嘞
Meanings · laak3
- (final particle) Surely
Meanings · laak3
- sentence-final particle similar to 了, but carrying a tone of approval
- emphasis
- assurance
- exclamation
Meanings · lak3
- sentence-final particle similar to 了, but carrying a tone of approval
- emphasis
- assurance
- exclamation
About these definitions
Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Reading difference from Unihan
- 嘞 has the reading laak3 here; Unihan’s citation reading is laa3. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 嘞 laak3 as its own entry.
Computed by zimai: each syllable of the CC-Canto word reading is compared with Unihan 17.0.0 kCantonese for its character. The comparison does not say why a reading differs (a changed tone, 變音, a reading tied to one meaning, or a source variant).
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:
- 嘞 lei CC-CEDICT · Mandarinsentence-final particle similar to 了 le, but carrying a tone of approval
A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: lei5. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
Look up this spelling in the Mandarin dictionary ↗Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 12 senses · 3 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
la3 · laak3 · lak3
Cantonese word readings for 嘞. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- used in 嘞嘞
character · Etymology 2
- Alternative pronunciation of 了 (“used at the end of a sentence to indicate a change of state”).
- Alternative pronunciation of 了 (“used at the end of a sentence to inform the beginning of an action”).
- Alternative pronunciation of 了 (“used at the end of a sentence to demand”).
- Alternative pronunciation of 哩 (“sentence-final particle indicating continuation of an action or state”).
- Alternative pronunciation of 哩 (“used to stress a declaration”).
- Alternative pronunciation of 哩 (“a question-forming particle”).
character · Etymology 3
- (Cantonese) final particle used for polite refusal
- (Cantonese) Used at the end of a sentence for confirmation.
verb · Etymology 4
- (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, intransitive) to weaken (of one's intent, vigor, etc.)
- (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) underweight (of something weighed)
character · Etymology 5
- (Shunde Cantonese) great-grandson
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