橫順

橫順

1. (Southwestern Mandarin, including Sichuanese; dialectal Jin) anyway

   • 我橫順有點事要找他的。 [Sichuanese, trad.]
     我横顺有点事要找他的。 [Sichuanese, simp.]

     From: 1960, 李劼人 (Li Jieren), 《大波》第二卷 (Great Wave, volume 2), page 352

     Ngo³ hun² sun⁴ you³ dian³ si⁴ yao⁴ zao³ ta¹ ni¹. [Sichuanese Pinyin]

     I need to talk to him anyway.

   • 橫順沒有客人來，我就給你擺一擺吧。 [Sichuanese, trad.]
     横顺没有客人来，我就给你摆一摆吧。 [Sichuanese, simp.]

     From: 1980, 吴因易 (Wu Yinyi), 《梨园谱》, page 343

     Hun² sun⁴ mei⁴ you³ ke² ren² nai², ngo³ jiu⁴ ge¹ nyi³ bai³ yi² bai³ ba⁴. [Sichuanese Pinyin]

     There aren't any customers anyway, so I can chat with you for a bit.

   • 我幫你買，橫順我要上街的 [Sichuanese, trad.]
     我帮你买，横顺我要上街的 [Sichuanese, simp.]

     From: 1998, 《成都方言詞典》, page 333

     Ngo³ bang¹ nyi³ mai³, hun² sun⁴ ngo³ yao⁴ sang⁴ gai¹ ni¹ [Sichuanese Pinyin]

     I'll buy it for you since I have to go out anyway.

2. (Southwestern Mandarin, including Sichuanese; dialectal Gan) anyhow; at any rate; no matter what

   • 這女人第一難惹，橫順不講道理。 [Sichuanese, trad.]
     这女人第一难惹，横顺不讲道理。 [Sichuanese, simp.]

     From: 1978, 沙汀 (Sha Ting) et al., 《四川十人短篇小说选》, page 248

     Ze⁴ nyu³ ren² di⁴ yi² nan² ze³, hun² sun⁴ bu² jiang³ dao⁴ ni³. [Sichuanese Pinyin]

     This woman is firstly hard to deal with; she doesn't speak reasonably anyhow.

   • 那幾年有「四人幫」在上頭給他當後臺，橫順變些花樣出來為他打氣嘛。 [Sichuanese, trad.]
     那几年有「四人帮」在上头给他当后台，横顺变些花样出来为他打气嘛。 [Sichuanese, simp.]

     From: 1979, 故事会 (Gushi Hui), issue 2, page 47

     Na⁴ ji³ nyian² you³ “si⁴ ren² bang¹” zai⁴ sang⁴ tou² ge¹ ta¹ dang¹ hou⁴ tai², hun² sun⁴ bian⁴ xi¹ hua¹ yang⁴ cu² nai² wei⁴ ta¹ da³ qi⁴ ma². [Sichuanese Pinyin]

     These few years, the “Gang of Four” was up there to support him. Anyhow, play some tricks to cheer for him.

   • 他橫順要跟倒我走，我也莫得辦法 [Sichuanese, trad.]
     他横顺要跟倒我走，我也莫得办法 [Sichuanese, simp.]

     From: 1998, 《成都方言詞典》, page 333

     Ta¹ hun² sun⁴ yao⁴ gen¹ dao³ ngo³ zou³, ngo³ ye³ mo² de^2-1 ban⁴ fa² [Sichuanese Pinyin]

     He keeps following me no matter what, and I can't do anything about it.

• 王文虎, 张一舟, 周家筠 (eds.). 四川方言词典 (Sichuan Fangyan Cidian). Chengdu: Sichuan People's Publishing House, 1987.