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> 穷 (qiong4) and 丑 (chou3) combine to make "qiou", 穷 is actually qiong2, i.e. 2nd tone > though I can't even guess which tone it would be. Because 没 (mei2) a
by vorg 8y ago
> 穷 (qiong4) and 丑 (chou3) combine to make "qiou",
穷 is actually qiong2, i.e. 2nd tone
> though I can't even guess which tone it would be.
Because 没 (mei2) and 有 (you3) combine to make 冇 (mao3), I'm guessing 穷 (qiong2) and 丑 (chou3) combine to make qiou3, i.e. 3rd tone.
- Ericson2314 8y agore 冇: cool, didn't know about that one (My mandarin is shit). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%86%87 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%86%87 says it's actually a lone from Cantonese, which contradicts what you said a bit, but is also cool. I wonder what other examples of non-Madarin dialects influencing the national slang exist.