Meta-index to ˉdziŋ ˍdzi (etymologically correct written forms) of Cantonese words[Note 1]
This is a work-in-progress based on a few books I bought. It might contain errors since I did the indexing myself. Key and bibliography are at the end.
ɐ
- ˉɐn,
- to fidget (with one’s feet) (䟴), dz.24
- ˈɐp,
- to apply herbal medicine topically (罨), dz.87
- ˉɐu,
- to experience symptoms of pregnancy (嫗), j.32–34
a
- ˈak,
- to deceive (𧮞), dz.88
- ˉat,
- smell of urine (胺), dz.53
b
- ˍban,
- mud, slip (湴, 埿), dz.55
- ˉbau,
- (of skin cracks) to emerge (㿺), dz.29 s.v. 㿭
- ˉbɐi ˉɐi,
- sad (贔屭), dz.23 s.v. 贔
- ˈbɐŋ, see ˈhɐŋ
- ˉbɛŋ,
- to hide (㔷), dz.14
- ˈbin,
- broad bowl, shallow pan (甂), dz.7
- ˈbou,
- (cooking) pot, to cook (缹, 煲), dz.18
- ˉbu ˉbu ˈdzit, see ˈdzit (to tickle)
- ˍbuk,
- to hide (伏), dz.14 s.v. 㔷, j.32
- ˍbuk ˈnei ˈnei,
- hide-and-seek (伏匿匿), dz.14 s.v. 㔷
- ˍbun,
- to mix (拌), s.5
d
- ˉdat,
- (of land) expansive (𡍲), dz.17
- ˉdɐm,
- to hang (髧), dz.72
- ˈdɐŋ ˍdai ˉdzɛk ˏŋan, see 眅
- ˈdɐp,
- droopy (耷, 𦖿), dz.16
- ˉdɐu,
- nest, den (竇), dz.63
- ˍdɐu,
- ignorant (瞀), dz.68
- person (頭), dz.64
- ˈdœy,
- a kind of pastry (䭔), dz.40
- ˈdik,
- to arrest (a suspect), to transfer (a suspect) (𦉹), dz.33
- to open with fingers, to pick up with fingers (扚), dz.34
- ˈdit,
- a few (尐), dz.48
- ˈduk,
- end, extremity, conclusion (㞘), dz.12
- to stab, to poke, to point (豛), dz.11
- to stand straight (矗), dz.69 s.v. 戙
- ˍduŋ,
- pile mooring (戙), dz.69
dz
- ˊdzan,
- perfectly good (㜺), dz.52
- ˈdzɐt,
- to arrange, to destine (騭), dz.30
- ˈdzik,
- hardworking (毄), dz.21
- ˈdzim,
- gusset (in woodworking) (櫼), dz.26
- ˈdzit,
- to be filled to the brim (𤁢), dz.70 s.v. 㲺
- (of water flow) to look rapid (瀄), dz.70 s.v. 㲺
- to receive (𢩦), dz.71
- to squirt (㲺, 唧), dz.70
- to tickle (㲳), dz.71
- ˍdzou,
- black, soap (皁), dz.28
- ˈdzuk ˈji ˈjɐn,
- hide-and-seek (捉伊人), dz.14 s.v. 㔷
f
- ˉfɐn,
- to be sleepy (睏), dz.45 s.v. 𣱐
- to fall down, to lie down, to drop dead (僨), dz.45 s.v. 𣱐
- to lie down, to be sleepy, to sleep (𣱐), dz.45
- to sleep (困), s.8
- ˉfu,
- to push suddenly by jerking one’s arm or leg (戽), dz.19
g
- ˈgɐi,
- ghost (鬼), dz.80 s.v. 倀
- ˈgɐt,
- to prick (㓤, 簎), dz.67 s.v. 㔆
- ˍgɐu,
- (quantifier, of solid things) blob (䊆), dz.44
- ˈgik,
- quick (悈), dz.65
- ˈgɔ,
- kneecap (䯊), dz.6
- ˉgœk ˈgwa ˍlɔŋ, dz.31–32
- ˈguk,
- to hasten (局), s.8
- ˍguk,
- to bake (焅), s.3
- ˈgwa,
- leg (膼), dz.31
- ˊgwun,
- (of water) boiling (涫), dz.46
- ˈgyn,
