eh

动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv. 感叹词 intj. 助词
/ɛ/|[ɛː]    /ɛ/|[ɛː]

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To use the interjection eh.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of mediocre quality; unremarkable. informal,not-comparable,predicative
    — My French fries were eh.
副词 adv.
  1. Used to negate the following verb; (am/are/is/do/does) not. Caribbean,Singapore,Trinidad-and-Tobago,not-comparable
    — And she: "Ay man, watch you one foot ass. Wen I want a man, I want a good man. Me eh want man like you."
感叹词 intj.
  1. Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said. Australia,Canada,Commonwealth,Hong-Kong,India
    — These hot dogs are pretty good, eh?
  2. Hey, oi; said to get someone's attention. Singapore,Singlish,impolite,usually
  3. an attention grabber Multicultural-London-English,Singapore
    — Eh, come here!
  4. In isolation, a request for repetition or clarification of what has just been said.
    — —I've been studying Graphiurus murinus. —Eh? Studying what?
  5. An interjection expressing disapproval. Singapore
    — Eh, please don’t say that...
  6. A greeting between friends (typically male) or display of approval. Internet,Singapore,informal
  7. In isolation, expressing surprise or confusion.
    — —You're going to be a dad! —Eh? You're joking!
  8. Huh?; expresses confusion. Singapore
  9. An interjection used to ascertain the continued attention of someone addressed by the speaker. Canada
    — I went to the restaurant, eh, but my friends didn't show up.
  10. Expressing apathy or lack of enthusiasm; meh.
    — —Do you feel like going out tonight? —Eh, I don't know.
  11. Expressing apprehension following or preceding a reasoning or excuse; uh. Philippines
    — —Why is it like this? —Eh, It's like that eh.
助词
  1. Alternative form of leh. Manglish,Singapore,Singlish,alt-of,alternative

词形变化

ay alternative ehh alternative ehhh alternative ehs present,singular,third-person ehing participle,present ehed participle,past ehed past ay alternative ehh alternative ehhh alternative ay alternative ehh alternative ehhh alternative ay alternative ay alternative ehh alternative ehhh alternative aye alternative,misspelling ay alternative ehh alternative ehhh alternative ay alternative ehh alternative ehhh alternative ay alternative ehh alternative ehhh alternative

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词源

词源 1
Natural exclamation; first recorded mid-16th century. Perhaps an unstressed variant of aye (“yes, yeah”).
The Philippine sense is possibly influenced by Tagalog e and/or Spanish eh.
词源 2
From Hokkien 欸 (--eh) and Mandarin 欸 (ê̄ / ế / ê̌, interjection).
词源 3
Probably of multiple motivations, the sounds having been chosen for functional reasons.
词源 4
A reduced form of ain't.
词源 5
From Hokkien 咧 (--leh), with the l dropped.
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