話咾

Chinese

		spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said	a noise; a sound
trad. (話咾)		話	咾
simp. (话咾)		话	咾

Etymology

Likely a semantic development from the literal quotative usages of the compound.

Compare urban Shanghainese 伊講／伊讲.

Pronunciation

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶gho-lau

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• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶gho-lau
    • MiniDict: gho^去 lau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hho-lau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦo²² lɔ⁴⁴/

Adverb

話咾 (Northern Wu)

1. though; apparently; unexpectedly (used to indicate that the reported fact is one differing from the speaker's opinions or expectations)

   • 伊話咾面孔一板搭我哀歇會 [Shanghainese, trad.]
     伊话咾面孔一板搭我哀歇会 [Shanghainese, simp.]

     From: 1995, 傅子明 (lyricist and singer), 做人難 ("Hard to be Alive")

     ⁶yi ⁶gho-lau ⁶mi-khon ⁷iq-pe ⁷teq-ngu ⁵e-shiq-we [Wugniu]

     But her face just kind of toughened and she was like smell ya later then

   • 搿拉話時季到拉哉，話咾 [Northern Wu, trad.]
     搿拉话时季到拉哉，话咾 [Northern Wu, simp.]

     From: 2023, 我愛你——上海浦東蟹 ("I Love you — from a Pudong Shanghainese Crab")

     They say now apparently it's the right season to hit

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)