米

Characters in the same phonetic series (米) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Pictogram (象形) – rice kernels without husk. The character 粟, by contrast, refers to rice kernels with husk. According to Li Xiaoding (李孝定), the horizontal stroke is a bamboo sieve (籭 or 篩子). See also the bottom component of 暴 in its original form.
Unrelated to 木, 禾, and 来.
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ma-j ~ mej (“rice; paddy”). Cognate with Garo mi (“rice”), Atong (India) mai (“rice”), Jingpho ma (“rice; paddy”), Rabha মাই (mai), Dimasa mai.

inh

有米 [Cantonese] ― jau⁵ mai⁵ [Jyutping] ― rich

背米 [Shanghainese] ― ⁵pe ⁶mi [Wugniu] ― to earn money

(Shanghainese, slang) ten thousand of a currency designation; ten grand (Classifier: 粒 w)


了

desc

→ English: already, liao (Singapore English) (semantic loan)

According to the Shuowen Jiezi, a pictogram (象形) of a baby without arms. Compare with 子, where the arms are visible. The Shuowen defines 了 as "the crossing of lower legs".
In the Shuowen Jiezi Zhu, a commentary to the Shuowen Jiezi, it is said that the pictogram instead depicts entangled legs (了戾).
Its relation with the meaning "to finish" is likely via sound loan, but an argument can be made about "entangled legs" → "tie"→ "finish".
Unrelated to 亨.
Verb “to finish; to be completed” > perfective aspect particle (了₁, weakened form) > change-of-state modal particle (了₂). It eventually replaced classical 矣 (OC *ɢlɯʔ).
Two kinds of particle uses of 了 can be distinguished: the perfective aspect particle after verbs (conventionally written as 了₁) and the sentence-final modal particle (了₂). It is generally accepted (Wu, 1998) that these two uses of 了 are derived from the concrete verb “to finish”. The grammaticalisation of this verb had become common in the Tang Dynasty, initially in the form of ‹verb + (object) + perfective 了› to indicate the completion of an action.
The perfective particle subsequently underwent further grammaticalisation to become the sentence-final change-of-state modal particle; Liu (1985) has demonstrated that this last step may have involved the coalescence of sentence-final 了 with 也 in certain Mandarin dialects, as the pronunciations of 了₁ and 了₂ are distinct in these dialects, with 了₂ rhyming with 也.
Contrary to the suggestion in Schuessler (2007), this word is not related to Vietnamese rồi, due to the non-existent correspondence between any given phonemes. Thai แล้ว (lɛ́ɛo, “to be finished; already; then, afterwards”), Lao ແລ້ວ (lǣu, “to finish; to be completed; perfective particle”) are loans from Chinese.

cog

(contemporary Shanghainese) Used to indicate the present tense.


企

人 (“person”) + 止 (“foot”) – a person standing on tiptoes.

This slope is very steep, you can see the ground from here, be careful not to fall.

⁸geq-gheq ¹se-phu ⁶lau ⁵chi ⁰gheq ⁸zeq-ciq ⁵khoe-teq-tau ⁶di-yan-taq ¹taon-shin ⁶viau ⁶gue-gho-chi

搿個山坡老企個，直接看得到地垟搭，當心覅摜下去。

搿个山坡老企个，直接看得到地垟搭，当心覅掼下去。


來

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (來):
* → Japanese: 来(らい) (rai)
* → Korean: 래(來) (rae)
* → Vietnamese: lai (來)

Shuowen
Warring States period
Western Zhou

Pictogram (象形) of wheat – original character of 麥 (OC *mrɯːɡ, “wheat”) or 麳 (OC *rɯː, “wheat”). The line in the middle represents the ear, the two lines pointing upwards represent leaves, and the lines pointing downwards represent the stem and roots. An additional horizontal line was often added at the top end of the character, possibly used to emphasize the ear of the wheat. Compare 禾; both are unrelated to 釆.
This character has been borrowed for “to come” since the oracle bone script. During the Western Zhou and Warring States periods, additional semantic components, such as 止 (“foot”) or 辵 (“to walk”), were added to differentiate the original sense from the borrowed sense. However, these additions were not inherited in later scripts.
Some consider the derivative 麥 from the addition of 夊 (“to walk slowly”) to be the original form for the meaning “to come”. If so, their meanings have interchanged due to frequent use of 來 for “to come”.
Shuowen connects “wheat” and “to come” from a mythological standpoint: 天所來也 (“it comes from the heavens”). This may be supported by archaeological evidence, which suggests that wheat is not native to China, but originated in the Fertile Crescent.
來 and 麥 have both been reconstructed to begin with *mr- in Old Chinese. The former retains the liquid as /l/, while the latter retains the nasal /m/.
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *la-j ~ ra (“to come”) (STEDT). Cognate with 迨 (OC *l'ɯːʔ, “to reach; until”), 賚 (OC *rɯːs, “to bestow”), Burmese လာ (la, “to come”). Also cognate with 蒞 (OC *rɯbs, “to arrive”) according to Schuessler (2007).

inh

来
𧼛
倈
逨
徠
来
麳
䅘

Don’t call him, he’s currently doing his homework.

⁶non ⁶veq₈-iau ⁵ciau ⁶yi ⁶yi ⁶le ⁵tsu ¹kon-khu

儂勿要叫伊，伊來做功課。

侬勿要叫伊，伊来做功课。


個

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (個):
* → Japanese: 個(こ) (ko)
* → Korean: 개(個) (gae)
* → Vietnamese: cá (個)

Wutunhua: -ge

→? Baba Malay: punya (semantic loan)

→? Vietnamese: cái

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kaːls): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 固 (OC *kaːs).
The semantics may have developed along the grammaticalisation process "bamboo stalk" (箇) > "piece, item" > "classifier for every category of noun" > "possessive particle, generic particle". If so, it would then possibly be cognate with 竿 (OC *kaːn, “bamboo, rod”). Compare Tibetan མཁར་བ (mkhar ba), འཁར་བ ('khar ba, “walking stick, staff”) and Thai ก้าน (gâan, “stem, stalk”).
; Southern Min classifier and possessive particle
; Wu classifier and possessive particle

Han compound

个
箇
个
的
亓
ㄟ
兮
ケ
亇

may use corresponding classifier in certain contexts

揀啊揀，揀著一個賣龍眼 / 揀啊揀，揀著一个賣龍眼 / 拣啊拣，拣着一个卖龙眼

kéng--ah kéng, kéng-tio̍h chi̍t ê bē lêng-géng

We've been trading with your family, we haven't gone to any other families.

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)

我伲一直替㑚一家人家交易，勿到別人家去個。

我伲一直替㑚一家人家交易，勿到别人家去个。

(dated Shanghainese) Used to indicate the past tense.


分

desc

→ Thai: หุน (hǔn, “a unit of length and weight”)

→ Zhuang: faen

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 八 (“to separate”) + 刀 (“knife”) – to separate with a knife.

Han compound

Obsolete. 皮 is used for SI prefix pico-.

(Shanghainese, slang) ten yuan (or dollars, etc.) (Classifier: 張／张 w)

還分

还分


刨

/pʰaːu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/pʰaːu̯²¹⁻³⁵/


司

Inconclusive.
* Jì Xùshēng: a mouth 口 giving orders and a scepter 刁 of authority.
* Liú Xìnglóng interprets 刁 to be a hand instead.
* Táng Lán: Originally the same character as 后, which later diverged.
* Shuowen: 后 flipped.
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *zə; cognate with Proto-Kukish *ca, Mru caŋ (“to do; to make”), and Tibetan མཛད (mdzad, “to do; to act”), མཛོད (mdzod), possibly also related to བཟོ (bzo, “work, labour”) (Schuessler, 2007). Schuessler disputes Löffler's (1966) proposed connection of these cognates to 作 (OC *ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡ, “to do, work, make”) due to phonological difficulties.
Unger (1984) posits a possible relationship with Tibetan རྫི་པོ (rdzi po, “herdsman”).

och-l

起司

違司

违司

阿司匹林

盎司

(chiefly Shanghainese) Used in transcription.


呢

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *nil): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 尼 (OC *nil)
Ota (1987) suggests that the particle used in questions comes from 聻 (MC nriX) [Five Dynasties], a particle which may come from 爾 (MC nyeX, “that”), and that the particle used to indicate an action in progress comes from earlier 哩 [Yuan dynasty], which may come from 裏 (MC liX, “place”) [Tang dynasty–Five Dynasties].

Han compound

吶
膩
逆
爾
邇
le
年
哖

You should have said it sooner, not now!

⁵tsau-ti ⁵ka ⁵kaon ⁰gni ⁵tau ⁶yi-ze ⁵tse ⁵kaon

早點介講呢！到現在再講。

早点介讲呢！到现在再讲。

(Shanghainese) Sentence-final particle expressing anger.


嗲

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 口 + phonetic 爹 (OC *daːʔ, *tjaː).

⁸zoq-gniq₈ ⁷tsaq ⁶di-in₅ ⁶lau ⁵tia-gheq₈

昨日隻電影老嗲個。

昨日只电影老嗲个。

Posh folks carry posh bags, posh folks wear posh watches.

⁵tia-gnin₆ ¹pe ⁵tia-pau₁ ⁵tia-gnin₆ ⁵ta ⁵tia-piau₅

嗲人背嗲包，嗲人戴嗲錶。

嗲人背嗲包，嗲人戴嗲表。

(originally Shanghainese) good; pleasing; outstanding; fashionable; aspiring


嚶

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *qreːŋ): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 嬰 (OC *qeŋ).

Han compound

(Shanghainese, onomatopoeia) the sound made when lulling a child to sleep by song

(Shanghainese) to lull or console a child by humming


寧

Used due to Standard Mandarin pronunciation matching that of regional language.

宁
寍
㝕
𡩋
甯
𡨴
寜
寕

上海寧／上海宁 [Shanghainese] ― ⁶zaon-he-gnin [Wugniu] ― Shanghainese person

In my neighbor’s place, there are many children; the eldest, the second, the third, all the way to the eighth.

⁷kaq-piq ⁶gnin-ka ⁷oq-li-deu ¹ciau-ciau-kue-kue ⁵shiau-ciu-deu ⁷aq ⁶du ⁷aq ⁶gni ⁷aq-se-deu ⁷iq-zeq ⁶ba-tau ⁷aq-paq-deu

隔壁寧家屋裡頭，交交關關小居頭，阿杜阿膩阿三頭，一直排到阿八頭。

隔壁宁家屋里头，交交关关小居头，阿杜阿腻阿三头，一直排到阿八头。

(Northern Wu, especially Shanghainese) Alternative form of 人


幫

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *paːŋ): phonetic 封 (OC *poŋ, *poŋs) + semantic 帛 (“silk”) – originally, the upper part of a shoe (鞋幫).

Han compound

帮
幇
幚
鞤
縍
䩷
㿶

我幫儂到商場去。

我帮侬到商场去。


快

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kʰʷraːds): semantic 忄 + phonetic 夬 (OC *kʷraːds).
Unknown (Schuessler, 2007).

Han compound

落下來快哉。

落下来快哉。

(dated Shanghainese) Used to indicate the near future tense.


拉

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ruːb): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 立 (OC *rɯb).

Han compound

If you didn't eat you would be punished! Finish the food (ie. have the food be finished).

勿吃要罰個！吃拉哉。

勿吃要罚个！吃拉哉。

perfective aspect
perfective aspect#English

(dated Shanghainese) Used to mark the perfective aspect.


揢

(Shanghainese) to press; to apply pressure


搓

搓小姑娘

(Shanghainese) to flirt with; to pick up


擼

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 魯 (OC *raːʔ).


攉

to stick something on the wall with adhesive

¹ne ¹cian-wu₆ ⁷hoq-laq₈ ⁶zhian-kau₁-deu₆

拿漿糊攉垃牆高頭

拿浆糊攉垃墙高头


攋

(chiefly Shanghainese, Linshao, Yongjiang and Xuanzhou Wu) (of nails, claws, thorns, and similarly sharp objects) to scratch; to cut


歇

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *qʰad): phonetic 曷 (OC *ɡaːd) + semantic 欠.
Related to 愒 (OC *kʰrad) (Sagart, 2007) and 憩 (OC *kʰrads) (Wang, 1982).

Han compound

1923, 𨂝河唱歌 ("The River-Crossing Sing-Song") as released by the Shanghai Pathé Record Company, performed by 趙秀英

勿曾聽見歇個。

勿曾听见歇个。

(Northern Wu, dated in Shanghainese) Used to indicate that a verb has been experienced by the speaker.


汏

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-labs (“wave”) (provisional); cognate with Tibetan རླབས (rlabs) (STEDT; Bodman, 1980; Schuessler, 2007).
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *daːds, *tʰaːd): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 大 (OC *daːds, *daːds)

Han compound

汏手

(Wu, including Shanghainese and Suzhounese) to rinse; to wash


法

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (法):
* → Japanese: 法(ほう) (hō)
* → Korean: 법(法) (beop)
* → Vietnamese: pháp (法)

→ Proto-Tai

desc

Lao: ແບບ (bǣp, “form; model, standard, example; method; style, manner; brand, type”)

Thai: แบบ (bɛ̀ɛp, “kind; design, pattern; style; type; model”)

→ Khmer: បែប (baep, “kind, sort, model, type; style, form, shape; aspect; method, way, situation, condition”)

→ Vietnamese: phép (“rule, custom, usage, method; permission, authorisation; magical power”)

→ Manchu: ᡶᠠᡶᡠᠨ (fafun, “law; rule; punishment”)

Simplified from earlier 灋, which was originally used to represent 廢 (OC *pads, “to cast aside; to abrogate”).
Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Tibetan བབས (babs, “shape, form, appearance”), དབྱིབས (dbyibs, “shape, form, figure”), Burmese ပုံ (pum, “shape, form”). Possibly cognate with 凡 (OC *bom, “all, general, every; pattern, general rule”); see there for more.

och-l

哪能好法


洋

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (洋):
* → Japanese: 洋(よう) (yō)
* → Korean: 양(洋) (yang)
* → Vietnamese: dương (洋)

→ Zhuang: yangz

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ljaŋ, *laŋ): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 羊 (OC *laŋ).
; “multitudinous; vast; ocean”: Schuessler (2007) compares it with Tibetan ཡངས་པ (yangs pa, “wide; extensive; vast; spacious”). In contrast, Starostin sets up Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lɨ̆ŋ (“wave”), encompassing this and Tibetan ཀློང (klong, “space; expanse; wave”), Burmese လှိုင်း (hluing:, “wave; to abound; plentiful”).
: Compare 羕 (OC *laŋs, “(of rivers) long”), 漾 (OC *laŋs, “waves; (of rivers) long”).
; "vast expanse of flat land"

cog

撥我三隻洋。

拨我三只洋。

(historical or Shanghainese) foreign money; dollar (Classifier: 隻／只 w)


盤

/pʰuːn²¹⁻³⁵/

/pʰuːn²¹⁻³⁵/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *baːn): phonetic 般 (OC *praːn, *paːn, *baːn) + semantic 皿.


禿

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 毛 (“hair”) + 儿 (“person”). 毛 later corrupted into 禾.

因為國度，權柄，榮耀，禿歸畀垃儂，直到永永遠遠垃。 [Northern Wu, trad.]
因为国度，权柄，荣耀，秃归畀垃侬，直到永永远远垃。 [Northern Wu, simp.]

1870, William Jones Boone, 新約全書 Iung-wæ꜄ kōk-doo꜄, jöⁿ-ping꜄, yoong-yau꜄, tʽōk kwæ pæh la꜄ Noong꜄, dzuk-tau꜄ ꜂ioong-꜂ioong ꜂yöⁿ-꜂yöⁿ la꜄. (original romanization)

For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and for ever.


第

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (第):
* → Japanese: 第(だい) (dai)
* → Korean: 제(第) (je)
* → Vietnamese: đệ (第)

→ Khmer: ទី (tii)


籠

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *roŋ): semantic 𥫗 + phonetic 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ).
Attested somewhat late, in Warring States period's texts.
A Southeast Asian area word (Alves 2015).
* Per Schuessler 2007, most likely of Austroasiatic origin. Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *truŋ (“stable, sty, cage”) and *kruŋ (“to confine”) in Shorto 2006, whence Khmer ទ្រុង (trŭng, “cage”), ក្រុង (krŏng, “to confine”), Kuy thrùŋ (“cage”), potentially Vietnamese chuồng (“cage; shed; coop”), and so forth. The Vietnamese may possibly be an early Chinese loan instead (Alves 2018).
* STEDT reconstructs Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kruːŋ (“cage”), based on e.g. Garo gring (“cage”), Burmese ချိုင့် (hkyuing.). Schuessler thinks these were also borrowed from Austroasiatic.
* Other forms include Proto-Tai [Term?], whence Thai กรง (grong, “cage”); and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuruŋ, whence Indonesian kurung (“cage”), Tagalog kulong (“caged”). Schuessler believes these are also ultimately from Austroasiatic.

cog

(Shanghainese, slang) a hundred of a currency designation


翪

Just with one flap of the wings, it flew off to somewhere far away.

⁵tsy-paon ⁵uaon ⁶zaon ⁷iq ¹tson ¹fi-tsheq ⁶lau ⁶yoe

翅膀往上一翪，飛出老遠。

翅膀往上一翪，飞出老远。


聽

Originally 𦔻, hence ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 耳 (“ear”) + 口 (“mouth(s)”) – to listen. Compare the top component of 聖.
Later, rewritten as phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *l̥ʰeːŋ, *l̥ʰeːŋs): phonetic 𡈼 (OC *l̥ʰeːŋʔ) + semantic 耳 (“ear”) + semantic 㥁 on the right.
The simplified version, 𠯸 (later stylized as 听), is totally unrelated to the original character and it originally means "smiling".
This is traditionally considered to have the same origin as 聖 (OC *hljeŋs, “to hear; wise; sage”) and 聲 (OC *qʰjeŋ, “sound”). Additionally, it may be also related to 聆 (OC *reːŋ, “to hear; to listen”) (Wang, 1982).
Outside connections unclear, although note Proto-Hlai *hliːŋ (“to hear (it said)”) from Pre-Hlai *(h)leːŋ (Norquest, 2007).
Derivatives:
* 廳 (OC *l̥ʰeːŋ, “hall, i.e. where hearings take place”)
* 廷 (OC *l'eːŋ, *l'eːŋʔ, “palace courtyard”).

och-l

听
聴
聼
𦗟
𦔻
𠯸
𦔽
𦕢
𦕘
𦖆
𦘏
𪢧
听
听
𪢧

(Shanghainese, slang) a thousand of a currency denomination


脫

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (脫):
* → Vietnamese: thoát (脫)

→ Ahom: 𑜌𑜨𑜄𑜫 (thot)

→ Lao: ຖອດ (thǭt)

desc

→ Lü: ᦏᦸᧆᧈ (ṫhoad¹)

→ Lü: ᦏᦸᧆᧈ (ṫhoad¹)

→ Northern Thai: ᨳᩬᨯ

→ Tai Dón: ꪖꪮꪒ

→ Tai Nüa: ᥗᥨᥖᥱ (thǒt)

→ Thai: ถอด (tɔ̀ɔt)

→ Shan: ထွတ်ႇ (thàut)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *l̥ʰoːd, *l'oːd): semantic ⺼ + phonetic 兌 (OC *l'oːds).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/s-lwat (“free; release; slip; dislocate”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007).
:Within Chinese, cognate with 蛻 (OC *l̥ʰoːds, “exuviae (skin cast off during molting)”), 愉 (OC *lo, “relax > happy, pleased”), 悅 (OC lod, “contented”), 說 (OC *hljod, “to speak, to explain”), 說 (OC *hljods, “to persuade”), 偷 (OC *l̥ʰoː, “to steal”), 奪 (OC *Cə.lˁot, “to rob, to snatch”);
:Outside Chinese, cognate with Tibetan གློད་པ (glod pa, “loosen, relax, slacken”), Tibetan ཧློད་པ (hlod pa, “loose, relaxed”), Lepcha ᰒᰤᰦᰳ (flját), ᰒᰤᰩᰳ (fljót), Burmese လွှတ် (hlwat), Burmese ချွတ် (hkywat).
In its use in Northern Wu languages, such as Shanghainese, Suzhounese, and Ningbonese, as well as Lower Yangtze Mandarin, it is likely from a grammaticalisation of the verb. Compare with 落 (Wuxi, Changzhou) and 掉 (Haining, Danyang)

cog

2019, 王渊超 (Wang Yuanchao) (lyrics and music), 《垃圾分类再垃圾倒》

二噁英 二噁英 邪氣惡形 / 所以 濕垃圾脫乾垃圾要分分清

二𫫇英 二𫫇英 邪气恶形 / 所以 湿垃圾脱干垃圾要分分清


舂

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 廾 (“both hands”) + 午 (“pestle”) + 臼 (“mortar”) – using both hands to pound with a mortar and pestle. See also the top component of 秦.

Han compound

(Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min, Shanghainese) to hit with a fist; to punch


花

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (花):
* → Japanese: 花(か) (ka)
* → Korean: 화(花) (hwa)
* → Vietnamese: hoa (花)

→ Ai-Cham: hwa¹

→ Zhuang: va

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *hʷraː): semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 化 (OC *hŋʷraːls). Originally 𠌶 or 華 before the Han dynasty.
Unclear. According to Schuessler (2007), either from:
* Proto-Sino-Tibetan *baːr (“bloom, flower”) and thus an example of possible *b ~ *w variation, with final -r moved to medial position. If so, cognate with 葩 (OC *pʰraː); outside Sinitic, compare Burmese ပန်း (pan:), Lepcha ᰓᰫᰲ (búr), Mizo páar. Sagart (2021) also connects it to 葩 (OC *pʰˤra), modifying Baxter and Sagart's (2014) reconstruction to *Cə-pʰˤra and proposing the sound changes *Cə-pʰ- > *Cə-ɸ- > *ɸ- > xw-.
* Or from Austroasiatic; compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *pkaaw ~ *pkaʔ (“flower, blossom”).
華 (OC *ɡʷraː, “to flower”) is a derivative.

cog

Stop teasing me, I didn't even want your book in the first place.

⁶non ⁶viau ⁶le ¹ho-ngu₆-leq₀ ⁶ngu ¹ken-pen₅ ⁶viau ⁶non ⁸geq-pen₆ ¹sy

儂覅來花我了，我根本覅儂搿本書。

侬覅来花我了，我根本覅侬搿本书。


要

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (要):
* → Japanese: 要(よう) (yō)
* → Korean: 요(要) (yo)
* → Vietnamese: yếu (要)

Characters in the same phonetic series (要) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Pictogram (象形): a man 大 then drawn as a woman (女) with two hands pointing to his/her midsection. On top of the character there was huge eye 目, then stylized as a horn 角. The hands gradually shifted upwards; hence, a nearly-original version of the character is 𡢗. All the upper part was eventually stylized as 覀. Unrelated to 栗 but partly related to 票.
Original meaning was “waist” (now 腰 (OC *qew)).

Han etyl

(dated Shanghainese) Used to indicate the future tense.


迭

Glottalization of earlier 第, ultimately from 是 or 然.

