# 嘞

| 嘞 | U+561E, &#22046; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-561E |
| ← 嘝 [U+561D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嘟 → [U+561F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嘞 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口廿十尸 (RTJS), composition ⿰口勒)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 206, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4234
* Dae Jaweon: page 429, character 20
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 673, character 11
* Unihan data for U+561E

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

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lē (le$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄜ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lē
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: le
*** Wade–Giles: lê$^1$
*** Yale: lē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhe
*** Palladius: лэ (lɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /lɤ⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

嘞
* Used in 嘞嘞.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lei (lei$^5$／lei$^0$)
    (Zhuyin): ˙ㄌㄟ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lei
*** Zhuyin: ˙ㄌㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: le̊i
*** Wade–Giles: lei$^5$
*** Yale: lei
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .lei
*** Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /leɪ̯/

#### Definitions

嘞
* Alternative pronunciation of the particle 了.
** 1999, 瓊瑤, 24:46 from the start, in 還珠格格第二部, episode 28, 陳惠卿 (actor):
       Zhēn shi tài hǎo lei. Tā zhēn de tīngjiàn le. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* Synonym of 呢 (“sentence-final particle indicating continuation of an action or state”).
** 2014, 映雪, 女研楼的爱情故事‎:
       Kuài lái chī fàn ba, wǒmen zhèng děng nǐ lei. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* Synonym of 呢 (“used to stress a declaration”).
       Wǒmen hǎo zhe lei! Cái bù yòng nà ge rén guǎn. [Pinyin]
       We're good! We're of definitely no need to be managed by that person.
* Synonym of 呢 (“a question-forming particle”).
** 2024, 左耀元, 夢幻病‎:
       “Ài chī yú de gǒu, kàn guò ma? Gēn tā lǎobà yī yàng.” Tàishān shuō. “Nǐ zài shuō nǐ háishì xiàozhǎng?” “Nǐ shuō lei?” [Pinyin]
       ‘A dog that loves eating fish, have you seen this? Just like his dad’, Taishan says. ‘Are you talking about you or the principal?’ ‘What do you think?’

#### Usage notes

Also used in 好嘞 (hǎo lei, “sure”).

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): laak$^3$ / lak$^3$ / laa$^3$ / laa$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: laak$^3$ / lak$^3$ / laa$^3$ / laa$^1$
*** Yale: laak / lak / la / lā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: laak$^8$ / lak$^8$ / laa$^3$ / laa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lag$^3$ / leg$^3$ / la$^3$ / la$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /laːk̚³/, /lɐk̚³/, /laː³³/, /laː⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

嘞
* (Cantonese) final particle used for polite refusal
* (Cantonese) Used at the end of a sentence for confirmation.
    係嘞。／系嘞。 [Guangzhou Cantonese] ― hai$^6$ laak$^3$. [Jyutping] ― Indeed it is.

#### See also

* (Cantonese) 啦 (laa1), 喇 (laa3)

#### Compounds

* 得嘞

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): leh
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: leh
*** Tâi-lô: leh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: leq
*** IPA (Xiamen): /leʔ³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /leʔ⁵/

#### Verb

嘞
* (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, intransitive) to weaken (of one's intent, vigor, etc.)
* (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) underweight (of something weighed)

### Etymology 5

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to 息 sak1 in Standard Cantonese?”)

#### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

#### Definitions

嘞
* (Shunde Cantonese) great-grandson

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 曾孫, 曾孫子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 曾孫兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 曾孫 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 重孫子, 重孫兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 曾孫 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 重孫, 重孫子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 重孫子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 重孫子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 重孫 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 重孫 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 重孫子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 重孫兒, 重孫, 曾孫兒, 曾孫, 四世孫兒, 四世孫 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 重孫子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 重孫, 男重孫 † |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 重孫子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 灰灰兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 重孫子, 重孫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 重孫孫, 重孫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 重孫子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 息子, 息, 重孫, 息崽 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 重重, 重孫 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 重孫子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 重孫兒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 息 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 息 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 息 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 息 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 息 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 息 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 息 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 息 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 息 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 息 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 息 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 息 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 息 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 嘞 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 息 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 息 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 息 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 息 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 息 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 息 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 息 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 息 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 息 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 息 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 息 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 息 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 息 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 息 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 息, 息仔 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 息 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 息仔 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 息 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 息 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 息 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 息 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 息 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 息仔 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 息仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 息仔 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 息 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 息 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 息 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 息 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 息 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 息仔 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 息 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 息 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 息 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 息 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 息, 息仔 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 息, 息仔 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 息 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 息 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 曾孫 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 息 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 息 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 曾孫子, 曾孫 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 曾孫崽, 曾孫 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 曾孫 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 息仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 息哩 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 阿息 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 息仔 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 息仔 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 息孫 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 息子 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 息哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 息哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 息哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 息哩 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 阿息 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 息子 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 息子 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 息仔 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 息子 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 息 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 息 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 息仔 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 重孫 |
| Hakka | Changting | 息嫲哩 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 息嫲子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 息子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 息子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 息哩 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 息孫 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 曾孫, 息孫 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 重孫 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 曾孫 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 玄孫 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 曾孫 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 曾孫 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 曾孫 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 息仔, 息嫲 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 息仔, 息嫲 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 息仔, 息嫲 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 息, 息嫲 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 息仔, 息嫲 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 曾孫, 玄孫 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 息 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 息 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 息仔 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 息 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 息 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 倈 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 息 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 息 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 息子 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 孫息, 息子 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 息孫 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 曾孫 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 重孫 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 息仔 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 息 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 孫息 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 息孫 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 重孫 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 重孫子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 重孫 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 息仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 曾孫 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 橄欖孫 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 橄欖孫 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 橄欖孫 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 橄欖孫 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 橄欖孫 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 橄欖孫 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 橄欖孫 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 橄欖孫 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 橄欖孫 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 橄欖孫 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 橄欖孫 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 橄欖孫 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 橄欖孫 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 橄欖孫 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 橄欖孫 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 橄欖孫 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 橄欖孫 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 橄欖孫 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 息仔 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 重孫 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 重孫 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 橄欖孫 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 息 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 息, 妰𡝃息 † |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 息 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 孫息, 息仔, 重孫仔 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 重孫子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 曾孫, 玄孫 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 玄孫 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 玄孫 |
| Wu | Danyang | 重孫 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 重孫 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 重孫 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 玄孫 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 玄孫 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 曾孫子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 曾孫 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 重孫, 息崽 |
| Note | † - distinguishes male gender from gender-neutral term | † - distinguishes male gender from gender-neutral term |

### Etymology 6

* For pronunciation and definitions of 嘞 – see 辣 (“to be at; at; in; be... -ing”). (This character is a variant form of 辣).

### References

* (Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ろく (roku)

## Korean
### Hanja

嘞 • (reuk) (hangeul 륵, revised reuk, McCune–Reischauer rŭk)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

嘞: Hán Nôm readings: dốc
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#### References

* Nom Foundation