呵咾
Chinese
| expel breath; my goodness; (phonetic particle) | a noise; a sound | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (呵咾) | 呵 | 咾 | |
| simp. #(呵咾) | 呵 | 咾 | |
| alternative forms | |||
Etymology
Compare Taiwanese Hakka 阿腦 / 阿脑.
Pronunciation
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o-ló
- Tâi-lô: o-ló
- Phofsit Daibuun: oiloir
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /o⁴⁴⁻³³ lo⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /o³³ lo⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /o⁴⁴⁻²² lo⁵³/
- IPA (Singapore): /o⁴⁴⁻²² lo⁴²/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: o1 lo2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: o ló
- Sinological IPA (key): /o³³⁻²³ lo⁵²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
Verb
呵咾
- (Southern Min) to commend; to praise
- 呵咾學生／呵咾学生 [Hokkien] ― o-ló ha̍k-seng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― praise students
- Late Qing/Early Republic, 《古板白蓮花全歌》, volume 5, 潮州 [Chaozhou]: 李萬利, page 3r:
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 誇獎 (“to praise; to compliment”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 誇獎, 稱讚, 稱許, 讚許, 嘉許, 讚揚, 誇讚 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 誇, 誇獎, 稱讚 |
| Singapore | 稱讚, 誇獎 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 讚, 誇獎 |
| Hong Kong | 讚 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 讚, 誇獎 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 誇, 誇獎, 稱讚 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 誇, 誇獎, 誇讚, 稱讚, 讚, 讚揚 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚 | |
| Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 阿腦 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 阿腦, 誇獎 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 呵咾 |
| Xiamen (Tong'an) | 呵咾 | |
| Quanzhou | 呵咾 | |
| Zhangzhou | 呵咾 | |
| Zhao'an | 呵咾 | |
| Tainan | 呵咾 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 呵咾 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 呵咾 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 呵咾 | |
| Chaozhou | 呵咾 | |
| Shantou | 呵咾, 誇獎, 誇, 讚揚, 稱讚 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 呵咾 | |
| Leizhou | 呵咾 | |