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客套話

客套話

See also: 客套话

Chinese

		polite greetings; courtesies; civilities polite greetings; courtesies; civilities; formalities	dialect; language; spoken words dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what someone said
trad. (客套話)		客套	話
simp. (客套话)		客套	话

Noun

客套話

polite formulas

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kètàohuà

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄊㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haak³ tou³ waa⁶, haak³ tou³ waa^6-2
Min Nan (POJ): kheh-thò-ōe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kètàohuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄊㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehtawhuah
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯a̠⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haak³ tou³ waa⁶, haak³ tou³ waa^6-2
  - Yale: haak tou wah, haak tou wá
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁸ tou³ waa⁶, haak⁸ tou³ waa^6-2
  - IPA ^(key): /hɑːk̚³ tʰou̯³³ wɑː²²/, /hɑːk̚³ tʰou̯³³ wɑː²²⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheh-thò-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: kheh-thò-uē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qehtoiroe
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰɤ²¹⁻⁵³ ue²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰe(ʔ)⁵ tʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰɤ²¹⁻⁵³ ue²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ ue³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ tʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ ue³³/