迭個

迭个


額

(Shanghainese) Alternative form of 個 /个 (“possessive particle”)


龍

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (龍):
* → Japanese: 竜(りゅう) (ryū)
* → Korean: 룡>용(龍) (ryong>yong)
* → Vietnamese: long (龍)

→ Indonesian: liong

desctree

→ Proto-Vietic: *-roːŋ
Tho:
Cuoi Cham: ʐoŋ²
Lang Lo: ʐoŋ²
Viet-Muong:
Muong: rồng
Middle Vietnamese: 蠬 (ròu᷄), 𧏵 (ròu᷄)
Vietnamese: rồng

→ Old Turkic: 𐰠𐰇 (lü)

→ Middle Mongol: ᠯᠤᠤ (luu)

Classical Mongolian: ᠯᠤᠤ (luu)

Mongolian: ᠯᠤᠤ /луу (luu)

→ Zhuang: lungz

Old Turkic language
Proto-Hmong-Mien language
Proto-Vietic language
Turkish language
Vietnamese language
White Hmong language

Characters in the same phonetic series (龍) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Pictogram (象形) – originally a serpent with prominent whiskered mouth and eyes.
Current form developed in large seal script, with serpent’s body on right (tail at upper right, legs on right), whiskered/fanged mouth at lower left, and eyes/crown at upper left. Left side was subsequently simplified and abstracted, with some influence of 立 and ⺼/月. Note that 竜 existed as a traditional variant dating back to large seal script, and figures a dragon seen face-on, rather than curled around.
Compare 𣎆, which represents a particular kind of dragon.
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-bru(ŋ/k) (“dragon; thunder”). Cognate with Tibetan འབྲུག ('brug, “dragon; thunder”). The STEDT database also lists 隆 (OC *ɡ·ruːŋ, “thunder; sound of thunder”) and 雹 (OC *bruːɡ, “hail”) as cognates. Also compare 靐 (OC *brɯŋs, “sound of thunder”) and 霹靂 (OC *pʰeːɡ reːɡ, “thunder”).
This word is found in many languages of the region. Compare Proto-Hmong-Mien *-roŋ (“dragon”) (White Hmong zaj), Proto-Vietic *-roːŋ (“dragon”) (Vietnamese rồng), Vietnamese thuồng luồng (“serpent-like monster”), Khmer រោង (roong, “year of the dragon”), Thai มะโรง (má-roong, “dragon; year of the dragon”), Lao ມະໂລງ (ma lōng, “year of the dragon”), perhaps also Old Turkic [script needed]|[Term?] (*-lan, suffix denoting a wild, predatory animal) (Turkish aslan (“lion”), kaplan (“tiger”), yılan (“snake”)).

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龙
㡣
䮾
䰱
竜
龒
𠉒
𠊋
𢀀
𢄫
𢅛
𥪐
𥪑
𥪖
𥪢
𥫆
𥫈
𦱉
𦱸


人工

/ʐən³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/jɐn²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/ŋin¹¹ kuŋ²⁴/

/ŋin⁵⁵ kuŋ⁵³/

/zin²³⁻³³ kaŋ⁴⁴/

/d͡zin¹³⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/

/lin²⁴⁻²² kaŋ³³/

/lin²⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/

/lin²⁴⁻¹¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/

/d͡zin¹³⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/lin²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/lin²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ³³/

/naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kaŋ³³/

/n̠ʲin²² koŋ⁴⁴/

/ʐən³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/jɐn²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/ŋin¹¹ kuŋ²⁴/

/ŋin⁵⁵ kuŋ⁵³/

/zin²³⁻³³ kaŋ⁴⁴/

/d͡zin¹³⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/

/lin²⁴⁻²² kaŋ³³/

/lin²⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/

/lin²⁴⁻¹¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/

/d͡zin¹³⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/lin²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/lin²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ³³/

/naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kaŋ³³/

/n̠ʲin²² koŋ⁴⁴/

/laŋ²⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/

/laŋ²⁴⁻²² kaŋ³³/

/laŋ¹³⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/

/laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/

/laŋ²³⁻³³ kaŋ⁴⁴/

/ʐən³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/jɐn²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/laŋ²⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/

/laŋ²⁴⁻²² kaŋ³³/

/laŋ¹³⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴/

/laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kaŋ⁴⁴/

/laŋ²³⁻³³ kaŋ⁴⁴/

/n̠ʲin²² koŋ⁴⁴/


新加坡

/ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

/sɐn⁵⁵ kaː³³ pɔː⁵⁵/

/sɐn⁵⁵ kaː³³ pʰɔː⁵⁵/

/sin²⁴⁻¹¹ ka²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰo²⁴/

/sin²⁴⁻¹¹ ka²⁴⁻¹¹ po⁵⁵/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰo⁴⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰɤ⁴⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² ka⁴⁴⁻²² pʰo⁴⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² pʰo⁴⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² ka⁴⁴⁻²² po⁴⁴/

/sin³³⁻²¹ ka³³⁻²¹ po³³/

/siŋ³³⁻²³ kia³³⁻²³ po³³/

/ɕin⁵⁵ ka³³ pʰu²¹/

/ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

/sɐn⁵⁵ kaː³³ pɔː⁵⁵/

/sɐn⁵⁵ kaː³³ pʰɔː⁵⁵/

/sin²⁴⁻¹¹ ka²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰo²⁴/

/sin²⁴⁻¹¹ ka²⁴⁻¹¹ po⁵⁵/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰo⁴⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻³³ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰɤ⁴⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² ka⁴⁴⁻²² pʰo⁴⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² pʰo⁴⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² ka⁴⁴⁻²² po⁴⁴/

/sin³³⁻²¹ ka³³⁻²¹ po³³/

/siŋ³³⁻²³ kia³³⁻²³ po³³/

/ɕin⁵⁵ ka³³ pʰu²¹/

Borrowed from English Singapore, from Malay Singapura, from Sanskrit सिंहपुर (siṃhá-pura), from सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) + पुर (pura, “city”).
Shanghainese sense from 莘嘉浦 via phono-semantic matching.

compound

(Shanghainese, slang) Xinzhuang, Jiading and Pudong collectively; three areas in Shanghai surrounding Puxi


可口可樂

ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄌㄜˋ

/kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɤ⁵¹/

/hɔː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵ hɔː³⁵ lɔːk̚²/

/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰau⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ lak̚⁴/

/kʰu³³ kʰɤ⁵⁵ kʰu³³ loʔ²¹/

/kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɤ⁵¹/

/hɔː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵ hɔː³⁵ lɔːk̚²/

/kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰau⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ lak̚⁴/

/kʰu³³ kʰɤ⁵⁵ kʰu³³ loʔ²¹/

Phono-semantic matching of English Coca-Cola.


公車

/kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/

/kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/

/kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰa²⁴/

/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/kɔŋ³³ t͡sʰia³³/

/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/koŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰo²¹/

/kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/

/kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/

/kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰa²⁴/

/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/kɔŋ³³ t͡sʰia³³/

/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/koŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰo²¹/

(Taiwanese Mandarin, Shanghainese, by extension) perverted girl; town bicycle


哈哈

/haː⁵⁵ haː⁵⁵/

/ha⁴⁴⁻²² ha⁴⁴/

/ha⁴⁴⁻²² ha⁴⁴/

/ha⁴⁴⁻³³ ha⁴⁴/

/ha⁴⁴⁻³³ ha⁴⁴/

/haː⁵⁵ haː⁵⁵/

/ha⁴⁴⁻²² ha⁴⁴/

/ha⁴⁴⁻²² ha⁴⁴/

/ha⁴⁴⁻³³ ha⁴⁴/

/ha⁴⁴⁻³³ ha⁴⁴/


麻將

→ English: mahjong

→ Japanese: 麻(マー)雀(ジャン) (mājan)

/mä³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

/maː²¹ t͡sœːŋ³³/

/ma³⁵ ˈt͡ɕiɔŋ³⁵/

/ma¹¹ t͡ɕiɒ̃⁴⁵/

/mo²² t͡ɕiã⁴⁴/

/ma̠¹³ t͡si̯æn⁴⁵/

/ma̠¹³ t͡ɕi̯æn⁴⁵/

/mä³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

/maː²¹ t͡sœːŋ³³/

/ma³⁵ ˈt͡ɕiɔŋ³⁵/

/ma¹¹ t͡ɕiɒ̃⁴⁵/

/mo²² t͡ɕiã⁴⁴/

/ma̠¹³ t͡si̯æn⁴⁵/

/ma̠¹³ t͡ɕi̯æn⁴⁵/

From 麻雀 (máquè, “sparrow”), with a Wu diminutive suffix /ŋ̍/ (syllabic velar nasal), retained in some Wu languages (compare Wenzhounese /ŋ̍/). This suffix then fused with the preceding syllable, and was conserved in the form of a nasal coda /-ŋ/. As an example compare Shanghainese 雀 (old pron.: /t͡ɕia̠ʔ⁵/) + /-ŋ̍/ → 將 /t͡ɕiã⁵³/.
The game of mahjong was called 馬吊／马吊 (mǎdiào) during the Ming and Qing dynasties, where the second syllable presumably represented a Wu pronunciation of 鳥／鸟 (niǎo) ("bird", see there for more).

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馬吊／马吊 (mǎdiào)

(chiefly Wu, dated in Shanghainese) sparrow


芋頭

/y⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/

/y²¹³ tʰəu²¹/

/wuː²² tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/ʋu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tʰeu¹¹/

/y⁴⁵ tʰəu¹¹/

/ɔ²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/

/ɔ³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/

/ɔ²²⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/

/ɔ²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/

/ɔ³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/

/ɔ⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/y²¹⁻¹¹ təu̯³/

/y⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/

/y²¹³ tʰəu²¹/

/wuː²² tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/ʋu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tʰeu¹¹/

/y⁴⁵ tʰəu¹¹/

/ɔ²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/

/ɔ³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/

/ɔ²²⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/

/ɔ²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/

/ɔ³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/

/ɔ⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/y²¹⁻¹¹ təu̯³/


開水

/kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hɔːi̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

/kʰe⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/

/kʰai̯³³ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

/kʰai̯⁴⁴⁵ su̯i³³/

/kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hɔːi̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

/kʰe⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/

/kʰai̯³³ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

/kʰai̯⁴⁴⁵ su̯i³³/

/kʰe⁴⁴ sz̩³⁴/

/kʰe⁴⁴ sz̩³⁴/

(Shanghainese, of water) to boil; to be boiling


分頭

/fən⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/fɐn⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

/hun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/hun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/

/hun⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/

/hun⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/

/pun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/

/pun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/fən⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/fən⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/fɐn⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

/hun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/hun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/

/hun⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/

/hun⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/

/pun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/

/pun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/fən⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

五分頭

五分头

⁶we ⁷chiuq ⁶lian-tsan ¹fen-deu ⁵tsau-phiau

還缺兩張分頭鈔票。

还缺两张分头钞票。

(Shanghainese) a denomination of less than ten cents


泰山

/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/

/tʰaːi̯³³ saːn⁵⁵/

/tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ san⁴⁴/

/tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ san³³/

/tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ san⁴⁴/

/tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ san⁴⁴/

/tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ san⁴⁴/

/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/

/tʰaːi̯³³ saːn⁵⁵/

/tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ san⁴⁴/

/tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ san³³/

/tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ san⁴⁴/

/tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ san⁴⁴/

/tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ san⁴⁴/


冰塊

/piŋ⁵⁵ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/

/piŋ⁵⁵ kʰu̯ɑɻ⁵¹/

/pɪŋ⁵⁵ faːi̯³³/

/piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ te¹¹/

/piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ te²¹/

/piŋ⁵⁵ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/

/piŋ⁵⁵ kʰu̯ɑɻ⁵¹/

/pɪŋ⁵⁵ faːi̯³³/

/piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ te¹¹/

/piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ te²¹/


照會

/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/t͡siːu̯³³ wuːi̯²²/

/t͡sɔ⁵⁵ ɦue²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/t͡siːu̯³³ wuːi̯²²/

/t͡sɔ⁵⁵ ɦue²¹/

普通照會

普通照会

(Shanghainese, dated, by extension) one's appearance


成交

→ Indonesian: cengkau

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/sɪŋ²¹ kaːu̯⁵⁵/

/siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kau⁴⁴/

/siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kau³³/

/siɪŋ¹³⁻²² kau⁴⁴/

/siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kau⁴⁴/

/siɪŋ²³⁻³³ kau⁴⁴/

/zən²² t͡ɕiɔ⁴⁴/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/sɪŋ²¹ kaːu̯⁵⁵/

/siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kau⁴⁴/

/siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kau³³/

/siɪŋ¹³⁻²² kau⁴⁴/

/siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kau⁴⁴/

/siɪŋ²³⁻³³ kau⁴⁴/

/zən²² t͡ɕiɔ⁴⁴/

After discussing for two years, they finally got married.

⁶yi-la ⁶lian-geq ⁶gnin ⁶de-leq ⁶lian ⁶gni ⁵tson-soe ⁶zen-ciau-leq

伊拉兩個人談了兩年，總算成交了。

伊拉两个人谈了两年，总算成交了。

(Shanghainese, by extension) to get married


圈子

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/

/ʈ͡ʂʰuæ̃²⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/

/kʰuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

/kʰuan²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/

/t͡ɕʰyø⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/

/ʈ͡ʂʰuæ̃²⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/

/kʰuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

/kʰuan²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/

/t͡ɕʰyø⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/


上山

/ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/

/sœːŋ¹³ saːn⁵⁵/

/soŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ san²⁴/

/t͡siũ³³⁻²¹ suã⁴⁴/

/t͡siũ³³⁻¹¹ suã⁴⁴/

/t͡siũ²²⁻²¹ suã⁴⁴/

/t͡siɔ̃²²⁻²¹ suã⁴⁴/

/t͡siũ²² suã³³/

/t͡sĩẽ³⁵⁻¹¹ sũã³³/

/zɑ̃²² se⁴⁴/

/ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵/

/sœːŋ¹³ saːn⁵⁵/

/soŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ san²⁴/

/t͡siũ³³⁻²¹ suã⁴⁴/

/t͡siũ³³⁻¹¹ suã⁴⁴/

/t͡siũ²²⁻²¹ suã⁴⁴/

/t͡siɔ̃²²⁻²¹ suã⁴⁴/

/t͡siũ²² suã³³/

/t͡sĩẽ³⁵⁻¹¹ sũã³³/

/zɑ̃²² se⁴⁴/

(Sichuanese, Shanghainese) to be imprisoned


冰片

/piŋ⁵⁵ pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/pɪŋ⁵⁵ pʰiːn³³/

/pĩã³³⁻²³ pʰiaŋ²¹³/

/piŋ⁵⁵ pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/pɪŋ⁵⁵ pʰiːn³³/

/pĩã³³⁻²³ pʰiaŋ²¹³/


開路

/kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ lu⁵¹/

/hɔːi̯⁵⁵ lou̯²²/

/kʰoi̯²⁴⁻¹¹ lu⁵⁵/

/kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ³³/

/kʰui³³ lɔ⁴¹/

/kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/

/kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/

/kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ lu⁵¹/

/hɔːi̯⁵⁵ lou̯²²/

/kʰoi̯²⁴⁻¹¹ lu⁵⁵/

/kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔ³³/

/kʰui³³ lɔ⁴¹/

/kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/

/kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/

好，大家開路！

好，大家开路！


柴草

/ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰaːi̯²¹ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡sʰa¹³⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/

/t͡sʰa²³⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁴¹/

/za²² t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/

/ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰaːi̯²¹ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡sʰa¹³⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰau⁵³/

/t͡sʰa²³⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁴¹/

/za²² t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/


為此

/weɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wɐi̯²² t͡sʰiː³⁵/

/ɦue²² t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/

/weɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wɐi̯²² t͡sʰiː³⁵/

/ɦue²² t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/

I'll say! / Exactly! / That's what I'm talking about!

為此講呀。

为此讲呀。

You see how the team leader's having an intervention for you now, and all just because you didn't show up to the meeting!

為此儂開會勿去，隊長拉批評儂。

为此侬开会勿去，队长拉批评侬。

(dialectal Wu, including Shanghainese) Used to express strong evidentiality for the occurrence of an event.


坩堝

/kän⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵⁵/

/hɐm⁵⁵ wɔː⁵⁵/

/kän⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵⁵/

/hɐm⁵⁵ wɔː⁵⁵/

(Shanghainese) vegetables cooked in a crucible


鄉下人

ㄒㄧㄤ ˙ㄒㄧㄚ ㄖㄣˊ

/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä² ʐən³⁵/

/hœːŋ⁵⁵ haː²²⁻³⁵ jɐn²¹/

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ha⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/

/xiɔŋ⁵⁴ a⁴² neiŋ³³/

/hĩẽ³³⁻²³ e³⁵⁻¹¹ naŋ⁵⁵/

/ɕiã⁵⁵ ɦo³³ n̠ʲin²¹/

/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä² ʐən³⁵/

/hœːŋ⁵⁵ haː²²⁻³⁵ jɐn²¹/

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ha⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/

/xiɔŋ⁵⁴ a⁴² neiŋ³³/

/hĩẽ³³⁻²³ e³⁵⁻¹¹ naŋ⁵⁵/

/ɕiã⁵⁵ ɦo³³ n̠ʲin²¹/

北京鄉下人

北京乡下人

(chiefly Shanghainese, derogatory) non-Shanghainese


排骨

→ Japanese: 排骨(パイグー) (paigū)

→ Tagalog: paykot

/pʰaɪ̯³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pʰaɪ̯³⁵ g̊u³/

/pʰaːi̯²¹ kʷɐt̚⁵/

/pɛ⁵³⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ɑuʔ²⁴/

/pai²⁴⁻²² kut̚³²/

/pai¹³⁻²² kut̚³²/

/pai²⁴⁻¹¹ kut̚³²/

/pai²³⁻³³ kut̚³²/

/ba²² kuəʔ⁴⁴/

/bɛ²² kuoʔ³⁴/

/pʰaɪ̯³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pʰaɪ̯³⁵ g̊u³/

/pʰaːi̯²¹ kʷɐt̚⁵/

/pɛ⁵³⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ɑuʔ²⁴/

/pai²⁴⁻²² kut̚³²/

/pai¹³⁻²² kut̚³²/

/pai²⁴⁻¹¹ kut̚³²/

/pai²³⁻³³ kut̚³²/

/ba²² kuəʔ⁴⁴/

/bɛ²² kuoʔ³⁴/


牌子

/pʰaɪ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/

/pʰaːi̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

/pai²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/

/pai¹³⁻²² t͡si⁵³/

/pai²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/

/pai²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/

/pai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sɯ⁵²/

/pʰaɪ̯³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/

/pʰaːi̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

/pai²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/

/pai¹³⁻²² t͡si⁵³/

/pai²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/

/pai²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/

/pai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sɯ⁵²/

/pi²³⁻³³ zi⁴¹/

/pi²³⁻³³ zi⁴¹/

If we don't pay attention to the quality, our company's reputation will also deteriorate.

⁶da-ka ¹tse ⁸veq-tsy-i ⁷tseq-lian ⁷aq-la ¹kon-sy ⁸geq ⁶ba-tsy ⁶gha ⁵iau ¹khau-theq-leq

大家再勿注意質量，阿拉公司個牌子也要敲脫了。

大家再勿注意质量，阿拉公司个牌子也要敲脱了。

(Shanghainese) trustworthiness and reputation


豬圈

/ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂu²⁴ t͡ɕyæ̃⁴⁴/

/t͡sz̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰyø²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂu²⁴ t͡ɕyæ̃⁴⁴/

/t͡sz̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰyø²¹/


硬盤

/iŋ⁵¹ pʰän³⁵/

/ŋaːŋ²² pʰuːn²¹⁻³⁵/

/ŋaːŋ²² pʰuːn²¹/

/ŋẽ³⁵⁻¹¹ pũã⁵⁵/

/iŋ⁵¹ pʰän³⁵/

/ŋaːŋ²² pʰuːn²¹⁻³⁵/

/ŋaːŋ²² pʰuːn²¹/

/ŋẽ³⁵⁻¹¹ pũã⁵⁵/

(chiefly Shanghainese, slang) Short for 硬盤人／硬盘人 (yìngpánrén).


南西

(Shanghainese) an area of Shanghai which has been highly prosperous since the 40's


㧦

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 旬 (OC *sɢʷin).

Han compound

(literary or Shanghainese) to hit; to strike


肉凍

/ʐoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʊŋ⁵¹/

/jʊk̚² tʊŋ³³/

/n̠ʲiuʔ⁵ tuŋ³⁵/

/n̠ʲioʔ¹¹ toŋ²³/

/ʐoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʊŋ⁵¹/

/jʊk̚² tʊŋ³³/

/n̠ʲiuʔ⁵ tuŋ³⁵/

/n̠ʲioʔ¹¹ toŋ²³/

(Shanghainese) meat and soup that was frozen due to cold weather


缺血

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡ɕʰyɪʔ⁴⁴ ɕyɪʔ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡ɕʰyɪʔ⁴⁴ ɕyɪʔ⁵⁵/

I'm flat broke this month, can you help out a little?

⁶ngu ⁸geq-gheq ⁸gnioq ⁷chiuq ⁷shiuq ⁶nuen ⁶nen-veq-nen ⁷peq ⁶ngu ⁶diau-gheq ⁵tshen-deu

我搿個月缺血，儂能勿能撥我調個寸頭？

我搿个月缺血，侬能勿能拨我调个寸头？

(Shanghainese, slang) to lack money; to be broke


腔調

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/hɔːŋ⁵⁵ tiːu̯²²/

/kʰiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau³³/

/kʰiũ⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²²/

/kʰiɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²²/

/kʰĩẽ³³⁻²³ tiou¹¹/

/t͡ɕʰiã⁵⁵ diɔ²¹/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/hɔːŋ⁵⁵ tiːu̯²²/

/kʰiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau³³/

/kʰiũ⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²²/

/kʰiɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² tiau²²/

/kʰĩẽ³³⁻²³ tiou¹¹/

/t͡ɕʰiã⁵⁵ diɔ²¹/

Let’s stay vigilant of our Covid measures, Let us Shanghainese citizens stay super!

