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Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 欲, Warring States ...

Historical forms of the character 欲
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (谷) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

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	Old Chinese
螸	*lo
裕	*loɡs
容	*loŋ
溶	loŋ, loŋʔ
鎔	*loŋ
蓉	*loŋ
傛	loŋ, loŋʔ
褣	*loŋ
搈	*loŋ
瑢	*loŋ
嵱	*loŋ
熔	*loŋ
榕	*loŋ
塎	*loŋʔ
谷	ɦkroːɡ, kloːɡ, *ɡ·loːɡ
唂	*kloːɡ
焀	*ɡloːɡ
俗	*ljoɡ
欲	*loɡ
浴	*loɡ
鵒	*loɡ
峪	*ɦkloːɡ
鋊	*loɡ
輍	*loɡ
慾	*loɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *loɡ): phonetic 谷 (OC *ɦkroːɡ, *kloːɡ, *ɡ·loːɡ) + semantic 欠.

Etymology 1

More information simp. and trad., alternative forms ...

simp. and trad.	欲
alternative forms	𡟔俗

Sino-Tibetan. Compare Burmese လို (lui, “to want; to desire”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Alternatively, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-ju(w) (“to ask; to request”), whence Tibetan ཞུ (zhu, “to request”) (ibid.).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yu̍k
Eastern Min (BUC): ṳ̆k
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): oeh⁷ / yoeh⁷
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): io̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): iog⁸
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸yoq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yù
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yù
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴
  - Yale: yù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
  - Palladius: юй (juj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: juk⁶
  - Yale: yuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: iug
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yug⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯uk̚⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iug
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yug⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯uk̚⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̆k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yʔ⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: oeh⁷
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: e̤̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /œʔ⁴/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: yoeh⁷
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yøʔ⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io̍k
  - Tâi-lô: io̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔk̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iog⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: io̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iok̚⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸yoq
  - MiniDict: yoh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵hhioq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦioʔ¹²/

Dialectal data

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Variety	Location	edit 欲
Mandarin	Beijing	/y⁵¹/
Harbin	/y⁵³/
Tianjin	/y⁵³/
Jinan	/y²¹/
Qingdao	/y⁴²/
Zhengzhou	/y³¹²/
Xi'an	/y²¹/
Xining	/y⁴⁴/
Yinchuan	/y¹³/
Lanzhou	/y¹³/
Ürümqi	/y²¹³/
Wuhan	/iəu²¹³/
Chengdu	/yo³¹/ /y¹³/
Guiyang	/iu²¹/
Kunming	/iu³¹/
Nanjing	/ʐuʔ⁵/
Hefei	/yəʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/yəʔ⁵⁴/
Pingyao	/yʌʔ¹³/
Hohhot	/yəʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɦioʔ¹/ /ɦyɪʔ¹/
Suzhou	/ɦioʔ³/
Hangzhou	/ɦyəʔ²/
Wenzhou	/jo²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/iuʔ²¹/
Tunxi
Xiang	Changsha	/ʐəu²⁴/
Xiangtan	/iəɯ²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/iuk̚⁵/
Taoyuan	/ʒot̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jok̚²/
Nanning	/juk̚²²/
Hong Kong	/jok̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/iɔk̚⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/yʔ⁵/
Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/y⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew)	/iok̚⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese)	/zok̚⁵/ /hau³⁵/ 訓好

Middle Chinese: yowk

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Rime
Character	欲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	燭 (8)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	余蜀切
Baxter	yowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jiok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/iok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juawk̚/
Li Rong	/iok̚/
Wang Li	/jĭwok̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	juk⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢ(r)ok/

(Zhengzhang): /*loɡ/

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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	欲
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù
Middle Chinese	‹ yowk ›
Old Chinese	/*ɢ(r)ok/
English	desire (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	欲
Reading #	1/1
No.	4303
Phonetic component	谷
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	欲
Old Chinese	/*loɡ/

Definitions

欲

wish; desire
口腹之欲 ― kǒufùzhīyù ― desire to eat

控制欲 ― kòngzhì yù ― desire to control

權力欲／权力欲 ― quánlì yù ― desire for power
to wish; to desire; to want
- 工欲善其事，必先利其器。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad. and simp.]
  From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Gōng yù shàn qí shì, bì xiān lì qí qì. [Pinyin]
  If a workman wishes to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools.
- 如閣下欲以電郵聯絡政府資訊中心，請透過網頁：XYZ傳送問題。 [MSC, trad.]
  如阁下欲以电邮联络政府资讯中心，请透过网页：XYZ传送问题。 [MSC, simp.]
  Rú géxià yù yǐ diànyóu liánluò zhèngfǔ zīxùn zhōngxīn, qǐng tòuguò wǎngyè: XYZ chuánsòng wèntí. [Pinyin]
  Please send your enquiries and suggestions to the Public Information Centre by email via the homepage: XYZ.
about to
搖搖欲墜／摇摇欲坠 ― yáoyáoyùzhuì ― tottering (literally, “shaking or swaying as if about to collapse”)

