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Again, welcome! — justin(r)leung { (t...) | c=› } 07:45, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Preposition
editI think many of the entries you're making are not prepositions. Prepositions are 介詞, which typically take an object to form a prepositional phrase, like 在, 向, 從. Most of the terms you are calling prepositions are probably adverbs or nouns. Could you go back and check? — justin(r)leung { (t...) | c=› } 07:08, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
- Will do, thanks ND381 (talk) 09:22, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
Gan sources
editHi! What sources are you using for these 方言點? 沈澄心✉ 01:31, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
- I'm going from the 江西省誌's 方言誌
- I couldn't match these to any of the existing localities but I am 一嚿飯 so these may be duplicates — 義順 (talk) 07:01, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
Wu Chinese
editHi ND381, are you still working on your Wu proposal? Dennis Dartman (talk) 20:36, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
- Yes, we have occasional discussions on the English Wikt Discord. Right now I think the main hurdle is just how we should present the tones (since Wugniu doesn’t actually have a recommended tone display with sandhi, currently settling on basically what we already have but with the number in front for heads and at the back for all subsequent syllables when other lects are introduced). I might want to just directly ask some major SH editors how they want to see the tones written, but other than that, it should all be approved already maybe idk — 義順 (talk) 20:43, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
Entry Request
editHi! I understand you're proficient in Wu? I was wondering if you could create the entry for 買汏燒/买汏烧 (or 買汰燒/买汰烧). I'm not sure if the pronunciation would be "6ma da sau". Also, I hear it in this series episode (at 0:34 here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrp61XsjrZI) as mǎitàishāo, so I guess it's also used in Mandarin. I'm not sure how to put the definition though. Mar vin kaiser (talk) 00:51, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
You can't just leave this with a module error. You need to fix either the entry or the module. I edited the module to get thy error message to point to the correct page where the Wu notation is discussed, but I can't fix anything myself. Chuck Entz (talk) 19:55, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
- @Chuck Entz:, error has been fixed by ND381. It now reflects the proper tone for how it's pronounced in Wu. CitationsFreak (talk) 00:21, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Maps for dialectal data
editI'd like to create and add maps based on dialectal data. Where should they go on the page? Example:
. BonnieHu (talk) 17:19, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
- Hi there, we currently handle crosslinguistic pronunciations in the pronunciation module (see the "Dialectal data" section in 營) and crosslinguistic synonyms in Module:zh-dial-syn. If you would like to add such pages, you can check the Chinese module and template pages and perhaps consider adding some entries. Please do not upload these images in place of the current modules. Thanks — nd381 (talk) 04:25, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
尊姓大名
editHow is the term 大名 pronounced in Suzhounese Wu? I ask because of the term 尊姓大名.
Thanks for reading. -- Apisite (talk) 09:19, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
- I don't speak Suzhounese, nor can I say I know it particularly well. I could direct you to 蘇州方言語音研究 though, as it has a lot of "exceptions" to tone sandhi rules and may have one for 大名 as well — nd381 (talk) 09:22, 14 August 2024 (UTC)