Translingual

Han character

氹 (radical 85 水+1, 5 strokes, cangjie input 弓水 (NE) or X弓水 (XNE), composition ⿺乙水)

1. ditch
2. pool

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 603, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17091
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1546, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6C39

Chinese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

氹

1. (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Gan, Xiang) puddle; pool; pit
2. (dialectal Xiang) deep part of a river
3. Short for 氹仔 (Dàngzǎi, “Taipa”).

   澳氹大橋 / 澳氹大桥  ―  Ào Dàng Dàqiáo  ―  Macau-Taipai Bridge

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

氹 (Cantonese)

1. to cajole; to coax

   我唔理你用啲咩方法，總之氹到佢講出真相就得啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]

   我唔理你用啲咩方法，总之氹到佢讲出真相就得啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   Ngo⁵ m⁴ lei⁵ nei⁵ jung⁶ di¹ me¹ fong¹ faat³, zung² zi¹tam³ dou^3-2 keoi⁵ gong² ceot¹ zan¹ soeng¹ zau⁶ dak¹ laa¹. [Jyutping]

   I don't care how you do it; just coax him into telling the truth.

2. to comfort; to amuse (a child)

   佢啱啱畀老師鬧完，快啲氹返佢啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]

   佢啱啱畀老师闹完，快啲氹返佢啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   Keoi⁵ ngaam¹ ngaam¹ bei² lou⁵ si¹ naau⁶ jyun⁴, faai³ di¹tam³ faan¹ keoi⁵ laa¹. [Jyutping]

   He just got scolded by the teacher. Go and comfort him.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Definitions

氹

1. Only used in 氹氹轉／氹氹转 and 氹氹圈.

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: かん (kan)
• Kun: ためいけ (tameike)