What is the role of というか at the beginning of sentence?

Question

Context: A and B are in relationship. A was drunk from hangover. B helped A to get in to his house. A realized that B entered his house once again. He thought

っていうかBがまた...

I'm not sure what というか is doing here. I checked this answer. It only discusses the function of というか at the end of a sentence. I don't know if it mean the same thing when placed at the beginning of a sentence.

My take: I think というか at the beginning functions similar to ゆうのは. It means something like "I mean." Am I right here?

Answer 1

• というか
• っていうか
• ってか, てか
• とゆーか, とゆうか, とゆっか
• ってゆーか, ってゆうか, ってゆっか
• ちゅーか, ちゅうか
• つーか, つうか, っつうか
• つか, っつか

These are all variants of というか. They have many roles.

• Used to make the sentence less certain: "kind of", "kinda", "sorta", "maybe"

  まあ和食は好きっていうか。
  Yeah, I kinda like Japanese cuisine.

• Used to rephrase or correct previous sentences (in an uncertain way): "or maybe", "maybe", "rather"

  試験はうまく行かなかった。というか、落ちた。
  The exam did not go well. Or rather, I failed.

  っていうか、本当は分かってるんでしょー？
  But you know that already, don't you?

• Used to interrupt the current conversation and change the topic to a more important/urgent one: "by the way", "whatever", "anyway", "wait"

  つーか、この部屋暑くない？
  By the way, isn't this room hot?

  つか、揺れてる？ 地震？
  Wait, is it shaking? Earthquake?

• Used as a meaningless filler: "er", "well", "I mean", "you know"

  ってゆっかてゆっかー、私って結構さみしがり屋っていうかー、だから、なんてゆっかー、ほら。
  I mean, well, I'm kinda a lonely person, so I mean, I guess...you know.

You have provided no previous context, so it could be #2, #3 or #4 above.