2021, Language Log, "Shanghainese posters"

¹shin-guoe ⁶vaon-wu ⁸veq-faon-son ⁶zaon-he ⁶zy-min ⁶yeu ¹chian-diau

新冠防護勿放鬆，上海市民有腔調

新冠防护勿放松，上海市民有腔调


擺渡

/paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵¹/

/paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵¹/

⁵te-veq-chi ⁶ma ¹tsan ¹tsho-fi ⁵chin ⁶non ⁵pa ⁶du

對勿起，買張車費請儂擺擺渡。

对勿起，买张车费请侬摆摆渡。


魚鮮

/y³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/hɯ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰĩ³³/

/hu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/

/hi²³⁻³³ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/

/hi²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/

/hi¹³⁻²² t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/

/y³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/hɯ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰĩ³³/

/hu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/

/hi²³⁻³³ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/

/hi²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/

/hi¹³⁻²² t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/


清咖啡

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ kʰä⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ kaː³³ fɛː⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ kʰä⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ kaː³³ fɛː⁵⁵/


特意

/tʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/

/tɐk̚² jiː³³/

/tiak̚²⁴⁻² i⁴¹/

/tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² i²¹/

/tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² i¹¹/

/tiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ i²¹/

/tʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/

/tɐk̚² jiː³³/

/tiak̚²⁴⁻² i⁴¹/

/tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² i²¹/

/tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² i¹¹/

/tiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ i²¹/

(Shanghainese) intentionally; deliberately; purposely


童子雞

/tʰʊŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

/tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/

/tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/

/doŋ²² t͡sz̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹/

/tʰʊŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

/tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/

/tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/

/doŋ²² t͡sz̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹/

(slang, Shanghainese) young man who dates an older woman


我伲

/ŋu²² n̠ʲi⁴⁴/

/ŋəu²³ n̠ʲi¹¹/

/ŋu²² n̠ʲi⁴⁴/

/ŋəu²³ n̠ʲi¹¹/

Cedao Ngunik Dungc Lu Sin Siensang k Si, Nguni iao Huonzen Hi lag Venz Kekeg Fangmien Peg Nguni k Ig'cig Kiaoxyn! (original Sin Wenz)
追悼我伲格同志魯迅先生格死，我伲要完成伊勒文字改革方面撥我伲格一切教訓！ [Wu, trad.]
追悼我伲格同志鲁迅先生格死，我伲要完成伊勒文字改革方面拨我伲格一切教训！ [Wu, simp.]

1938 October 19, 上海新文字研究會, quoted in 1987, 倪海曙, 拉丁化新文字運動的始末和編年紀事, item 320

Mourning our comrade Lu Xun, we need to accomplish his teachings he has given us in script reform!


儂好

/noŋ³³ hɔ³⁴/

/noŋ³³ hɔ³⁴/


哪能

/nä²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/

/naː¹³ nɐŋ²¹/

/nã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/

/nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/

/nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/

/nä²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/

/naː¹³ nɐŋ²¹/

/nã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nŋ̍²⁴/

/nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ²⁴/

/nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ¹³/

儂搿搶哪能？

侬搿抢哪能？

How should the garbage actually be dumped? / How should the garbage be dumped?

垃圾到底要哪能倒？ / 垃圾哪能倒？


𠲎

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 伐 (Shanghainese: vaq).
Contraction of 勿啊, literally "or not".

搿搶儂身體好𠲎？

搿抢侬身体好𠲎？

(Wu, including Shanghainese) final interrogative particle on a yes/no question.


埃面

† - there (close to audience); ‡ - over there


站頭

/ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/

/t͡saːm²² tʰɐu̯²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/

/t͡saːm²² tʰɐu̯²¹/

Two more stations and it's the shopping mall.

⁵tshen-ku ⁶lian-gheq ⁶ze-deu ⁶zhieu ⁶zy ⁷paq-hu-kon-sy

乘過兩個站頭就是百貨公司。

乘过两个站头就是百货公司。

(Shanghainese) station (train or subway)


差頭

/ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰa⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰa⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/


啥地方

/ʂä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵/

/sa³³ di⁵⁵ fɑ̃²¹/

/sa⁴⁴ di²² fɑ̃⁴⁴/

/ʂä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵/

/sa³³ di⁵⁵ fɑ̃²¹/

/sa⁴⁴ di²² fɑ̃⁴⁴/

儂住辣啥地方？

侬住辣啥地方？

(Shanghainese, Ningbonese, dialectal Mandarin) where


處理品

ㄔㄨˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄆㄧㄣˇ

/ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰyː³⁵ lei̯¹³ pɐn³⁵/

/t͡sʰz̩³³ li⁵⁵ pʰin²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰyː³⁵ lei̯¹³ pɐn³⁵/

/t͡sʰz̩³³ li⁵⁵ pʰin²¹/

(Shanghainese) unequal status or requirement

(Shanghainese, derogatory, offensive) woman who is not a virgin


拖車

/tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/

/tʰɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/

/tʰo²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰa²⁴/

/tʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/tʰua⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/tʰu⁵⁵ t͡sʰo²¹/

/tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/

/tʰɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/

/tʰo²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰa²⁴/

/tʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/tʰua⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/tʰu⁵⁵ t͡sʰo²¹/

(Shanghainese, slang) somebody who goes to a dancehall without knowing how to dance


來得

/laɪ̯³⁵ d̥ə³/

/lɔːi̯²¹ tɐk̚⁵/

/laɪ̯³⁵ d̥ə³/

/lɔːi̯²¹ tɐk̚⁵/

/le²² təʔ⁴⁴/

/le²² təʔ⁴⁴/


戶頭

/xu⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/wuː²² tʰɐu̯²¹/

/hɔ²² tʰau²⁴/

/hɔ²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/

/hɔ²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/

/hɔ³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/

/hɔ³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/

/xu⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/wuː²² tʰɐu̯²¹/

/hɔ²² tʰau²⁴/

/hɔ²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/

/hɔ²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/

/hɔ³³⁻²¹ tʰau²³/

/hɔ³³⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/

This company is a big client of ours, make sure you take good care of them.

⁸geq-ka ¹kon-sy ⁶zy ⁷aq-la ⁸gheq ⁶du-wu-deu ⁷iq-din ⁵iau ¹paon ⁶ngu ⁵tsau-ku ⁵hau

搿家公司是阿拉個大戶頭，一定要幫我照顧好。

搿家公司是阿拉个大户头，一定要帮我照顾好。


四季豆

/sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ toʊ̯⁵¹/

/sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/

/sei̯³³ kʷɐi̯³³ tɐu̯²²⁻³⁵/

/su²¹⁻⁴¹ kui²¹⁻⁴¹ tau³³/

/su²¹⁻⁵³ kui²¹⁻⁵³ tau²²/

/su¹¹⁻⁵³ kui¹¹⁻⁵³ tau³³/

/si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tau⁴¹/

/sz̩³³ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/sz̩³⁵ ^((t͡ɕ-))d͡ʑi³⁵⁻⁵ di̯ɤ¹¹⁻¹/

/sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ toʊ̯⁵¹/

/sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/

/sei̯³³ kʷɐi̯³³ tɐu̯²²⁻³⁵/

/su²¹⁻⁴¹ kui²¹⁻⁴¹ tau³³/

/su²¹⁻⁵³ kui²¹⁻⁵³ tau²²/

/su¹¹⁻⁵³ kui¹¹⁻⁵³ tau³³/

/si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tau⁴¹/

/sz̩³³ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/sz̩³⁵ ^((t͡ɕ-))d͡ʑi³⁵⁻⁵ di̯ɤ¹¹⁻¹/

(Yangzhou Mandarin, Shanghainese) sword bean (Canavalia gladiata)


萵筍

/wɔ⁵⁵ su̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wɔː⁵⁵ sɵn³⁵/

/vɤ¹¹ suŋ⁵³/

/uo⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾luŋ³³/

/o⁴⁴⁵ su̯ən³³/

/wɔ⁵⁵ su̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wɔː⁵⁵ sɵn³⁵/

/vɤ¹¹ suŋ⁵³/

/uo⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾luŋ³³/

/o⁴⁴⁵ su̯ən³³/


大水

/tä⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/taːi̯²² sɵy̯³⁵/

/tʰaɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ suɪ³¹/

/tua⁴¹⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/

/dəu²² sz̩ʷ³³/

/tä⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/taːi̯²² sɵy̯³⁵/

/tʰaɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ suɪ³¹/

/tua⁴¹⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/

/dəu²² sz̩ʷ³³/


邪氣

/ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/

/t͡sʰɛː²¹ hei̯³³/

/sia¹³⁻²² kʰi²¹/

/sia²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹/

/sia²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁴¹/

/sia²⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/

/sia²³⁻³³ kʰi²¹/

/sia²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰui¹¹/

/sia²³⁻³³ kʰui²¹/

/sia²⁴⁻²² kʰui²¹/

/ʑia²² t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/

/ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/

/t͡sʰɛː²¹ hei̯³³/

/sia¹³⁻²² kʰi²¹/

/sia²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹/

/sia²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁴¹/

/sia²⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/

/sia²³⁻³³ kʰi²¹/

/sia²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰui¹¹/

/sia²³⁻³³ kʰui²¹/

/sia²⁴⁻²² kʰui²¹/

/ʑia²² t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/

邪氣壞

邪气坏

好吃來邪氣

好吃来邪气


大亨

(Shanghainese) a hundred dollars, or any other currency denomination


鹼水粽

ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄗㄨㄥˋ

цзяньшуйцзун

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵¹/

/kaːn³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ³³⁻³⁵/

/kan⁵⁵ sui⁵⁵ tɵŋ²¹⁻²¹⁵/

/ke³³ sz̩⁵⁵ t͡soŋ²¹/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵¹/

/kaːn³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ³³⁻³⁵/

/kan⁵⁵ sui⁵⁵ tɵŋ²¹⁻²¹⁵/

/ke³³ sz̩⁵⁵ t͡soŋ²¹/

(chiefly Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Shanghainese, Singapore) lye water zongzi (a Chinese dessert, sometimes filled with a sweet paste)


世界盃

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ peɪ̯⁵⁵/

/sɐi̯³³ kaːi̯³³ puːi̯⁵⁵/

/se²¹⁻⁴¹ kai²¹⁻⁴¹ pue⁴⁴/

/se¹¹⁻⁵³ kai¹¹⁻⁵³ pue⁴⁴/

/si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ pue³³/

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ peɪ̯⁵⁵/

/sɐi̯³³ kaːi̯³³ puːi̯⁵⁵/

/se²¹⁻⁴¹ kai²¹⁻⁴¹ pue⁴⁴/

/se¹¹⁻⁵³ kai¹¹⁻⁵³ pue⁴⁴/

/si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ pue³³/

(Shanghainese, humorous, slang) washroom; bathroom


波鞋

/pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/

/pɔː⁵⁵ haːi̯²¹/

/pᵘɔ³³ hai²²/

/po³³⁻²³ oi⁵⁵/

/pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/

/pɔː⁵⁵ haːi̯²¹/

/pᵘɔ³³ hai²²/

/po³³⁻²³ oi⁵⁵/

(Shanghainese) light-up shoes; shoes that light up when walking


意粉

/i⁵¹ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jiː³³ fɐn³⁵/

/i⁵¹ fən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jiː³³ fɐn³⁵/


白開水

/paɪ̯³⁵ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/paːk̚² hɔːi̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

/baʔ¹¹ kʰe²² sz̩²³/

/paɪ̯³⁵ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/paːk̚² hɔːi̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

/baʔ¹¹ kʰe²² sz̩²³/


空蕩

/kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tɑŋ⁵¹/

/hʊŋ⁵⁵ tɔːŋ²²/

/kʰoŋ⁵⁵ dɑ̃²¹/

/kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tɑŋ⁵¹/

/hʊŋ⁵⁵ tɔːŋ²²/

/kʰoŋ⁵⁵ dɑ̃²¹/

The table isn't flat, and I often write on top of the dents, so I often poke through the paper.

檯子勿平，我寫字常常要寫着空蕩，紙頭戳破

台子勿平，我写字常常要写着空荡，纸头戳破


窗頭

/t͡sʰɑ̃⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/t͡sʰɑ̃⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/


葛咾

/kəʔ³³ lɔ⁴⁴/

/kəʔ³³ lɔ⁴⁴/

Likely of Austronesian origin. Compare Amis [Term?] (ɕakʰatala). (Li, 2001)


花露水

ㄏㄨㄚ ㄌㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

ㄏㄨㄚ ㄌㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

/xu̯ä⁵⁵ lu⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/faː⁵⁵ lou̯²² sɵy̯³⁵/

/fä⁴⁴⁵ lu²¹³⁻³¹ ɕy³³/

/xu̯ä⁵⁵ lu⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/faː⁵⁵ lou̯²² sɵy̯³⁵/

/fä⁴⁴⁵ lu²¹³⁻³¹ ɕy³³/

(Shanghainese) savviness; competency; original thoughts, ideas or skills


老豆腐

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ toʊ̯⁵¹ fu¹/

/lou̯¹³ tɐu̯²² fuː²²/

/lɔ²² dɤ⁵⁵ ɦu²¹/

/lɔ²² dɤ⁵⁵ vu²¹/

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ toʊ̯⁵¹ fu¹/

/lou̯¹³ tɐu̯²² fuː²²/

/lɔ²² dɤ⁵⁵ ɦu²¹/

/lɔ²² dɤ⁵⁵ vu²¹/


上落

/ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯ɔ⁵¹/

/sœːŋ¹³ lɔːk̚²/

/zɑ̃²² loʔ⁴⁴/

/ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯ɔ⁵¹/

/sœːŋ¹³ lɔːk̚²/

/zɑ̃²² loʔ⁴⁴/


上落

/ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯ɔ⁵¹/

/sœːŋ¹³ lɔːk̚²/

/zɑ̃²² loʔ⁴⁴/

/ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯ɔ⁵¹/

/sœːŋ¹³ lɔːk̚²/

/zɑ̃²² loʔ⁴⁴/


幾鈿

/t͡ɕi³³ di⁴⁴/

/t͡ɕi³³ di⁴⁴/

how much does it cost
how much does it cost

(Shanghainese) how much money?, how much is it?, how much does it cost?


凍水

/tʊŋ³³ sɵy̯³⁵/

/toŋ³³ sz̩⁴⁴/

/tʊŋ³³ sɵy̯³⁵/

/toŋ³³ sz̩⁴⁴/


蘆黍

/lɔ²⁴⁻²² sue⁵³/

/lɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ sue⁵³/

/lɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ sue³¹/

/lɔ²⁴⁻²² sue⁵⁵⁴/

/lɔ¹³⁻²² sue⁵³/

/lɔ²³⁻³³ se⁴¹/

/lɔ²⁴⁻²² sue⁵³/

/lɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ sue⁵³/

/lɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ sue³¹/

/lɔ²⁴⁻²² sue⁵⁵⁴/

/lɔ¹³⁻²² sue⁵³/

/lɔ²³⁻³³ se⁴¹/

(Xiamen, Tong'an and Taiwanese Hokkien, Shanghainese) sorghum


斜鉤

/ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ koʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɛː²¹ ŋɐu̯⁵⁵/

/ʑia²² kɤ⁴⁴/

/ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ koʊ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɛː²¹ ŋɐu̯⁵⁵/

/ʑia²² kɤ⁴⁴/


阿裡

阿里
阿裏
嚡裡
鞋裡
何裡

(Northern Wu, including Shanghainese and Ningbonese) where

(Northern Wu, including Shanghainese and Ningbonese) which


阿裡搭

阿里搭
阿裏搭
鞋裡搭
嚡裡搭
何裡搭

/ɦa²² li⁵⁵ taʔ²¹/

/ɦa²² li⁵⁵ taʔ²¹/

儂到阿裡搭？

侬到阿里搭？


北瓜

/peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵/

/peɪ̯²¹⁴ g̊u̯ä⁴/

/peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵/

/peɪ̯²¹⁴ g̊u̯ä⁴/


水蛇

/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤ³⁵/

/sɵy̯³⁵ sɛː²¹/

/t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sua²⁴/

/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤ³⁵/

/sɵy̯³⁵ sɛː²¹/

/t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sua²⁴/


濃湯

/nʊŋ³⁵ tʰɑŋ⁵⁵/

/nʊŋ²¹ tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/n̠ʲioŋ²² tʰɑ̃⁴⁴/

/nʊŋ³⁵ tʰɑŋ⁵⁵/

/nʊŋ²¹ tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/n̠ʲioŋ²² tʰɑ̃⁴⁴/

鄉下濃湯

乡下浓汤

(Shanghainese) haipai or Shanghainese-western soup


老娘

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/lou̯¹³ nœːŋ²¹/

/lau²¹³⁻¹³ ˈn̠ʲiɔŋ³⁵/

/lɔ²² n̠ʲiã⁴⁴/

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/lou̯¹³ nœːŋ²¹/

/lau²¹³⁻¹³ ˈn̠ʲiɔŋ³⁵/

/lɔ²² n̠ʲiã⁴⁴/

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ni̯ɑŋ⁴/

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ni̯ɑŋ⁴/

/lou̯¹³ nœːŋ²¹/

/lɔ²² n̠ʲiã⁴⁴/

Most of the terms are only used for female midwives.

(Shanghainese, dated) female brothel keeper


毛坯

/mɑʊ̯³⁵ pʰi⁵⁵/

/mɑʊ̯³⁵ pʰeɪ̯⁵⁵/

/mou̯²¹ pʰuːi̯⁵⁵/

/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² pʰə³³/

/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² pʰe⁴⁴/

/mɔ̃¹³⁻²² pʰue⁴⁴/

/mɔ²² pʰe⁴⁴/

/mɑʊ̯³⁵ pʰi⁵⁵/

/mɑʊ̯³⁵ pʰeɪ̯⁵⁵/

/mou̯²¹ pʰuːi̯⁵⁵/

/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² pʰə³³/

/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² pʰe⁴⁴/

/mɔ̃¹³⁻²² pʰue⁴⁴/

/mɔ²² pʰe⁴⁴/

(Shanghainese, slang) a female with no prior experience of sex; a female virgin


浪頭

/lɑŋ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/lɑŋ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/

/lɔːŋ²² tʰɐu̯²¹/

/lɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/

/lɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/lɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/

/lɑ̃²² dɤ⁴⁴/

/lɑŋ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/lɑŋ⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/

/lɔːŋ²² tʰɐu̯²¹/

/lɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/

/lɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/lɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/

/lɑ̃²² dɤ⁴⁴/

(chiefly Northern Wu, originally Shanghainese) bluff; forefront; grandeur


套牢

/tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ lɑʊ̯³⁵/

/tʰo²¹⁻⁵³ lo²⁴/

/tʰo⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lo²⁴/

/tʰo²¹⁻⁵³ lo¹³/

/tʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ lo²⁴/

/tʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ lɤ²³/

/tʰɔ³³ lɔ⁴⁴/

/tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ lɑʊ̯³⁵/

/tʰo²¹⁻⁵³ lo²⁴/

/tʰo⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lo²⁴/

/tʰo²¹⁻⁵³ lo¹³/

/tʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ lo²⁴/

/tʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ lɤ²³/

/tʰɔ³³ lɔ⁴⁴/

I accidentally got a terrible spouse, after marriage, her true colours came to light, now it's genuinely difficult, I'm stuck!

⁶ngu ⁸veq-taon-shin ⁶ma-leq-geq ⁶la-shi-ku ⁷ciq-huen ¹i-gheu ⁶gnioe-yin ⁷piq-lu ⁶yi-ze ⁵khu-leq ⁵thau-lau-leq

我勿當心買了個垃圾股，結婚以後原形畢露，現在苦了，套牢了！

我勿当心买了个垃圾股，结婚以后原形毕露，现在苦了，套牢了！

(Shanghainese) to be stuck in a loveless marriage

I've gotten into a predicament with my grandson, now I need to pick him up and send him to from school every day.

⁶ngu ⁶yi-ze ⁶zy ⁷peq ⁶ngu ⁸geq ⁵shiau-sen-tsy ⁵thau-lau ¹thi-thi ⁶zaon-ghoq ⁵iau ⁶ngu ⁷ciq-son

我現在是撥我個小孫子套牢，天天上學要我接送。

我现在是拨我个小孙子套牢，天天上学要我接送。

(Shanghainese, by extension) to be stuck in any situation

I am seriously in love, I won't be getting out of this.

⁶ngu ⁶zy-ka ⁷peq ⁶zy-ga ⁸geq ⁵koe-zhin ⁵thau-lau ¹tse ⁶gha ⁷peq-veq-tsheq-le ⁸leq

我自家撥自家個感情套牢，再也撥勿出來了。

我自家拨自家个感情套牢，再也拨勿出来了。

(Shanghainese) to be head over heels in love with someone

Dude, we're all done with hearing your rambling, you better shut up.

⁵hau-leq ⁷aq-la ⁶ze ¹thin-i-leq ⁵hau ⁵thau-lau-leq

好了，阿拉儕聽厭了，好套牢了。

好了，阿拉侪听厌了，好套牢了。


烏青

/u⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/

/vu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi̯aŋ²⁴/

/u⁵⁴ t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁴/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/

/ɔ³³ t͡sʰĩ³³/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/

/ou³³⁻²³ t͡sʰẽ³³/

/ɛu³⁵⁻³³ t͡sʰɛ³⁵/

/u⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin²¹/

/u⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/

/vu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi̯aŋ²⁴/

/u⁵⁴ t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁴/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/

/ɔ³³ t͡sʰĩ³³/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/

/ou³³⁻²³ t͡sʰẽ³³/

/ɛu³⁵⁻³³ t͡sʰɛ³⁵/

/u⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin²¹/


空檔

/kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tɑŋ⁵¹/

/kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hʊŋ⁵⁵ tɔːŋ³³/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²¹/

/kʰaŋ³³ tɔŋ⁴¹/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²¹/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ¹¹/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ²¹/

/kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tɑŋ⁵¹/

/kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hʊŋ⁵⁵ tɔːŋ³³/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²¹/

/kʰaŋ³³ tɔŋ⁴¹/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²¹/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ¹¹/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ²¹/

/kʰʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑŋ⁵¹/

/kʰʊŋ⁵¹ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kʰoŋ³³ tɑ̃⁴⁴/

/kʰʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑŋ⁵¹/

/kʰʊŋ⁵¹ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hʊŋ⁵⁵ tɔːŋ³³/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²¹/

/kʰaŋ³³ tɔŋ⁴¹/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²¹/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ¹¹/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ²¹/

/kʰoŋ³³ tɑ̃⁴⁴/


沙地

/saː⁵⁵ tei̯²²⁻³⁵/

/saː⁵⁵ tei̯²²⁻³⁵/


蒲桃

/pʰu³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/

/pʰou̯²¹ tʰou̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/pʰou̯²¹ tʰou̯²¹/

/pɔ²⁴⁻²² tʰo²⁴/

/pɔ²⁴⁻²² tʰo²⁴/

/pɔ¹³⁻²² tʰo¹³/

/pɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰo²⁴/

/pɔ²³⁻³³ tʰɤ²³/

/pʰu³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/

/pʰou̯²¹ tʰou̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/pʰou̯²¹ tʰou̯²¹/

/pɔ²⁴⁻²² tʰo²⁴/

/pɔ²⁴⁻²² tʰo²⁴/

/pɔ¹³⁻²² tʰo¹³/

/pɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰo²⁴/

/pɔ²³⁻³³ tʰɤ²³/


大口

/tä⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/taːi̯²² hɐu̯³⁵/

/ta⁴⁵ kʰəu⁵³/

/du²² kʰɤ⁴⁴/

/tä⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/taːi̯²² hɐu̯³⁵/

/ta⁴⁵ kʰəu⁵³/

/du²² kʰɤ⁴⁴/

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大口 (Ōkuchi) for the city of Ōkuchi.

obor

(dialectal Mandarin, Dongguan Cantonese, Jin, Shanghainese) The Chinese character component 囗.


