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咿咿哦哦,古有人講

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咿咿哦哦 - yi1*4 yi1 ngo4 ngo4
to prattle or babble on; to overelaborate, be longwinded
Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.


覺得呢個象聲詞同二千幾年前出現喺《漢書·東方朔傳》嘅「伊優亞」意思好相近。據古典(《集韻》),「優」又音「謳」,義同今時嘅「噢」或「哦」。

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《漢書·東方朔傳》:“伊優亞者,辭未定也。”伊優亞,猶吚唔呀,小兒學語聲。

敝鄉中山三鄉鎮有位媒人婆名滿全鎮(如果健在,相信都年已過百),但佢嚴重黐脷筋,講話咿咿哦哦,自幼有人幫佢起唨個花名叫做「伊哦」。至於佢姓甚名誰,冇幾多鄉人在意。

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