勿大

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

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

  • Wu
    • (Northern: Shanghai)
      • Wugniu: 6veq8-da; 7veq-da
      • MiniDict: veh da; veh da
      • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3veq5-da; 4veq-da
      • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vəʔ²² da⁴⁴/, /vəʔ³³ da⁴⁴/
    • (Northern: Suzhou)
      • Wugniu: 7feq-da6
      • MiniDict: feh da
      • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /fəʔ⁵⁵ dɑ⁵²³/
    • (Northern: Jiaxing)
      • Wugniu: 7ueq 6da
      • MiniDict: ueh da
      • 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 [Ningbonese, trad.]
    该人勿大 [Ningbonese, simp.]
    This person doesn't speak much.

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