# 啱先
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngaam$^1$ sin$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngam$^2$ lhen$^{1*}$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ngam$^1$ xiên$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngaam$^1$ sin$^1$
*** Yale: ngāam sīn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngaam$^1$ sin$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngam$^1$ xin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋaːm⁵⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ngam$^2$ lhen$^{1*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵑɡam⁵⁵ ɬen³³⁻³³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ngam$^1$ xiên$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋam⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/

### Adverb

啱先
* (Cantonese, Hakka) just; just now; a moment ago
* (Dongguan Cantonese) by chance

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 剛才, 方才, 適才, 剛剛, 剛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 剛才, 才剛, 將才 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 剛才, 剛剛, 剛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 才剛兒, 頭先, 頭前兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 剛才 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 剛才, 剛剛, 剛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 剛才, 剛剛的 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 剛打剛兒, 剛剛兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 才剛, 才剛剛兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 剛剛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 剛才 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 才才 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 才剛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 剛才, 才剛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 剛才, 剛剛, 剛, 剛頭兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 才剛, 剛才, 剛剛, 剛, 先頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 才剛, 剛才, 才一路, 才路, 一路 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 頭先, 啱先 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 剛才, 才剛, 剛剛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 剛才, 才剛, 剛剛, 剛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 剛才 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 頭先, 求先, 啱先, 啱啱, 先頭, 正話, 疇先 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 頭先, 求先, 啱先, 啱啱, 先頭, 正話 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 正就 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 頭先, 啱啱, 啱先, 正話 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 啱啱 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 啱啱 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 剛啱, 舊家 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 舊先 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 啱啱 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 啱青 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 頭先, 正話 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 啱啱 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蚊蚊, 啱先, 啱啱 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 頭先 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 頭先, 啱先 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 啱先 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 啱啱, 正話 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 頭先, 啱啱 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 剛腳, 一腳 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 剛腳 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 頭先, 啱先, 啱啱 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 先頭, 頭先 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 正先 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 正先 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 早先 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 頭先 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 正先 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 啱啱 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 早回 |
| Hakka | Changting | 頭先 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 頭間 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 正 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 當頭 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 正 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 剛正哩 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 頭先, 頭下 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 頭先, 頭下 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 頭先, 頭下 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 頭先, 頭下 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 頭先, 頭下 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 頭先, 頭下 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 頭先 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 啱 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 啱先 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 正先 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 剛才, 剛剛, 剛之 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 剛才, 剛剛 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 頃先, 頃, 頃頃 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 頭先, 頭先早, 連眼, 連刻, 矢文 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 頭先, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔, 拄才, 拄仔才, 頭拄仔, 拄 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 頭先, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔, 拄才, 拄仔才, 頭拄仔, 頭站仔, 拄 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 頭先, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔, 拄才, 拄仔才, 頭拄仔, 前拄仔, 盡拄仔, 拄 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 拄才 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 拄才 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 拄才 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 拄拄仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 拄仔才 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 頭陣仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 頭拄仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 拄仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 拄才 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 麻汝, 耽仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 麻汝, 頭先, 頭早 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 站仔, 頭站仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 頭陣, 同早, 同旰 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 剛才 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 同早, 同旰, 頭先, 同陣, 頭陣, 自早 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 同旰 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 麻汝, 頭先, 同早 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 當奉囝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 頭先, 開頭, 啱啱, 啱先 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 啱先, 頭先, 幾早, 頭幾早 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 剛剛, 剛, 剛正, 開開 dated, 客客 dated, 方才 dated |
| Wu | Suzhou | 剛剛, 剛剛頭, 剛巧 |
