哩……哩……

Chinese

		mile; (part. for continued state); (onomat.)			mile; (part. for continued state); (onomat.)
simp. and trad. (哩……哩……)		哩	…	…	哩	…	…

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): li¹...li¹...

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• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: li¹...li¹...
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: li1...li符...
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³³⁻²³...li³³⁻²³.../

Conjunction

哩……哩……

1. (Teochew) used to contrast two different situations
   • 1999, 陈四文, 陈四文讲古——只知其一，不知其二‎^[1]:

     啊喲阿爺噲，個水缸哩照大，個甕哩照細，囥在得了？無變乜！ [Teochew, trad.]
     啊哟阿爷哙，个水缸哩照大，个瓮哩照细，囥在得了？无变乜！ [Teochew, simp.]

     a¹ iou¹ a¹ ia⁵ oi⁶, gai⁵ zui² geng¹ li¹ zio² dua⁷, gai⁵ ang⁵ li¹ zio² soi³, keng³ zai⁶ dêg⁸ lou⁷? bho⁵ biang³ mih⁴! [Peng'im]

     Old Master, the water jar is so big, but the earthern pot is so small, how can it be possible to put one in the other? It can't be done.