# 啫

| 啫 | U+556B, &#21867; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-556B |
| ← 啪 [U+556A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 啬 → [U+556C] |

## Translingual
### Han character

啫 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口十大日 (RJKA), composition ⿰口者)

#### Derived characters

* 𣾻

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 201, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 636, character 4
* Unihan data for U+556B

## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zē (ze$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄜ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ze$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zē
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ze
*** Wade–Giles: tsê$^1$
*** Yale: dzē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tze
*** Palladius: цзэ (czɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɤ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ze$^1$
*** Yale: jē
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dze$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zé$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɛː⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

啫
* (Cantonese) sentence final particle: only; just; simply; merely
    From: 陳慧嫻, 紅茶館
    nei$^5$ mou$^5$ neoi$^5$ pang$^4$ jau$^5$? gang$^2$ hai$^6$ m$^4$ seon$^3$ laa$^1$!...... waak$^6$ ze$^2$ jau$^5$. nei$^5$ m$^4$ zi$^1$ ze$^1$. [Jyutping]
    You don't have a girlfriend? Of course I don't believe you! ... Maybe you do have one, but you just don't know it.
* (Cantonese) Used to form critical questions.
       nei$^5$ kam$^4$ jat$^6$ heoi$^3$ zo$^2$ bin$^1$ ze$^1$? [Jyutping]
       Where exactly did you go yesterday?
    你想點啫？／你想点啫？ [Cantonese] ― nei$^5$ soeng$^2$ dim$^2$ ze$^1$? [Jyutping] ― What do you want?
* (Cantonese) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
       hou$^2$ coi$^2$ mou$^5$ si$^6$ ze$^1$. [Jyutping]
       At least nothing happened.

#### Synonyms

* (only):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 而已, 云爾 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 而已, 罷了 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 罷了 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 而已 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 罷了 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 而已 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 罷了 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 啫, 咋, 之嘛 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 啫, 咋, 之嘛 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 啫, 之嘛 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 之嘛, 咋 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 之嘛, 逸, 咿 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 之嘛, 咋 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 啫, 之嘛 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 定定 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 定定 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 定定, 定 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 忒等 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 定定 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 定 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 爾爾, 爾 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 爾爾, 爾 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 爾爾, 爾 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 爾爾 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 爾 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 爾, 爾爾 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 定 |

#### See also

* 唧 (jī)

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 啫 – see 脧 (“penis; to reduce”). (This character is a variant form of 脧).

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 啫 – see 嗜 (“to be addicted to; to indulge in; to have weakness for; to covet”). (This character is a variant form of 嗜).

### Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From 追?”)

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): zoe$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zoe$^1$
*** Yale: jēu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoe$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zê$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sœː⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

啫
* (Cantonese) to target, to annoy someone verbally
    啫住 [Cantonese] ― zoe$^1$ zyu$^6$ [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhě (zhe$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ze$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhě
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhě
*** Wade–Giles: chê$^3$
*** Yale: jě
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jee
*** Palladius: чжэ (čžɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ze$^1$
*** Yale: jē
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dze$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zé$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɛː⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

啫
* Only used in 啫喱／啫哩 (zhělī, “jelly”).