Hunan dialect

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Guillaume

Hunan dialect

Post by Guillaume »

Hello,

I seek somebody who could give me some words in dialect of the province of Hunan.
I scan for just the words running like "hello", "goodbye" and others...

I thank you much !

Guillaume
JCampbell

Re: Hunan dialect

Post by JCampbell »

Some words in Hunanese (read like Pinyin, 5=highest tone, 1=lowest tone):

to say: gan31
to ask: wen21
to tell: gau45 sen45
to call out, be called: jiau45, yua45
to laugh: xiau45
to cry: ku24
to yell at: ma21
to clap: be24 seu31
to kiss: da31 bo45
to be kidding: deu45 ba45, deu45 fan45 zi
to be/get angry: fa24 qi45
to lose your temper: fa24 ho31
to argue: cau31 zan13 ho, lau21 zan13 ho
to fight: da31 jia45
to promise/swear: deu31 zeu45, fa24 yue21
to accompany someone: bei13
to go with: gen33
to chase: juei33
to run: pau31
to drive: kai33 ce33
to borrow: jie45, zo31
to give: ba31
to return something: fan13, tei45
to owe: gai33, qie45
to change: tiau31, dei45
to buy: mai31
to buy gas: da31 yeu13
to buy medicine: jie31 yo24
to sell: mai31
to find: zau31
to make (money): juan21, zan21
to lose (money): se24, tie24
to save (money): jie24 sen31, jie31 sen31
to waste: zau33 ta24
to live: ho24
to die: si31, go45 ga da, ke45 ga da
to teach: gau45
to study: xio24
to play, have fun: wan13
to tell a story: gan31 gu45 si21
to swim: xi31 len31 xuei31 zau31, yeu13 yun45
to take a picture: zau45 xian45
to play chess: xia21 ji13, zeu31 ji13, den21 ji13
to win: in13
to lose: xu33
to rest: xie24 qi45
to sleep: kun45 (gau45)
to take a nap: ceu24 ko24 xuei45
to dream: zeu45 men21
to sneeze: da31 fen45 qieu
to blow your nose: xin31 bi24 zi, sen31 bi24 zi
to @!#$: o33 si31
to piss: o33 niau21
to fart: da31 pi45
to be/get sick: de24 bin21, bin21 da
to get SARS: de24 sa33 si
to have a fever: fa24 sau33
to cough: ke24 (seu45)
to be disgusting: da31 wa31, zo24 ngeu31
to vomit: ngeu31
to have diarrhoea: o33 deu31 zi, xio45 deu31 (zi)
to like: xi31 ho33
to dislike (a person): tau31 xie13, ie45 ngan31
to be strange: guai45
to hate: hen45
to regret: heu21 fei31, se24 fei31
to fear/be scared of: pa45
to know: xiau13 de24
to understand: den31, xiau31 de24
to know (someone): ren21 de24
to miss (someone): xian31
to plan to do something: fa13 so45, da31 so45
to guess: gu31, cai33
to believe: xin45
to doubt: ni13 xin3
to think of: qie5, xian31
to forget: bu24 ji45 de24, wan21 ji45
to want: yau45
to not want: bu24 yau45
should: (in45) gai33
to be worth it: zai45 de, zi24 de
to be able to: fei21, xiau31 de24
not be able to: bu24 fei21, bu24 xiau31 de24
to be (it is): si21
not be (isn't): bu24 si2
to have, there is/are: yeu31
not have, there isn't/aren't: mau12 de24, mau24
I: ngo31
you: li31, n31
he/she: ta33
we: ngo31 men
you guys: li31 men
they: ta33 men
everybody: dai21 ga33
oneself: zi21 ga
someone else: pei24 go45, ren13 ga33
my/mine: ngo31 di
your(s): li31 di
his/her(s): ta33 di
our(s): ngo31 men di
your(s): li31 men di
their(s): ta33 men di
very: hen31, he31, man13
all: ha21, deu33
together: yi24 qi31, yi24 leu21
altogether: zen31 gen21
once again: yeu21
also: ye31, ya31
still: yue13 zi45, hai13 si21
probably: dai21 kai45
no need to: bu24 xiau33
at: zai21, dai21
from: zen13, da31
to: dau45
towards: dei45, wan31
if: yau45 si21
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