佇咧

Chinese

wait; look towards; turn one's back on draw back corners of mouth; child's cry
trad. (佇咧)
simp. (伫咧)
alternative forms
 
在咧
置咧
治咧
佇啲伫啲
佇塊伫块
在咧
置咧
治咧
佇啲伫啲
佇塊伫块
治塊治块
著塊著块
箸塊箸块
在處在处 obsolete

Etymology

From (tī, tǐr, at) + (tè, tèr, place); written as 在處 in Tale of the Lychee Mirror (Lien, 2015). Compare Cantonese 喺度 (hai2 dou6).

Pronunciation

  • Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): tī-le̍h / tǐr-lér / tī-leh / tī-teh / tǐ-lé / tǐ-té

Adverb

佇咧

  1. (Min Nan) in the process of; currently
    佇咧食飯伫咧食饭 [Taiwanese Hokkien]   Góa tī-leh chia̍h-pn̄g. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]   I'm eating.

Synonyms

Verb

佇咧

  1. (Min Nan) to exist, to be (in a place)
    佇咧伫咧 [Taiwanese Hokkien]   I ū tī-leh bô? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]   Is she/he here?
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