疲沓

/pʰi³⁵ tʰä³/

/pʰi³⁵ tʰä⁵¹/

/pʰi³⁵ tʰä³/

/pʰi³⁵ tʰä⁵¹/

(Shanghainese) insensitive to punishment due to repetition


國圖

/ku̯ɔ³⁵ tʰu³⁵/

/kʷɔːk̚³ tʰou̯²¹/

/ku̯ɔ³⁵ tʰu³⁵/

/kʷɔːk̚³ tʰou̯²¹/


吹風

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰə³³ huaŋ³³/

/t͡sʰue⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰue⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰui³³ hɔŋ³³/

/t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴ foŋ⁵³/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰə³³ huaŋ³³/

/t͡sʰue⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰue⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰui³³ hɔŋ³³/

/t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴ foŋ⁵³/

Your body is rather weak these days; be careful not to catch a cold.

⁶non ⁸geq-lian-thi ¹sen-thi ¹me-zaq ¹taon-shin ⁸veq-iau ¹tshy-tsaq ¹fon

儂搿兩天身體蠻弱，當心勿要吹著風。

侬搿两天身体蛮弱，当心勿要吹着风。


磨仔

/bo²²⁻²¹ a⁵³/

/bo²²⁻²¹ a⁵³/

(Shanghainese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) grindstone


拿摩溫

/nä³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵ wən⁵⁵/

/nä³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵ wən⁵⁵/

Borrowed from English number one. Doublet of 冧巴溫／冧巴温.

拿摩温
拿摩温
那摩溫
那莫溫
拿莫溫

(originally Shanghainese) foreman (leader of a work crew)


拿摩溫

/nä³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵ wən⁵⁵/

/nä³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵ wən⁵⁵/

拿摩温
拿摩温
那摩溫
那莫溫
拿莫溫

(originally Shanghainese) best; number one


老鬼

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/lou̯¹³ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

/lɔ²² t͡ɕy⁴⁴/

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/lou̯¹³ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

/lɔ²² t͡ɕy⁴⁴/

(Shanghainese) experienced, smart, astute


老虎窗

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/

lau^去 fu^去 tshaon^平; lau^去 hu^去 tshaon^平

/lɔ²² fu⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑ̃²¹/

/lɔ²² hu⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑ̃²¹/

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/

/lɔ²² fu⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑ̃²¹/

/lɔ²² hu⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑ̃²¹/

Originally Shanghainese; 老虎 (“tiger”) is a phono-semantic matching of English roof, via Shanghainese.


大黃魚

/tä⁵¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ y³⁵/

/taːi̯²² wɔːŋ²¹ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/

/du²² ɦuɑ̃⁵⁵ ŋ̍²¹/

/tä⁵¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ y³⁵/

/taːi̯²² wɔːŋ²¹ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/

/du²² ɦuɑ̃⁵⁵ ŋ̍²¹/

(Shanghainese, dated) a gold bar heavier than 10 tael (~312.5 grams)


小黃魚

ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄩˊ

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ y³⁵/

/siːu̯³⁵ wɔːŋ²¹ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/

/ɕiɔ³³ ɦuɑ̃⁵⁵ ŋ̍²¹/

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ y³⁵/

/siːu̯³⁵ wɔːŋ²¹ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/

/ɕiɔ³³ ɦuɑ̃⁵⁵ ŋ̍²¹/

(Shanghainese, dated) a dated type of gold bar which weighs one tael


角落頭

/kɔːk̚³ lɔːk̚²⁻⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/kɔk̚¹ lɔk̚¹ tʰeu¹¹/

/kak̚²⁻⁴ lak̚⁴⁻² tʰau⁵⁵/

/koʔ³³ loʔ⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/kɔːk̚³ lɔːk̚²⁻⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/kɔk̚¹ lɔk̚¹ tʰeu¹¹/

/kak̚²⁻⁴ lak̚⁴⁻² tʰau⁵⁵/

/koʔ³³ loʔ⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

(Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew, Shanghainese) corner; nook


大卡

/tä⁵¹ kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/taːi̯²² kʰaː⁵⁵/

/tä⁵¹ kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/taːi̯²² kʰaː⁵⁵/

喔唷，搿隻喔卡曼是大卡！

喔唷，搿只喔卡曼是大卡！

(Shanghainese) counterfeit product, often related to clothing


硬盤人

/iŋ⁵¹ pʰän³⁵ ʐən³⁵/

/ŋã²² bø⁵⁵ n̠ʲin²¹/

/iŋ⁵¹ pʰän³⁵ ʐən³⁵/

/ŋã²² bø⁵⁵ n̠ʲin²¹/

Originally used in 寬帶山 in 2008-2009. From initialism of 外地人 (wàidìrén) (WDR), which is associated with Western Digital (WD).

(chiefly Shanghainese, slang, derogatory, offensive) migrant worker; outsider (outside Shanghai)


油葫蘆

/joʊ̯³⁵ xu³⁵ lu³⁵/

/joʊ̯³⁵ xu³ lu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jɐu̯²¹ wuː²¹ lou̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/ɦiɤ²² ɦu⁵⁵ lu²¹/

/joʊ̯³⁵ xu³⁵ lu³⁵/

/joʊ̯³⁵ xu³ lu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jɐu̯²¹ wuː²¹ lou̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/ɦiɤ²² ɦu⁵⁵ lu²¹/

(Shanghainese) someone who fills a position without having the necessary qualifications


交水費

/kaːu̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ fɐi̯³³/

/kɔ⁴⁴ sz̩³³ fi⁴⁴/

/kaːu̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ fɐi̯³³/

/kɔ⁴⁴ sz̩³³ fi⁴⁴/

(Cantonese, Shanghainese, slang, usually of a man) to urinate; to pee


水菜

/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/

/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/

/sz̩³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/

/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/

/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/

/sz̩³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/


布林

/pou̯³³ lɐm²¹⁻⁵⁵/

/pou̯³³ lɐm²¹⁻⁵⁵/

(chiefly Cantonese, Shanghainese) Alternative form of 布冧 (“plum”)


忽閃

/xu⁵⁵ ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hoʔ³³ ɕi⁴⁴/

/hoʔ⁵⁵ ɕɪ⁵¹/

/xu⁵⁵ ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hoʔ³³ ɕi⁴⁴/

/hoʔ⁵⁵ ɕɪ⁵¹/


出腳

/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ kioʔ³²/

/t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ kioʔ⁵/

/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ kioʔ³²/

/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ kioʔ³²/

/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ kiɤʔ³²/

/t͡sʰəʔ³³ t͡ɕiaʔ⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ kioʔ³²/

/t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ kioʔ⁵/

/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ kioʔ³²/

/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ kioʔ³²/

/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ kiɤʔ³²/

/t͡sʰəʔ³³ t͡ɕiaʔ⁴⁴/

This area has lots of bus routes, traveling is very convenient.

⁸geq-khue ⁶di-faon ¹kon-gon-chi-tsho ⁵shi-lu ¹tu ⁷tsheq-ciaq ¹ciau-kue ⁶bi-taon

搿塊地方公共汽車線路多，出腳交關便當。

搿块地方公共汽车线路多，出脚交关便当。


洋涇浜

/jɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ pɑŋ⁵⁵/

/jœːŋ²¹ kɪŋ⁵⁵ pɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/ɦiã²² t͡ɕin⁵⁵ pã²¹/

/jɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ pɑŋ⁵⁵/

/jœːŋ²¹ kɪŋ⁵⁵ pɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/ɦiã²² t͡ɕin⁵⁵ pã²¹/

(Wu, chiefly Shanghainese) a person who does not speak proper Shanghainese (or another language); a non-local who speaks Shanghainese with an accent


洋涇浜

/jɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ pɑŋ⁵⁵/

/jœːŋ²¹ kɪŋ⁵⁵ pɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/ɦiã²² t͡ɕin⁵⁵ pã²¹/

/jɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ pɑŋ⁵⁵/

/jœːŋ²¹ kɪŋ⁵⁵ pɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/ɦiã²² t͡ɕin⁵⁵ pã²¹/

Sorry, my Shanghainese is a bit accented.

⁶veq₈-hau₅-i₅-sy₁ ⁶ngu ⁶zaon-he₅ ⁶ghe-gho₆ ⁶yeu-nge₆ ⁶yan-cin₁-pan₁

勿好意思，我上海閒話有眼洋涇浜。

勿好意思，我上海闲话有眼洋泾浜。

(Wu, chiefly Shanghainese, of one's speech of the local dialect) improper; with an accent


內在美

/neɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/nɔːi̯²² t͡sɔːi̯²² mei̯¹³/

/neɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/nɔːi̯²² t͡sɔːi̯²² mei̯¹³/


蛻毛

/tʰui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/

/tʰui²¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²⁴/

/tʰui²¹⁻⁵³ mɔ̃¹³/

/tʰø⁴⁴ mɔ²³/

/tʰui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mŋ̍²⁴/

/tʰui²¹⁻⁵³ mŋ̍²⁴/

/tʰui²¹⁻⁵³ mɔ̃¹³/

/tʰø⁴⁴ mɔ²³/

(Hokkien, Shanghainese) to molt; to shed feathers (of birds)


火燒雲

/xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ yn³⁵/

/fɔː³⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵ wɐn²¹/

/he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sio⁴⁴⁻³³ hun²⁴/

/he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sio⁴⁴⁻²² hun²⁴/

/hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ hun²³/

/hu³³ sɔ⁵⁵ ɦyn²¹/

/xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ yn³⁵/

/fɔː³⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵ wɐn²¹/

/he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sio⁴⁴⁻³³ hun²⁴/

/he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sio⁴⁴⁻²² hun²⁴/

/hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ hun²³/

/hu³³ sɔ⁵⁵ ɦyn²¹/

(Shanghainese) red clouds before said afterglow


湯菜

/tʰɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/

/tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/

/tʰɑ̃⁵⁵ t͡sʰe²¹/

/tʰɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/

/tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/

/tʰɑ̃⁵⁵ t͡sʰe²¹/


洋蔥頭

/jɑŋ³⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/jœːŋ²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

/ɦiã²² t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/jɑŋ³⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/jœːŋ²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

/ɦiã²² t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/


磕頭蟲

/kʰɤ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/

/hɐp̚² tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

/kʰaʔ²⁻⁵⁴ tʰəu¹¹ t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/

/kʰəʔ³³ dɤ⁵⁵ zoŋ²¹/

/kʰɤ⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/

/hɐp̚² tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

/kʰaʔ²⁻⁵⁴ tʰəu¹¹ t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/

/kʰəʔ³³ dɤ⁵⁵ zoŋ²¹/

(Shanghainese) one who lowers their head when sleeping upright


捉魚

/ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ y³⁵/

/t͡sʊk̚⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/

/t͡soʔ⁴⁴ ŋ̍²³/

/t͡soʔ³³ ŋ̍⁴⁴/

/ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ y³⁵/

/t͡sʊk̚⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/

/t͡soʔ⁴⁴ ŋ̍²³/

/t͡soʔ³³ ŋ̍⁴⁴/

(Shanghainese, Cantonese) to catch fish; to fish


儂好𠲎

儂好𠲎？我蠻好。

侬好𠲎？我蛮好。


阿裡頭

/ɦa²² li⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/ɦa²² li⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/


退流

/tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ lau²³/

/tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ lau²⁴/

/tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ lau¹³/

/tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ lau²⁴/

/tʰə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lau²⁴/

/tʰe³³ zɔ⁴⁴/

/tʰe⁴⁴ zɔ²³/

/tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ lau²³/

/tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ lau²⁴/

/tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ lau¹³/

/tʰe²¹⁻⁵³ lau²⁴/

/tʰə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lau²⁴/

/tʰe³³ zɔ⁴⁴/

/tʰe⁴⁴ zɔ²³/

(Southern Min, Shanghainese, of a tide) to ebb; to go out


飯單

/fän⁵¹ tän⁵⁵/

/fän⁵¹ tän⁵⁵/


圍身頭

/ɦy²² sən⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/ɦy²² sən⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)


㑚好

(Shanghainese, rare) hello (said to a group of people)


彈開

/taːn²² hɔːi̯⁵⁵/

/taːn²² hɔːi̯⁵⁵/

(Cantonese, Shanghainese) to move away from


純水

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/zən²² sz̩⁴⁴/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/zən²² sz̩⁴⁴/

(chiefly Shanghainese, Taiwan) purified water


品相

/pʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

/pʰin³³ ɕiã⁴⁴/

/pʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

/pʰin³³ ɕiã⁴⁴/

(Shanghainese, by extension) appearance (of anything)


人門

/n̠ʲin²² mən⁴⁴/

/n̠ʲin²² mən⁴⁴/

(Shanghainese) Eye dialect spelling of 檸檬 /柠檬 (níngméng, “lemon”).


兩喇叭

/liã²² laʔ⁵⁵ pa²¹/

/liã²² laʔ⁵⁵ pa²¹/


死開

/sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/

/sei̯³⁵ hɔːi̯⁵⁵/

/ɕi³³ kʰe⁴⁴/

/sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/

/sei̯³⁵ hɔːi̯⁵⁵/

/ɕi³³ kʰe⁴⁴/

(Cantonese, Shanghainese, slang, chiefly as imperative, derogatory) to go away; to scram; to fuck off


飛機票

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/fei̯⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵ pʰiːu̯³³/

/hui⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰiɤ²¹/

/hui⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴⁻²² pʰio²¹/

/hui⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰio¹¹/

/pue³³⁻²¹ ki³³⁻²¹ pʰio²¹/

/fi⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³³ pʰiɔ²¹/

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/fei̯⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵ pʰiːu̯³³/

/hui⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰiɤ²¹/

/hui⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴⁻²² pʰio²¹/

/hui⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰio¹¹/

/pue³³⁻²¹ ki³³⁻²¹ pʰio²¹/

/fi⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³³ pʰiɔ²¹/


發風

/pɔt̚¹ fʊŋ⁴⁴/

/faʔ⁴⁴ foŋ⁵³/

/ɸa̠²⁴ xʊŋ³³/

/ɸa̠²⁴ xən³³/

/fä²² xɤŋ⁴⁴⁵/

/pɔt̚¹ fʊŋ⁴⁴/

/faʔ⁴⁴ foŋ⁵³/

/ɸa̠²⁴ xʊŋ³³/

/ɸa̠²⁴ xən³³/

/fä²² xɤŋ⁴⁴⁵/

儂看，開始發西風了

侬看，开始发西风了

(Hakka, Shanghainese, Xiang) to be windy; the wind blows


綠顏色

/nu²¹ iɛn²¹ sɛ²¹/

/loʔ¹¹ ŋe²² səʔ²³/

/nu²¹ iɛn²¹ sɛ²¹/

/loʔ¹¹ ŋe²² səʔ²³/

(Sichuanese, Shanghainese) the color green


因得

/in⁵⁵ təʔ²¹/

/in³³ tɤ̞²⁴/

/in⁵⁵ təʔ²¹/

/in³³ tɤ̞²⁴/

Because during the cultural revolution, he had raided the houses of a few intellectuals, even now he gets embarrassed seeing them.

¹in-teq ⁶ven-ho ⁶da-keq-min-gheq ⁶zen-kuaon ⁶yi ¹tsy-seq-ven-tsy ⁷oq-li ¹tshau-ku ¹ka ⁵tau ⁶ne ¹khoe-ci ¹tsy-seq-ven-tsy ⁶ghe ⁶ne-we-zhin

因得文化大革命個辰光，伊知識分子屋裡抄過家，到乃看見知識分子還難為情。

因得文化大革命个辰光，伊知识分子屋里抄过家，到乃看见知识分子还难为情。

(Xiang, dated in Shanghainese) because; since; as


學習144號文件

⁸ghoq-zhiq ⁷iq-paq ⁵sy-zeq-sy-ghau ⁶ven-ji

ghoh^入 zhih ih^入 pah sy^去 zeh sy ghau ven^去 ji

⁵hhoq-xxiq ⁴iq-paq ²sr-zeq-sr-hhau ³ven-jji

/ɦoʔ¹¹ ʑiɪʔ³³ iɪʔ³³ paʔ³³ sz̩³³ zəʔ⁵⁵ sz̩³³ ɦɔ³³ vən²² d͡ʑi⁴⁴/

From the 144 tiles in a set of mahjong tiles.

(Shanghainese, humorous) to play mahjong


烏賊魚

→ Korean: 오징어 (ojing'eo)

/u⁵⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵ y³⁵/

/u⁵⁵ zəʔ³³ ŋ̍²¹/

/əu⁵² zəʔ¹¹ ŋ̍/

/u⁵⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵ y³⁵/

/u⁵⁵ zəʔ³³ ŋ̍²¹/

/əu⁵² zəʔ¹¹ ŋ̍/


睏衣

/kʰuən³³ i⁴⁴/

/kʰuən³³ i⁴⁴/


砌牆頭

/t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴ ʑiã²² dɤ⁴⁴/

/t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴ ʑiã²² dɤ⁴⁴/

(Shanghainese, figurative) to play mahjong


築方城

/t͡soʔ⁴⁴ fɑ̃⁵⁵ zən²¹/

/t͡soʔ⁴⁴ fɑ̃⁵⁵ zən²¹/


碰和

/pʰã³³ ɦu⁴⁴/

/pʰã³³ ɦu⁴⁴/

(Wu, dated in Shanghainese) to play mahjong


炒冷飯

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fän⁵¹/

/t͡sʰaːu̯³⁵ laːŋ¹³ faːn²²/

/t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴ lã²² ve⁴⁴/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fän⁵¹/

/t͡sʰaːu̯³⁵ laːŋ¹³ faːn²²/

/t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴ lã²² ve⁴⁴/


春不老

/t͡sʰœyŋ⁵⁴ pu²⁴ lau²¹/

/t͡sʰən⁵⁵ pəʔ³³ lɔ²¹/

/t͡sʰœyŋ⁵⁴ pu²⁴ lau²¹/

/t͡sʰən⁵⁵ pəʔ³³ lɔ²¹/

(Shanghainese) Suzhounese picked mustard


毛肚

(dialectal Mandarin, Shanghainese) tripe; cow stomach


女客

/ˈn̠ʲy²¹³⁻¹³ kʰaʔ⁵/

/n̠ʲy²² kʰaʔ⁴⁴/

/ˈn̠ʲy²¹³⁻¹³ kʰaʔ⁵/

/n̠ʲy²² kʰaʔ⁴⁴/


水吧

According to Qian (2007), the term in Shanghainese is not from English.

I’ve been to that spa, sometimes it’s quite comfortable, but sometimes the massage is rather painful.

⁶ngu ⁵chi-ku ⁵sy-pa ⁶yeu-zen-kuaon ¹me ⁷seq-i ⁷piq-ku ⁶yeu ⁶zen-kuaon ⁵tan-teq ⁶gha ¹me ⁵thon

我去過水吧，有辰光蠻適意，必過有辰光打得也蠻痛。

我去过水吧，有辰光蛮适意，必过有辰光打得也蛮痛。


鵓鴣

/pu̯ɔ³⁵ ku⁵⁵/

/pu̯ɔ³⁵ ku⁵⁵/

(literary or Hakka, Shanghainese) turtledove


衰瘏

Probably of Kra-Dai origin, related to Paiwan [Term?] (sataɦəd). (Li, 2001)


熟泡麵

/zoʔ¹¹ pʰɔ²² mi²³/

/zoʔ¹¹ pʰɔ²² mi²³/

GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)


原始股

/ɥɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jyːn²¹ t͡sʰiː³⁵ kuː³⁵/

/n̠ʲyø²² sz̩⁵⁵ ku²¹/

/ɥɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jyːn²¹ t͡sʰiː³⁵ kuː³⁵/

/n̠ʲyø²² sz̩⁵⁵ ku²¹/

This child's not been exposed to sex, isn't he cute?

⁸geq-we ⁵shiau-ban-yeu ⁶zy ⁶gnioe-sy-ku ⁶non ⁵khoe ¹tu ⁵khu-e ⁰va

搿位小朋友是原始股，儂看多可愛𠲎？

搿位小朋友是原始股，侬看多可爱𠲎？

(Shanghainese, by extension) a man who has had no prior romantic or sexual relationships; a person who has had no prior experience regarding sexual discussions


節頭官

/t͡ɕiɪʔ³³ dɤ⁵⁵ kuø²¹/

/t͡ɕiɪʔ³³ dɤ⁵⁵ kuø²¹/


開年子

/kʰe⁵⁵ n̠ʲi³³ t͡sz̩²¹/

/kʰe⁵⁵ n̠ʲi³³ t͡sz̩²¹/


改前日

/ke³³ ʑi⁵⁵ n̠ʲiɪʔ²¹/

/ke³³ ʑi⁵⁵ n̠ʲiɪʔ²¹/


打拳蛆

/tã³³ d͡ʑyø⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹/

/tã³³ d͡ʑyø⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹/


邪狗

/ʑia²² kɤ⁴⁴/

/ʑia²² kɤ⁴⁴/

(Shanghainese, dated) mad dog; rabid dog


麻荔子

/mo²² liɪʔ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

/mo²² liɪʔ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

Litchi chinensis
Litchi chinensis#Translingual

(Shanghainese) lychee (Litchi chinensis)


本地閒話

/pən³³ di⁵⁵ ɦe³³ ɦo²¹/

/pən³³ di³³ ɦe²² ɦo⁴⁴/

/pən³³ di⁵⁵ ɦe³³ ɦo²¹/

/pən³³ di³³ ɦe²² ɦo⁴⁴/

(chiefly Shanghainese) Bendihua, varieties of Northern Wu spoken in suburban Shanghai


裡首

(dialectal Mandarin, Huizhou, dated in Shanghainese) inside; interior


耳馬

/n̠ʲi²² mo⁴⁴/

/n̠ʲi²² mo⁴⁴/


大眼睛

/du²² ŋe⁵⁵ t͡ɕin²¹/

/du²² ŋe⁵⁵ t͡ɕin²¹/

(Shanghainese, slang) automobile; motor vehicle; car


老洋

/lɔ²² ɦiã⁴⁴/

/lɔ²² ɦiã⁴⁴/


司冒而

/sz̩⁵⁵ mɔ³³ ɦəl²¹/

/sz̩⁵⁵ mɔ³³ ɦəl²¹/


開許

/kʰe⁵⁵ ɕy²¹/

/kʰe⁵⁵ ɕy²¹/

(Shanghainese, dated) cash (money in the form of notes and coins)


場化

儂到啥場化去啊？

侬到啥场化去啊？

(Wu, dated in Shanghainese) place; location


戶蕩

/ɦu²² dɑ̃⁴⁴/

/ɦu²² dɑ̃⁴⁴/

啥戶蕩

啥户荡


胳肢毛

/kəʔ³³ t͡sz̩⁵⁵ mɔ²¹/

/kəʔ³³ t͡sz̩⁵⁵ mɔ²¹/

(Shanghainese) armpit hair; underarm hair


疰船

/t͡sz̩⁴⁴ zø²³/

/t͡sz̩⁴⁴ zø²³/

(Wu, dated in Shanghainese) to become seasick


魚腥蝦蟹

/ŋ̍²² ɕin⁵⁵ hø³³ ha²¹/

/ŋ̍²² ɕin⁵⁵ ho³³ ha²¹/

/ŋ̍²² sin³³ ho⁴⁴ hɑ/

/ŋ̍²² ɕin⁵⁵ hø³³ ha²¹/

/ŋ̍²² ɕin⁵⁵ ho³³ ha²¹/

/ŋ̍²² sin³³ ho⁴⁴ hɑ/

(Shanghainese, Suzhounese) aquatic product; seafood


班頭

The number of journeys today isn't good.

