# 代誌
## Chinese
### Etymology

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Relation with Eastern Min 事計 / 事计 (dâi-gié)?”

### Pronunciation

* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dai$^5$ zi$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-chì
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: dai$^5$ zi$^4$ [Phonetic: dai$^1$ li$^4$]
*** Sinological IPA : /tai²¹⁻⁵⁵ $^{(t͡s-)}$li⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Kinmen, Singapore, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-chì
*** Tâi-lô: tāi-tsì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: daixcix
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /tai²²⁻²¹ t͡si²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ t͡si¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ t͡si²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /tai⁴¹⁻²² t͡si⁴¹/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /tai²²⁻¹² t͡si¹²/

### Noun

代誌
* (Hokkien, Puxian Min) affair; matter (Classifier: 項／项; 件)
       Siáⁿ-mi̍h tāi-chì? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       What's the matter?
       Tāi-chì tōa-tiâu--ah. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       We've got big trouble.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 事 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 事情, 事 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 事兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 事 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 事 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 事情, 事 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 事兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 事情, 事 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 事情, 事 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 事情, 事 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 事情, 事 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 事情, 事 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 事 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 事, 事幹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 事, 事幹 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 事, 事幹 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 事 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 事 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 事 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 事 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 事情, 事 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 事情 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 事情 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 事情 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 事情 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 事情 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 事情 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 事情, 事 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 事 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 事計, 事 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 事計 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 事計 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 代誌, 物件 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 代誌 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 代誌 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 代誌 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 代誌 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 代誌, 物件 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 事 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 代誌 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 代誌 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 代誌 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 代誌 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 代誌 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 代誌 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 代誌 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 代誌 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 代誌 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 代誌 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 代誌 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 代誌 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 代誌 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 代誌 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 事 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 事 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 事 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 事 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 事 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 事 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 事 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 事 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 事體, 代誌, 出數 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 事體, 代誌 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 事體, 代誌 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 事體, 代誌 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 事體, 代誌, 出數 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 事體, 代誌 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 事體, 代誌 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 事幹 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 事體 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 事體 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 花頭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 事體 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 事體, 事幹 dated |
| Wu | Zhoushan | 事體, 事幹 dated |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 事幹 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 路徑, 路, 路子徑, 路子, 事 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 道路, 事 |

### References

* “(#)”, in 臺灣閩南語按呢寫‎, Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2013.
* “Entry #1380”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
* 劉建仁 (2013 January 13) “代誌（tai⊦-tsiʟ）──事情”, in 台灣話的語源與理據 (in Chinese), retrieved 2017-08-01