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spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said |
a noise; a sound
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| trad. (話咾)
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話
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咾
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| simp. (话咾)
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话
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咾
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Etymology
Likely a semantic development from the literal quotative usages of the compound.
Compare urban Shanghainese 伊講／伊讲.
Pronunciation
Adverb
話咾 (Northern Wu)
- though; apparently; unexpectedly (used to indicate that the reported fact is one differing from the speaker's opinions or expectations)
Synonyms
- 先勿先 (Wu)
- 出乎意料地 (chūhūyìliào de)
- 居然 (jūrán)
- 煞 (Hokkien)
- 硬敢 (Liuzhou)
- 竟 (jìng)
- 竟然 (jìngrán)