當咧

Chinese

		to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at	draw back corners of mouth; child's cry
trad. (當咧)		當	咧
simp. (当咧)		当	咧
alternative forms		當哩／当哩 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tng-lér / tng-teh / tng-le̍h / tong-lí

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tng-lér
    • Tâi-lô: tng-lér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tŋ̍³³ lə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tng-teh
    • Tâi-lô: tng-teh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngdeq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ teʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tng-le̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tng-le̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngleh
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² leʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tong-lí
    • Tâi-lô: tong-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: donglie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/

Adverb

當咧

1. (Hokkien) in the process of; currently

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		正在, 刻正
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	正在, 在
	Taiwan	正在, 在
	Malaysia	正在, 在
	Singapore	正在, 在
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	在
Cantonese	Guangzhou	喺度, 喺處, 響度, 響處
	Hong Kong	喺度, 喺處, 響度, 響處
	Singapore (Guangfu)	喺度
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	當, 在該, 當在
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	當, 在該
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	當, 在該
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	當, 在該
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	當, 在該
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	正在, 在遐
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	著𡅏, 𡅏
	Fuqing	著𡅏
	Singapore (Fuqing)	著𡅏
Southern Min	Xiamen	佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧
	Quanzhou	佇咧, 咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 拄佇咧
	Zhangzhou	咧, 當咧, 拄咧, 當時
	Tainan	佇咧, 咧, 當咧
	Penang (Hokkien)	佇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	佇, 佇咧
	Manila (Hokkien)	佇咧, 咧
	Shantou	在
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	在
	Singapore (Teochew)	在
Wu	Shanghai	垃, 垃垃, 垃拉, 垃海, 垃該
	Ningbo	來, 來的, 來該, 來當, 來東, 來勒
	Wenzhou	是, 是搭

Dialectal synonyms of 正在 (“in the process of; currently”) [map]

References

• “當咧”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.