Talk:幫

Japanese
I don't think this character is used in Japanese, hence the Japanese pronunciations are bogus. --Makkachin (talk) 09:43, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

Clarifying Definitions by Pronunciation
Just wanted to show you how I'm clarifying which definition is for which Hokkien pronunciation. So far, I just put it on the notes. Mar vin kaiser (talk) 02:48, 27 December 2023 (UTC)


 * In other entries, I've been formatting it like . — justin(r)leung { (t...) 04:31, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I see. In this case, that would result into double parentheses since I also have a parenthesis for "Mainland China" in the notes. It seems that there are many definitions in Mainland China Hokkien that seem like borrowings from Mandarin, but are not present in Taiwanese Hokkien. --Mar vin kaiser (talk) 05:35, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
 * It might be a little ugly, but double parentheses are fine. Also, I don't think "to help" is necessarily only used in Mainland Hokkien? It should be used in Taiwanese Hokkien as well, at least in compounds like 幫贊 and 幫忙. — justin(r)leung { (t...) 05:42, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Hmm....I think what is meant here is that 幫 can be used in Mainland Hokkien as a single syllable word to mean "to help" (just like in Mandarin), while in Taiwanese Hokkien (just like in Mainland Hokkien), 幫 is used in compound words to mean "to help". --Mar vin kaiser (talk) 05:47, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I think that might be potentially confusing since the purpose of the pronunciation box is primarily about pronunciation, not word usage, which should be dealt with in the definition lines or usage notes. — justin(r)leung { (t...) 06:05, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm inclined to agree with you, but I'm just not sure how to fix it. --Mar vin kaiser (talk) 08:51, 27 December 2023 (UTC)