睬

睬 U+776C, 睬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-776C ← 睫 [U+776B] CJK Unified Ideographs 睭 → [U+776D]

Translingual

Han character

睬 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月山月木 (BUBD), four-corner 6209₄, composition ⿰目采)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 811, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23470
• Dae Jaweon: page 1226, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2498, character 5
• Unihan data for U+776C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		睬
alternative forms		倸 採 采

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
采	*sʰɯːʔ
睬	*sʰɯːʔ
彩	*sʰɯːʔ
採	*sʰɯːʔ
綵	*sʰɯːʔ
寀	*sʰɯːʔ
菜	*sʰɯːs
埰	*sʰɯːs
棌	*sʰɯːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰɯːʔ): semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 采 (OC *sʰɯːʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎi (cai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): coi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): toi²

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhái

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cai²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tshe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎi
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai³
    • Yale: tsǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsae
    • Palladius: цай (caj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: coi²
    • Yale: chói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: toi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰᵘɔi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhái
    • Tâi-lô: tshái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cai²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshái
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰai⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tshe
    • MiniDict: tshe^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰe³⁴/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰɯːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	睬
Reading #	1/1
No.	1071
Phonetic component	采
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	采
Old Chinese	/*sʰɯːʔ/
Notes	採採晚起分化字

Definitions

睬

1. to notice, to pay attention to; to heed

   儂勿講道理，阿拉勿睬儂！ [Shanghainese, trad.]
   侬勿讲道理，阿拉勿睬侬！ [Shanghainese, simp.]

   You are being unreasonable; I'm not talking to you anymore. [girl, cute-sounding]

   唔好睬佢。 [Cantonese]  ―  m⁴ hou² coi² keoi⁵. [Jyutping]  ―  Don't pay attention to him/her.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 理 (“to be concerned with; to pay attention to”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		理, 管, 睬, 理睬, 理會
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	理, 搭理, 搭咯
	Taiwan	理, 管
	Singapore	理, 管
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	理, 搭理
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	招, 理
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	理, 睬, 理視, 耳視, 張視
	Wuhan	邇, 理, 睬
	Guilin	理
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	睬
	Hefei	理, 睬
Cantonese	Guangzhou	睬, 理, 騷
	Hong Kong	睬, 理, 騷
	Yangjiang	理, 睬
	Singapore (Guangfu)	理
Gan	Nanchang	理, 搭
Hakka	Meixian	睬, 唰
Jin	Taiyuan	理, 理睬
Northern Min	Jian'ou	理
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	叕, 插
Southern Min	Xiamen	插, 插趖, 插潲, 插管, 管待, 嘀厾, 理落
	Quanzhou	插, 插趖, 插潲, 嘀厾
	Zhangzhou	插, 插潲, 插管, 管待
	Tainan	插, 管, 管待
	Penang (Hokkien)	插潲
	Singapore (Hokkien)	插, 插潲, 管, 插管, 甩
	Manila (Hokkien)	插, 插潲, 管
	Chaozhou	睬
	Shantou	理
	Jieyang	睬
	Singapore (Teochew)	插
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	理
Wu	Shanghai	睬, 理 rare
	Suzhou	理, 睬
	Wenzhou	朝, 理
Xiang	Changsha	齒
	Shuangfeng	齒, 搭, 邇

Compounds

• 不揪不睬
• 不理不睬
• 不睬
• 不瞅不睬
• 佯佯不睬
• 理睬 (lǐcǎi)
• 睬你都傻 (coi² nei⁵ dou¹ so⁴) (Cantonese)
• 睬你都有味 (coi² nei⁵ dou¹ jau⁵ mei⁶) (Cantonese)
• 瞅睬 (chǒucǎi)

Japanese

Kanji

睬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さい (sai)

Korean

Hanja

睬 • (chae) (hangeul 채)

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Vietnamese

Han character

睬: Hán Nôm readings: thải, thái

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