- small hole at the bottom of pots, to go through a hole, to move crouched within a cramped space (瓹), dz.60
h
- ˈha,
- shortness of breath (疨, 瘕), dz.51
- ˍhɐn,
- to covet, to desire, to want (𣣻), dz.79
- ˈhɐŋ,
- odour (𣫒), dz.49
- ˈhin ˈha, see ˈha
- ˉhin,
- sticky (芡), dz.15
j
- ˈjɐm,
- fringes, bangs (of hair) (髧), dz.72
- ˈjik,
- (of meat) rotting, (of oils) rancid (膱), dz.42
- ˊjin,
- to show off (衒), dz.3
k
- ˌkɛ,
- to laugh, sounds of laughter (䐘), dz.22
- ˍkɛk,
- sandal (屐), dz.83–84
- ˏkiu,
- to kink, kinked (丩), dz.66
- to twist (繑), dz.66 s.v. 丩
l
- ˍlai,
- to sprinkle as offering (酹), s.5–6
- ˉlap,
- to pull up (擸), dz.59 s.v. 捋
- ˌlɐi,
- to come (來), j.34–35
- ˏlɐu,
- fatty meat (膋), dz.8
- ˌlei,
- to come (來), j.34–35
- ˌlœy,
- big (𡚗), dz.82
- ˈliŋ,
- smart (伶), dz.61
- ˍlɔk,
- to rain (𩂣), dz.76
- ˍlɔŋ,
- muscle (䯖), dz.32
- ˏlou ˍdɐu,
- dad (老頭), dz.63–64
- ˍluk,
- to refine by fire, to cook by pouring of boiling liquid (熝), dz.47
- ˈluŋ,
- hole (竉, 窿), dz.20
- ˍlyt,
- to pull up with a sliding motion (捋), dz.59
m
- ˍmɐn,
- dunt (璺), dz.13
- ˍmik,
- the silk radical (糸), dz.66 s.v. 丩
n
- ˈnei,
- to hide (匿), dz.14 s.v. 㔷
- ˈnɛk,
- very competent (㔹), dz.62
ŋ
- ˏŋan ˊtan ˊtan, see 眅
- ˍŋɐt,
- senile (悈), dz.65
- ˍŋɐu ˍdɐu, dz.68 s.v. 瞀 (ignorant)
p
- ˌpa,
- pickpocket (掱), dz.9
- ˉpɛk,
- to throw down, to discard, to put down (擗), dz.35
- ˍpɛt,
- (quantifier, for mud-like things) blob (坺), dz.36
s
- ˊsaŋ,
- to polish with grit (磢), dz.57 s.v. 㼽
- to polish with grog (㼽), dz.57
- ˍsap,
- to boil (煠), s.3
- ˏsɐn,
- crazy (侲), dz.85
- ˊsœn,
- highly desirable (郇), dz.10
- ˊsi,
- eye gunk (眵), dz.77
- ˉsip,
- to fill up a small gap, to act as filler (槷, 楔, 𤗈, 𠓼), dz.54
- ˌsœ,
- to slide, slurping sound (瀡, 𣿂), dz.27
- ˈsou,
- odour of pork etc. (臊, 騒), dz.50
t
- ˏtai,
- steering wheel (舵), j.33–34
- ˊtan,
- to roll one’s eyes (眅), dz.81
- ˉtap,
- deadbolt, to lock up (㧀), dz.25
- ˊtɐi,
- to see, to look at (睇, 睼), dz.86
- ˉtɐm,
- to fool (𧨾), dz.89
- ˏtɐm,
- deep pit (窞), dz.90
- puddle (氹, 凼, 涔), dz.90 s.v. 窞
- ˌtɐn,
- (of pigs) fat (腯), dz.43
- to pace back and forth (𨄇), dz.5
ts
- ˊtsai,
- to step on (跴, 踩), dz.58
- ˌtsai, see ˊtsai
- ˉtsak,
- skin cracks (㿭), dz.29
- ˏtsam,
- to prick (㔆, 劖), dz.67
- ˊtsan,
- dust pan (㐁), dz.41
- ˌtsan,
- insane, depraved (倀), dz.80
- ˌtsan ˈgɐi,
- bitchy, dz.80 s.v. 倀
- ˊtsɛ ˈha, see ˈha
- ˉtsœk,
- to blanch (焯), s.4
- ˈtsik,
- instruction, edict (敕), dz.91
- ˌtsim,
- to snatch, to find a needle in a haystack (撏), dz.56
