嗲

嗲 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口金大弓 (RCKN), four-corner 6802₇, composition ⿰口爹)

1. (Cantonese) saliva
2. intensifying particle
3. inviting, coquettish
4. daddy

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 204, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 669, character 7
• Unihan data for U+55F2

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 + phonetic 爹 (OC *daːʔ, *tjaː).

嗲

1. (dialectal) coy; acting spoiled or flirtatious
2. (Cantonese) (of a child, girl, woman, pet, etc.) to act coy, childish, or cute to someone who loves or dotes on them, in order to fulfil their wish or display their affection

   Synonyms: 撒嬌／撒娇 (sājiāo), 發嗲／发嗲 (fādiǎ)

3. (Shanghainese) good; pleasing; beautiful; fashionable; aspiring

   昨日隻電影老嗲個。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   昨日只电影老嗲个。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁸zoq-gniq ⁷tsaq ⁶di-in ⁶lau ⁵tia-gheq [Wugniu]

   The movie yesterday was really good.

   • 嗲人背嗲包，嗲人戴嗲錶。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
     嗲人背嗲包，嗲人戴嗲表。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

     ⁵tia-gnin ¹pe ⁵tia-pau ⁵tia-gnin ⁵ta ⁵tia-piau [Wugniu]

     Posh folks carry posh bags, posh folks wear posh watches.

From Teochew 茶 (tê⁵, “tea”).

嗲

1. (Cantonese) to chat

Onomatopoeic.

嗲 (Cantonese)

1. The sound of dripping.
2. to drip; to trickle