粵

語jyu5氣hei3

simp语气
jyu5 hei3yǔ qì

English

  1. tone
  2. tone; manner of speaking
  3. manner of speaking
  4. mood

量詞 — Classifiers

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 講嘢表達情緒同埋實際意思嗰時,語調、音量、語速、遣詞用字等嘅綜合表現

Examples

  • 佢知道自己冇談判籌碼之後,語氣開始軟化。

    He softened his tone after realizing that he had no bargaining chips left.

  • 「爹哋,我可唔可以問你一個問題?」佢用任何有經驗嘅父母都熟悉嘅耐心、非易怒嘅語氣開始講。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 他說話的語氣好像是在害怕什麼。

    He speaks as though he were afraid of something.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 你有沒有發現他說話的語氣有點古怪?

    Did you pick up on that strange tone in his voice?

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 在韓語中,形容詞通常充當描述性動詞,這意味著它們可以像動詞一樣變位以表達不同的時態和語氣。

    In Korean, adjectives often function as descriptive verbs, meaning they can be conjugated like verbs to express different tenses and moods.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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