啱

啱 (radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口山一口 (RUMR), composition ⿰口岩)

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 196, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 1, page 641, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5571

Probably a Tai-Kadai substrate word (Li, 1990). Compare Zhuang ngamq (“just; exactly; only”), Hlai ngamx (“suitable”), Vietnamese ngám (“just right”).

Alternatively, some postulate that this is derived from 恰 (hap1, “just; coincidentally; suitable”) or 諳 (am1, “to know; familiar with”).

啱

(chiefly Cantonese, Hakka, Malaysia  Min Nan)

1. correct, right
2. to fit; to be appropriate; to be suitable

   啱細路仔飲 / 啱细路仔饮 [Cantonese]  ―  ngaam¹ sai³ lou⁶ zai² jam² [Jyutping]  ―  suitable for consumption by children

3. just now; a moment ago

   啱啱 [Cantonese]  ―  ngaam¹ ngaam¹ [Jyutping]  ―  just now; just

4. by chance; coincidentally

啱 (nhàm)

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