欲呢

Chinese

		to want	woolen material; (question particle)
trad. (欲呢)		欲	呢
simp. #(欲呢)		欲	呢
alternative forms		要呢 要尼 卜年 卜哖 乜年

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): beh-nî / beh-ne̍eh / boeh-nî / berh-nî

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: beh-nî
    • Tâi-lô: beh-nî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: behnii
    • IPA (Taipei): /be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /be(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ nĩ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: beh-ne̍eh
    • Tâi-lô: beh-ne̍eh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nɛ̃ʔ¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: dated in Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boeh-nî
    • Tâi-lô: bueh-nî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boehnii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nĩ¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ nĩ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nĩ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: berh-nî
    • Tâi-lô: berh-nî

Verb

欲呢

1. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) what does someone want to do (with something); what for

Synonyms

• 幹嗎／干吗 (gànmá)
• (Hokkien) 欲哪

References

• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “nîⁿ”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 335; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 335
• “Entry #7508”, 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.
• 周长楫 [Zhou, Changji], editor (2006), “要□ [beh⁷⁻³ nɛh⁸]”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min dialects] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN, page 694.