歇過

Chinese

		to rest	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-
trad. (歇過)		歇	過
simp. (歇过)		歇	过

Pronunciation

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁷shiq-ku₅ / ⁷shiq-kou₅

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• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Songjiang)
    • Wugniu: ⁷shiq-ku₅
    • MiniDict: shih^入 ku^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴xiq-ku₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɪʔ³³ ku⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /çiɪʔ⁴⁴ ku³⁵/
  • (Northern: Suzhou, Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ⁷shiq-kou₅
    • MiniDict: shih^入 kou^去
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵ kəu⁵²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵ kəu³³/

Particle

歇過

1. (Northern Wu) Experimentative marker; used to mark that the agent has experienced or done the action prior.

   • big news？俚句閒話課本浪㬟教歇過！ [Northern Wu, trad.]
     big news？俚句闲话课本浪㬟教歇过！ [Northern Wu, simp.]

     From: 1983, 小小得月樓 "The Little Moonshadow Tower"

     "Big News"? They didn't teach this sentence in the textbook at all!

   • 先起頭來歇過否？勿曾來歇過 [Shanghainese, trad.]
     先起头来歇过否？勿曾来歇过 [Shanghainese, simp.]

     From: 2010: Qian Nairong, 《從〈滬語便商〉所見的老上海話時態》 (Tenses and Aspects? Old Shanghainese as Found in the Book Huyu Bian Shang)

     Have [you] ever been here before? No, [I] have never been here

Usage notes

• Especially in varieties that contrast this particle with simply 歇 or 過／过, 歇過／歇过 can often put more emphasis on the fact that an action might or might not have ever occurred, ever. 歇 and 過／过 then are often milder in their experimentative implications, and can be more suited for contexts where one wishes to express that an action has or has not been experienced only within a certain timeframe.
• In Urban Shanghainese the use of this particle is often considered old-fashioned.

Synonyms

• (experimentative marker): 歇, 過／过

Verb

歇過

1. (Ningbonese) to not exist; to not be present

   • 阿伯老頭一眼嘸沒怕權個，兒子當渠歇過一樣 [Ningbonese, trad.]
     阿伯老头一眼呒没怕权个，儿子当渠歇过一样 [Ningbonese, simp.]

     From: 1996, Tang Zhenzhu, Wu Xinmin and Wu Xinxian, 寧波方言詞典, page 363

     The father has no yielding power at all: the son treats him as if he doesn't even exist.