| wait; look towards; turn one's back on | draw back corners of mouth; child's cry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad.(佇咧) | 佇 | 咧 | |
| simp.(伫咧) | 伫 | 咧 | |
| alternative forms | |||
From佇(tī, tǐr,“at”) +塊 /块(tè, tèr,“place”); written as在處 inTale of the Lychee Mirror (Lien, 2015). CompareCantonese喺度(hai2 dou6).
佇咧
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal(Written Standard Chinese) | 正在,刻正 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 正在,在 |
| Taiwan | 正在,在 | |
| Malaysia | 正在,在 | |
| Singapore | 正在,在 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 在 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 喺度,喺處,響度,響處 |
| Hong Kong | 喺度,喺處,響度,響處 | |
| Singapore(Guangfu) | 喺度 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli(N. Sixian) | 當,在該,當在 |
| Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) | 當,在該 | |
| Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) | 當,在該 | |
| Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) | 當,在該 | |
| Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) | 當,在該 | |
| Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 正在,在遐 | |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 著𡅏,𡅏 |
| Fuqing | 著𡅏 | |
| Singapore(Fuqing) | 著𡅏 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 佇咧,咧,當咧,拄咧,拄佇咧 |
| Quanzhou | 佇咧,咧,當咧,拄咧,拄佇咧 | |
| Zhangzhou | 咧,當咧,拄咧,當時 | |
| Tainan | 佇咧,咧,當咧 | |
| Penang(Hokkien) | 佇 | |
| Klang(Hokkien) | 壏咧 | |
| Singapore(Hokkien) | 佇,佇咧 | |
| Manila(Hokkien) | 佇咧,咧 | |
| Shantou | 在 | |
| Shantou(Chaoyang) | 在 | |
| Singapore(Teochew) | 在 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 垃,垃垃,垃拉,垃海,垃該 |
| Ningbo | 來,來的,來該,來當,來東,來勒 | |
| Wenzhou | 是,是搭 | |
佇咧