慢叫

Chinese

		slow	adverb
trad. (慢叫)		慢	叫
simp. #(慢叫)		慢	叫

Pronunciation

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶me--ciau

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• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶me--ciau
    • MiniDict: me^去 ciau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³me--jiau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /me²² ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiɔ²¹/

Adverb

慢叫 (Shanghainese)

1. slowly
2. later; in a while

   • 就算正正好兩個，爺叔也打阿飛勿過個，爺叔又勿是少林寺小和尚咾，慢叫阿飛打爺叔倒有份唻。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
     就算正正好两个，爷叔也打阿飞勿过个，爷叔又勿是少林寺小和尚咾，慢叫阿飞打爷叔倒有份𫪁。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

     From: 2017, 胡寶談 [Hu Baotan],上海人門檻 [The Shanghainese Way of Passing]

     ⁶zhieu ⁵soe ¹tsen-tsen-hau ⁶lian-gheq ⁶ya-soq ⁶gha ⁵tan-aq-fi 勿-ku-gheq ⁶ya-soq ⁶yeu 勿-zy ⁵sau-lin-zy ⁵shiau-wu-zaon-lau ⁶me-ciau ⁷aq-fi ⁵tan ⁶ya-soq ⁵tau ⁶yeu ⁶ven-le [Wugniu]

     Even if there was just exactly two, your uncle wouldn't be able to fight the two hooligans back. Your uncle here is no monk boy from the Shaolin temple, remember; the hooligans might well manage to eventually beat your uncle up instead.

Synonyms

• 慢慢叫