勿大

Chinese

		not	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
simp. and trad. (勿大)		勿	大
alternative forms		弗大

Pronunciation

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶veq₈-da; ⁷veq-da / ⁷feq-da₆ / ⁷ueq ⁶da

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• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶veq₈-da; ⁷veq-da
    • MiniDict: veh^入 da; veh^入 da
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³veq₅-da; ⁴veq-da
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vəʔ²² da⁴⁴/, /vəʔ³³ da⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁷feq-da₆
    • MiniDict: feh^入 da^去
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /fəʔ⁵⁵ dɑ⁵²³/
  • (Northern: Jiaxing)
    • Wugniu: ⁷ueq ⁶da
    • MiniDict: ueh^入 da^去
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /uəʔ⁵⁵ da¹¹³/

Adverb

勿大

1. (Northern Wu) not much; not really; not very

   勿大歡喜／勿大欢喜 [Shanghainese]  ―  ⁶veq₈-da₆ ¹huoe-shi₅ [Wugniu]  ―  to not really like

   該人勿大響個。 [Ningbonese, trad.]
   该人勿大响个。 [Ningbonese, simp.]

   This person doesn't speak much.

   • 哦！儂常常吃𠲎？／我現在勿大吃了。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
     哦！侬常常吃𠲎？／我现在勿大吃了。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

     From: 2020, ニューエクスピレンスプラス　上海語, p. 114

     ¹au ⁶non ⁶zan-zan ⁷chiq-vaq／⁶ngu ⁶yi-ze ⁶veq₈-da ⁷chiq-leq [Wugniu]

     Oh! So you eat it often? I don't eat it much these days.

Usage notes

• *勿忒 does not exist.