Word Meaning って言うか
って言うか is read as っていうか (tteiuka) and means or rather (say).
Meaning
English
- or rather (say)
- or better (say)
- or perhaps I should say
- or, how should I put it
- I mean
Reading
Kana
っていうか
Romaji
tteiuka
Writing Variants
- って言うか ってゆうか tteyuuka
Stroke Sequence
5 Characters • 14 Total StrokesStudy Signals and Categories
Related Vocabulary
Max. 12Example Sentences
7悪事千里を走るって言うからね。
Well, they say bad news travels fast.
「あばたもえくぼ」って言うからね。
They say love is blind.
また彼と喧嘩したの?まあ、喧嘩するほど仲がいいって言うから、しょうがないか。
Did you argue with your boyfriend again? Well, they say that the more you argue, the closer you are.
オラクルマスターって言うからスピリチュアル関係かと思ったらコンピューター関係じゃん。つまらん。
It said "Oracle Master," so I thought it was something related to spirits, but no, it was only about computers. Boring.
歯医者さんに行ったらさ、「痛かったら、手を上げてください」って言うから、正直に手を上げたら「ちょっと我慢して」って流されたんだけど、あれって何の意味があるのかな?
When I went to the dentist, he told me to raise my hand whenever it hurt, but when I did he waved me off and told me to hang on a minute. So what was the point of him telling me that earlier?
「今、看護助手してるんだ」「看護助手って、何するの?」「患者さんが床ずれを起こさないように動かしたりとか、おむつ替えたり、あとトイレや食事のお手伝いもするよ」「楽しい?」「楽しいって言うか、大切な仕事だなって思う」「そっかぁ。頑張ってね」
"I'm working as a nursing assistant now." "What does that entail?" "I move patients so that they don't get bedsore, change their diapers, and help them use the bathroom and eat too." "Do you find it enjoyable?" "I don't know about enjoyable, but I think it's an important job." "Ah, gotcha, well keep it up!"
今日ね、常務がパソコン持って来たの。もうねぇ、びっくりして「どうなされたんですか?」って聞いたら「パソコンが動かなくなったから電話したんだけど、田中くんが4階まで持って来いって言うから、持ってきたよ」って。みんな顔面蒼白状態。まぁ、言うまでもなくその後、田中、部長にこっぴどく叱られてたけどね。仕方ないよね。けど、次は我が身。気を付けようって思った。
Today, the managing director came in carrying a computer. Well, I was surprised and asked, "Can I help you with anything?", and he said, "My computer stopped working, so I called, but Tanaka told me to bring it up to the 4th floor, so here I am." Everyone turned pale. Well, needless to say, our boss gave Tanaka a real going-over. It couldn't be helped. It could've been any one of us though, so I thought, "I better be careful."