惡講

Chinese

		evil; to hate; to loathe evil; to hate; to loathe; nauseated	to talk; speech; to speak to talk; speech; to speak; to tell; to explain
trad. (惡講)		惡	講
simp. (恶讲)		恶	讲
alternative forms		僫講／𱏀讲 (Hokkien)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ok³ gong²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oh-kóng

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ok³ gong²
    • Yale: ok góng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ok⁸ gong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: og³ gong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːk̚³ kɔːŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oh-kóng
    • Tâi-lô: oh-kóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oihkorng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /o(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kɔŋ⁴¹/

Adjective

惡講

1. (Cantonese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) hard to say
2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) hard to determine

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 難說 (“hard to say”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		難說
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	難說, 難講
Cantonese	Guangzhou	難講, 惡講
	Hong Kong	難講
Gan	Nanchang	難話
	Lichuan	難話
Hakka	Meixian	難講
Huizhou	Jixi	難講
Southern Min	Xiamen	惡講, 難講
	Quanzhou	惡說
	Zhangzhou	惡講
	Tainan	惡講, 歹講
	Shantou	惡呾
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	難講
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	難話
	Ningbo	難話, 難講
	Jinhua	難講