飯吃過了𠲎

飯吃過了𠲎

Chinese

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		food; cooked rice	eat	experiential	perfective	interrogative
trad. (飯吃過了𠲎)		飯	吃	過	了	𠲎
simp. (饭吃过了𠲎)		饭	吃	过	了	𠲎
alternative forms		飯吃過了伐／饭吃过了伐
Literally: “Have you eaten yet?”.

Pronunciation

• Wu (Wiktionary): ve (T3) + qiq ku leq va (T4); ve (T3) + qiq ku leq vaq (T4)

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• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ve (T3) + qiq ku leq va (T4); ve (T3) + qiq ku leq vaq (T4)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /v̥e̞²³ t͡ɕʰi̯ɪʔ³³ kv̩ʷ⁵⁵ ləʔ³³ v̥a̱²¹/, /v̥e̞²³ t͡ɕʰi̯ɪʔ³³ kv̩ʷ⁵⁵ ləʔ³³ v̥a̱ʔ²¹/

Phrase

飯吃過了𠲎 (Shanghainese Wu)

1. have you eaten?
2. how are you?

   飯吃過了𠲎？吃了，謝謝。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   饭吃过了𠲎？吃了，谢谢。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   [v̥e̞²³ t͡ɕʰi̯ɪʔ³³ kv̩ʷ⁵⁵ ləʔ³³ v̥a̱²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɪʔ³³ kv̩ʷ⁵⁵ ləʔ²¹ ʑ̥ia̱²² ɦia̱⁴⁴] [IPA]

   How are you? Fine, thanks.
   (Literally: Have you eaten yet? I've eaten, thanks.)

Usage notes

• This uses a topic-comment construction. This may not be apparent to some, especially the youth, which may opt to use a phrase like 吃過飯了𠲎. An extra 儂 can be inserted before or after 飯 to indicate the subject of the sentence.

Synonyms

• (how are you):
  • (Shanghainese) 儂好𠲎／侬好𠲎
  • (Mandarin) 吃飽了嗎／吃饱了吗, 吃了嗎／吃了吗, 吃飯了嗎／吃饭了吗 (chīfàn le ma), 吃過了嗎／吃过了吗
  • (Cantonese) 食咗飯未呀／食咗饭未呀
  • (Hakka) 食飽吂／食饱吂
  • (Min) 食飽未／食饱未
  • (Fuzhou) 食𡅏未