¹cin-zau ⁶ngu ⁶len-tsy-gheq ¹pe-deu ⁶zen-kuaon ⁸veq-hau

今朝我輪仔個班頭辰光勿好。

今朝我轮仔个班头辰光勿好。

(Shanghainese) number of journeys; number of flights, trains or buses dispatched


放差

/fɑ̃⁴⁴ t͡sʰa⁵³/

/fɑ̃⁴⁴ t͡sʰa⁵³/

(Shanghainese) to get a taxi; to take a cab; to call a taxi


半開門

/pø³³ kʰe⁵⁵ mən²¹/

/pø³³ kʰe⁵⁵ mən²¹/


燕子窠

/i³³ t͡sz̩⁵⁵ kʰu²¹/

/i³³ t͡sz̩⁵⁵ kʰu²¹/


煙花間

(Shanghainese, dated) low-quality brothel


長三堂子

/zã²² se⁵⁵ dɑ̃³³ t͡sz̩²¹/

/zã²² se⁵⁵ dɑ̃³³ t͡sz̩²¹/

(Shanghainese, dated) high-quality brothel


書寓

/sz̩⁵⁵ n̠ʲy²¹/

/sz̩⁵⁵ n̠ʲy²¹/


長三書寓

/zã²² se⁵⁵ sz̩³³ ɦy²¹/

/zã²² se⁵⁵ sz̩³³ ɦy²¹/


拉繩

(dialectal Mandarin, Lichuan Gan, dated in Shanghainese, games) to play tug of war


經布

/kĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ¹¹/

/kĩ⁴⁴⁻²² pɔ²¹/

/kẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ²¹/

/kɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² pɔ²¹/

/kẽ³³⁻²³ pou²¹³/

/kĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ¹¹/

/kĩ⁴⁴⁻²² pɔ²¹/

/kẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ²¹/

/kɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² pɔ²¹/

/kẽ³³⁻²³ pou²¹³/

(Hokkien, Teochew, dated in Shanghainese) to weave cloth


薰條

/ɕioŋ⁵⁵ diɔ²¹/

/ɕioŋ⁵⁵ diɔ²¹/


餡頭

(Shanghainese) filling (for dumplings etc.)


油煠鬼

/ɦiɤ²² zaʔ⁵⁵ kue²¹/

/ɦiɤ²² zaʔ⁵⁵ kue²¹/

(Wu, dated in Shanghainese) youtiao (a type of Chinese fried bread stick)


實個能

/zəʔ¹¹ ɦəʔ²² nən²³/

/zəʔ¹¹ ɦəʔ²² nən²³/

(Shanghainese, dated) such, like this, so


迭能

/diɪʔ¹¹ nən²³/

/dəʔ¹¹ nən²³/

/diɪʔ¹¹ nən²³/

/dəʔ¹¹ nən²³/


埃面搭

/e⁵⁵ mi³³ taʔ²¹/

/e⁵⁵ mi³³ taʔ²¹/


埃搭

(Northern Wu) various demonstrative adverbs


埃搭裡

/e⁵⁵ taʔ³³ li²¹/

/e⁵⁵ taʔ³³ li²¹/


伊搭裡

/i⁵⁵ taʔ³³ li²¹/

/i⁵⁵ taʔ³³ li²¹/


伊搭塊

/i⁵⁵ taʔ³³ kʰue²¹/

/i⁵⁵ taʔ³³ kʰue²¹/


埃搭塊

/e⁵⁵ taʔ³³ kʰue²¹/

/e⁵⁵ taʔ³³ kʰue²¹/


迭搭

/diɪʔ¹¹ taʔ²³/

/dəʔ¹¹ taʔ²³/

/diɪʔ¹¹ taʔ²³/

/dəʔ¹¹ taʔ²³/


迭搭裡

/diɪʔ¹¹ taʔ²² li²³/

/dəʔ¹¹ taʔ²² li²³/

/diɪʔ¹¹ taʔ²² li²³/

/dəʔ¹¹ taʔ²² li²³/


迭搭塊

/diɪʔ¹¹ taʔ²² kʰue²³/

/dəʔ¹¹ taʔ²² kʰue²³/

/diɪʔ¹¹ taʔ²² kʰue²³/

/dəʔ¹¹ taʔ²² kʰue²³/


迭個

⁸diq-geq; ⁸deq-geq; ⁸diq-eq; ⁸deq-eq; ⁸diq-gheq; ⁸deq-gheq

dih^入 geh; deh^入 geh; dih^入 eh; deh^入 eh; dih^入 gheh; deh^入 gheh

⁵diq-geq; ⁵deq-geq; ⁵diq-eq; ⁵deq-eq; ⁵diq-hheq; ⁵deq-hheq

/diɪʔ¹¹ ɡəʔ²³/

/dəʔ¹¹ ɡəʔ²³/

/diɪʔ¹¹ əʔ²³/

/dəʔ¹¹ əʔ²³/

/diɪʔ¹¹ ɦəʔ²³/

/dəʔ¹¹ ɦəʔ²³/

/diɪʔ¹¹ ɡəʔ²³/

/dəʔ¹¹ ɡəʔ²³/

/diɪʔ¹¹ əʔ²³/

/dəʔ¹¹ əʔ²³/

/diɪʔ¹¹ ɦəʔ²³/

/dəʔ¹¹ ɦəʔ²³/


搿搭塊

/ɡəʔ¹¹ taʔ²² kʰue²³/

/ɡəʔ¹¹ taʔ²² kʰue²³/


搿搭裡

/ɡəʔ¹¹ taʔ²² li²³/

/ɡəʔ¹¹ taʔ²² li²³/


啥場化

/sa³³ zã⁵⁵ ho²¹/

/sa⁴⁴ zã²² ho⁴⁴/

/sɑ⁵² zã³³ ho/

/sa³³ zã⁵⁵ ho²¹/

/sa⁴⁴ zã²² ho⁴⁴/

/sɑ⁵² zã³³ ho/

倷搬場搬勒啥場化？

倷搬场搬勒啥场化？

(Northern Wu, dated in Shanghainese) where


啥個場化

/sa³³ ɡəʔ³³ zã²² ho⁴⁴/

/sa³³ ɡəʔ³³ zã²² ho⁴⁴/


討生活

/tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ³⁵/

/tʰou̯³⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ wuːt̚²/

/tɔ³³ sã⁵⁵ ɦuəʔ²¹/

/tɔ³³ sən⁵⁵ ɦuəʔ²¹/

/tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ³⁵/

/tʰou̯³⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ wuːt̚²/

/tɔ³³ sã⁵⁵ ɦuəʔ²¹/

/tɔ³³ sən⁵⁵ ɦuəʔ²¹/


故所以

2008, 黎華亮, 讀唐書毋單只為客話傳承

Ku-só-yî, kîm-ha chhóng thu̍k thòng-sû chhiu he kiu Hak-kâ-ngìn, kiu Hak-kâ-fa.

故所以，今下創讀唐書就係救客家人，救客家話。

2008, 黎華亮, 讀唐書毋單只為客話傳承

故所以，今下创读唐书就系救客家人，救客家话。

ku-só-yî kôn-é tá-fâ, tiam yân-yông e sṳ̀-chiet, Siu-é kûi-lòi

故所以菅仔打花 掂菸秧介時節 秀仔歸來

故所以菅仔打花 掂烟秧介时节 秀仔归来

(Sixian Hakka, Shanghainese, Loudi Xiang) therefore; so


所以緣故

/su⁵⁵ i³³ ɦyø³³ ku²¹/

/su⁵⁵ i³³ ɦyø³³ ku²¹/


為此緣故

/ɦue²² t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵ ɦyø³³ ku²¹/

/ɦue²² t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵ ɦyø³³ ku²¹/


因此緣故

/in⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩³³ ɦyø³³ ku²¹/

/in⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩³³ ɦyø³³ ku²¹/


歇歇

/ɕiɪʔ³³ ɕiɪʔ⁴⁴/

/ɕiɪʔ³³ ɕiɪʔ⁴⁴/


魚頭

/y³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/jyː²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/

/ᵑɡui²²⁻²¹ heu²²/

/ŋ̍¹¹ tʰeu̯¹¹/

/hi²³⁻³³ tʰau²³/

/hi²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/hi¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/

/hɯ²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/hu²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/

/y³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/jyː²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/

/ᵑɡui²²⁻²¹ heu²²/

/ŋ̍¹¹ tʰeu̯¹¹/

/hi²³⁻³³ tʰau²³/

/hi²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/hi¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/

/hɯ²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/hu²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/

(Shanghainese, slang) five of a currency designation


筆墨店

/piɪʔ³³ məʔ⁵⁵ ti²¹/

/piɪʔ³³ məʔ⁵⁵ ti²¹/


唱K所

/t͡sʰɑ̃³³ kʰe⁵⁵ su²¹/

/t͡sʰɑ̃³³ kʰe⁵⁵ su²¹/


大先生

/du²² ɕi⁵⁵ sã²¹/

/du²² ɕi⁵⁵ sã²¹/

(Shanghainese) female prostitute of a high-quality brothel


變死

(Northern Wu, including Shanghainese and Suzhounese) to court death

(Northern Wu, including Shanghainese and Suzhounese) to act up; to look for trouble; to turn ill-tempered and capricious


打呵晞

/tã³³ ho⁵⁵ ɕi²¹/

/tã³³ ho⁵⁵ ɕi²¹/


湖羊

/ɦu²² ɦiã⁴⁴/

/ɦu²² ɦiã⁴⁴/

湖 is derived from 湖州 (“Huzhou”), where many woolen sheep were reared historically.
The word is alternatively spelled as 胡羊. Some attribute the use the character 胡 (“Western”) to a belief that Huzhou sheep were imported originally from Mongolia.

(dialectal Northern Wu, including Shanghainese) sheep


象鼻頭

/ʑiã²² biɪʔ⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/ʑiã²² biɪʔ⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/


黃狼

/ɦuɑ̃²² lɑ̃⁴⁴/

/ɦuɑ̃²² lɑ̃⁴⁴/

Mustela sibirica
Mustela sibirica#Translingual

(Shanghainese) Siberian weasel (Mustela sibirica)


曲腳之

/t͡ɕʰyɪʔ³³ t͡ɕiaʔ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

/t͡ɕʰioʔ³³ t͡ɕiaʔ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

/t͡ɕʰyɪʔ³³ t͡ɕiaʔ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

/t͡ɕʰioʔ³³ t͡ɕiaʔ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

(Shanghainese) The Chinese character component 辶.


牽走之

/t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ t͡sɤ³³ t͡sz̩²¹/

/t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ t͡sɤ³³ t͡sz̩²¹/


天變

(Shanghainese, of the weather) to change


外頭人

/βai²² təu²¹ ɲen²¹/

/ŋa²² dɤ⁵⁵ n̠ʲin²¹/

/ŋa²² dœʏ⁵⁵ n̠ʲiŋ³¹/

/u̯ai̯²¹⁻¹¹ təu̯³ ʐən¹³/

/βai²² təu²¹ ɲen²¹/

/ŋa²² dɤ⁵⁵ n̠ʲin²¹/

/ŋa²² dœʏ⁵⁵ n̠ʲiŋ³¹/

/u̯ai̯²¹⁻¹¹ təu̯³ ʐən¹³/

(Southern Pinghua, Shanghainese, Ningbonese, Danyang Wu) one who is not born in the area; non-local; out-of-towner

(Southern Pinghua, Shanghainese, Ningbonese, Danyang and Jinhua Wu, Changsha Xiang) outsider; stranger


倒篷頭

/tɔ⁴⁴ boŋ²² dɤ⁴⁴/

/tɔ⁴⁴ boŋ²² dɤ⁴⁴/

(Shanghainese, slang) to lose money (in business); to make a loss; to run at a loss


茄山河

/ɡa²² se⁵⁵ ɦu²¹/

/ɡɑ¹³ sɛ⁵⁵ βu³¹/

/ɡa²² se⁵⁵ ɦu²¹/

/ɡɑ¹³ sɛ⁵⁵ βu³¹/

Possibly borrowed from English gossip, according to a common folk etymology which certain linguists concur with.
Alternatively, a native word: 茄 (²ga, “to prattle”) is found in various parts of suburban Shanghai, such as Zhenru and Xinzhuang. This meaning can be assumed to be have come from clipping from compounds such as 茄嘴皮.
The 山河 part then may be a term referring to an unspecified topic, cf. 談天說地／谈天说地 (tántiānshuōdì) or 聊天 (liáotiān).

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談天說地／谈天说地 (tántiānshuōdì)

嘎三胡
嘎訕胡
嘎山河
嘎三湖
解山河
軋三胡
嘎塞五


左手風

/t͡ɕi³³ sɤ⁵⁵ foŋ²¹/

/t͡ɕi³³ sɤ⁵⁵ foŋ²¹/


打開司

/tã³³ kʰe⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/

/tã³³ kʰi⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/

/tã³³ kʰe⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/

/tã³³ kʰi⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/

(chiefly Shanghainese, humorous) to kiss; to make out


去世界盃

去⫽世界盃 (canonical)
去世界杯
去世界杯

/t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴ sz̩⁵⁵ ka³³ pe²¹/

/t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴ sz̩⁵⁵ ka³³ pe²¹/

(Shanghainese, humorous, slang) to go to the toilet


天冷

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ laːŋ¹³/

/tʰi⁵⁵ lã²¹/

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ laːŋ¹³/

/tʰi⁵⁵ lã²¹/

(Shanghainese, of the weather) to be pleasantly cool


隔奶

/keʔ²⁻⁴ ni³⁵/

/keʔ²⁻⁴ ni³⁵/

(Sichuanese, Teochew, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Shanghainese) to wean (a baby)


套子

/tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/

/tʰou̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/

/tʰɔ³³ zz̩⁴⁴/

/tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/

/tʰou̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/

/tʰɔ³³ zz̩⁴⁴/


著前年子

/zaʔ¹¹ ʑi²² n̠ʲi²² t͡sz̩²³/

/zaʔ¹¹ ʑi²² n̠ʲi²² t͡sz̩²³/


學習54號文件

/ɦoʔ¹¹ ʑiɪʔ³³ ŋ̍²² zəʔ⁵⁵ sz̩³³ ɦɔ³³ vən²² d͡ʑi⁴⁴/

From the 54 cards in a standard deck (including the jokers).

(Shanghainese, humorous) to play card games (with playing cards)


樓浪向

/lɤ²² lɑ̃⁵⁵ ɕiã²¹/

/lɤ²² lɑ̃⁵⁵ ɕiã²¹/


左半爿

/t͡su³³ pø⁵⁵ be²¹/

/t͡su³³ pø⁵⁵ be²¹/

(Shanghainese) left (or left-hand) side; left


淨水

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sɪŋ²² sɵy̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰi̯aŋ⁵⁵ su̯i³¹/

/t͡sʰiaŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ suɪ³¹/

/t͡siɪŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡siɪŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡siɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡siɪŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/

/ʑin²² sz̩⁴⁴/

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sɪŋ²² sɵy̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰi̯aŋ⁵⁵ su̯i³¹/

/t͡sʰiaŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ suɪ³¹/

/t͡siɪŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡siɪŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡siɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡siɪŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/

/ʑin²² sz̩⁴⁴/

(chiefly Shanghainese, Singapore, Malaysia) purified water


哈力克

/ha⁵⁵ liɪʔ³³ kʰəʔ²¹/

/ha⁵⁵ liɪʔ³³ kʰəʔ²¹/


米莧

Amaranthus tricolor
Amaranthus tricolor#Translingual

(Shanghainese) edible amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor)


馬鮫魚

/maː¹³ kaːu̯⁵⁵ jyː²¹/

/ma⁴⁴ kau⁴⁴⁻³⁵ n̩¹¹/

/be⁵²⁻³⁵ kau³³⁻²³ hɯ⁵⁵/

/mo²² kɔ⁵⁵ ŋ̍²¹/

/maː¹³ kaːu̯⁵⁵ jyː²¹/

/ma⁴⁴ kau⁴⁴⁻³⁵ n̩¹¹/

/be⁵²⁻³⁵ kau³³⁻²³ hɯ⁵⁵/

/mo²² kɔ⁵⁵ ŋ̍²¹/

(Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew, Shanghainese) Spanish mackerel


短統褲

/tø³³ tʰoŋ⁵⁵ kʰu²¹/

/tø³³ tʰoŋ⁵⁵ kʰu²¹/

(Shanghainese) shorts (trousers that do not go lower than the knees)


背脊骨

/pe³³ t͡ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵ kuəʔ²¹/

/pe̞i̯⁴⁵ t͡ɕi²⁴ ku²⁴/

/pe³³ t͡ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵ kuəʔ²¹/

/pe̞i̯⁴⁵ t͡ɕi²⁴ ku²⁴/


鑿頭

/zoʔ¹¹ dɤ²³/

/zoʔ¹¹ dɤ²³/


先勿先

/ɕi⁵⁵ vəʔ³³ ɕi²¹/

/sɪ⁴⁴ fəʔ⁴⁴ sɪ/

/ɕi⁵⁵ vəʔ³³ ɕi²¹/

/sɪ⁴⁴ fəʔ⁴⁴ sɪ/

(dialectal Northern Wu, including Shanghainese) unexpectedly; of all things


田刀

/t͡sʰan¹³⁻²² to⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰan¹³⁻²² to⁴⁴/


𡂿

𡂿！玻璃打碎脫了！

𫪘！玻璃打碎脱了！

(Shanghainese) Used to indicate a delightful or schadenfreude-esque tone.


切麵

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/t͡ɕiɪʔ³³ mi⁴⁴/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/t͡ɕiɪʔ³³ mi⁴⁴/

/t͡ɕiɪʔ⁴⁴ mi²³/

/t͡ɕiɪʔ⁴⁴ mi²³/


雞節頭

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕiɪʔ³³ dɤ²¹/

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕiɪʔ³³ dɤ²¹/


講張

/kɑ̃³³ t͡sã⁴⁴/

/kɑ̃⁵² t͡sã³³/

/kɑ̃³³ t͡sã⁴⁴/

/kɑ̃⁵² t͡sã³³/


老闆娘娘

/lɔ²² pe⁵⁵ n̠ʲiã³³ n̠ʲiã²¹/

/lɔ²² pe⁵⁵ n̠ʲiã³³ n̠ʲiã²¹/

(Shanghainese) proprietress; boss's wife; female boss


剛正好

/kɑ̃⁵⁵ t͡sən³³ hɔ²¹/

/kɑ̃⁵⁵ t͡sən³³ hɔ²¹/


貼正好

/tiɪʔ³³ t͡sən⁵⁵ hɔ²¹/

/tiɪʔ³³ t͡sən⁵⁵ hɔ²¹/


恰恰好

/kʰaʔ³³ kʰaʔ⁵⁵ hɔ²¹/

/kʰaʔ³³ kʰaʔ⁵⁵ hɔ²¹/


特特裡

/dəʔ¹¹ dəʔ²² li²³/

/dəʔ¹¹ dəʔ²² li²³/


著陌生裡

/zaʔ¹¹ məʔ²² sã²² li²³/

/zaʔ¹¹ məʔ²² sã²² li²³/


畢畢

/piɪʔ³³ piɪʔ⁴⁴/

/piɪʔ³³ piɪʔ⁴⁴/


來得個

/le²² təʔ⁵⁵ ɡəʔ²¹/

/le²² təʔ⁵⁵ ɡəʔ²¹/


來死

(Shanghainese) very; really; badly (placed after the adjective)


最最

/t͡sø⁵⁵ t͡sø²¹/

/t͡sø⁵⁵ t͡sø²¹/

(Shanghainese) most; -est (more intense)


肉頭

/ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/

/ʐɤu⁵⁵ tʰɤu²⁴/

/jʊk̚² tʰɐu̯²¹/

/ʐəu⁴⁵ tʰəu¹¹/

/n̠ʲioʔ¹¹ dɤ²³/

/ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯¹/

/ʐɤu⁵⁵ tʰɤu²⁴/

/jʊk̚² tʰɐu̯²¹/

/ʐəu⁴⁵ tʰəu¹¹/

/n̠ʲioʔ¹¹ dɤ²³/

/ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

This enterprise gives quite a large piece of the pie!

搿筆生意肉頭厚個！

搿笔生意肉头厚个！

(Shanghainese) asset; financial resource


生瓜

/sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/

/sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/


瞎講八講

/haʔ³³ kɑ̃⁵⁵ paʔ³³ kɑ̃²¹/

/haʔ³³ kɑ̃⁵⁵ paʔ³³ kɑ̃²¹/


搿眼

/ɡəʔ¹¹ ŋe²³/

/ɡəʔ¹¹ ŋe²³/


老蔔

/lɔ²² boʔ⁴⁴/

/lɔ²² boʔ⁴⁴/

This orthography reflects the retention of an older pronunciation of 蘿／萝.

(Shanghainese) Alternative form of 蘿蔔 /萝卜


鐵店

/tʰiɪʔ³³ ti⁴⁴/

/tʰiɪʔ³³ ti⁴⁴/

(Philippine Hokkien, dated in Shanghainese) hardware store


溚溚渧

/taʔ³³ taʔ⁵⁵ ti²¹/

/taʔ³³ taʔ⁵⁵ ti²¹/

(Shanghainese) soaking and dripping with water

(Shanghainese) soaking wet all over the ground


勞動大姊

/lɔ²² doŋ⁵⁵ da³³ t͡sz̩²¹/

/lɔ²² doŋ⁵⁵ da³³ t͡sz̩²¹/

(Shanghainese) female servant; maid; maidservant


內衛

(Shanghainese) ensuite bathroom (bathroom connected to the bedroom)


內衛生

/ne²² ɦue⁵⁵ sən²¹/

/ne²² ɦue⁵⁵ sən²¹/


淋浴房

/lin²² ɦioʔ⁵⁵ vɑ̃²¹/

/lin²² ɦioʔ⁵⁵ vɑ̃²¹/

(Shanghainese) bath cubicle (inside a bathroom)


沖淋房

/t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵ lin³³ vɑ̃²¹/

/t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵ lin³³ vɑ̃²¹/


小便間

/ɕiɔ³³ bi⁵⁵ ke²¹/

/ɕiɔ³³ bi⁵⁵ ke²¹/

(Shanghainese) toilet; bathroom; WC (for urinating)


擋手

/tɑ̃³³ sɤ⁴⁴/

/tɑ̃³³ sɤ⁴⁴/


倉間

/t͡sʰɑ̃⁵⁵ ke²¹/

/t͡sʰɑ̃⁵⁵ ke²¹/

(Shanghainese, dated) room for storing grain


拆白黨

/ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ paɪ̯³⁵ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰaːk̚³ paːk̚² tɔːŋ³⁵/

/t͡sʰaʔ³³ baʔ⁵⁵ tɑ̃²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ paɪ̯³⁵ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰaːk̚³ paːk̚² tɔːŋ³⁵/

/t͡sʰaʔ³³ baʔ⁵⁵ tɑ̃²¹/

(originally Shanghainese, dated) swindler (usually young males who target women)


時辰八字

ㄕˊ ㄔㄣˊ ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ

шичэнь бацзы

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ pä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/siː²¹ sɐn²¹ paːt̚³ t͡siː²²/

/zz̩²² zən⁵⁵ paʔ³³ zz̩²¹/

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ pä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/siː²¹ sɐn²¹ paːt̚³ t͡siː²²/

/zz̩²² zən⁵⁵ paʔ³³ zz̩²¹/

If you want to do this thing, don’t screw the time up!

