Word Meaning て言うか

ていうか teiuka

て言うか is read as ていうか (teiuka) and means by the way.

Meaning

English

  1. by the way
  2. or rather (say)
  3. or better (say)
  4. or perhaps I should say
  5. or, how should I put it
  6. I mean

Reading

Kana

ていうか

Romaji

teiuka

Writing Variants

  • て言うか てゆーか teyuuka
  • て言うか てゆうか teyuuka

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 78286 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

一言

いちげん

single word

言語

げんご

language

言う

いう

to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping")

言質

げんち

commitment

げん

word

発言

はつげん

statement

言わば

いわば

so to speak

言い方

いいかた

way of saying (something)

言動

げんどう

speech and conduct

方言

ほうげん

dialect

公言

こうげん

declaration

Example Sentences

8

I wonder what Tom will say.

If cats could talk, what would they say?

Well, they say bad news travels fast.

They say love is blind.

Did you argue with your boyfriend again? Well, they say that the more you argue, the closer you are.

It said "Oracle Master," so I thought it was something related to spirits, but no, it was only about computers. Boring.

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?

"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!"