機 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 火柴雞 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 火雞 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 火雞 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 火雞 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 火雞 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 賴打, 打火機 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 賴打, 打火機 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 賴打, 打火機 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 打火機, 賴打 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 打火機, 賴打 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 打火機, 賴打 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 打火機 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 打火機 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 打火機, 自來火 |
| Jin | Datong | 自來火兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 打火機 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 打火機, 自來火兒 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 打火機 |
| Jin | Linhe | 打火機 |
| Jin | Jining | 打火機 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 打火機 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 打火機, 自來火 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 打火機 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 打火機, 自來火 |
| Jin | Handan | 打火機 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 打火機 |
| Jin | Suide | 打火機 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 火鍥 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 拍火機 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 火揭, 火揭仔, 火刀揭仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 火石仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 賴打 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 賴打, 火切仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 賴打 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 賴打 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 賴打 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 揭石仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 火石仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 火石仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 賴打 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 拍火機, 火機 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 拍火機 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 拍火機 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 火機 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 火機 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 火機, 拍火雞 |

### References

* “Entry #20447”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
* 張裕宏 (Tiuⁿ, Jû-hông), editor (2009), “lài-tah”, in TJ台語白話小詞典 [TJ's Dictionary of Non-Literary Taiwanese] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Tainan: 亞細亞國際傳播社, →ISBN, page 322.