掩

Potentially from 匽 (MC 'jonX). Compare also e.g. Suzhounese 迓 (³ia, “to hide oneself; to avoid (people); to run from (responsibilities etc)”) and Ningbonese 幽 (⁵ieu, “to hide oneself”).

zh-l

(Sujiahu Wu) to hide away oneself; to avoid (someone); to shy away from


能

Characters in the same phonetic series (能) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Pictogram (象形): bear. Compare 熊 (OC *ɢʷlɯm, “bear”). In the character, two paws are visible as a pair of 匕 and the face with the open mouth is stylized as 月.
; "bear-like animal"
; “be able to; can; ability”
: Possibly Proto-Sino-Tibetan (which STEDT tentatively reconstructs as *m-nyaŋ (“can, be able”)): compare Tibetan ནུས (nus, “to be able to; capable; to withstand; capacity; strength; force; power; function; energy”), Burmese နိုင် (nuing, “can, be able to, may; master; win; prevail”). Schuessler (2007) also derives 態 (OC *n̥ʰɯːs, “apparition, bearing, manner”) from this; see also 忍 (OC *njɯnʔ, “to suffer, endure”).
: Compare the old pre-Sino–Vietnamese loanword nổi (“be able to; capable”).

och-l

搿能

好好能走

慢慢能吃

(Sujiahu Wu, Wenzhounese, Jinhua and Quzhou Wu) way; manner


迓

Unclear, potentially related to 隱／隐. Compare Ningbonese 幽 ⁵ieu /iʏ44/ "to hide oneself" and Lishuinese 煙／烟 ¹iae /iɛ224/.

(chiefly Sujiahu Wu) to hide oneself; to conceal oneself

(chiefly Sujiahu Wu) to avoid; to run away from; to hide from (an obligation, a criticism etc)


閒話

/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/

/haːn²¹ waː²²⁻³⁵/

/iɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ue³³/

/iɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ue²²/

/iɪŋ²³⁻³³ ue³³/

/uĩ²⁴⁻²² ue⁴¹/

/iɪŋ¹³⁻²² ua²²/

/ɦiẽ̞²² ɦua³⁴/

/ɦɛ²² ɦuo⁴⁴/

/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/

/haːn²¹ waː²²⁻³⁵/

/iɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ue³³/

/iɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ue²²/

/iɪŋ²³⁻³³ ue³³/

/uĩ²⁴⁻²² ue⁴¹/

/iɪŋ¹³⁻²² ua²²/

/ɦiẽ̞²² ɦua³⁴/

/ɦɛ²² ɦuo⁴⁴/

講閒話

讲闲话

an instant response (lit. a single utterance)

閒話一句

闲话一句

You have to listen to all the words they have to say, be it good or not.

³hau-ghe₂-gho₆ ¹chieu-ghe₂-gho₆ ²ze ⁵iau ¹thin-keq

好閒話恘閒話才要聽葛。

好闲话恘闲话才要听葛。

(Sujiahu Wu, Tiaoxi Wu and Yongjiang Wu) words; speech

上海閒話

上海闲话

蘇州閒話

苏州闲话

法國閒話

法国闲话

(Sujiahu Wu, Tiaoxi Wu and Yongjiang Wu) language; dialect