Vocabulary
| Dalianese of full oyster flavor | |||||||||
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| Dalianese | Meaning | Dalianese | Meaning | Dalianese | Meaning | Dalianese | Meaning | Dalianese | Meaning |
| xiê3 | extremely | chour2 | stupid / outdated | hui3-le | Oh, no! | bai2-hu | extemporaneous / to blatter | zuo3-suo | to waste |
| lang4 | coxcombry | biou1 | foolish | kehr1-le | can't help it | guan2-duor1 | always | de4-se | flighty |
| sheur4 | piquant / Cool! | bai4 | don't | zi1-shi | natty | gniên4-yang | show dissatisfaction tactfully | xiang2-hu | not very gratified / to disdain |
| gan1-jing | Great! | vahr1 | low level | zhangr1-chengr | capable | ha3-hu | dress sb down | bu2-lai3-xüên2 | understated |
| kai1-le | expressing dissatisfaction | xüên2-le | too many | sa2-me | peep | ge4-yang | disgusting | ci1-mour2-jüê1-ding6 | rude |
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