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想話

soeng2 waa6

[1] to want to say; [2] (rhetorically) all that is being asked for is...

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 3

想話 / 想话

想 soeng2 xiang3 - want; wish
話 waa6 waa6*2 hua4 - speech; words; sayings

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出咗半斤力，想話攞返足八両。粵 edit
After giving half a catty of effort, all I'm asking for is to get back eight taels.
[From the song 《半斤八両》 by 許冠傑 (Sam Hui). Note: 1 catty (斤) equals 16 taels (両).]

This word was added by claw on 1st Apr 2008

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