剺揭話

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Chinese

witty and clever with slight indecency
spoken words; speech; dialect
spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
 
trad. (剺揭話) 剺揭 話
simp. (剺揭话) 剺揭 话
alternative forms 褫揭話／褫揭话
戾恝話／戾恝话
戾揭話／戾揭话 (lih-khiat-ōe)

Pronunciation

Note:
  • Xiamen:
    • lih-khiat-ōe - “witty remark”;
    • lì-khiat-ōe - “witty remark; xiehouyu”.

    Noun

    剺揭話

    1. (Hokkien) wisecrack; witticism; witty remark
    2. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) xiehouyu

    Synonyms

    Dialectal synonyms of 歇後語 (“xiehouyu”)
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 歇後語, 俏皮話
    Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 歇後語兒
    Taiwan 歇後語
    Singapore 歇後語
    Cantonese Guangzhou 歇後語, 背語
    Hong Kong 歇後語
    Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 師傅話, 功夫話, 太監話
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 師傅話, 功夫話, 太監話
    Southern Min Xiamen 剺揭話
    Quanzhou 剺揭話
    Zhangzhou 剺揭話
    Taipei 孽譎仔話 GT
    Tainan 孽譎話
    Chaozhou 歇後語
    Jieyang 歇後語
    Singapore (Teochew) 歇後語
    Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
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