會用得

See also: 会用得

Chinese

		to be able to do something; can; to be permitted to do something to be able to do something; can; to be permitted to do something; may	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to
trad. (會用得)		會用	得
simp. (会用得)		会用	得

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ē-ēng-tit / ě-ēng-tit / ē-iōng-li / ě-ēng-lit / ē-ēng-chit / ē-ēng-lit / ē-ēng-eh / ōe-ēng-tit / ōe-ēng-chit

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-ēng-tit
    • Tâi-lô: ē-īng-tit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: exexngdid
    • IPA (Taipei): /e³³⁻¹¹ iɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ tit̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /e²²⁻²¹ iɪŋ²²⁻²¹ tit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /e³³⁻²¹ iɪŋ³³⁻²¹ tit̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ě-ēng-tit
    • Tâi-lô: ě-īng-tit
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /e²² iɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² tit̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-iōng-li
    • Tâi-lô: ē-iōng-li
    • Phofsit Daibuun: exioxngly
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /e²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ²²⁻²¹ li⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ě-ēng-lit
    • Tâi-lô: ě-īng-lit
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /e³³⁻²² iɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² lit̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-ēng-chit
    • Tâi-lô: ē-īng-tsit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: exexngcid
    • IPA (Taipei): /e³³⁻¹¹ iɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /e³³⁻²¹ iɪŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡sit̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-ēng-lit
    • Tâi-lô: ē-īng-lit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: exexnglid
    • IPA (Taipei): /e³³⁻¹¹ iɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ lit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /e³³⁻²¹ iɪŋ³³⁻²¹ lit̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan, Hsinchu, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-ēng-eh
    • Tâi-lô: ē-īng-eh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: exexng'eq
    • IPA (Tainan): /e³³⁻¹¹ iɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ eʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /e³³⁻²¹ iɪŋ³³⁻²¹ eʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-ēng-tit
    • Tâi-lô: uē-īng-tit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oexexngdid
    • IPA (Taipei): /ue³³⁻¹¹ iɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ tit̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-ēng-chit
    • Tâi-lô: uē-īng-tsit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oexexngcid
    • IPA (Taipei): /ue³³⁻¹¹ iɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sit̚³²/

Note: The last syllable becomes a neutral tone at the end of a phrase.

Verb

會用得 (Southern Min)

1. can

   • 佳哉無偌久，醫生講會用得退院。 [Hokkien, trad.]
     佳哉无偌久，医生讲会用得退院。 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1999, 張聰敏 (Tiuⁿ Chhong-bín), 《阿瑛！啊》 (A-eng Ah), chapter 16

     Ka-chài bô jōa kú, i-seng kóng ē-ēng-tit thè-īⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Fortunately, before long, the doctor said she could be discharged.

2. to work; to be feasible

   • 所以若beh造成理想ê家庭，著對夫婦有協和，大細相親相疼，才會用得。 [Hokkien, trad.]
     所以若beh造成理想ê家庭，著对夫妇有协和，大细相亲相疼，才会用得。 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1925, 陳瓊琚 (Tân Khêng-ku), 《台灣教會報》第486卷 (Tâi-ôan Kàu-hōe-pò tē 486 kòan), 男女對等論 (Lâm-lú tùi-téng lūn)

     Só͘-í nā beh chō-chiâⁿ lí-sióng ê ka-têng, tio̍h tùi hu-hū ū hia̍p-hô, tōa-sòe saⁿ-chhin saⁿ-thiàⁿ, chiah ōe ēng-tit. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     So if you want to create the ideal family, you have to start from husband and wife cooperating, adults and children loving each other; only then will it work.

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		可, 可以, 得
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		可, 可以, 得
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	可以
	Malaysia	可以
	Singapore	可以
Cantonese	Guangzhou	可以, 得 >
	Hong Kong	可以, 得 >
	Taishan	可以
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	可以
	Singapore (Guangfu)	可以
Gan	Nanchang	做得
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	做得
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	做得, 可以, 使得
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	做得
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	使得, 做得
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	做得
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	會用
	Kuching (Hepo)	做得
	Singapore (Dabu)	做得
Northern Min	Jian'ou	使得, 會使得
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	會使
Southern Min	Xiamen	會使, 會當, 會做, 會用, 會用得, 會得, 會得通, 會通, 通
	Quanzhou	會做, 會做得, 會用, 會用得, 會得, 會得通, 會通, 通
	Zhangzhou	會使, 會當, 會用, 會用得, 會得, 會得通, 會通, 通
	Taipei	會使, 會當
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	會使, 會當
	Kaohsiung	會用得, 會使, 會當
	Yilan	會使, 會當
	Changhua (Lukang)	會使, 會當
	Taichung	會用得, 會使得
	Tainan	會用得, 會使, 會當, 會得, 會得通, 通
	Hsinchu	會用得, 會使
	Kinmen	會使, 會當
	Penghu (Magong)	會使, 會當
	Penang (Hokkien)	會, 會使
	Singapore (Hokkien)	會使, 會做, 會用, 會得, 會當, 會通
	Manila (Hokkien)	會做, 會用, 會用得, 會做得
	Medan (Hokkien)	會使
	Chaozhou	可以
	Jieyang	好, 可以
	Haifeng	會得
	Singapore (Teochew)	會使, 會得
	Wenchang	可以
	Qionghai	可以
	Singapore (Hainanese)	可以
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	得
Wu	Shanghai	好, 可以
	Suzhou	好
	Ningbo	好
Xiang	Changsha	做得, 可以得
Note	> - used after the verb

Dialectal synonyms of 可以 (“can; may”) [map]

References

• “Entry #9614”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.