話之

Chinese

		spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said	's; him/her/it; this
trad. (話之)		話	之
simp. (话之)		话	之
alternative forms		話知／话知

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁶ zi¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa⁶ zi¹
    • Yale: wah jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁶ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa⁶ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː²² t͡siː⁵⁵/

Verb

話之

1. (Cantonese) to not care; to ignore (used to express indifference on the part of the speaker; often followed by 佢 or 你)

   我話之佢嚟定唔嚟。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我话之佢嚟定唔嚟。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ waa⁶ zi¹ keoi⁵ lai⁴ ding⁶ m⁴ lai⁴. [Jyutping]

   I don't care whether he comes or not.