客氣話

Chinese

		to be polite; to behave in a courteous manner; polite to be polite; to behave in a courteous manner; polite; courteous; civil	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (客氣話)		客氣	話
simp. (客气话)		客气	话

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kèqihuà, kèqìhuà

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ˙ㄑㄧㄏㄨㄚˋ, ㄎㄜˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haak³ hei³ waa⁶
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ka⁶ ki⁴ ua⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kheh-khì-ōe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kèqihuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ˙ㄑㄧㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kèci̊huà
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-chʻi⁵-hua⁴
  - Yale: kè-chi-hwà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keh.chihuah
  - Palladius: кэцихуа (kɛcixua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kèqìhuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kècìhuà
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-chʻi⁴-hua⁴
  - Yale: kè-chì-hwà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehchihhuah
  - Palladius: кэцихуа (kɛcixua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haak³ hei³ waa⁶
  - Yale: haak hei wah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁸ hei³ waa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hag³ héi³ wa⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːk̚³ hei̯³³ waː²²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ka⁶ ki⁴ ua⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kā-ki̍-uā
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰa¹¹ kʰi⁴² ua¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ka⁶ ki⁴ ua⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰa²¹ kʰi⁴² ua²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheh-khì-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: kheh-khì-uē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qehqie'oe
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ ue²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰe(ʔ)⁵ kʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ ue²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ ue³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ ue³³/

Noun

客氣話

polite formula; phatic expression

Synonyms

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套話 / 套话 (tàohuà)
套語 / 套语 (tàoyǔ)
客套話 / 客套话 (kètàohuà)

References

李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 39.