拗要

拗要 (Shadi Wu)

1. do not want; do not like to (expressing nonvolition)
   • 2009, 張惠英 [Zhang Huiying], 崇明方言研究 [A Study of Chongming Dialect], page 193:

     衣裳舊子夷拗要着個。 [Shadi Wu, trad.]
     衣裳旧子夷拗要着个。 [Shadi Wu, simp.]

     He won't wear those clothes now that they're so old.

2. do not; don't (as an imperative)
   • 2009, 張惠英 [Zhang Huiying], 崇明方言研究 [A Study of Chongming Dialect], page 193:

     你吃力特，拗要做營生特。 [Shadi Wu, trad.]
     你吃力特，拗要做营生特。 [Shadi Wu, simp.]

     You're tired enough already; don't do any more work.

3. Used in questions about suspected situations or outcomes that are often implied to be undesirable or unexpected.
   • 2008, 王洪鐘 [Wang Hongzhong], 海門方言語法專題研究 [Studies on Selected Topics of Haimenese Grammar], page 73:

     夷奧要㬟寧來上班噢？ [Shadi Wu, trad.]
     夷奥要㬟宁来上班噢？ [Shadi Wu, simp.]

     I don't suppose that he hasn't come into work now, has he?

   • 2008, 王洪鐘 [Wang Hongzhong], 海門方言語法專題研究 [Studies on Selected Topics of Haimenese Grammar], page 73:

     外頭奧要勒落雨哇？ [Shadi Wu, trad.]
     外头奥要勒落雨哇？ [Shadi Wu, simp.]

     Don't tell me that it's raining outside?