呵咾

Chinese

		expel breath; my goodness; (phonetic particle)	a noise; a sound
trad. (呵咾)		呵	咾
simp. #(呵咾)		呵	咾
alternative forms		呵老 呵惱／呵恼 阿咾 謳咾／讴咾 讚美／赞美 呵老 呵惱／呵恼 阿咾 謳咾／讴咾 讚美／赞美 褒了 阿佬 阿老 謳誄／讴诔 謳讄／讴讄 嘔咾／呕咾 譽諛／誉谀 呵𰈐／呵𫩷 Teochew

Etymology

Compare Taiwanese Hakka 阿腦／阿脑. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): o-ló

  (Teochew, Peng'im): o¹ lo²

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o-ló
    • Tâi-lô: o-ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oiloir
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /o⁴⁴⁻³³ lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /o³³ lo⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /o⁴⁴⁻²² lo⁵³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /o⁴⁴⁻²² lo⁴²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: o¹ lo²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: o ló
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /o³³⁻²³ lo⁵²/

Verb

呵咾

1. (Southern Min) to commend; to praise

   呵咾學生／呵咾学生 [Hokkien]  ―  o-ló ha̍k-seng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  praise students

   • 伶俐來听真歡喜　呵咾真好个歌詩 [Hokkien, trad.]
     伶俐来听真欢喜　呵咾真好个歌诗 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1914, 最新覽爛歌全本, page 8

     lêng-lī lâi thiaⁿ chin hoaⁿ-hí, o-ló chin hó ê koa-si [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 太太亦来看外孫　呵𫩷相貌有十分 [Teochew, trad.]
     太太亦来看外孙　呵𫩷相貌有十分 [Teochew, simp.]

     From: late Qing/early Republic, anonymous, 古板白蓮花全歌, book 5 page 3

     tai³ tai³ ia⁷ lai⁵ toin² ghua⁷ sung¹, o¹ lo² siang³ mao⁶ u⁶ zab⁸ hung¹ [Peng'im]

     Madam also came to see her grandchild, and praised his fine appearance.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 誇獎 (“to praise; to compliment”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		誇獎, 稱讚, 稱許, 讚許, 嘉許, 讚揚, 誇讚
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	誇, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Singapore	稱讚, 誇獎
Cantonese	Guangzhou	讚, 誇獎
	Hong Kong	讚
	Singapore (Guangfu)	讚, 誇獎
Gan	Nanchang	誇, 誇獎, 稱讚
Hakka	Meixian	誇, 誇獎, 誇讚, 稱讚, 讚, 讚揚
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	阿腦
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿腦, 誇獎
Southern Min	Xiamen	呵咾
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	呵咾
	Quanzhou	呵咾
	Zhangzhou	呵咾
	Zhao'an	呵咾
	Tainan	呵咾
	Penang (Hokkien)	呵咾
	Singapore (Hokkien)	呵咾
	Manila (Hokkien)	呵咾
	Chaozhou	呵咾
	Shantou	呵咾, 誇獎, 誇, 讚揚, 稱讚
	Singapore (Teochew)	呵咾
	Leizhou	呵咾

Derived terms

• 呵咾甲會觸舌／呵咾甲会触舌