話事

話事

Chinese

		spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (話事)		話	事
simp. (话事)		话	事

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁶ si⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: wah sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁶ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wäː²² siː²²/

Verb

話事

1. (Cantonese) to have the final say; to be in charge

Synonyms

• 說了算／说了算 (shuōlesuàn)