𣍐曉

Chinese

			dawn; to know; to tell (someone something)
trad. (𣍐曉)		𣍐	曉
simp. (𫧃晓)		𫧃	晓
alternative forms		袂曉／袂晓

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bōe-hiáu / bǒe-hiáu / bē-hiáu / bōe-hiáng / bē-hiáng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhoi⁶ hiao² / bhoi⁶ hiou²

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Sanxia, Yilan, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-hiáu
    • Tâi-lô: buē-hiáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boexhiao
    • IPA (Singapore): /bue²²⁻²¹ hiau⁴²/
    • IPA (Yilan): /bue³³⁻²¹ hiau⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bue²²⁻²¹ hiau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bue³³⁻¹¹ hiau⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bǒe-hiáu
    • Tâi-lô: buě-hiáu
    • IPA (Lukang): /bue³³⁻²² hiau⁵⁵/
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /bue³³⁻²² hiau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bue²² hiau⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-hiáu
    • Tâi-lô: bē-hiáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bexhiao
    • IPA (Tainan): /be³³⁻¹¹ hiau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /be³³⁻²¹ hiau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /be²²⁻²¹ hiau⁵³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /be²²⁻²¹ hiau⁴²/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-hiáng
    • Tâi-lô: buē-hiáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boexhiarng
    • IPA (Taipei): /bue³³⁻¹¹ hiaŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-hiáng
    • Tâi-lô: bē-hiáng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bexhiarng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /be³³⁻²¹ hiaŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Yilan): /be³³⁻²¹ hiaŋ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhoi⁶ hiao² / bhoi⁶ hiou²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bŏi hiáu / bŏi hióu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /boi³⁵⁻¹¹ hiau⁵²/, /boi³⁵⁻¹¹ hiou⁵²/

Verb

𣍐曉

1. (Southern Min, Puxian Min) to be unable to; to not know how to; to have not learned to

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 不會 (“to be unable to; to not know how to”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		不會, 不懂得
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	不會
	Taiwan	不會
	Malaysia	不會
	Singapore	不會
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	不會
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	不會
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	不會
	Wuhan	不會, 不曉得
	Guilin	沒懂
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	不會
	Hefei	不會
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔會, 唔識, 唔曉
	Hong Kong	唔識, 唔曉
	Macau	唔識
	Yangjiang	無會, 無識
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	唔識
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔識
Gan	Nanchang	不會, 不曉得
Hakka	Meixian	唔會, 唔識得, 唔曉
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	毋會, 毋曉
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	毋會, 毋曉
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	毋會, 毋曉
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	毋會, 毋曉
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	毋會, 毋曉
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	毋會, 毋曉
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	毋會
	Kuching (Hepo)	唔曉
Jin	Taiyuan	不會
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𣍐1
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	𣍐1
Southern Min	Xiamen	𣍐1, 𣍐曉, 𣍐曉得
	Quanzhou	𣍐1, 𣍐曉, 𣍐曉得
	Zhangzhou	𣍐1, 𣍐曉
	Taipei	𣍐曉
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	𣍐曉
	Kaohsiung	𣍐曉
	Yilan	𣍐曉
	Changhua (Lukang)	𣍐曉
	Taichung	𣍐曉
	Tainan	𣍐曉
	Penang (Hokkien)	𣍐曉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	𣍐曉
	Manila (Hokkien)	𣍐曉
	Medan (Hokkien)	𣍐曉
	Chaozhou	𣍐1, 唔曉
	Shantou	𣍐1
	Jieyang	𣍐1, 唔曉
	Singapore (Teochew)	𣍐曉
	Wenchang	無捌
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無捌
Puxian Min	Putian	𣍐1
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	𣍐1
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	𣍐1
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	𣍐1
	Xianyou	𣍐1
	Xianyou (Fengting)	𣍐1
	Xianyou (Youyang)	𣍐1
Wu	Shanghai	勿會, 𣍐2
	Suzhou	勿會
	Wenzhou	否會, 唔奔
Xiang	Changsha	不會, 不曉得
	Shuangfeng	不會, 不曉得

Derived terms

• 少年𣍐曉想，食老毋成樣 / 少年𫧃晓想，食老毋成样
• 會曉偷食，𣍐曉拭喙 / 会晓偷食，𫧃晓拭喙
• 𣍐曉剃頭，拄著鬍鬚 / 𫧃晓剃头，拄著胡须 (bē-hiáu thì-thâu, tú-tio̍h hô͘-chhiu)

Further reading

• “Entry #6684”, 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.