話嗮

Chinese

		spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (話嗮)		話	嗮
simp. (话嗮)		话	嗮
alternative forms		話晒

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): waa⁶ saai³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): va⁵ lhai¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa⁶ saai³
    • Yale: wah saai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁶ saai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa⁶ sai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː²² saːi̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: va⁵ lhai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /va³² ɬai³³/

Adverb

話嗮

1. (Cantonese) after all; in any case; at any rate
   • 1996, The God of Cookery, spoken by Stephen Chow (Stephen Chow):

     畀下面吖，話嗮都食神吖。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     畀下面吖，话嗮都食神吖。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     bei² haa⁵ min^6-2 a¹, waa⁶ saai³ dou¹ sik⁶ san⁴ a¹. [Jyutping]

     Give me some face, after all I'm the God of Cookery.