粵

哀oi1家gaa1

oi1 gaa1āi jiā

English

  1. I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas)
  2. first-person pronoun used by widows of kings or emperors in ancient China in theatre

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 戲劇入面,皇后、皇太后等人喺丈夫過身之後嘅自稱

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

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