嘅話

Chinese

			spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (嘅話)		嘅	話
simp. (嘅话)		嘅	话

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “calque of Mandarin 的話?”)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ge³ waa^6-2 / ge³ waa⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ge³ waa^6-2 / ge³ waa⁶
    • Yale: ge wá / ge wah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ge³ waa^6-2 / ge³ waa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gé³ wa^6-2 / gé³ wa⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛː³³ waː²²⁻³⁵/, /kɛː³³ waː²²/

Particle

嘅話

1. (Cantonese) Particle put at the end of a conditional clause.

   你今日出去嘅話，記得鎖門喎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   你今日出去嘅话，记得锁门㖞。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ gam¹ jat⁶ ceot¹ heoi³ ge³ waa^6-2, gei³ dak¹ so² mun⁴ wo³. [Jyutping]

   If you go out today, remember to lock the door.

   • 1990, 蔣志光 (lyrics and music), “相逢何必曾相識”‎performed by 蔣志光 and 韋綺珊:

     也許一天可以嘅話　准許我多愛一次 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     也许一天可以嘅话　准许我多爱一次 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     jaa⁵ heoi² jat¹ tin¹ ho² ji⁵ ge³ waa⁶, zeon² heoi² ngo⁵ do¹ oi³ jat¹ ci³ [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		的話
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	的話
	Singapore	的話
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	的話
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	的話
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	的話
Cantonese	Guangzhou	嘅話
	Hong Kong	嘅話, 嘅
	Singapore (Guangfu)	嘅話
Hakka	Meixian	個話
Southern Min	Shantou	的話
	Haifeng	個講
Wu	Shanghai	個閒話

Dialectal synonyms of 的話 (“(particle put at the end of a conditional clause)”) [map]