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話舊

話舊

See also: 话旧

Chinese

		dialect; language; spoken words dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what someone said	old (opposite of new); former
trad. (話舊)		話	舊
simp. (话旧)		话	旧

Verb

話舊

to talk over old times; to reminisce

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): huàjiù

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁶ gau⁶
Min Nan (POJ): ōa-kiū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: huàjiù
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huahjiow
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯a̠⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: waa⁶ gau⁶
  - Yale: wah gauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁶ gau⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /wɑː²² kɐu̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōa-kiū
  - Tâi-lô: uā-kiū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oaxkiu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ua²²⁻²¹ kiu²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ua⁴¹⁻²² kiu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ua²²⁻²¹ kiu²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ua³³⁻¹¹ kiu³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua³³⁻²¹ kiu³³/