勿大

Chinese

		not	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
simp. and trad. (勿大)		勿	大
alternative forms		弗大

Pronunciation

Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶veq₈-da; ⁷veq-da / ⁷feq-da₆

Wu
- (Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶veq₈-da; ⁷veq-da
  - MiniDict: veh^入 da; veh^入 da
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³veq₅-da; ⁴veq-da
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vəʔ²² da⁴⁴/, /vəʔ³³ da⁴⁴/
- (Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁷feq-da₆
  - MiniDict: feh^入 da^去
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /fəʔ⁵⁵ dɑ²³/

Adverb

勿大

(Northern Wu) not much; not really; not very
勿大歡喜／勿大欢喜 [Shanghainese] ― ⁶veq₈-da ¹huoe-shi [Wugniu] ― to not really like

該人勿大響個。 [Ningbonese, trad.]
该人勿大响个。 [Ningbonese, simp.]
This person doesn't speak much.
- 哦！儂常常吃𠲎？／我現在勿大吃了。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
  哦！侬常常吃𠲎？／我现在勿大吃了。 [Shanghainese, simp.]
  From: 2020, ニューエクスピレンスプラス　上海語, p. 114
  ¹au ⁶non ⁶zan-zan ⁷chiq-vaq／⁶ngu ⁶yi-ze ⁶veq₈-da ⁷chiq-leq [Wugniu]
  Oh! So you eat it often? I don't eat it much these days.

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