⁶non ⁵iau ⁵tsu ⁸geq-tsaon ⁶zy-thi ⁶zy-zen-paq-zy ⁶ba-ba-hau

儂要做搿樁事體，時辰八字排排好！

侬要做搿桩事体，时辰八字排排好！


豆餅

/toʊ̯⁵¹ piŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tɐu̯²² pɛːŋ³⁵/

/tau²²⁻²¹ piã⁵³/

/tau⁴¹⁻²² piã⁵⁵⁴/

/tau²²⁻²¹ piã⁵³/

/tau³³⁻¹¹ piã⁵³/

/tau³³⁻²¹ piã⁴¹/

/toʊ̯⁵¹ piŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tɐu̯²² pɛːŋ³⁵/

/tau²²⁻²¹ piã⁵³/

/tau⁴¹⁻²² piã⁵⁵⁴/

/tau²²⁻²¹ piã⁵³/

/tau³³⁻¹¹ piã⁵³/

/tau³³⁻²¹ piã⁴¹/

(Shanghainese) a type of organic fertilizer made of plant material such as soybeans


䚭

The buffalo threw me down with its horns.

⁵sy-gnieu ⁶nau ⁶ngu ¹shioe-tau ⁸laq ⁶di ⁶laon

水牛拿我䚭倒辣地浪。


狠三狠四

/hən³³ se⁵⁵ hən³³ sz̩²¹/

/hən³³ se⁵⁵ hən³³ sz̩²¹/


日頭旺裡

/n̠ʲiɪʔ¹¹ dɤ²² ɦiɑ̃²² li²³/

/n̠ʲiɪʔ¹¹ dɤ²² ɦuɑ̃²² li²³/

/n̠ʲiɪʔ¹¹ dɤ²² ɦiɑ̃²² li²³/

/n̠ʲiɪʔ¹¹ dɤ²² ɦuɑ̃²² li²³/

(Shanghainese, dated) a spot where the sun shines at noon


日影頭裡

/n̠ʲiɪʔ¹¹ in²² dɤ²² li²³/

/n̠ʲiɪʔ¹¹ in²² dɤ²² li²³/

(Shanghainese) a spot on the ground which the sun shines


日影裡

/n̠ʲiɪʔ¹¹ in²² li²³/

/n̠ʲiɪʔ¹¹ in²² li²³/


日光頭裡

/n̠ʲiɪʔ¹¹ kuɑ̃²² dɤ²² li²³/

/n̠ʲiɪʔ¹¹ kuɑ̃²² dɤ²² li²³/


西曬日頭

/ɕi⁵⁵ so³³ n̠ʲiɪʔ³³ dɤ²¹/

/ɕi⁵⁵ so³³ n̠ʲiɪʔ³³ dɤ²¹/

This house has very strong sunlight in the summer, it gets very hot in the night.

⁸geq-ke ⁶vaon-tsy ¹shi-so-gniq-deu ⁷ciq-kuen ⁵tau ⁶ya-li ⁶zhieu ¹ciau-kue ⁸gniq

搿間房子西曬日頭結棍，到夜裡就交關熱。

搿间房子西晒日头结棍，到夜里就交关热。

(Shanghainese) a strong beam of sunlight from the west on a summer afternoon


亮光下頭

/liã²² kuɑ̃⁵⁵ ɦo³³ dɤ²¹/

/liã²² kuɑ̃⁵⁵ ɦo³³ dɤ²¹/


大白天亮

/du²² baʔ⁵⁵ tʰi³³ liã²¹/

/du²² baʔ⁵⁵ tʰi³³ liã²¹/

大白天亮覅說鬼話！

大白天亮覅说鬼话！


陰涼頭

/in⁵⁵ liã³³ dɤ²¹/

/in⁵⁵ liã³³ dɤ²¹/


陰頭裡

/in⁵⁵ dɤ³³ li²¹/

/in⁵⁵ dɤ³³ li²¹/

(Shanghainese) a spot where the sun does not shine


月亮頭裡

/ɦyɪʔ¹¹ liã²² dɤ²² li²³/

/ɦioʔ¹¹ liã²² dɤ²² li²³/

/ɦyɪʔ¹¹ liã²² dɤ²² li²³/

/ɦioʔ¹¹ liã²² dɤ²² li²³/


黃昏星

/ɦuɑ̃²² huən⁵⁵ ɕin²¹/

/ɦuɑ̃²² huən⁵⁵ ɕin²¹/


陣頭風

/zən²² dɤ⁵⁵ foŋ²¹/

/zən²² dɤ⁵⁵ foŋ²¹/


打頭風

/tã³³ dɤ⁵⁵ foŋ²¹/

/tã³³ dɤ⁵⁵ foŋ²¹/


頂頭風

/tin³³ dɤ⁵⁵ foŋ²¹/

/tin³³ dɤ⁵⁵ foŋ²¹/

(Shanghainese) a cyclone that blows head on


鬼頭風

/t͡ɕy³³ dɤ⁵⁵ foŋ²¹/

/t͡ɕy³³ dɤ⁵⁵ foŋ²¹/

(Shanghainese) a very strong gust of wind


風色

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (風色):
* → Korean: 풍색(風色) (pungsaek)

/foŋ⁵⁵ səʔ²¹/

/foŋ⁵⁵ səʔ²¹/

(Shanghainese) the direction and strength of wind


風報頭

/foŋ⁵⁵ pɔ³³ dɤ²¹/

/foŋ⁵⁵ pɔ³³ dɤ²¹/

(Shanghainese) cold winds that blow in early spring


伊面搭

/i⁵⁵ mi³³ taʔ²¹/

/i⁵⁵ mi³³ taʔ²¹/


起陣頭

/t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴ zən²² dɤ⁴⁴/

/t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴ zən²² dɤ⁴⁴/

(Shanghainese, impersonal) stormclouds gather


缸爿頭雲

/kɑ̃³³ be⁵⁵ dɤ³³ ɦyn²¹/

/kɑ̃³³ be⁵⁵ dɤ³³ ɦyn²¹/

(Shanghainese) a type of cloud that is in the shape of a fish scale, and commonly precedes a windstorm.


鯉魚斑

/li²² ŋ̍⁵⁵ pe²¹/

/li²² ŋ̍⁵⁵ pe²¹/

(Shanghainese) altocumulus cloud, especially a translucent one


天開眼

/tʰi⁵⁵ kʰe³³ ŋe²¹/

/tʰi⁴⁴ kʰe⁴⁴ ŋe²³/

/tʰi⁵⁵ kʰe³³ ŋe²¹/

/tʰi⁴⁴ kʰe⁴⁴ ŋe²³/

(Shanghainese) a fallstreak hole, a gap that seldom occur in clouds that let light shine through


著地雷

(Shanghainese) the loudest and most dangerous thunderbolts


秋賴柴

/t͡ɕiɤ⁵⁵ la³³ za²¹/

/t͡ɕiɤ⁵⁵ la³³ za²¹/

(Shanghainese) light drizzles that come after the autumn equinox


開點

(Shanghainese, impersonal) to start raining


雞腳冰

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕiaʔ³³ pin²¹/

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕiaʔ³³ pin²¹/

(Shanghainese) thin ice in the shape of chicken feet


凌凙兒

/lin²² dɑ̃⁴⁴/

/lin²² dɑ̃⁴⁴/

According to Qian, 2007, it is one of the rare words with erhua in Shanghainese: */dɒʔ ŋ/ > /dɑ̃/

(Shanghainese) icicle on the eaves of the house


連底凍

(Shanghainese) a body of water, such as a river or a tank, completely frozen top to bottom


臘雪

/laʔ¹¹ ɕiɪʔ²³/

/laʔ¹¹ ɕiɪʔ²³/

(Shanghainese) snow that falls before the spring equinox


春雪

/t͡sʰən⁵⁵ ɕiɪʔ²¹/

/t͡sʰən⁵⁵ ɕiɪʔ²¹/

(Shanghainese) snow that falls after the spring equinox


作雪

/t͡soʔ⁴⁴ ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵/

/t͡soʔ⁴⁴ ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵/

(Shanghainese) for temperature to drop and snow to possibly fall


雪躉

/ɕiɪʔ⁴⁴ tən³⁴/

/ɕiɪʔ⁴⁴ tən³⁴/

(Shanghainese) for snow to collect and not melt


開烊

/kʰe⁵⁵ ɦiã²¹/

/kʰe⁴⁴ ɦiã²³/

/kʰe⁵⁵ ɦiã²¹/

/kʰe⁴⁴ ɦiã²³/

Once the sun comes out, the snow melted.

太陽一出，雪開烊了。

太阳一出，雪开烊了。

(Shanghainese) to melt, especially for ice and snow


烊雪

/ɦia²² ɕiɪʔ⁴⁴/

/ɦia³³ ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵/

/ɦia²² ɕiɪʔ⁴⁴/

/ɦia³³ ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵/


風雨雪落

/foŋ⁵⁵ ɦy³³ ɕiɪʔ³³ loʔ²¹/

/foŋ⁵⁵ ɦy³³ ɕiɪʔ³³ loʔ²¹/

(Shanghainese) to have wind, rain, and snow all at the same time; to have awful weather


起潮

/t͡ɕʰi³³ zɔ⁴⁴/

/t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴ zɔ²³/

/t͡ɕʰi³³ zɔ⁴⁴/

/t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴ zɔ²³/


天架

好天架

落雨天架勿要跑出去。


晴日頭

/d͡ʑin²² n̠ʲiɪʔ⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/d͡ʑin²² n̠ʲiɪʔ⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/


開晴

/kʰe⁴⁴ d͡ʑin²³/

/kʰe⁴⁴ d͡ʑin²³/

(Shanghainese) for good weather to occur


天恘

/tʰi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiɤ²¹/

/tʰi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiɤ²¹/


陰勢天

/in⁵⁵ sz̩³³ tʰi²¹/

/in⁵⁵ sz̩³³ tʰi²¹/


落雨天

/lu̯ɔ⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/lɔːk̚² jyː¹³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

/lɔk̚⁵ i³¹ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/

/lo(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ hɔ³³⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/

/lo(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hɔ²²⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/

/lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hɔ³³⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/

/lo(ʔ)²⁴⁻² hɔ³³⁻²² tʰĩ³³/

/loʔ¹¹ ɦy²² tʰi²³/

/lu̯ɔ⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/lɔːk̚² jyː¹³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

/lɔk̚⁵ i³¹ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/

/lo(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ hɔ³³⁻¹¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/

/lo(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hɔ²²⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/

/lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hɔ³³⁻²¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/

/lo(ʔ)²⁴⁻² hɔ³³⁻²² tʰĩ³³/

/loʔ¹¹ ɦy²² tʰi²³/

(dialectal, including Shanghainese, Taiwanese Hokkien) rainy day


熱天熱色

/n̠ʲiɪʔ¹¹ tʰi²² n̠ʲiɪʔ²² səʔ²³/

/n̠ʲiɪʔ¹¹ tʰi²² n̠ʲiɪʔ²² səʔ²³/

(You) stay at home, it's very hot outside, don't go out.

⁶non ¹ten-laq ⁷oq-li ⁸veq-iau ⁶bau-tsheq-chi

儂蹲辣屋裡，熱天熱色個，勿要跑出去

侬蹲辣屋里，热天热色个，勿要跑出去

(Shanghainese) midsummer or very hot weather


冷天冷色

/lã²² tʰi⁵⁵ lã³³ səʔ²¹/

/lã²² tʰi⁵⁵ lã³³ səʔ²¹/

With such cold weather, one ought to protect against the cold.

冷天冷色，要注意防寒。


冷冷熱熱

lan^去 lan nyih nyih; lan^去 lan nyih^入 nyih

/lã²² lã⁵⁵ n̠ʲiɪʔ³³ n̠ʲiɪʔ²¹/

/lã²² lã³³ n̠ʲiɪʔ¹¹ n̠ʲiɪʔ²³/

/lã²² lã⁵⁵ n̠ʲiɪʔ³³ n̠ʲiɪʔ²¹/

/lã²² lã³³ n̠ʲiɪʔ¹¹ n̠ʲiɪʔ²³/

It's the easiest to get sick in days like these with such sudden temperature changes.

⁸geq-tson ¹thi ⁶lan-lan-gniq-gniq ⁵tsoe-iau ⁵san ⁶bin

搿種天，冷冷熱熱，最要生病！

搿种天，冷冷热热，最要生病！

(Shanghainese) having an unstable temperature

With this kind of fickle attitude he gives me, I don't know what intentions he has.

⁶yi ⁵te-ngu ⁶lan-lan-gniq-gniq ⁸veq-shiau-teq ⁶zen ⁵sa-geq ¹shin

伊對我冷冷熱熱，勿曉得存啥個心。

伊对我冷冷热热，勿晓得存啥个心。

(Shanghainese, figuratively) having an unstable attitude


暴冷

(Shanghainese, intransitive) to suddenly become cold


發冷頭

/faʔ⁴⁴ lã²² dɤ⁴⁴/

/faʔ⁴⁴ lã²² dɤ⁴⁴/

(Shanghainese, intransitive) for a cold stream to come


發冷汛

/faʔ⁴⁴ lã²² ɕin⁴⁴/

/faʔ³³ lã⁵⁵ ɕin²¹/

/faʔ⁴⁴ lã²² ɕin⁴⁴/

/faʔ³³ lã⁵⁵ ɕin²¹/


風涼日腳

/foŋ⁵⁵ liã³³ n̠ʲiɪʔ³³ t͡ɕiaʔ²¹/

/foŋ⁵⁵ liã³³ n̠ʲiɪʔ³³ t͡ɕiaʔ²¹/


拗春冷

/ɔ³³ t͡sʰən⁵⁵ lã²¹/

/ɔ³³ t͡sʰən⁵⁵ lã²¹/

(Shanghainese) an especially cold spring that comes after a rather warm winter


黃梅天氣

/ɦuɑ̃²² me⁵⁵ tʰi³³ t͡ɕʰi²¹/

/ɦuɑ̃²² me⁵⁵ tʰi³³ t͡ɕʰi²¹/


陽春天

/ɦiã²² t͡sʰən⁵⁵ tʰi²¹/

/ɦiã²² t͡sʰən⁵⁵ tʰi²¹/

(Shanghainese) springtime pleasant weather


陽春天氣

/ɦiã²² t͡sʰən⁵⁵ tʰi³³ t͡ɕʰi²¹/

/ɦiã²² t͡sʰən⁵⁵ tʰi³³ t͡ɕʰi²¹/


暖熱天

/nø²² n̠ʲiɪʔ⁵⁵ tʰi²¹/

/nø²² n̠ʲiɪʔ⁵⁵ tʰi²¹/


暖熱天氣

/nø²² n̠ʲiɪʔ⁵⁵ tʰi³³ t͡ɕʰi²¹/

/nø²² n̠ʲiɪʔ⁵⁵ tʰi³³ t͡ɕʰi²¹/


陰涼天

/in⁵⁵ liã³³ tʰi²¹/

/in⁵⁵ liã³³ tʰi²¹/


陰涼天氣

/in⁵⁵ liã³³ tʰi³³ t͡ɕʰi²¹/

/in⁵⁵ liã³³ tʰi³³ t͡ɕʰi²¹/


邋遢天

/laʔ¹¹ tʰaʔ²² tʰi²³/

/laʔ¹¹ tʰaʔ²² tʰi²³/

(Shanghainese) overcast and rainy weather


邋遢天氣

/laʔ¹¹ tʰaʔ²² tʰi²² t͡ɕʰi²³/

/laʔ¹¹ tʰaʔ²² tʰi²² t͡ɕʰi²³/


殟塞天

/uəʔ³³ səʔ⁵⁵ tʰi²¹/

/uəʔ³³ səʔ⁵⁵ tʰi²¹/

(Shanghainese) weather that makes one uncomfortable and depressed


殟塞天氣

/uəʔ³³ səʔ⁵⁵ tʰi³³ t͡ɕʰi²¹/

/uəʔ³³ səʔ⁵⁵ tʰi³³ t͡ɕʰi²¹/


賴柴天

(Shanghainese) weather that is uncomfortably humid and has uncomfortably low air pressure


賴柴天氣

/la²² za⁵⁵ tʰi³³ t͡ɕʰi²¹/

/la²² za⁵⁵ tʰi³³ t͡ɕʰi²¹/


乾淨天

/kø⁵⁵ ʑin³³ tʰi²¹/

/kø⁵⁵ ʑin³³ tʰi²¹/


烏蘇天

/u⁵⁵ su³³ tʰi²¹/

/u⁵⁵ su³³ tʰi²¹/


生病天

/sã⁵⁵ bin³³ tʰi²¹/

/sã⁵⁵ bin³³ tʰi²¹/

(Shanghainese) weather that is prone to getting sick due to changing temperatures


乾黃梅

/kø⁵⁵ ɦuɑ̃³³ me²¹/

/kø⁵⁵ ɦuɑ̃³³ me²¹/

The rainy season this year is rather dry, so things don't mold.

¹cin-gni ⁵sy ¹koe-waon-me ⁵su-i ⁸meq-sy ⁸veq-me

今年是乾黃梅，所以物事勿霉。

今年是干黄梅，所以物事勿霉。

(Shanghainese) a rainy season that is not humid and does not have rain


各到各處

/koʔ³³ tɔ⁵⁵ koʔ³³ t͡sʰz̩²¹/

/koʔ³³ tɔ⁵⁵ koʔ³³ t͡sʰz̩²¹/


各搭地方

/koʔ³³ taʔ³³ di²² fɑ̃⁴⁴/

/koʔ³³ taʔ³³ di²² fɑ̃⁴⁴/


有場化

/hiɤ³³ zã⁵⁵ ho²¹/

/hiɤ⁴⁴ zã²² ho⁴⁴/

/hiɤ³³ zã⁵⁵ ho²¹/

/hiɤ⁴⁴ zã²² ho⁴⁴/


炒冷飯頭

/t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴ lã²² ve⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴ lã²² ve⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/


牽頭皮

/t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴ dɤ²² bi⁴⁴/

/t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴ dɤ²² bi⁴⁴/

(Shanghainese) to control someone by controlling their weakness and vulnerability


地坪

/ti⁵¹ pʰiŋ³⁵/

/ti⁵¹ pʰiŋ³⁵/

(Shanghainese) type of brick that is around one square chi


寸金地

/t͡sʰən³³ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ di²¹/

/t͡sʰən³³ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ di²¹/

(Shanghainese) an urban area with high land price


土墩墩

/tʰu³³ tən⁵⁵ tən²¹/

/tʰu³³ tən⁵⁵ tən²¹/


高墩

/kɔ⁵⁵ tən²¹/

/kɔ⁵⁵ tən²¹/

Don't climb high mounds when it's raining.

落雨勿𨂝高墩。


高墩墩

/kɔ⁵⁵ tən³³ tən²¹/

/kɔ⁵⁵ tən³³ tən²¹/


爛污泥

/le²² u⁵⁵ n̠ʲi²¹/

/na²² u⁵⁵ n̠ʲi²¹/

/le²² u⁵⁵ n̠ʲi²¹/

/na²² u⁵⁵ n̠ʲi²¹/

(Shanghainese, card games) a card with two pips

He is so insignificant that nothing changes if he were to not exist.

⁶yi ⁶zy ⁶le-u-gni ⁷iq-phiq ⁶zen-ze ⁶veq₈-zen-ze ⁶zy ⁷iq-yan-gheq

伊是爛污泥一撇，存在勿存在是一樣個。

伊是烂污泥一撇，存在勿存在是一样个。


爛泥塊

/le²² n̠ʲi⁵⁵ kʰue²¹/

/na²² n̠ʲi⁵⁵ kʰue²¹/

/le²² n̠ʲi⁵⁵ kʰue²¹/

/na²² n̠ʲi⁵⁵ kʰue²¹/


爛泥塊頭

/le²² n̠ʲi⁵⁵ kʰue³³ dɤ²¹/

/na²² n̠ʲi⁵⁵ kʰue³³ dɤ²¹/

/le²² n̠ʲi⁵⁵ kʰue³³ dɤ²¹/

/na²² n̠ʲi⁵⁵ kʰue³³ dɤ²¹/


泥頭

/nɐi̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/

/n̠ʲi²² dɤ⁴⁴/

/nɐi̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/

/n̠ʲi²² dɤ⁴⁴/


泥漿水

/n̠ʲi²² t͡ɕiã⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/

/n̠ʲi²² t͡ɕiã⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/


石屑

/zaʔ¹¹ ɕiɪʔ²³/

/zaʔ¹¹ ɕiɪʔ²³/

飯裡吃出石屑來。

饭里吃出石屑来。


沙泥地

/so⁵⁵ n̠ʲi³³ di²¹/

/so⁵⁵ n̠ʲi³³ di²¹/


菜地

/t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/

/t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/

(Shanghainese) piece of land used for agriculture


浜兜

(Shanghainese, dated) a small river that leads to the outside on one side and terminates on the other


塘肚

/dɑ̃²² du⁴⁴/

/dɑ̃²² du⁴⁴/

(Shanghainese, dated) the slope of a riverbed


河灘頭

/ɦu²² tʰe⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/ɦu²² tʰe⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/


浜灘

/pã⁵⁵ tʰe²¹/

/pã⁵⁵ tʰe²¹/


死浜

(Shanghainese) a creek that does not flow


死河浜

/ɕi³³ ɦu⁵⁵ pã²¹/

/ɕi³³ ɦu⁵⁵ pã²¹/


死水溝

/ɕi³³ sz̩⁵⁵ kɤ²¹/

/ɕi³³ sz̩⁵⁵ kɤ²¹/

(Shanghainese) a ditch in which water does not flow


石幫岸

/zaʔ¹¹ pɑ̃²² ŋø²³/

/zaʔ¹¹ pɑ̃²² ŋø²³/

(Shanghainese, dated) low stone wall protecting an embankment from erosion by water


水橋

/sz̩³³ d͡ʑiɔ⁴⁴/

/sz̩³³ d͡ʑiɔ⁴⁴/

He's around the river crossing washing his clothes.

⁶yi ⁶da-ke ⁸laq ⁵sy-jiau-deu ⁶da ¹i-zaon

伊大概辣水橋頭汏衣裳。

伊大概辣水桥头汏衣裳。

(Shanghainese) a board or stone steps constructed as a crossing for a river


擺渡口

/pa³³ du⁵⁵ kʰɤ²¹/

/pa³³ du⁵⁵ kʰɤ²¹/


外碼頭

/ŋa²² mo⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/ŋa²² mo⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/


陰溝洞

/iã⁵⁵ kɤ³³ doŋ²¹/

/in⁵⁵ kɤ³³ doŋ²¹/

/iã⁵⁵ kɤ³³ doŋ²¹/

/in⁵⁵ kɤ³³ doŋ²¹/

(Shanghainese) the opening of a sewer or covered drain


角角頭

/koʔ³³ koʔ⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/koʔ³³ koʔ⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

He's over there at the corner sunbathing.

