Xi'Er Dun Posted April 8, 2008 at 12:36 PM Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 at 12:36 PM I already know what these Chinese Dialect Characters: 尕 "ga"--small, and 玍 "ga"--naughty, mean. 玍 is generally seen as 玍子 "ga.zi" meaning a naughty or bad person. Could someone though tell me if they know which Chinese Dialects these come from and are used in? Maybe this is way to obscure, someone may know though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monto Posted April 9, 2008 at 02:52 AM Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 at 02:52 AM 尕( "ga"--small) is of North-western dialect (西北方言） according to the 《辞海》。 For 玍 （"ga"--naughty）, havn't found the authoritic answer, but I think it's of the area around Hebei Province,what we call “华北地区”。There is a film called 《小兵张嘎》, a story of a naughty kid becoming hero in the Anti-jap war. and 嘎 = 玍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xi'Er Dun Posted April 9, 2008 at 04:10 AM Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 at 04:10 AM Thanks for the reply, that's really interesting, by "Xibei Fangyan 西北方言" do you mean "GansuHua 甘肃话" or even "LanzhouHua兰州话"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monto Posted April 9, 2008 at 05:46 AM Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 at 05:46 AM Talking about 方言, 西北 includes 陕甘宁 （Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia) as the main. Some 方言 is not restricted to only a city or a province. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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