在許

Etymology
First syllable from a lenited form of.

The second syllable likely resulted from an irregular reflex of >    which has developed usages as determiners or pronoun plural suffixes in various Wu varieties. Compare Wenzhounese, Wenling Taizhounese , Shanghainese , etc.

The aspect marker senses are part of a commonplace semantic derivation in Wu and some of Gan, whereby preposition-demonstrative phrases come to be grammaticalized as stative verb markers.

Verb

 * 1) to be (somewhere), to be in, to exist

Usage notes
When placed at the end of a sentence, glottalized pronunciations are preferred. The compound tends attatch onto the preceding term.

This orthography is an etymological spelling that can be applied to all lects. However, its usage may be limited, and phonetic spellings, such as, , , and (in Hangzhounese), may be preferred instead.

Synonyms