閒話

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See also: 闲话

Chinese

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idle; interstice; separate
spoken words; speech; dialect
spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
 
trad. (閒話/閑話) /
simp. (闲话)
alternative forms 言話言话 (“words; speech”) Wu

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閒話

  1. (literary) to talk casually; to chat

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Noun

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閒話

  1. words of little importance; casual words; digression
  2. gossip; rumour; word on the street
  3. (Sujiahu Wu, Tiaoxi Wu and Yongjiang Wu) words; speech
    閒話闲话 [Shanghainese]  ―  5kaon 6ghe-gho [Wugniu]  ―  to speak (lit. to say words)
    閒話一句闲话一句 [Wenzhounese]  ―  an instant response (lit. a single utterance)
    閒話閒話 [Suzhounese, trad.]
    闲话闲话 [Suzhounese, simp.]
    3hau-ghe2-gho6 1chieu-ghe2-gho6 2ze 5iau 1thin-keq [Wugniu]
    You have to listen to all the words they have to say, be it good or not.
  4. (Sujiahu Wu, Tiaoxi Wu and Yongjiang Wu) language; dialect
    上海閒話上海闲话 [Shanghainese]  ―  6zaon-he 6ghe-gho [Wugniu]  ―  Shanghainese
    蘇州閒話苏州闲话 [Shanghainese]  ―  1su-tseu 6ghe-gho [Wugniu]  ―  Suzhounese
    法國閒話法国闲话 [Shanghainese]  ―  7faq-koq 6ghe-gho [Wugniu]  ―  the French language

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