- ˈtsɔk,
- (an impression made by a) chop (戳), dz.74
- ˉtsɔk,
- to bring something close by jerking a second object (㪕), dz.73
- to swerve (戳), dz.74
w
- ˈwɔ,
- sauce-like (滒), dz.4
- ˈwɔ ˈsɐm,
- happy, content (捂心), dz.75 s.v. 捂
2 strokes
- 丩 (ˏkiu), dz.66
3 strokes
- 大隻纍纍 , see ˌlœy (big)
- 大笪地 , see ˉdat (expansive)
4 strokes
- 㔹 (ˈnɛk), dz.62
- 尐 (ˈdit) , dz.48
- 𢩦 (ˈdzit), dz.71
5 strokes
- 㲺 (ˈdzit), dz.70
- 打尖 , see 櫼
- 打邊爐 , see 甂
- 打獻 , see 芡
- 打爛沙盆問到篤 , see 㞘, 璺
- 氹 (ˏtɐm), dz.90
6 strokes
- 㐁 (ˊtsan) , dz.41
- 伏 (ˍbuk), dz.14, j.32
- 伏匿匿 (ˍbuk ˈnei ˈnei), dz.14
- 凼 (ˏtɐm), dz.90 s.v. 氹
- 扚 (ˈdik), dz.34
- 糸 (ˍmik), dz.66
- 老兀兀 , see 悈
- 老頭 (ˏlou ˍdɐu), dz.63–64
7 strokes
- 㔷 (ˉbɛŋ), dz.14
- 伶 (ˈliŋ), dz.61
- 佝瞀 (ˍŋɐu ˍdɐu), dz.68
- 困 (ˉfɐn), s.8
- 局 (ˈguk), s.8
- 皁 (ˍdzou) , dz.28
- 芡 (ˉhin), dz.15
8 strokes
- 㓤 (ˈgɐt), dz.67
- 㧀 (ˉtap), dz.25
- 來,
- ˌlɐi, j.34–35
- ˌlei, j.34–35
- 坺 (ˍpɛt), dz.36
- 垃圾鏟 , see 㐁
- 戽 (ˉfu), dz.19
- 拌 (ˍbun), s.5
- 泥扮 , see ˍban
- 肥騰騰 , see 腯
- 郇 (ˊsœn), dz.10
- 𦉹 (ˈdik), dz.33
9 strokes
- 侲 (ˏsɐn), dz.85
- 為虎作賊 , see 倀
- 疨 (ˈha), dz.51
- 省鏡 , see 㼽
- 眅 (ˊtan), dz.81
- 耷 (ˈdɐp), dz.16
- 鬼 (ˈgɐi), dz.80
10 strokes
- 㲳 (ˈdzit), dz.71
- 㿭 (ˉtsak), dz.29
- 俾人省 , see 㼽
- 倀 (ˌtsan), dz.80
- 匿 (ˈnei), dz.14
- 唧 (ˈdzit), dz.70 s.v. 㲺
- 屐 (ˍkɛk), dz.83–84
- 悈,
- ˈgik, dz.65
- ˍŋɐt, dz.65
- 戙 (ˍduŋ), dz.69
- 捂心 (ˈwɔ ˈsɐm), dz.75
- 捉伊人 (ˈdzuk ˈji ˈjɐn), dz.14
- 捋 (ˍlyt), dz.59
- 柴台 , see 跴
- 涔 (ˏtɐm) , dz.90 s.v. 氹
- 笑騎騎 , see 䐘
- 缹 (ˈbou) , dz.18
- 胺 (ˉat), dz.53
- 臭哼哼 , see ˈhɐŋ
- 陰質 , see 騭
11 strokes
- 㞘 (ˈduk), dz.12
- 埿 (ˍban), dz.55 s.v. 湴
- 得戚 (proud) , see 敕
- 敕 (ˈtsik), dz.91
- 涫 (ˊgwun), dz.46
- 湴 (ˍban), dz.55
- 焅 (ˍguk), s.3
- 瓹 (ˈgyn), dz.60
- 眵 (ˊsi) , dz.77
- 眼定定 , see 眅
- 眼屎 , see 眵
- 舵 (ˏtai), j.33–34
- 衒 (ˊjin), dz.3
- 豛 (ˈduk), dz.11
- 魚柳 , see 膋
12 strokes
- 㪕 (ˉtsɔk) , dz.73
- 䊆 (ˍgɐu), dz.44
- 掱 (ˌpa) , dz.9
- 焯 (ˉtsœk), s.4
- 睇 (ˊtɐi), dz.86
- 睏 (ˉfɐn), dz.45
- 𡍲 (ˉdat), dz.17
- 𤗈 (ˉsip), dz.54 s.v. 槷
13 strokes
- 䐘 (ˌkɛ), dz.22
- 楔 (ˉsip), dz.54 s.v. 槷
- 楝篤企 , see 戙
- 滒 (ˈwɔ), dz.4
- 煎堆 , see 䭔
- 煠 (ˍsap), s.3
- 煲 (ˈbou), dz.18 s.v. 缹
- 甂 (ˈbin), dz.7
- 盞鬼 (cute) , see 㜺
- 窞 (ˏtɐm) , dz.90
- 窩蛋 , see 滒
- 罨 (ˈɐp), dz.87
- 腯 (ˌtɐn), dz.43
- 腳瓜 , see 䯖
- 腳膼䯖 (ˉgœk ˈgwa ˍlɔŋ), dz.31–32
- 跴 (ˊtsai), dz.58
14 strokes
- 㔆 (ˏtsam), dz.67
- 䟴 (ˉɐn), dz.24
- 僨 (ˉfɐn), dz.45
- 嫗 (ˉɐu), j.32–34
- 毄 (ˈdzik), dz.21
- 滾水 , see 涫
- 瘕 (ˈha), dz.51 s.v. 疨
- 睼 (ˊtɐi) , dz.86 s.v. 睇
- 瞀 (ˍdɐu), dz.68
