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Alternative pronunciation of 了 (“used at the end of a sentence to indicate a change of state”).
- 1999, 瓊瑤, 24:46 from the start, in 還珠格格第二部, episode 28, 陳惠卿 (actor):
  
  真是太好了。他真的聽見了。 [MSC, trad.]
  真是太好了。他真的听见了。 [MSC, simp.]
  Zhēn shi tài hǎo lei. Tā zhēn de tīngjiàn le. [Pinyin]
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- 2017, 杜怡臻, 幸福落地‎:
  
  唉，事到如今，提这个没用嘞。 [MSC, simp.]
  唉，事到如今，提這個沒用嘞。 [MSC, trad.]
  Ài, shì dào rújīn, tí zhè ge méiyòng lei. [Pinyin]
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Alternative pronunciation of 了 (“used at the end of a sentence to inform the beginning of an action”).
- 2013, 周孜仁, 歲月回望錄：紅衛兵小報主編的家族追憶‎:
  
  到點了，我悄悄起身，摸黑走去他床前，小聲說一句：爸！我走嘞…… [MSC, trad.]
  到点了，我悄悄起身，摸黑走去他床前，小声说一句：爸！我走嘞…… [MSC, simp.]
  Dào diǎn le, wǒ qiāoqiāo qǐshēn, mōhēi zǒu qù tā chuáng qián, xiǎoshēng shuō yī jù: bà! Wǒ zǒu lei...... [Pinyin]
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Alternative pronunciation of 了 (“used at the end of a sentence to demand”).
- 2017, 古筝, 青果青‎:
  
  别睡嘞 [MSC, simp.]
  別睡嘞 [MSC, trad.]
  bié shuì lei [Pinyin]
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Alternative pronunciation of 哩 (“sentence-final particle indicating continuation of an action or state”).
- 2014, 映雪, 女研楼的爱情故事‎:
  
  快来吃饭吧，我们正等你嘞。 [MSC, simp.]
  快來吃飯吧，我們正等你嘞。 [MSC, trad.]
  Kuài lái chī fàn ba, wǒmen zhèng děng nǐ lei. [Pinyin]
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Alternative pronunciation of 哩 (“used to stress a declaration”).
- 2023, 裘山山, 失控：世上原本沒有最後一根稻草，壓倒駱駝的是每一根稻草‎:
  
  我記得那裡頭的那個中尉還是你們羅家的嘞。 [MSC, trad.]
  我记得那里头的那个中尉还是你们罗家的嘞。 [MSC, simp.]
  Wǒ jìdé nà lǐtóu de nà ge zhōngwèi hái shì nǐmen Luó jiā de lei. [Pinyin]
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Alternative pronunciation of 哩 (“a question-forming particle”).
- 2024, 左耀元, 夢幻病‎:
  
  「愛吃魚的狗，看過嗎？跟他老爸一樣。」泰山說。
  「你在說你還是校長？」
  「你說嘞？」 [MSC, trad.]
  「爱吃鱼的狗，看过吗？跟他老爸一样。」泰山说。
  「你在说你还是校长？」
  「你说嘞？」 [MSC, simp.]
  “Ài chī yú de gǒu, kàn guò ma? Gēn tā lǎobà yī yàng.” Tàishān shuō.
  “Nǐ zài shuō nǐ háishì xiàozhǎng?”
  “Nǐ shuō lei?” [Pinyin]
  ‘A dog that loves eating fish, have you seen this? Just like his dad’, Taishan says.
  ‘Are you talking about you or the principal?’
  ‘What do you think?’
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Usage notes

Also used in 好嘞 (hǎo lei, “sure”).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): laak³ / lak³ / laa³ / laa¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: laak³ / lak³ / laa³ / laa¹
  - Yale: laak / lak / la / lā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: laak⁸ / lak⁸ / laa³ / laa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lag³ / leg³ / la³ / la¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːk̚³/, /lɐk̚³/, /laː³³/, /laː⁵⁵/

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Definitions

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(Cantonese Category:Cantonese Chinese#口11) final particle used for polite refusal
(Cantonese Category:Cantonese Chinese#口11) Used at the end of a sentence for confirmation.
係嘞。／系嘞。 [Guangzhou Cantonese] ― hai⁶ laak³. [Jyutping] ― Indeed it is.Category:Cantonese terms with usage examples

Compounds

得嘞

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): leh

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: leh
  - Tâi-lô: leh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: leq
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /leʔ³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /leʔ⁵/

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Verb

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(Quanzhou Category:Quanzhou Hokkien#口11 and Xiamen Hokkien Category:Xiamen Hokkien#口11, intransitive Category:Chinese intransitive verbs#口11) to weaken (of one's intent, vigor, etc.)
(Quanzhou Category:Quanzhou Hokkien#口11 and Xiamen Hokkien Category:Xiamen Hokkien#口11) underweight (of something weighed)

Etymology 5

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Pronunciation

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嘞Category:Chinese lemmas#口11 Category:Chinese hanzi#口11 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#口11 Category:Pages with entries#嘞 Category:Pages with 5 entries#嘞