| Wu | Danyang | 剛才, 剛剛 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 剛剛 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 剛剛 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 頭前, 頭先, 頭兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 剛才, 才剛, 嚴剛 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 剛剛 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 當好, 才當 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 會, 適 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 恰巧, 恰好, 恰恰, 碰巧, 剛好, 剛巧, 正好, 正巧, 趕巧, 湊巧 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 正好, 碰巧, 可可兒的 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 正好兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 正巧 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 碰巧兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 正巧兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 碰巧 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 正巧兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 正好, 剛好, 碰巧, 湊巧 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 趕巧兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 碰巧, 湊巧 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 正好兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 剛, 妙, 可妙, 湊妙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 正好, 剛好, 剛好兒, 妙的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 正好 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 驗好, 驗好兒, 驗巧, 適巧 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 湊巧, 恰巧 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 將巧 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 剛好, 正好, 剛巧, 正巧, 碰巧, 正, 將好兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 端端, 剛好, 將好, 恰好, 恰恰 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 正巧, 恰恰, 神神 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 恰巧, 湊巧, 碰巧 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 剛好, 恰恰的 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 扣到, 扣扣, 正, 碰巧 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 正, 將將 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 剛好, 剛剛好, 齊巧, 正好, 將好 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 碰巧 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 正好, 將好, 碰巧 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 碰啱, 撞啱, 湊啱, 啱好, 啱, 啱啱, 啱啱好, 啱啱線 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 咁啱, 撞啱, 碰啱, 啱啱 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 啱啱 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 啱啱好 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 啱好 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 啱啱好 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 啱啱 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 啱算 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 啱算 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 啱啱 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 碰啱 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 啱啱好 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 啱先 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 哏好, 啱 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 啱好, 啱啱 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 合適, 碰巧 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 剛好 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 嵌嵌, 嵌嵌仔, 嵌好, 合式, 緊光 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 啱好, 啱啱 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 啱啱 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 啱算 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 啱啱 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 將好, 剛好 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 堵好, 堵堵好 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 堵好, 堵堵好 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 堵好, 堵堵好 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 堵好, 堵堵好 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 堵好, 堵堵好 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 堵好, 堵堵好 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 剛好 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 剛好, 可可底, 正好, 正巧 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 正好, 嵌好, 嵌好好兒, 嵌嵌兒, 可好, 可好好兒, 可可兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 剛巧 |
| Jin | Handan | 正好兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 頃頃好 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 正正好, 堵堵好 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 對對, 拄好, 拄仔好, 注死, 湊拄歁, 千千, 千拄千, 拄巧, 拄拄, 拄拄仔好 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 對對, 拄好, 拄仔好, 湊拄歁, 千千, 千拄千, 拄遷 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 對對, 拄好, 拄仔好, 拄欸好, 注死, 拄, 死病, 湊拄歁, 湊拄歁仔, 湊巧, 湊歁, 湊歁仔, 千千, 千拄千, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 拄好 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 拄好 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 拄好 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 拄好 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 拄好 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 拄好 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 拄好 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 拄仔好 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 拄好 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 堵堵, 堵好, 堵湊 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 堵堵, 堵好 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 湊巧, 恰巧, 堵堵, 啱 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 啱 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 堵彩, 堵堵好, 合合 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 合事, 合合 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 啱, 啱啱 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 正好 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 剛, 齊巧, 正好, 正巧, 剛巧, 剛剛, 剛正好, 剛剛好, 正正好好, 貼正, 貼正好, 恰好, 貼准, 恰恰叫, 恰恰好, 眼眼叫, 眼眼調, 扣揢扣, 碰巧, 湊巧, 齊頭 dated, 齊頭好 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong) | 剛, 剛剛 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Fengxian) | 剛剛好 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jinshan) | 剛剛好, 正好子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Qingpu) | 剛剛好, 恰好 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 正好, 剛, 剛剛 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 剛巧, 剛正, 剛好, 齊巧, 齊頭, 眼眼調 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 齊頭數, 齊巧 |
| Wu | Danyang | 湊巧, 齊巧, 剛好, 正好, 齊巧好 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 剛巧, 正巧, 齊巧 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 剛剛, 扣好, 扣扣, 候扣, 眼眼叫, 齊巧 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 恰兩恰兒, 恰恰兒, 扣扣, 扣門兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 頂對, 正好, 正好兒, 剛好 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 剛合, 如勢, 獨如, 正好, 恰好 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 恰好, 正好 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 正好 |