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偌

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: ria2
POJ: jiá
Variety: chaozhou

Pronunciation note: Realised [dz] ~ [z] ~ [l] depending on speaker and register; many younger speakers merge it with /l/. The cited sources corroborate [dz], relaxing to [z] for younger/overseas speakers; neither attests the further merger to /l/.

Meanings and usage

adverb: so, such, that (to such a degree)
偌

Wiktionary tags this word's part of speech inconsistently as demonstrative/adverb across the varieties that share this etymology; 'adverb' was chosen as the closest fit to the fixed part-of-speech list since the target list has no demonstrative category.

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