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

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.

   • 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.]

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

     jaa⁵ heoi² jat¹ tin¹ ho² ji⁵ ge³ waa^6-2, zeon² heoi² ngo⁵ do¹ oi³ jat¹ ci³ [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 的話／的话 (dehuà)
• (Northern Wu) 個閒話／个闲话