葛咾

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (葛咾)		葛	咾
simp. #(葛咾)		葛	咾

Etymology

Likely of Austronesian origin. Compare Amis [Term?] (ɕakʰatala). (Li, 2001)

Pronunciation

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷keq-lau

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• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷keq-lau
    • MiniDict: keh^入 lau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴keq-lau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kəʔ³³ lɔ⁴⁴/

Adverb

葛咾

1. (Shanghainese) therefore; so

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 所以 (“so; therefore”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		是以, 是故, 故, 以, 以是, 以故
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		所以, 因此, 因而, 故, 故此, 故而
Mandarin	Taiwan	所以
	Guilin	所以
	Yangzhou	所以
	Singapore	所以
Cantonese	Guangzhou	所以, 故此
	Hong Kong	所以
	Singapore (Guangfu)	所以
Gan	Nanchang	故是
Hakka	Meixian	所以, 故此
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	故所, 所以
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	故所, 所以, 故所以
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	所以
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	所以
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	所以, 故所
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	所以
Huizhou	Jixi	所以上
Northern Min	Jian'ou	故此
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	故此
Southern Min	Xiamen	所以
	Quanzhou	所以
	Zhangzhou	所以
	Tainan	所以
	Penang (Hokkien)	所以
	Singapore (Hokkien)	所以
	Manila (Hokkien)	所以
	Wenchang	所以
Wu	Shanghai	所以, 咾, 葛咾, 因此, 故所以 dated, 故而 dated, 所以緣故 dated, 為此緣故 dated, 因此緣故 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	故所以
Xiang	Loudi	故所以