伊蹲辣角角頭曬太陽

伊蹲辣角角头晒太阳


冷角落

/lã²² koʔ⁵⁵ loʔ²¹/

/lã²² koʔ⁵⁵ loʔ²¹/

Everyone likes to gather at bustling places, but he remains alone in a remote place.

⁶gnin-ka ⁶ze ¹huoe-shi ⁶nau-gniq ⁶di-faon ⁶yi ⁷iq-ka-deu ¹ten ⁸laq ⁶lan-koq-loq ⁶li

人家儕歡喜鬧熱地方，伊一家頭蹲辣冷角落裡。

人家侪欢喜闹热地方，伊一家头蹲辣冷角落里。

(Shanghainese) a peculiar or remote place


角角落落

/koʔ³³ koʔ⁵⁵ loʔ³³ loʔ²¹/

/koʔ³³ koʔ⁵⁵ loʔ³³ loʔ²¹/


缺蕩

/t͡ɕʰyɪʔ³³ dɑ̃⁴⁴/

/t͡ɕʰioʔ³³ dɑ̃⁴⁴/

/t͡ɕʰyɪʔ³³ dɑ̃⁴⁴/

/t͡ɕʰioʔ³³ dɑ̃⁴⁴/

The opening on the ground often collects water after rain.

⁶di-laon ⁷iq-ge ⁷chiuq-daon ⁸loq-yu ⁶gheu ⁶zan-zan ⁷chiq ⁵sy

地浪一個缺蕩，落雨後常常積水。

地浪一个缺荡，落雨后常常积水。


水蕩蕩

/sz̩³³ dɑ̃⁵⁵ dɑ̃²¹/

/sz̩³³ dɑ̃⁵⁵ dɑ̃²¹/


水潭

/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰän³⁵/

/sz̩³³ dø⁴⁴/

/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰän³⁵/

/sz̩³³ dø⁴⁴/


水潭潭

/sz̩³³ dø⁵⁵ dø²¹/

/sz̩³³ dø⁵⁵ dø²¹/


沒潭潭

/sz̩³³ dø⁵⁵ dø²¹/

/sz̩³³ dø⁵⁵ dø²¹/

(Shanghainese) a puddle deep enough to submerge shoes


戳㑚娘個屄

/t͡sʰoʔ³³ na³³ n̠ʲiã²² ɡəʔ³³ pi⁵³/

/t͡sʰoʔ³³ na³³ n̠ʲiã²² ɡəʔ³³ pi⁵³/

(vulgar, slang, Shanghainese) fuck your mother, fuck you


拗拗蕩蕩

/ɔ³³ ɔ⁵⁵ dɑ̃³³ dɑ̃²¹/

/ɔ³³ ɔ⁵⁵ dɑ̃³³ dɑ̃²¹/

(Shanghainese) an area with uneven flatness


槽槽

(Shanghainese) an area that dents like a ditch


洞洞眼

/doŋ²² doŋ⁵⁵ ŋe²¹/

/doŋ²² doŋ⁵⁵ ŋe²¹/


水泡泡

/sz̩³³ pʰɔ⁵⁵ pʰɔ²¹/

/sz̩³³ pʰɔ⁵⁵ pʰɔ²¹/


沿沿頭

/ɦi²² ɦi⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/ɦi²² ɦi⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

(Shanghainese) an edge, a fringe, a margin


邊邊頭

/pi⁵⁵ pi³³ dɤ²¹/

/pi⁵⁵ pi³³ dɤ²¹/


邊邊

伊立辣邊邊。

伊立辣边边。


城垛子

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ tu̯ɔ²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/

/zən²² tu⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ tu̯ɔ²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/

/zən²² tu⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

(Shanghainese, dated) passageway through a city wall


彈硌路

(Shanghainese) a type of cobblestone road commonly found in old Shanghai


𧾁角路

/zaʔ¹¹ koʔ²² lu²³/

/zaʔ¹¹ koʔ²² lu²³/


沿馬路

/ɦi²² mo⁵⁵ lu²¹/

/ɦi³³ mo²² lu⁴⁴/

/ɦi²² mo⁵⁵ lu²¹/

/ɦi³³ mo²² lu⁴⁴/


官塘大路

/kuø⁵⁵ dɑ̃³³ da³³ lu²¹/

/kuø⁵⁵ dɑ̃³³ da³³ lu²¹/


地頭腳跟

/di²² dɤ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiaʔ³³ kən²¹/

/di²² dɤ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiaʔ³³ kən²¹/

(Shanghainese, dated) past history, background


上橫頭

/zɑ̃²² ɦuɑ̃⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/zɑ̃²² ɦuɑ̃⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/


下橫頭

/ɦo²² ɦuã⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/ɦo²² ɦuã⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/


屁股後頭

/pʰi⁵⁵ ku³³ ɦɤ²² dɤ⁴⁴/

/pʰi⁵⁵ ku³³ ɦɤ²² dɤ⁴⁴/


屁股頭浪

/pʰi⁵⁵ ku³³ dɤ³³ lɑ̃²¹/

/pʰi⁵⁵ ku³³ dɤ³³ lɑ̃²¹/

There are two patches on the butt [on the trousers]

¹phi-ku-deu-laon ⁵tan-leq ⁶lian-geq ⁵pu-tin

屁股頭浪打了兩個補丁。

屁股头浪打了两个补丁。

⁶non ¹ken ⁸laq ⁶ngu ¹phi-ku-deu-laon ⁸veq-iau ⁶li-khe ⁶ngu

儂跟辣我屁股頭浪，勿要離開我。

侬跟辣我屁股头浪，勿要离开我。

By the time you arrived, the show's already almost over, you came too late!

⁵shi ⁵khoe-tau ¹phi-ku-deu-laon ⁶non ¹kaon-kaon ⁵cin-zan ⁵tha-i ⁶le-leq

戲看到屁股頭浪，儂剛剛進場，太晏來了！

戏看到屁股头浪，侬刚刚进场，太晏来了！

(Shanghainese) at ultimate position; at the end


背後頭

/pe³³ ɦɤ⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/pe³³ ɦɤ⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/


𧾁外頭

/zaʔ¹¹ ŋa²² dɤ²³/

/zaʔ¹¹ ŋa²² dɤ²³/

This table is placed in the outermost position

搿隻檯子排辣𧾁外頭。

搿只台子排辣𧾁外头。


貼當中

/tiɪʔ³³ tɑ̃⁵⁵ t͡soŋ²¹/

/tiɪʔ³³ tɑ̃⁵⁵ t͡soŋ²¹/


當中橫裡

/tɑ̃⁵⁵ t͡soŋ³³ ɦuã³³ li²¹/

/tɑ̃⁵⁵ t͡soŋ³³ ɦuã³³ li²¹/


半當中

/pø³³ tɑ̃⁵⁵ t͡soŋ²¹/

/pø³³ tɑ̃⁵⁵ t͡soŋ²¹/

I was told to go by him halfway through my meal.

⁶ngu ⁷chiq ⁶ve ⁷chiq-tau ⁵poe-taon-tson ⁷peq ⁶yi ⁵ciau-tseu-leq

我吃飯吃到半當中，撥伊叫走了。

我吃饭吃到半当中，拨伊叫走了。

Halfway through walking through the road, [we] sat down and took a rest.

⁶lu ⁵tseu-tau ⁵poe-taon-tson ⁶zhieu ⁶zu-gho-le ¹shieu-shiq-leq

路走到半當中，就坐下來休息了。

路走到半当中，就坐下来休息了。


寒場裡

/ɦø²² zã⁵⁵ li²¹/

/ɦø²² zã⁵⁵ li²¹/


臘月裡

/laʔ¹¹ ɦyɪʔ²² li²³/

/laʔ¹¹ ɦyɪʔ²² li²³/


大年新歲

/ɕin⁵⁵ n̠ʲi³³ ɕin³³ sz̩²¹/

/ɕin⁵⁵ n̠ʲi³³ ɕin³³ sz̩²¹/

(Shanghainese) the duration of Chinese New Year


百花生日

/paʔ³³ ho⁵⁵ sã³³ n̠ʲiɪʔ²¹/

/paʔ³³ ho⁵⁵ sã³³ n̠ʲiɪʔ²¹/


七巧日

/t͡ɕʰiɪʔ³³ t͡ɕʰiɔ⁵⁵ n̠ʲiɪʔ²¹/

/t͡ɕʰiɪʔ³³ t͡ɕʰiɔ⁵⁵ n̠ʲiɪʔ²¹/


年夜快

/n̠ʲi²² ɦia⁵⁵ kʰua²¹/

/n̠ʲi²² ɦia⁵⁵ kʰua²¹/

(Shanghainese) the period that precedes the New Year


年夜頭

/n̠ʲi²² ɦia⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/n̠ʲi²² ɦia⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/


年腳邊

/n̠ʲi²² t͡ɕiaʔ⁵⁵ pi²¹/

/n̠ʲi²² t͡ɕiaʔ⁵⁵ pi²¹/


年夜腳邊

/n̠ʲi²² ɦia⁵⁵ t͡ɕiaʔ³³ pi²¹/

/n̠ʲi²² ɦia⁵⁵ t͡ɕiaʔ³³ pi²¹/


年腳邊頭

/n̠ʲi²² t͡ɕiaʔ⁵⁵ pi³³ dɤ²¹/

/n̠ʲi²² t͡ɕiaʔ⁵⁵ pi³³ dɤ²¹/


年三十夜

/n̠ʲi²² se⁵⁵ səʔ³³ ɦia²¹/

/n̠ʲi²² se⁵⁵ səʔ³³ ɦia²¹/


年夜卅邊

/n̠ʲi²² ɦia⁵⁵ se³³ pi²¹/

/n̠ʲi²² ɦia⁵⁵ se³³ pi²¹/

(Shanghainese) the end of the lunar year


陳年裡

/zən²² n̠ʲi⁵⁵ li²¹/

/zən²² n̠ʲi⁵⁵ li²¹/

(Shanghainese) the end of the previous year


年中心

/n̠ʲi²² t͡soŋ⁵⁵ ɕin²¹/

/n̠ʲi²² t͡soŋ⁵⁵ ɕin²¹/


年裡向

/ɦyɪʔ¹¹ li²² ɕiã²³/

/ɦioʔ¹¹ li²² ɕiã²³/

/ɦyɪʔ¹¹ li²² ɕiã²³/

/ɦioʔ¹¹ li²² ɕiã²³/


天亮快

/tʰi⁵⁵ liã³³ kʰua²¹/

/tʰi⁵⁵ liã³³ kʰua²¹/


清早晨

/t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ t͡sɔ³³ zən²¹/

/t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ t͡sɔ³³ zən²¹/


老清老早

/lɔ²² t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ lɔ³³ t͡sɔ²¹/

/lɔ²² t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ lɔ³³ t͡sɔ²¹/

Stop singing so early in the morning, everyone's sleeping right now.

⁶non ⁸veq-iau ⁶lau-chin-lau-tsau ⁶zhieu ⁵tshaon-ku ⁶gnin-ka ⁶ze ⁵khuen ⁸laq-he

儂勿要老清老早就唱歌，人家儕睏辣海。

侬勿要老清老早就唱歌，人家侪困辣海。


日出卯時

/n̠ʲiɪʔ¹¹ t͡sʰəʔ²² mɔ²² sz̩²³/

/n̠ʲiɪʔ¹¹ t͡sʰəʔ²² mɔ²² sz̩²³/

(Shanghainese, dated) between 5 and 7 am


食飯辰光

/t͡ɕʰiɪʔ³³ ve⁵⁵ zən³³ kuɑ̃²¹/

/t͡ɕʰiɪʔ³³ ve⁵⁵ zən³³ kuɑ̃²¹/


後半日

/ɦo²² pø⁵⁵ n̠ʲiɪʔ²¹/

/ɦo²² pø⁵⁵ n̠ʲiɪʔ²¹/


夜快頭

/ɦia²² kʰua⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/ɦia²² kʰua⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/


傍晚辰光

/bɑ̃²² ɦue⁵⁵ zən³³ kuɑ̃²¹/

/bɑ̃²² ɦue⁵⁵ zən³³ kuɑ̃²¹/


黃昏戌時

/ɦuɑ̃²² huən⁵⁵ ɕiɪʔ³³ zz̩²¹/

/ɦuɑ̃²² huən⁵⁵ ɕiɪʔ³³ zz̩²¹/

(Shanghainese, dated) between 7 and 9 pm

(Shanghainese, dated, by extension) night


夜頭點

/ɦia²² dɤ⁵⁵ ti²¹/

/ɦia²² dɤ⁵⁵ ti²¹/


半夜把

/pø³³ ɦia⁵⁵ po²¹/

/pø³³ ɦia⁵⁵ po²¹/

Once he goes dancing he only comes back at around midnight.

⁶yi ⁷iq ⁵thiau-wu ⁶zhieu ⁵thiau ⁵tau ⁵poe-ya-po ¹tse ⁶we-le

伊一跳舞就跳到半夜把再回來。

伊一跳舞就跳到半夜把再回来。


三更天

/se⁵⁵ kã³³ tʰi²¹/

/se⁵⁵ kã³³ tʰi²¹/


勿多幾日

/vəʔ¹¹ tu²² t͡ɕi²² n̠ʲiɪʔ²³/

/vəʔ¹¹ tu²² t͡ɕi²² n̠ʲiɪʔ²³/


勿多幾時

/vəʔ¹¹ tu²² t͡ɕi²² zz̩²³/

/vəʔ¹¹ tu²² t͡ɕi²² zz̩²³/


伊歇辰光

/ɦi²² ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵ zən³³ kuɑ̃²¹/

/ɦi²² ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵ zən³³ kuɑ̃²¹/

At that time I was still in primary school.

⁶yi-shiq-zen-kuaon ⁶ngu ⁶ghe ⁸laq ⁸doq ⁵shiau-ghoq ⁰le

伊歇辰光我還辣讀小學唻。

伊歇辰光我还辣读小学𫪁。


前兩年

/ʑi²² liã⁵⁵ n̠ʲi²¹/

/ʑi²² liã⁵⁵ n̠ʲi²¹/

/ʑi³³ liã²² n̠ʲi⁴⁴/

/ʑi³³ liã²² n̠ʲi⁴⁴/


前兩年

/ʑi²² liã⁵⁵ n̠ʲi²¹/

/ʑi²² liã⁵⁵ n̠ʲi²¹/

/ʑi³³ liã²² n̠ʲi⁴⁴/

/ʑi³³ liã²² n̠ʲi⁴⁴/

(Shanghainese) last year; the year before


一槍裡

/iɪʔ³³ t͡ɕʰiã⁵⁵ li²¹/

/iɪʔ³³ t͡ɕʰiã⁵⁵ li²¹/

搿一槍裡伊辣打工。

搿一枪里伊辣打工。


老早子

/lɔ²² t͡sɔ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

/lɔ²² t͡sɔ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/


老裡老早

/lɔ²² li⁵⁵ lɔ³³ t͡sɔ²¹/

/lɔ²² li⁵⁵ lɔ³³ t͡sɔ²¹/

I've started learning languages a long time ago, but I'm still not any good.

⁶ngu ⁶lau-li-lau-tsau ⁶zhieu ⁸ghoq ⁶nga-ven ⁸leq ⁵tau ⁶yi-ze ⁶ghe ⁶m-meq ⁸ghoq-hau

我老裡老早就學外文了，到現在還嘸沒學好。

我老里老早就学外文了，到现在还呒没学好。

This morning I started waiting for you at the park entrace very early.

¹cin-tsau ⁶ngu ⁶lau-li-lau-tsau ⁶zhieu ⁵tau ¹kon-yoe-men-kheu ⁵ten-non ⁸leq

今朝我老裡老早就到公園門口等儂了。

今朝我老里老早就到公园门口等侬了。


老裡八早

/lɔ²² li⁵⁵ paʔ³³ t͡sɔ²¹/

/lɔ²² li⁵⁵ paʔ³³ t͡sɔ²¹/

I've been at the door waiting for a long time.

⁶ngu ⁶lau-li-paq-tsau ⁶zhieu ⁵ten-laq ⁶men-kheu-deu ⁰le

我老裡八早就等辣門口頭唻。

我老里八早就等辣门口头𫪁。


早先頭

/t͡ɕʰi³³ ɕi⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/t͡ɕʰi³³ ɕi⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

In the beginning he did not do small business.

⁵tsau-shi-deu ⁶yi ⁵sy ⁸veq-tsu ⁵shiau-san-i ⁸geq

早先頭伊是勿做小生意個。

早先头伊是勿做小生意个。


開頭辰光

/kʰe⁵⁵ dɤ³³ zən³³ kʰuɑ̃²¹/

/kʰe⁵⁵ dɤ³³ zən³³ kʰuɑ̃²¹/


頭初裡

/dɤ²² t͡sʰu⁵⁵ li²¹/

/dɤ²² t͡sʰu⁵⁵ li²¹/


後首來

/dɤ²² sɤ⁵⁵ le²¹/

/dɤ²² sɤ⁵⁵ le²¹/


當時候

/tɑ̃⁵⁵ zz̩³³ ɦɤ²¹/

/tɑ̃⁵⁵ zz̩³³ ɦɤ²¹/


到乃

You're still playing now? Go do your homework!

⁵tau-ne ⁶ghe ⁸laq ⁸baq-shian ⁵khua-ti ⁵tsu ¹kon-khu ¹chi

到乃還辣白相？快點做功課去！

到乃还辣白相？快点做功课去！

Because during the cultural revolution, he had raided the houses of a few intellectuals, even now he gets embarrassed seeing them.

¹in-teq ⁶ven-ho ⁶da-keq-min-gheq ⁶zen-kuaon ⁶yi ¹tsy-seq-ven-tsy ⁷oq-li ¹tshau-ku ¹ka ⁵tau ⁶ne ¹khoe-ci ¹tsy-seq-ven-tsy ⁶ghe ⁶ne-we-zhin

因得文化大革命個辰光，伊知識分子屋裡抄過家，到乃看見知識分子還難為情。

因得文化大革命个辰光，伊知识分子屋里抄过家，到乃看见知识分子还难为情。


後頭來

/ɦɤ²² dɤ⁵⁵ le²¹/

/ɦɤ²² dɤ⁵⁵ le²¹/


乃下去

/ne²² ɦo⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹/

/ne³³ ɦo²² t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/

/ne²² ɦo⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹/

/ne³³ ɦo²² t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/

It's already autumn, it will only get colder from here.

⁵i-chin ¹chieu-thi ⁸leq ⁶ne-gho-chi ⁸yuq-le-yuq-lan ⁸leq

已經秋天了，乃下去越來越冷了。

已经秋天了，乃下去越来越冷了。


乃朝後

/ne³³ zɔ²² ɦɤ⁴⁴/

/ne²² zɔ⁵⁵ ɦɤ²¹/

/ne³³ zɔ²² ɦɤ⁴⁴/

/ne²² zɔ⁵⁵ ɦɤ²¹/


乃朝後頭

/ne²² zɔ⁵⁵ ɦɤ³³ dɤ²¹/

/ne²² zɔ⁵⁵ ɦɤ³³ dɤ²¹/

From now on you ought to take care of your body.

⁶ne-zau-gheu-deu ⁵chi ⁶non ⁵iau ⁵te ¹sen-thi ¹tu-tu-pau-zon

乃朝後頭去儂要對身體多多保重。

乃朝后头去侬要对身体多多保重。


晏歇

/e³³ ɕiɪʔ⁴⁴/

/e³³ ɕiɪʔ⁴⁴/

You have to remind him a good couple of times, don't let him forget it later!

⁶non ⁵iau ¹tu ¹tin-tsoq ⁶yi ⁶lian-san ⁵e-shi ⁶yi ⁸veq-iau ⁶maon-ci-theq-tsy

儂要多叮囑伊兩聲，晏歇伊勿要忘記脫仔！

侬要多叮嘱伊两声，晏歇伊勿要忘记脱仔！


晏歇點

/e³³ ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵ ti²¹/

/e³³ ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵ ti²¹/


晏一歇

/e³³ iɪʔ⁵⁵ ɕiɪʔ²¹/

/e³³ iɪʔ⁵⁵ ɕiɪʔ²¹/

伊要晏一歇再來。

伊要晏一歇再来。


長遠日腳

/zã²² ɦyø⁵⁵ n̠ʲiɪʔ³³ t͡ɕiaʔ²¹/

/zã²² ɦyø⁵⁵ n̠ʲiɪʔ³³ t͡ɕiaʔ²¹/


大一歇

/du²² iɪʔ⁵⁵ ɕiɪʔ²¹/

/du²² iɪʔ⁵⁵ ɕiɪʔ²¹/

Everyone has been waiting for him for a long while, and he's still yet to come.

⁶da-ka ⁵ten ⁶yi ⁵i-cin ⁶du-iq-shiq ⁶yi ⁶we ⁶m-meq ⁶we-le

大家等伊已經大一歇，伊還嘸沒回來。

大家等伊已经大一歇，伊还呒没回来。


老辰光

/lɔ²² zən⁵⁵ kuɑ̃²¹/

/lɔ²² zən⁵⁵ kuɑ̃²¹/

At the same time tomorrow I'll be waiting for you in Xintiandi.

⁶min-tsau ⁶lau-zen-kuaon ⁶ngu ⁸laq ¹shin-thi-di ⁵ten ⁶non

明朝老辰光，我辣新天地等儂。

明朝老辰光，我辣新天地等侬。


下轉

/ɦo²² t͡sø⁴⁴/

/ɦo²² t͡sø⁴⁴/


閒常裡

/ɦe²² zã⁵⁵ li²¹/

/ɦe²² zã⁵⁵ li²¹/


忙頭裡

/mɑ̃²² dɤ⁵⁵ li²¹/

/mɑ̃²² dɤ⁵⁵ li²¹/


要緊關子

/iɔ³³ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ kue³³ t͡sz̩²¹/

/iɔ³³ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ kue³³ t͡sz̩²¹/


要緊關子裡

/iɔ³³ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ kue³³ t͡sz̩³³ li²¹/

/iɔ³³ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ kue³³ t͡sz̩³³ li²¹/


半豁浪當

/pø³³ huaʔ⁵⁵ lɑ̃³³ tɑ̃²¹/

/pø³³ huaʔ⁵⁵ lɑ̃³³ tɑ̃²¹/

Explain why you've stopped halfway through your work!