(Shunde Cantonese Category:Cantonese Chinese#口11) great-grandson

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 曾孫 (“great-grandson; great-grandchild”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		曾孫, 曾孫子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	曾孫兒
	Taiwan	曾孫
	Harbin	重孫子, 重孫兒
	Singapore	曾孫
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	重孫, 重孫子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	重孫子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	重孫子
	Wanrong	重孫
	Xi'an	重孫
	Xining	重孫子
	Xuzhou	重孫兒, 重孫, 曾孫兒, 曾孫, 四世孫兒, 四世孫
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	重孫子
	Lanzhou	重孫, 男重孫 †
	Ürümqi	重孫子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	灰灰兒
	Wuhan	重孫子, 重孫
	Guiyang	重孫孫, 重孫
	Guilin	重孫子
	Liuzhou	息子, 息, 重孫, 息崽 †
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	重重, 重孫 †
	Yangzhou	重孫子
	Nantong	重孫兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	息
	Hong Kong	息
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	息
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	息
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	息
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	息
	Macau	息
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	息
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	息
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	息
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	息
	Foshan	息
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	息
	Foshan (Shunde)	嘞
	Foshan (Sanshui)	息
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	息
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	息
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	息
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	息
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	息
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	息
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	息
	Taishan	息
	Kaiping (Chikan)	息
	Enping (Niujiang)	息
	Heshan (Yayao)	息
	Dongguan	息
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	息
	Qingyuan	息, 息仔
	Fogang	息
	Yingde (Hanguang)	息仔
	Yangshan	息
	Lianshan (Butian)	息
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	息
	Shaoguan	息
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	息
	Renhua	息仔
	Lechang	息仔
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	息仔
	Sihui	息
	Guangning	息
	Deqing	息
	Huaiji	息
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	息
	Yunfu	息仔
	Xinxing	息
	Luoding	息
	Yunan (Pingtai)	息
	Xinyi	息
	Lianjiang	息, 息仔
	Nanning	息, 息仔
	Wuzhou	息
	Yulin	息
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	曾孫
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	息
	Singapore (Guangfu)	息
Gan	Nanchang	曾孫子, 曾孫
	Lichuan	曾孫崽, 曾孫
	Pingxiang	曾孫
Hakka	Meixian	息仔
	Xingning	息哩
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	阿息
	Huidong (Daling)	息仔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	息仔
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	息孫
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	息子
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	息哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	息哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	息哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	息哩
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	阿息
	Wengyuan	息子
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	息子
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	息仔
	Liannan	息子
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	息
	Jiexi	息
	Luhe	息仔
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	重孫
	Changting	息嫲哩
	Wuping	息嫲子
	Wuping (Yanqian)	息子
	Wuping (Pingyu)	息子
	Liancheng	息哩
	Ninghua	息孫
	Yudu	曾孫, 息孫
	Ningdu	重孫
	Ruijin	曾孫
	Shicheng	玄孫
	Tonggu (Sandu)	曾孫
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	曾孫
	Dayu	曾孫
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	息仔, 息嫲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	息仔, 息嫲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	息仔, 息嫲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	息, 息嫲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	息仔, 息嫲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	曾孫, 玄孫
	Hong Kong	息
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	息
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	息仔
	Xinyi (Sihe)	息
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	息
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	倈
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	息
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	息
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	息子
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	孫息, 息子
	Mengshan (Xihe)	息孫
	Luchuan	曾孫
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	重孫
	Sabah (Longchuan)	息仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	息
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	孫息
	Singkawang	息孫
Huizhou	Jixi	重孫
Jin	Taiyuan	重孫子
Jin	Xinzhou	重孫
Northern Min	Jian'ou	息仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	曾孫
Southern Min	Xiamen	橄欖孫
	Quanzhou	橄欖孫
	Jinjiang	橄欖孫
	Zhangzhou	橄欖孫
	Taipei	橄欖孫
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	橄欖孫
	Kaohsiung	橄欖孫
	Yilan	橄欖孫
	Changhua (Lukang)	橄欖孫
	Taichung	橄欖孫
	Taichung (Wuqi)	橄欖孫
	Tainan	橄欖孫
	Taitung	橄欖孫
	Hsinchu	橄欖孫
	Kinmen	橄欖孫
	Penghu (Magong)	橄欖孫
	Penang (Hokkien)	橄欖孫
	Manila (Hokkien)	橄欖孫
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	息仔
	Shantou	重孫
	Bangkok (Teochew)	重孫
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	橄欖孫
	Leizhou	息
	Haikou	息, 妰𡝃息 †
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	息
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	孫息, 息仔, 重孫仔
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	重孫子
Wu	Shanghai	曾孫, 玄孫
	Shanghai (Chongming)	玄孫
	Suzhou	玄孫
	Danyang	重孫
	Hangzhou	重孫
	Ningbo	重孫
	Wenzhou	玄孫
	Jinhua	玄孫
Xiang	Changsha	曾孫子
	Loudi	曾孫
	Quanzhou	重孫, 息崽
Note	† - distinguishes male gender from gender-neutral term

Etymology 6

For pronunciation and definitions of 嘞Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#嘞 Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#嘞 – see 辣 (“to be at; at; in; be... -ing”). (This character is a variant form of 辣).