個閒話

Chinese

		(a measure word); individual	to talk casually; to chat; words of little importance to talk casually; to chat; words of little importance; casual words; digression
trad. (個閒話/個閑話)		個	閒話/閑話
simp. (个闲话)		个	闲话

Pronunciation

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁰gheq ⁶ghe-gho; ⁰eq ⁶ghe-gho

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• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁰gheq ⁶ghe-gho; ⁰eq ⁶ghe-gho
    • MiniDict: gheh ghe^去 gho; eh ghe^去 gho
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁰hheq ³hhe-hho; ⁰eq ³hhe-hho
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦəʔ ɦe²² ɦo⁴⁴/, /əʔ ɦe²² ɦo⁴⁴/

Particle

個閒話 (Northern Wu)

1. optional particle put at the end of a conditional clause

   明朝落雨個閒話我勿去公園。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   明朝落雨个闲话我勿去公园。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁶min-zau ⁸loq ⁶yu ⁰gheq ⁶ghe-gho ⁶ngu 勿-chi ¹kon-yoe [Wugniu]

   If it rains tomorrow, I will not go to the park.

2. used to indicate the topic

   • 禮拜日個閒話，我上半日有空 [Shanghainese, trad.]
     礼拜日个闲话，我上半日有空 [Shanghainese, simp.]

     From: 2020, ニューエクスピレスプラス　上海語, p. 120

     ⁶li-ba ⁸gniq ⁰gheq ⁶ghe-gho ⁶ngu ⁶zaon-boe-gniq ⁶yeu ⁵kon [Wugniu]

     As for Sunday, I'm free all morning.

Synonyms

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

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