¹kon-fu ⁵tsu-tau ⁵poe-huaq-laon-taon ⁶din-gho-le-leq ⁶we-sa

工夫做到半豁浪當停下來了，爲啥？

工夫做到半豁浪当停下来了，为啥？


當勢

/tɑ̃⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/

/tɑ̃⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/


尷尬頭浪

/ke⁵⁵ ka³³ dɤ³³ lɑ̃²¹/

/ke⁵⁵ ka³³ dɤ³³ lɑ̃²¹/

(Shanghainese) an awkward time in which one does not know what to do


做夜作

/t͡su⁴⁴ ɦia²² t͡soʔ⁴⁴/

/t͡su⁴⁴ ɦia²² t͡soʔ⁴⁴/


磨夜作

/mo³³ ɦia²² t͡soʔ⁴⁴/

/mo³³ ɦia²² t͡soʔ⁴⁴/

(Shanghainese) to work several nights in a row


待退休

/de²² tʰe⁵⁵ ɕiɤ²¹/

/de²² tʰe⁵⁵ ɕiɤ²¹/


長日班

/zã²² n̠ʲiɪʔ⁵⁵ pe²¹/

/zã²² n̠ʲiɪʔ⁵⁵ pe²¹/


生活勢勁

/sã⁵⁵ ɦuəʔ³³ sz̩³³ t͡ɕin²¹/

/sã⁵⁵ ɦuəʔ³³ sz̩³³ t͡ɕin²¹/

This thing today is never going to be finished!

¹cin-tsau ⁸geq-nge ¹san-weq-sy-cin ⁵sy ⁵tsu-veq-woe ⁰le

今朝搿眼生活勢勁是做勿完唻！

今朝搿眼生活势劲是做勿完𫪁！

(Shanghainese) a thing or life that one hates


手腳架

/sɤ³³ t͡ɕiaʔ⁵⁵ ka²¹/

/sɤ³³ t͡ɕiaʔ⁵⁵ ka²¹/


打樁子

/tã³³ t͡sɑ̃⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

/tã³³ t͡sɑ̃⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/


挖泥機

/uaʔ³³ n̠ʲi⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹/

/uaʔ³³ n̠ʲi⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹/


壓勿殺

/aʔ³³ vəʔ⁵⁵ saʔ²¹/

/aʔ³³ vəʔ⁵⁵ saʔ²¹/

(Shanghainese) jack (device for raising and supporting a heavy object)


違司

/ɦue²² sz̩⁴⁴/

/ɦue²² sz̩⁴⁴/


鐵墩

/tʰiɪʔ³³ tən⁴⁴/

/tʰiɪʔ³³ tən⁴⁴/


剚錐

/t͡sz̩⁵⁵ t͡sø²¹/

/t͡sz̩⁵⁵ t͡sø²¹/


鉆子

/t͡sø⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

/t͡sø⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/


螺絲鉆

/lu²² sz̩⁵⁵ t͡sø²¹/

/lu²² sz̩⁵⁵ t͡sø²¹/


洋釘

/ɦiã²² tin⁴⁴/

/ɦiã²² tin⁴⁴/


吃飯家生

/t͡ɕʰiɪʔ³³ ve⁵⁵ ka³³ sã²¹/

/t͡ɕʰiɪʔ³³ ve⁵⁵ ka³³ sã²¹/

Scissors and rules are necessary tools for my sewing trade.

⁵ci-tau ⁷tshaq ⁶zy ⁶ngu ⁶ze-von ⁸geq ⁷chiq-ve-ka-san

剪刀、尺是我裁縫個吃飯家生。

剪刀、尺是我裁缝个吃饭家生。

(Shanghainese) tools necessary for one's trade


石灰漿

/zaʔ¹¹ hue²² t͡ɕiã²³/

/zaʔ¹¹ hue²² t͡ɕiã²³/


紙筋石灰

/t͡sz̩³³ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ zaʔ³³ hue²¹/

/t͡sz̩³³ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ zaʔ³³ hue²¹/

(Shanghainese) rough paper mixed with lime


爛泥坯

/le²² n̠ʲi⁵⁵ pʰe²¹/

/le²² n̠ʲi⁵⁵ pʰe²¹/


生銅

/sã⁵⁵ doŋ²¹/

/sã⁵⁵ doŋ²¹/


鋼宗

/kɑ̃⁵⁵ t͡soŋ²¹/

/kɑ̃⁵⁵ t͡soŋ²¹/

(Shanghainese) aluminium, primarily refers to that of cutlery


洋鉛

/ɦiã²² kʰe⁴⁴/

/ɦiã²² kʰe⁴⁴/


洋鉛皮

/ɦiã²² kʰe⁵⁵ bi²¹/

/ɦiã²² kʰe⁵⁵ bi²¹/


臘克

/laʔ¹¹ kʰəʔ²³/

/laʔ¹¹ kʰəʔ²³/


熟田

(Shanghainese) a field under cultivation


田垟

/di²² ɦiã⁴⁴/

/di²² ɦiã⁴⁴/


田橫頭

/di²² ɦuã⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/di²² ɦuã⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/


橫頭

/ɦuã²² dɤ⁴⁴/

/ɦuã²² dɤ⁴⁴/

(Shanghainese) ridge-bordered rectangular section of land in the edge of a field


墒溝

/lən²² dɤ⁴⁴/

/lən²² dɤ⁴⁴/

(Shanghainese) a waterway between two rectangular fields


鐵抄

/tʰiɪʔ³³ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/

/tʰiɪʔ³³ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/


稻叉

/dɔ²² t͡sʰo⁴⁴/

/dɔ²² t͡sʰo⁴⁴/


護叉

/ɦu²² t͡sʰo⁴⁴/

/ɦu²² t͡sʰo⁴⁴/


鐋頭

/tʰɑ̃³³ dɤ⁴⁴/

/tʰɑ̃³³ dɤ⁴⁴/

(Shanghainese) an agricultural tool used for flattening fields


山錐

/se⁵⁵ t͡sø²¹/

/se⁵⁵ t͡sø²¹/

(Shanghainese) a pick-like tool used for digging dirt


鍤刀

/t͡sʰaʔ³³ tɔ⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰaʔ³³ tɔ⁴⁴/

(Shanghainese) a knife used to plant vegetables


斫刀

/t͡sʰoʔ³³ tɔ⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰoʔ³³ tɔ⁴⁴/


扛棒

/kɑ̃⁵⁵ bɑ̃²¹/

/kɑ̃⁵⁵ bɑ̃²¹/

(Shanghainese) a pole used to carry things


山笆

(Shanghainese) a small, round bamboo container


米囤

(Shanghainese) a container for grains used in a warehouse


蘆席囤

/lu²² ʑiɪʔ⁵⁵ dən²¹/

/lu²² ʑiɪʔ⁵⁵ dən²¹/

(Shanghainese) a container made of woven reeds, used to contain food


團幾

/dø²² t͡ɕi⁴⁴/

/dø²² t͡ɕi⁴⁴/

(Shanghainese) a type of bamboo-woven basket


格䈆

(Shanghainese) a shallow and long bamboo container with large holes


篅條

/zø²² diɔ⁴⁴/

/zø²² diɔ⁴⁴/

(Shanghainese)a long bamboo basket to contain grains


蒲包

(Shanghainese) a bag knitted from muskrat root leaves


柴紨

(Shanghainese) a type of rope made of straw used for tying things


稻柴繩

/dɔ²² za⁵⁵ zən²¹/

/dɔ²² za⁵⁵ zən²¹/

(Shanghainese) a type of rope made of straw


草簾子

/t͡sʰɔ³³ li⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

/t͡sʰɔ³³ li⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/


繃篩

/pã⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/

/pã⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/


磨肚臍眼

/mu²² di⁵⁵ ʑi³³ ŋe²¹/

/mo²² di⁵⁵ ʑi³³ ŋe²¹/

/mu²² di⁵⁵ ʑi³³ ŋe²¹/

/mo²² di⁵⁵ ʑi³³ ŋe²¹/


車桁

/t͡sʰo⁵⁵ ɦɑ̃²¹/

/t͡sʰo⁵⁵ ɦɑ̃²¹/

(Shanghainese, dated) purlin of a water wheel


鉢陀

/pəʔ³³ du⁴⁴/

/pəʔ³³ du⁴⁴/

(Shanghainese, dated) the main gear of a water wheel


槤頭板子

/li²² dɤ⁵⁵ pe³³ t͡sz̩²¹/

/li²² dɤ⁵⁵ pe³³ t͡sz̩²¹/


踏軸

/daʔ¹¹ d͡ʑyɪʔ²³/

/daʔ¹¹ d͡ʑioʔ²³/

/daʔ¹¹ d͡ʑyɪʔ²³/

/daʔ¹¹ d͡ʑioʔ²³/

(Shanghainese, dated) axel of a manual water wheel


牛繩

/n̠ʲiɤ²² zən⁴⁴/

/n̠ʲiɤ²² zən⁴⁴/

(Shanghainese, dated) rope used to lead an ox


牛綰繩

/n̠ʲiɤ²² uø⁵⁵ zən²¹/

/n̠ʲiɤ²² uø⁵⁵ zən²¹/


捉魚船

/t͡soʔ³³ ŋ̍⁵⁵ zø²¹/

/t͡soʔ³³ ŋ̍⁵⁵ zø²¹/


糞勺

/fən³³ zoʔ⁴⁴/

/fən³³ zoʔ⁴⁴/


糞船

/fən³³ zø⁴⁴/

/fən³³ zø⁴⁴/

(Shanghainese) vessel to transport large amounts of dung


坌田

(Shanghainese) to till soil with tools and men


坌橫頭

/bən²² ɦuã⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/bən³³ ɦuã²² dɤ⁴⁴/

/bən²² ɦuã⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/bən³³ ɦuã²² dɤ⁴⁴/

(Shanghainese) a flank used to till soil


劗田

(Shanghainese) to break soil with tools and manpower


耖田

/t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴ di²³/

/t͡sʰɔ³³ di⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴ di²³/

/t͡sʰɔ³³ di⁴⁴/

(Shanghainese) to break large clumps of soil after tilling a field


坌㽘頭

/bən³³ ɦɑ̃²² dɤ⁴⁴/

/bən³³ ɦɑ̃²² dɤ⁴⁴/

(Shanghainese) to straighten a field with an edge


拓草

/tʰaʔ⁴⁴ t͡sʰɔ³⁴/

/tʰaʔ⁴⁴ t͡sʰɔ³⁴/


蒔秧

/siː²² jœːŋ⁵⁵/

/zz̩²² iã⁴⁴/

/zz̩³³ iã⁵³/

/siː²² jœːŋ⁵⁵/

/zz̩²² iã⁴⁴/

/zz̩³³ iã⁵³/

(Cantonese, Shanghainese) to transplant rice seedlings


種秧

/t͡soŋ³³ iã⁴⁴/

/t͡soŋ⁴⁴ iã⁵³/

/t͡soŋ³³ iã⁴⁴/

/t͡soŋ⁴⁴ iã⁵³/

(Shanghainese) to transplant rice seedlings


做岸

/t͡su⁴⁴ ŋø²³/

/t͡su⁴⁴ ŋø²³/

(Shanghainese) to fix a paddy in order to prevent leaking of a paddy


秀出來了

/ɕiɤ³³ t͡sʰəʔ⁵⁵ le³³ ləʔ²¹/

/ɕiɤ³³ t͡sʰəʔ⁵⁵ le³³ ləʔ²¹/


耘稻

⁶yun-dau; ⁶yon-dau; ⁶yun ⁶dau; ⁶yon ⁶dau

yuin^去 dau; yon^去 dau; yuin^去 dau^去; yon^去 dau^去

³hhyn-dau; ³hhion-dau; ³hhyn ³dau; ³hhion ³dau

/ɦyn²² dɔ⁴⁴/

/ɦioŋ²² dɔ⁴⁴/

/ɦyn³³ dɔ²³/

/ɦioŋ³³ dɔ²³/

/ɦyn²² dɔ⁴⁴/

/ɦioŋ²² dɔ⁴⁴/

/ɦyn³³ dɔ²³/

/ɦioŋ³³ dɔ²³/


耥稻

/tʰã⁴⁴ dɔ²³/

/tʰã⁴⁴ dɔ²³/

(Shanghainese) to maintain a gap between rice seedlings


出花泐

/t͡sʰəʔ³³ ho⁵⁵ ləʔ²¹/

/t͡sʰəʔ⁴⁴ ho⁵⁵ ləʔ²¹/

/t͡sʰəʔ³³ ho⁵⁵ ləʔ²¹/

/t͡sʰəʔ⁴⁴ ho⁵⁵ ləʔ²¹/

(Shanghainese) a ditch formed before planting cotton seeds with a hoe


捉花

/tʰaʔ³³ ho⁴⁴/

/tʰaʔ⁴⁴ ho⁵³/

/tʰaʔ³³ ho⁴⁴/

/tʰaʔ⁴⁴ ho⁵³/


捉落花

/t͡soʔ⁴⁴ loʔ¹¹ ho²³/

/t͡soʔ⁴⁴ loʔ¹¹ ho²³/

(Shanghainese, dated) to pick fallen cotton flowers


撥花萁

/baʔ¹¹ ho²² d͡ʑi²³/

/baʔ²² ho⁵⁵ d͡ʑi²¹/

/baʔ¹¹ ho²² d͡ʑi²³/

/baʔ²² ho⁵⁵ d͡ʑi²¹/

(Shanghainese) to cut off dead cotton branches


灑藥水

/sa³³ ɦiaʔ⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/

/sa⁴⁴ ɦiaʔ¹¹ sz̩²³/

/sa³³ ɦiaʔ⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/

/sa⁴⁴ ɦiaʔ¹¹ sz̩²³/


攪壅

/kɔ⁴⁴ ɦioŋ²³/

/kɔ⁴⁴ ɦioŋ²³/


捉雞污

/t͡soʔ³³ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ u²¹/

/t͡soʔ³³ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ u²¹/

(Shanghainese) to pick up chicken manure


擱田

(Shanghainese) to temporarily stop irrigating to let rice crops grow roots


挑塮

/tʰiɔ⁵⁵ ʑia²¹/

/tʰiɔ⁴⁴ ʑia²³/

/tʰiɔ⁵⁵ ʑia²¹/

/tʰiɔ⁴⁴ ʑia²³/

(Shanghainese) to manually collect and transport animal manure


攪塮

/kɔ³³ ʑia⁴⁴/

/kɔ⁴⁴ ʑia²³/

/kɔ³³ ʑia⁴⁴/

/kɔ⁴⁴ ʑia²³/


菜餅

(Shanghainese) a type of organic fertilizer made of plant material such as vegetable seeds


踏水

(Shanghainese) to transport water to a field with a pedal conveyer belt


望田頭

/mɑ̃³³ di²² dɤ⁴⁴/

/mɑ̃²² di⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/mɑ̃³³ di²² dɤ⁴⁴/

/mɑ̃²² di⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

(Shanghainese) to gaze at owned lands from a field


拷浜

/kʰɔ³³ pã⁴⁴/

/kʰɔ⁴⁴ pã³⁴/

/kʰɔ³³ pã⁴⁴/

/kʰɔ⁴⁴ pã³⁴/


拷浜頭

/kʰɔ³³ pã⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/kʰɔ³³ pã⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/


拷魚

/kʰɔ³³ ŋ̍⁴⁴/

/kʰɔ⁴⁴ ŋ̍²³/

/kʰɔ³³ ŋ̍⁴⁴/

/kʰɔ⁴⁴ ŋ̍²³/

(Shanghainese) to dry up a river then catch fish


摸蟹

(Shanghainese) to catch crabs in mud near a river


穿牛鼻頭

¹tshoe ⁶gnieu-biq-deu; ¹tshoe ⁶gnieu-beq-deu

tshoe^平 nyeu^去 bih deu; tshoe^平 nyeu^去 beh deu

¹tshoe ³nyieu-biq-deu; ¹tshoe ³nyieu-beq-deu

/t͡sʰø⁴⁴ n̠ʲiɤ²² biɪʔ⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/t͡sʰø⁴⁴ n̠ʲiɤ²² bəʔ⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/t͡sʰø⁴⁴ n̠ʲiɤ²² biɪʔ⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

/t͡sʰø⁴⁴ n̠ʲiɤ²² bəʔ⁵⁵ dɤ²¹/

(Shanghainese) to pass a rope through a cow's nose


牽磨

/t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴ mo²³/

/t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ mu²¹/

/t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴ mo²³/

/t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ mu²¹/


年成好

/n̠ʲi²² zən³³ hɔ³⁴/

/n̠ʲi²² zən³³ hɔ³⁴/


年成恘

/n̠ʲi²² zən³³ t͡ɕʰiɤ⁵³/

/n̠ʲi²² zən³³ t͡ɕʰiɤ⁵³/


小弄弄

/ɕiɔ³³ loŋ⁵⁵ loŋ²¹/

/ɕiɔ³³ noŋ⁵⁵ noŋ²¹/

/ɕiɔ³³ loŋ⁵⁵ loŋ²¹/

/ɕiɔ³³ noŋ⁵⁵ noŋ²¹/

I must result to selling cigarettes as a small business.

⁶ngu ⁷tseq-hau ⁶ma-ma ¹shian-i ⁵shiau-non-non

我只好賣賣香煙小弄弄。

我只好卖卖香烟小弄弄。

(Shanghainese) financial gain from a small business


叫貨生意

/ɕiɔ³³ hu⁵⁵ sã³³ i²¹/

/ɕiɔ³³ hu⁵⁵ sã³³ i²¹/


買進賣出

/ma²² t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ma³³ t͡sʰəʔ²¹/

/ma²² t͡ɕin⁴⁴ ma²² t͡sʰəʔ⁴⁴/

/ma²² t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ma³³ t͡sʰəʔ²¹/

/ma²² t͡ɕin⁴⁴ ma²² t͡sʰəʔ⁴⁴/


停生意

/din²² sã⁵⁵ i²¹/

/din²² sã⁵⁵ i²¹/


後臺老闆

后台老板
後台老闆
後臺老板
後台老板

/ɦɤ²² de⁵⁵ lɔ³³ pe²¹/

/ɦɤ²² de⁵⁵ lɔ³³ pe²¹/

(Shanghainese) one who pulls strings behind the scenes


頂出去

/tin³³ t͡sʰəʔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹/

/tin³³ t͡sʰəʔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹/


市口

/zz̩²² kʰɤ⁴⁴/

/zz̩²² kʰɤ⁴⁴/

(Shanghainese) an area used for business

Finding a good spot at a lively area, opening a shop, then running a small business is also a viable option.

⁶zhin ⁷tsaq ⁵hau ⁷iq-nge ⁸geq ⁶zy-kheu ¹khe ⁶be ⁵ti ⁵tsu ⁵ti ⁵shiau-san-i ⁶gha ⁶zy ⁷iq-diau ⁷tsheq-lu

尋隻好一眼個市口開爿店，做點小生意，也是一條出路。

寻只好一眼个市口开爿店，做点小生意，也是一条出路。

(Shanghainese) a lively area, usually at a cross-shaped intersection, with many stalls and stores


硬照會

/ŋã²² t͡sɔ⁵⁵ ɦue²¹/

/ŋã²² t͡sɔ⁵⁵ ɦue²¹/

(Shanghainese) an iron licence plate with numerals or otherwise


軟照會

/n̠ʲyø²² t͡sɔ⁵⁵ ɦue²¹/

/n̠ʲyø²² t͡sɔ⁵⁵ ɦue²¹/

(Shanghainese) number plate made with a thin stack of paper


撥款單

/pəʔ³³ kʰue⁵⁵ te²¹/

/pəʔ³³ kʰue⁵⁵ te²¹/

(Shanghainese) appropriation; money order


開棚

/kʰe⁴⁴ bã²³/

/kʰe⁴⁴ bã²³/

⁵e-ti ⁶le ⁵hau-leq ⁷aq-la ⁵iau ⁸zeq-ti-tson ¹khe ⁶ban ⁰le

晏點來好了，阿拉要十點鐘開棚唻。

晏点来好了，阿拉要十点钟开棚𫪁。

(Shanghainese) for a market stall to open for business


開秤

/kʰe⁵⁵ t͡sʰən²¹/

/kʰe⁴⁴ t͡sʰən³⁴/

/kʰe⁵⁵ t͡sʰən²¹/

/kʰe⁴⁴ t͡sʰən³⁴/

㑚菜場幾點鐘開秤？

㑚菜场几点钟开秤？

(Shanghainese) for a vendor to start selling produce at an allotted time


跑秤

/bɔ²² t͡sʰən⁴⁴/

/bɔ²² t͡sʰən⁴⁴/

I've been fooled, the scales he used are short weight.

⁶ngu ⁶zaon-taon ⁸leq ⁶yi ⁶yon-geq ⁶zy ⁶bau-tshen

我上當了，伊用個是跑秤

我上当了，伊用个是跑秤

(Shanghainese) a short weight set of scales


血秤

/ɕiɪʔ³³ t͡sʰən⁴⁴/

/ɕiɪʔ³³ t͡sʰən⁴⁴/

Oh no! This set of scales has stolen so much money from me!

⁷oq-ioq ⁸geq-po ⁷shiq-tshen ⁵tse-theq ⁶ngu ⁵ka-shiu-tu ⁵tshau-phiau

喔唷！搿把血秤斬脫我介許多鈔票！

喔唷！搿把血秤斩脱我介许多钞票！

(Shanghainese) a very short weight set of scales


賣悶包

/ma²³ mən⁵⁵ pɔ²¹/

/ma²³ mən⁵⁵ pɔ²¹/

This shop often don't let you try the TVs they sell.

⁸geq-ka ⁵saon-ti ⁶ma ⁵tshe-di ⁶zan-zan ⁶ma ¹men-pau

搿家商店賣彩電常常賣悶包

搿家商店卖彩电常常卖闷包

(Shanghainese) to sell a large product without letting customers try it


厾飛包

/toʔ⁵⁵ fi⁵⁵ bɔ²¹/

/toʔ⁵⁵ fi⁵⁵ bɔ²¹/

(Shanghainese, dated) for a sales rep to give items for free to familiars or family members


盤出去

/bø²² t͡sʰəʔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹/

/bø²² t͡sʰəʔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹/

(Shanghainese) for a shop or other financial enterprise to exchange away


績優股

/t͡ɕi⁵¹ joʊ̯⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ joʊ̯⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sɪk̚⁵ jɐu̯⁵⁵ kuː³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰiɪʔ³³ iɤ⁵⁵ ku²¹/

/t͡ɕi⁵¹ joʊ̯⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ joʊ̯⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sɪk̚⁵ jɐu̯⁵⁵ kuː³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰiɪʔ³³ iɤ⁵⁵ ku²¹/

That type of man is completely rubbish, they've got no future, if you're looking for one be sure to look for a good one!

⁸geq-tson ⁶noe-gnin ⁶woe-zhi ⁶zy ⁶la-shi-gu ⁶m-meq ⁷tsheq-deu-gniq-ciaq ⁸leq ⁵iau ⁶zhin ⁶zhieu ⁵iau ⁶zhin ⁸geq ⁷chiq-ieu-ku

搿種男人，完全是垃圾股，嘸沒出頭日腳了，要尋就要尋個績優股！

搿种男人，完全是垃圾股，呒没出头日脚了，要寻就要寻个绩优股！

(Shanghainese) a promising romantic partner, usually describing a man


垃圾股

/lä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/la²² ɕi⁵⁵ ku²¹/

/lä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/la²² ɕi⁵⁵ ku²¹/

(Shanghainese) a bad romantic partner or idol with no future


當口

/tɑŋ⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²/

/tɑŋ⁵⁵ kʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ²/

/tɑ̃⁵⁵ kʰɤ²¹/

/tɑŋ⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²/

/tɑŋ⁵⁵ kʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ²/

/tɑ̃⁵⁵ kʰɤ²¹/