喺

xǐ

preposition

Meanings

1 (Cantonese) at; in; on (equivalent to Mandarin 在)

Characters

喺

xǐ

(Cantonese) at; in; on

Examples

我喺屋企。

Ngo5 hai2 uk1 kei2.

(Cantonese) I am at home.

粤语里，喺相当于普通话的在。

Yuèyǔ lǐ, xǐ xiāngdāngyú pǔtōnghuà de zài.

In Cantonese, 喺 corresponds to Mandarin 在.

Tips

喺 is a Cantonese word, pronounced 喺 in Cantonese (Jyutping hai2). It marks location and time and lines up with Mandarin 在. You'll see it in Hong Kong / Guangdong written colloquial text, not in standard Mandarin.

Components

radical

口 kǒu

mouth

The mouth radical 口 marks this as a colloquial spoken-language character, many dialect grammar words are written with a mouth on the left.

phonetic

係 xì

to be; connection

係 ('to be / relation') provides the sound base and a faint copular flavour fitting a 'to be located at' word.

No stroke data for 喺; the glyph shown is your device font, so component strokes can't be highlighted.

Stroke Order

喺 xǐ

喺