Compounds

七情六欲 (qīqíngliùyù)
亟欲
人欲 (rényù)
人欲橫流 / 人欲横流
六欲
口腹之欲 (kǒufùzhīyù)
可欲
含苞欲放
呼之欲出 (hūzhīyùchū)
哀哀欲絕 / 哀哀欲绝
噴薄欲出 / 喷薄欲出
垂涎欲滴 (chuíxiányùdī)
多欲
大欲
寡欲 (guǎyù)
專欲難成 / 专欲难成
山雨欲來 / 山雨欲来
從心所欲 / 从心所欲 (cóngxīnsuǒyù)
恣心所欲
恣情縱欲 / 恣情纵欲
恬淡寡欲
恬淡無欲 / 恬淡无欲
情欲 (qíngyù)
悲痛欲絕 / 悲痛欲绝 (bēitòngyùjué)
意欲 (yìyù)
懲忿窒欲 / 惩忿窒欲
我醉欲眠
搖搖欲墜 / 摇摇欲坠 (yáoyáoyùzhuì)
昏昏欲睡 (hūnhūnyùshuì)
暢所欲言 / 畅所欲言 (chàngsuǒyùyán)
望眼欲穿 (wàngyǎnyùchuān)
欲不可從 / 欲不可从
欲加之罪，何患無辭 / 欲加之罪，何患无辞 (yù jiā zhī zuì, hé huàn wú cí)
欲取固與 / 欲取固与
欲哭無淚 / 欲哭无泪 (yùkūwúlèi)
欲塹 / 欲堑
欲壑難填 / 欲壑难填
欲壑難飽 / 欲壑难饱
欲就還推 / 欲就还推
欲待 (yùdài)
欲念 (yùniàn)
欲振乏力
欲擒故縱 / 欲擒故纵 (yùqíngùzòng)
欲望 (yùwàng)
欲海
欲深谿壑
欲炙之色
欲界 (yùjiè)
欲益反損 / 欲益反损
欲罷不能 / 欲罢不能 (yùbàbùnéng)
欲蓋彌彰 / 欲盖弥彰 (yùgàimízhāng)
欲言又止 (yùyányòuzhǐ)
欲語還休 / 欲语还休
欲說還休 / 欲说还休
毚欲
泫然欲泣
清貧寡欲 / 清贫寡欲
清靜寡欲 / 清静寡欲
渴欲
澹泊寡欲
為所欲為 / 为所欲为 (wéisuǒyùwéi)
無欲則剛 / 无欲则刚
物欲 (wùyù)
痛不欲生 (tòngbùyùshēng)
禁欲 (jìnyù)
禁欲主義 / 禁欲主义 (jìnyùzhǔyì)
私欲 (sīyù)
窒欲
窮奢極欲 / 穷奢极欲 (qióngshējíyù)
縱情恣欲 / 纵情恣欲
縱情遂欲 / 纵情遂欲
縱欲 / 纵欲 (zòngyù)
耳目之欲
蠢蠢欲動 / 蠢蠢欲动 (chǔnchǔnyùdòng)
貪欲 / 贪欲 (tānyù)
躍躍欲試 / 跃跃欲试 (yuèyuèyùshì)
逸欲
隨心所欲 / 随心所欲 (suíxīnsuǒyù)
震耳欲聾 / 震耳欲聋 (zhèn'ěryùlóng)
飄飄欲仙 / 飘飘欲仙 (piāopiāoyùxiān)
饞涎欲垂 / 馋涎欲垂
饞涎欲滴 / 馋涎欲滴 (chánxiányùdī)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 欲 – see 慾 (“desire; lust”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 慾).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

More information simp. and trad., alternative forms ...

simp. and trad.	欲
alternative forms	覓／觅卜發／发勃 Eastern Min 剝／剥 Eastern Min 覓／觅卜發／发勃 Eastern Min 剝／剥 Eastern Min 憋 Hainanese

From the grammaticalization of 發 (OC *pad, “to send out; to go forth; to proceed”) (Tu, 2017).

