干焦

Chinese

		to concern; to interfere; shield to concern; to interfere; shield; stem	phonetic
simp. and trad. (干焦)		干	焦
alternative forms		干但乾焦干單干乾乾若／干若干但乾焦干單干乾乾若／干若干今干礁干他干踏干那干担干擔
anagram		焦干

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kan-ta / kan-na / kan-taⁿ / kan-nā

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Penang, variant in Taiwan, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-ta
  - Tâi-lô: kan-ta
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kandaf
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ ta⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² ta⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /kan³³ ta³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Penang): /kan³³⁻²¹ ta³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-na
  - Tâi-lô: kan-na
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kannaf
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² nã⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ nã⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Philippines): /kan³³ na³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-taⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kan-tann
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kandvaf
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ tã⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-nā
  - Tâi-lô: kan-nā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kanna
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ nã³³/

Adverb

干焦 (Hokkien)

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwanese and Philippine Hokkien) only; merely
(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Penang Hokkien) in vain; for no reason; for no purpose; for nothing; unsuccessfully
(Taiwanese Hokkien) contrarily; insistently; stubbornly

Synonyms

(only):

一塌括子 (⁷iq-thaeq₇-khuaeq₇-tsy₃) (Suzhounese)
僅僅 / 仅仅 (jǐnjǐn)
儷是 / 俪是 (nâ-sê) (Eastern Min)
則是 / 则是 (zéshì) (archaic)
只
只係 / 只系 (zi² hai⁶) (Cantonese)
只是 (zhǐshì)
單純 / 单纯 (dānchún)
孤 (Hokkien)
孤啊 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
孤單 / 孤单 (Hokkien, Teochew)
徒然 (túrán)
清 (cêng¹) (Teochew)

Dialectal synonyms of 只是 (“only; merely”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		只是, 僅僅, 單單
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	只是
Cantonese	Hong Kong	淨係, 只係
Cantonese	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	淨係, 單單
Hakka	Hong Kong	淨係
Hakka	Kuala Lumpur (Huiyang)	淨係
Southern Min	Xiamen	干焦
	Zhangzhou	干焦
	Taipei	干焦
	Penang (Hokkien)	干焦
	Klang (Hokkien)	干焦
	Manila (Hokkien)	孤單, 干焦, 孤

(in vain): 白白 (báibái), 徒然 (túrán), (Hokkien) 干白
(contrarily): 偏偏 (piānpiān)

Derived terms

干焦急
干焦癮

Adjective

		to concern; to interfere; shield to concern; to interfere; shield; stem	dry
simp. and trad. (干焦)		干	焦
anagram		焦干

干焦 (Hokkien)

(Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) dry; without or with little moisture