話尾

Chinese

spoken words; speech; dialect
spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
 
tail
trad. (話尾)
simp. (话尾)

Pronunciation


Noun

話尾

  1. (Hokkien, Puxian Min) implied meaning in one's speech
  2. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Puxian Min) end of one's speech
    話頭話尾 [Puxian Min, trad.]
    话头话尾 [Puxian Min, simp.]
    tia1 ua5 tao2, zai1 ua5 bue3. [Pouseng Ping'ing]
    You can know the end of a conversation by listening to its beginning.

References

  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “话尾”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 554.