Pronunciation

Eastern Min (BUC): buóh
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): boh⁶ / buoh⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): beh / berh / boeh / boh

Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: buóh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puɔʔ²⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: boh⁶
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: beoh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: buoh⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puoʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Hsinchu, Taichung, Philippines, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: beh
  - Tâi-lô: beh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: beq
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Tainan, Kaohsiung): /beʔ³²/
  - IPA (Yilan): /beʔ²/
  - IPA (Philippines, Jinjiang): /beʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: berh
  - Tâi-lô: berh
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang): /bəʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /bəʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boeh
  - Tâi-lô: bueh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boeq
  - IPA (Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /bueʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Hui'an, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boh
  - Tâi-lô: boh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boiq
  - IPA (Hui'an): /boʔ⁴/

Definitions

欲

(Eastern Min, Hokkien, Hainanese, Puxian Min) to want (to do)
你欲佮我去圖書館無？ [Hokkien, trad.]
你欲佮我去图书馆无？ [Hokkien, simp.]
Lí beh kah góa khì tô͘-su-koán bô? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
Do you want to go to the library with me?
- (Can we date this quote?), “琼海溜”, 卢海清 (lyrics), performed by 金岛乐团:
  
  魯憋去哪溜／鲁憋去哪溜 [Hainanese] ― Where do you want to go?
(Hokkien) to wish to have or keep
我欲新的冊。 [Hokkien, trad.]
我欲新的册。 [Hokkien, simp.]
Góa beh sin ê chheh. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
I want a new book.
(Eastern Min, Hokkien, Puxian Min) about to
欲落雨矣，咱著出去收衫。 [Hokkien, trad.]
欲落雨矣，咱着出去收衫。 [Hokkien, simp.]
Beh lo̍h-hō͘--ah, lán tio̍h chhut-khì siu-saⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
It's about to rain! Let's go out to bring in the laundry.
- 天烏烏，欲落雨。 [Hokkien, trad.]
  天乌乌，欲落雨。 [Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 《天烏烏》 (Hokkien nursery rhyme)
  Thiⁿ o͘-o͘, beh lo̍h-hō͘. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  The sky is dark; it seems like it will rain.
(Hokkien, Hainanese, Puxian Min) if (an adverb expressing assumptions)
欲我，我就會較早睏。 [Hokkien, trad.]
欲我，我就会较早困。 [Hokkien, simp.]
Beh góa, góa tō ē khah-chá khùn. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
If I were you, I would've slept earlier.

卜是伊就好咯。 [Puxian Min, trad. and simp.]
boh⁶ si⁵ i¹ ziu⁵ ho³ lo⁰. [Pouseng Ping'ing]
It would be great if it was him/her.
(Puxian Min) Used to express the coexistence of several conditions or qualities; both ... and ...
(Puxian Min) but; on the other hand
(Puxian Min) almost; nearly

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 要 (“to want (to do something)”) [map]

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Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese	欲₁
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)	要, 欲₁
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	要
Taiwan	要, 想
Malaysia	要
Singapore	要
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	要
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	要
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	要
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	要
Wuhan	要
Guilin	要
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	要
Hefei	要
Cantonese	Guangzhou	要, 想
Hong Kong	要, 想
Shenzhen (Dapeng)	愛
Yangjiang	愛
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	要, 想, 愛
Singapore (Guangfu)	要, 想
Gan	Nanchang	要
Hakka	Meixian	愛
Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)	愛
Wuhua (Meilin)	愛
Zijin	愛
Miaoli (N. Sixian)	愛
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	愛
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	愛
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	愛
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	愛
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	愛, 討
Kuching (Hepo)	愛
Jin	Taiyuan	要
Northern Min	Jian'ou	讓
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	欲₃
Southern Min	Xiamen	欲₃
Quanzhou	欲₃
Jinjiang	欲₃
Zhangzhou	欲₃
Taipei	欲₃
New Taipei (Sanxia)	欲₃
Kaohsiung	欲₃
Yilan	欲₃
Changhua (Lukang)	欲₃
Taichung	欲₃
Tainan	欲₃
Hsinchu	欲₃
Kinmen	欲₃
Penghu (Magong)	欲₃
Penang (Hokkien)	愛
Singapore (Hokkien)	愛, 欲₃
Manila (Hokkien)	欲₃, 愛
Medan (Hokkien)	愛
Chaozhou	愛
Shantou	愛
Haifeng	愛
Singapore (Teochew)	愛
Wenchang	欲₃
Qionghai	欲₃
Singapore (Hainanese)	欲₃
Wu	Shanghai	要
Suzhou	要
Wenzhou	愛
Lishui	樂
Xiang	Changsha	要
Shuangfeng	要

