白話文

baak6 waa6*2 man4

Vernacular Chinese -- written Chinese based on the grammar of the Mandarin diale

話啫

waa6 ze1

a modal particle used by the speaker to show that they do not totally agree with

廣府話

gwong2 fu2 waa6

Cantonese (language)

大家噉話

daai6 gaa1 gam2 waa6

lit. everyone says no, meaning I agree with you

好話嘞

hou2 waa6 laak3

"Damn right I am!" ; "You can say that again!" ; "You got that right!" ; "That's

大話

daai6 waa6

(noun) a lie (this means 'big talk' in Mandarin)

冷笑話

laang5 siu3 waa6*2

a "cold" joke, a joke that is funny in an unfunny way

話晒

waa6 saai3

afterall

空口說白話

hung1 hau2 syut3 baak6 waa6

all talk no action; pay lip service to [syn.][粵]空口講白話

講緊電話

gong2 gan2 din6 waa6*2

speaking on the phone (at the present time). | Mand.: 在講電話

風涼話

fung1 loeng4 waa6*2

sarcasm; cynical remarks

講話有骨

gong2 waa6 jau5 gwat1

speech with hidden message; to hint at something

廣告電話直銷

gwong2 gou3 din6 waa6*2 zik6 siu1

direct response advertising

電話會議

din6 waa6*2 wui6 ji5

(telephone) conference call

壞話

waai6 waa6*2

malicious remarks; vicious talk; unpleasant words

自動電話理財服務

zi6 dung6 din6 waa6*2 lei5 coi4 fuk6 mou6

automated phonebanking services

舉報電話

geoi2 bou3 din6 waa6*2

a hotline telephone line (for reporting sth to the authorities)

撥電話

but6 din6 waa6*2

to dial a telephone

福建話

fuk1 gin3 waa6*2

Fujianese; the Hokkien language (Fujian is the Mandarin pronunciation and Hokkie

題外話

tai4 ngoi6 waa6

digression, mention in passing