spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said | |||
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trad. (嘅話) | 嘅 | 話 | |
simp. (嘅话) | 嘅 | 话 |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “calque of Mandarin 的話?”)
嘅話
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 的話 | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 的話 |
Singapore | 的話 | |
Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 的話 |
Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 的話 |
Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 的話 |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 嘅話 |
Hong Kong | 嘅話, 嘅 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 嘅話 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 個話 |
Southern Min | Shantou | 的話 |
Haifeng | 個講 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 個閒話 |