- 精叻 , see 㔹
- 精靈 (smart) , see 伶
- 膋 (ˏlɐu), dz.8
- 酹 (ˍlai), s.5–6
- 髧,
- ˉdɐm, dz.72
- ˈjɐm, dz.72
- 𣣻 (ˍhɐn), dz.79
- 𣱐 (ˉfɐn), dz.45
- 𩂣 (ˍlɔk) , dz.76
15 strokes
- 䯊 (ˈgɔ), dz.6
- 劈炮 , see 擗
- 撏 (ˌtsim), dz.56
- 槷 (ˉsip), dz.54
- 熝 (ˍluk), dz.47
- 膝頭哥 , see 䯊
- 膼 (ˈgwa), dz.31
- 論盡 (clumsy) , see ˌlœy (big)
- 踩 (ˊtsai), dz.58 s.v. 跴
- 𣿂 (ˌsœ), dz.27 s.v. 瀡
- 𧨾 (ˉtɐm), dz.89
16 strokes
- 㼽 (ˊsaŋ), dz.57
- 擗 (ˉpɛk), dz.35
- 瀄 (ˈdzit), dz.70
- 磢 (ˊsaŋ), dz.57
- 窿 (ˈluŋ), dz.20 s.v. 竉
- 篤背脊 , see 豛
- 膱 (ˈjik), dz.42
- 辦麫 , see 拌
- 頭 (ˍdɐu), dz.64
- 𠓼 (ˉsip), dz.54 s.v. 槷
- 𦖿 (ˈdɐp), dz.16 s.v. 耷
17 strokes
- 䯖 (ˍlɔŋ), dz.32
- 瀡 (ˌsœ), dz.27
- 簎 (ˈgɐt), dz.67 s.v. 㓤
- 臊 (ˈsou), dz.50
18 strokes
- 戳,
- ˈtsɔk, dz.74
- ˉtsɔk , dz.74
- 擸 (ˉlap), dz.59
- 繑 (ˏkiu), dz.66
- 騒 (ˈsou), dz.50 s.v. 臊
- 𡚗 (ˌlœy), dz.82
- 𣫒 (ˈhɐŋ), dz.49
- 𤁢 (ˈdzit), dz.70
- 𨄇 (ˌtɐn), dz.5
19 strokes
- 䭔 (ˈdœy), dz.40
- 劖 (ˏtsam), dz.67 s.v. 㔆
- 瀨粉 , see 酹
- 爆拆 , see 㿭
- 爆擦 , see 㿭
- 騭 (ˈdzɐt), dz.30
20 strokes
- 㿺 (ˉbau), dz.29
- 獻汁 , see 芡
- 璺 (ˍmɐn), dz.13
- 竇 (ˉdɐu), dz.63
21 strokes
- 攝灶罅 , see ˉsip
- 櫼 (ˈdzim), dz.26
- 竉 (ˈluŋ) , dz.20
- 贔屭 (ˉbɐi ˉɐi), dz.23
22 strokes
- 㜺 (ˊdzan), dz.52
24 strokes
- 矗 (ˈduk), dz.69
27 strokes
- 𧮞 (ˈak), dz.88
Icons
- Etymologically incorrect
- Etymologically correct but possibly too rare, archaic or obsolete
- Hypothesized to be etymologically correct but disputed
Works indexed
- s.
- Chan, Pak Fai and Vai Hong Ng. 生活粵語本字趣談 [Fun facts about the original written forms of everyday Cantonese words]. Hong Kong: Chung Hwa, 2006. A mass-market presentation of plausible correct orthographies of words commonly believed to be colloquial. Authors were practising linguists. 94 pages. ISBN 962-231-894-0. Raw data for index entries available.
- dz.
- Pang, Chi-ming. 正字正確 [Be correct: Etymologically correct written forms]. Hong Kong: Subculture, 2007. A mass-market presentation of plausible correct orthographies of words commonly believed to be colloquial. Note that a few proposed orthographies are disputed (by the author or someone else). 160 pages. ISBN 962-992-136-7. Raw data for index entries available.
- j.
- Chan, Pak Fai. 論粵方言詞本字考釋 [On the study of the original written forms of words in the Cantonese dialect]. Hong Kong: Chung Hwa, 1998. A semi-scholarly presentation of how to rigorously investigate the etymology of words. 176 pages. ISBN 962-231-947-5. Raw data for index entries available.
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