傾偈

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Chinese

to chat
forceful; martial; Buddhist hymn
forceful; martial; Buddhist hymn; gatha; Buddhist verse
 
trad. (傾偈)
simp. (倾偈)
alternative forms 傾計倾计
謦欬
傾蓋倾盖

Etymology

Possibly from (“to chat < to pour out”) + (“words < gatha”).

Some propose that it comes from Classical Chinese 謦欬 (“to cough; to talk casually”).

Pronunciation


Note: Borrowed from Cantonese.

Verb

傾⫽偈 (verb-object)

  1. (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Pinghua, Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien, Zhongshan Min) to chat; to discuss; to talk
    冇乜冇乜 [Cantonese]  ―  mou5 mat1 gai2 hou2 king1   ―  to have nothing to chat about

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