咧欲

Chinese

		draw back corners of mouth; child's cry	desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish
trad. (咧欲)		咧	欲
simp. #(咧欲)		咧	欲
alternative forms		咧要 得要

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): leh-beh / teh-beh / lér-berh / lí-boeh / teh-boeh / tih-beh / tih-boeh

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: leh-beh
    • Tâi-lô: leh-beh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lehbeq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /leʔ³² beʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teh-beh
    • Tâi-lô: teh-beh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dehbeq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /teʔ³² beʔ³²/
    • IPA (Philippines): /teʔ⁵ beʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lér-berh
    • Tâi-lô: lér-berh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lə⁵⁵⁴ bəʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-boeh
    • Tâi-lô: lí-bueh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ly'boeq
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bueʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teh-boeh
    • Tâi-lô: teh-bueh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dehboeq
    • IPA (Taipei): /teʔ³² bueʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tih-beh
    • Tâi-lô: tih-beh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dihbeq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ beʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ beʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tih-boeh
    • Tâi-lô: tih-bueh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dihboeq
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bueʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ bueʔ³²/

Adverb

咧欲

1. (Hokkien) be going to; will; shall

   臺北車頭咧欲到矣。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   台北车头咧欲到矣。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Tâi-pak Chhia-thâu teh-beh kàu--ah. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   We are arriving at Taipei Station soon.

Synonyms

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• 即將 / 即将 (jíjiāng)
• 可待 (kědài) (literary)
• 將要 / 将要 (jiāngyào)
• 就嚟 (Cantonese)
• 就快 (zau⁶ faai³) (Cantonese)
• 就要
• 得欲 (Hokkien)
• 快要 (kuàiyào)

References

• “Entry #4804”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.