噉

噉 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口一十大 (RMJK), four-corner 6804₀, composition ⿰口敢)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 208, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4299
• Dae Jaweon: page 431, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 679, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5649

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Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Originally written as 咁; the functions of the two words differentiated in late 19th century. Likely from the fusion of 嗰物 (go³ mat⁶) (Cheung, 2013).

噉 (Cantonese)

1. attached to form adverbs

   佢慢慢噉行。 [Cantonese]  ―  keoi⁵ maan⁶ maan^6-2 gam² haang⁴. [Jyutping]  ―  He/she walks slowly.

   建設性噉／建设性噉 [Cantonese]  ―  gin³ cit³ sing³ gam² [Jyutping]  ―  constructively

2. this

   噉唔得㗎！ [Cantonese]  ―  gam² m⁴ dak¹ gaa³! [Jyutping]  ―  This will not work! / This will not do!

3. this; like this

   佢係一個噉嘅人。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢系一个噉嘅人。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ hai⁶ jat¹ go³ gam² ge³ jan⁴. [Jyutping]

   He/she is this kind of person. (lit."He/she is a this sort of person.")

   噉就完咗喇！ [Cantonese]  ―  gam² zau⁶ jyun⁴ zo² laa⁴! [Jyutping]  ―  Is that all!? / It's over just like that? (lit. "It ends just like that!?")

4. in such a way

   將朱古力當飯噉食 [Cantonese, trad.]
   将朱古力当饭噉食 [Cantonese, simp.]

   zoeng¹ zyu¹ gu^2-1 lik^6-1 dong³ faan⁶ gam² sik⁶ [Jyutping]

   to eat chocolate as if it was a meal

5. in that case; then

   噉我返去先啦。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   gam² ngo⁵ faan¹ heoi³ sin¹ laa¹. [Jyutping]

   I'll be leaving first then.

• (to form adverbs): (Mandarin) 地 (de)
• (this, like this): (Mandarin) 那 (nà)
• (in this case, then): (Mandarin) 那 (nà)

噉

1. Alternative form of 減／减

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. bite
2. chew

• On (unclassified): たん (tan); だん (dan)
• Kun: くらう (kurau); くらわす (kurawasu)

噉 • (dam) (hangeul 담, revised dam, McCune–Reischauer tam)

1. to eat
2. to feed

噉: Hán Nôm readings: đạm, dám, hám, ngoảm

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噉

1. Sawndip form of gemj (“cheek (of face)”)