(to wish to have or keep): 要 (yāo); (Hokkien) 欲挃

Dialectal synonyms of 如果 (“if”) [map]

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Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese	若, 假, 如, 使, 令, 苟, 向, 向使, 向令, 假令, 假使, 誠, 誠使, 倘, 儻, 當使
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)	若, 如, 如果, 若果, 果若, 假如, 假若, 假使, 假設, 倘若, 倘或, 倘然, 倘使, 若是, 若然, 設若, 設使, 設令, 設或, 設
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	要是, 要
Taiwan	要是, 要, 如果
Malaysia	如果
Singapore	如果
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	要是
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	要是
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	要是, 假比
Wuhan	要是
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	要是, 要, 假使
Hefei	要是, 倘此, 倘倘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	如果, 若果, 若然, 假使間
Hong Kong	如果, 若果, 若然, 若然之, 假使, 假使間, 假如
Macau	假如
Taishan	如果, 若果, 假使
Kaiping (Chikan)	若果
Yangjiang	設若
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	如果
Singapore (Guangfu)	如果
Gan	Nanchang	要是, 若是
Lichuan	假使
Hakka	Meixian	係話, 若係, 如果
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	若果, 係講, 係話
Miaoli (N. Sixian)	係講, 若係, 假使
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	係講, 係準, 係準講, 準講, 準假, 係若, 若係, 假使, 假詐
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	係講, 若係, 假使
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	準講, 可比, 假使, 係講, 若係, 若係講, 準若講
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	係講, 若係, 假使
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	若係講, 假使, 若講, 係講, 若係
Kuching (Hepo)	假使
Jin	Taiyuan	要是
Northern Min	Jian'ou	來是, 如果
Pucheng (Shibei)	來是, 如果
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	儷是, 若還
Southern Min	Xiamen	設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是
Quanzhou	設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是
Zhangzhou	設使, 若是, 若, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是
Tainan	若是, 若準, 若, 假使, 設使
Penang (Hokkien)	若是, 若準
Singapore (Hokkien)	若是
Manila (Hokkien)	若是, 若, 假使
Chaozhou	若是
Shantou	如果
Jieyang	若, 若是
Singapore (Teochew)	若是
Wenchang	但見, 欲
Haikou	麼是, 設如, 設使
Wu	Shanghai	要是, 如果, 假使, 倘然, 倘使, 是得
Suzhou	要, 如果
Wenzhou	若是, 若
Xiang	Changsha	要是
Shuangfeng	要是, 要此

Compounds

咧欲 (teh-beh, teh-boeh, tih-beh, tih-boeh)
嘛欲 (mā beh, mā boeh)
強欲 / 强欲 (kiōng-beh, kiōng-boeh)
拄欲 (tú beh, tú boeh)
春天後母面，欲變一時間 / 春天后母面，欲变一时间 (chhun-thiⁿ āu-bú bīn, beh piàn chi̍t sî-kan)
欲准毋
欲呢 (beh-nî, boeh-nî)
欲好
欲好命
欲挃
欲是
欲晝仔 / 欲昼仔 (beh-tàu-á)
欲暗仔 (beh-àm-á, boeh-àm-á)
欲死
欲死欲死
欲死欲活
欲汰
欲汰討 / 欲汰讨
欲無 / 欲无
欲知 (beh-tsai, boeh-tsai)
欲知
活欲 (oa̍h-beh)
無欲 / 无欲 (bô-beh)
當欲 / 当欲 (tng-berh, tng-beh, tng-boeh)

Etymology 4

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simp. and trad.	欲

Pronunciation

Eastern Min (BUC): ó̤i
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ài

(Teochew, Peng'im): ain³

Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ó̤i
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔy²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài
  - Tâi-lô: ài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: aix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ai²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ai²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ai¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ai²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ain³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: àiⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ãĩ²¹³/

Definitions

欲

(Eastern Min, Southern Min) alternative form of 愛 / 爱
1. (Eastern Min, Hokkien) to like
2. (Teochew) to want (an object)
3. (Eastern Min, Hokkien, Teochew) to want (to do); to wish
4. (Hokkien, Teochew) to need to; must
5. (Teochew) about to
6. (Eastern Min, Hokkien) to be prone; to be easy to

References

“Query for 欲”, in 臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “欲”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 54.

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