<p>閣較 is Hokkienese, this <a href="https://sutian.moe.edu.tw/zh-hant/su/10910/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">online dictionary</a> describes it as equivalent to 更加 in Mandarin. 更加 means &quot;more&quot;, &quot;of greater magnitude&quot;.</p>
<p>愛情 is always a noun in Mandarin, I would assume it is the same in Hokkienese.</p>
<p>想 means to think.</p>
<p>The song title is addressing Love as if it were a person: Love, you are Greater Than I Thought.</p>
<p>However, in the music video subtitles it appears as &quot;Oh love, you are greater than I imagined&quot; which is a less literal translation.</p>

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<p><code>茄子蛋</code> is Taiwanese, specializes in singing Taiwanese.<br />
Taiwanese is derived from Hokkien.<br />
Hokkien is the local language of Fujian (referred to as 閩Min).<br />
The Hokkien and Taiwaness language do NOT have a standard text to record what they say, and can only be approximated in traditional Chinese words.<br />
If you want to learn traditional Chinese, it's best <em>NOT</em> to learn it through his songs.<br />
Even pure Chinese people may not be able to fully understand Hokkien.</p>
<p>There are some things you might get confused about:<br />
<code>每一擺</code> = 每一次<br />
<code>攏予我</code> = 都讓我<br />
<code>袂後悔</code> = 不會後悔<br />
<code>內底</code> = 裡面/其中之一<br />
<code>上水的彼個</code> = 最美的那一個<br />
<code>毋</code> = 不<br />
<code>攏怪你</code> = 都怪你<br />
<code>行入了</code> = 走入了/進入了<br />
<code>你我著愛</code> = 我就要/必須<br />
<code>閣較</code> = 更加<br />
<code>你予我</code> = 你給我<br />
<code>這世人</code> = 這輩子<br />
<code>愛你愛甲</code> = 愛你愛到<br />
<code>白目眉</code> = 白眉毛(形容蒼老)<br />
<code>毋</code> = 不<br />
<code>予你</code> = 給你</p>

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<p>I'm confused what 閣 means in the song title &quot;愛情你比我想的閣較偉大&quot; by the band 茄子蛋. When I look it up in a dictionary, I get things like &quot;pavilion&quot; or &quot;chamber&quot;, which don't make sense to me.</p>
<p>As an aside, is 愛情 exclusively a noun, or can it also act as a verb? Could you read the song title as &quot;Loving You is Greater Than I Imagined&quot;, or must you read it is &quot;Love, You are Greater Than I Imagined&quot;? It is listed as a noun in every dictionary I check; I am wondering if it is ever casually or colloquially used as a verb.</p>

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You forgot to mention that the language of the song is in Taiwanese Hokkien. [閣](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/閣#Definitions_2) and [閣較](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/閣較) have Hokkien-specific usages.
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What does 閣 mean in "愛情你比我想的閣較偉大"?
# What does 閣 mean in "愛情你比我想的閣較偉大"?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-08-01)

I'm confused what 閣 means in the song title "愛情你比我想的閣較偉大" by the band 茄子蛋. When I look it up in a dictionary, I get things like "pavilion" or "chamber", which don't make sense to me.

As an aside, is 愛情 exclusively a noun, or can it also act as a verb? Could you read the song title as "Loving You is Greater Than I Imagined", or must you read it is "Love, You are Greater Than I Imagined"? It is listed as a noun in every dictionary I check; I am wondering if it is ever casually or colloquially used as a verb.

**Tags:** translation, meaning, meaning-in-context, hokkien, taiwanese

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: You forgot to mention that the language of the song is in Taiwanese Hokkien. [閣](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/閣#Definitions_2) and [閣較](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/閣較) have Hokkien-specific usages.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2024-08-02. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

閣較 is Hokkienese, this [online dictionary](https://sutian.moe.edu.tw/zh-hant/su/10910/) describes it as equivalent to 更加 in Mandarin. 更加 means "more", "of greater magnitude".

愛情 is always a noun in Mandarin, I would assume it is the same in Hokkienese.

想 means to think.

The song title is addressing Love as if it were a person: Love, you are Greater Than I Thought.

However, in the music video subtitles it appears as "Oh love, you are greater than I imagined" which is a less literal translation.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2024-08-02. Score: 1

`茄子蛋` is Taiwanese, specializes in singing Taiwanese.  
Taiwanese is derived from Hokkien.  
Hokkien is the local language of Fujian (referred to as 閩Min).  
The Hokkien and Taiwaness language do NOT have a standard text to record what they say, and can only be approximated in traditional Chinese words.  
If you want to learn traditional Chinese, it's best *NOT* to learn it through his songs.  
Even pure Chinese people may not be able to fully understand Hokkien.

There are some things you might get confused about:  
`每一擺` = 每一次  
`攏予我` = 都讓我  
`袂後悔` = 不會後悔  
`內底` = 裡面/其中之一  
`上水的彼個` = 最美的那一個  
`毋` = 不  
`攏怪你` = 都怪你  
`行入了` = 走入了/進入了  
`你我著愛` = 我就要/必須  
`閣較` = 更加  
`你予我` = 你給我  
`這世人` = 這輩子  
`愛你愛甲` = 愛你愛到  
`白目眉` = 白眉毛(形容蒼老)  
`毋` = 不  
`予你` = 給你


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