譚仔話

Chinese

		Tamjai	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (譚仔話)		譚仔	話
simp. (谭仔话)		谭仔	话

Etymology

From the Hong Kong mixian noodle restaurant chain Tamjai, which employs many new immigrants from Mainland China.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam^4-2 zai² waa^6-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam^4-2 zai² waa^6-2
    • Yale: táam jái wá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam^4-2 dzai² waa^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam^4-2 zei² wa^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm²¹⁻³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵ waː²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

譚仔話

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism) Cantonese with heavy Mandarin accent

Antonyms

• 煲冬瓜 (bou¹ dung¹ gwaa¹)