Elegant Teochew is said as bhung5ngia2 Dio'ziu Uê 文雅潮州話
You can hear A'Ka 阿巧 teaching her husband elegant Teochew in greeting her father on his 60th birthday.
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gu1 lêng5 hog4siu7 龜齡福壽｜龟龄福寿 |
May your live as old as a
tortoise in happiness and longevity |
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hog4 ru5 Dang1hai2 福如東海｜福如东海 |
May your happiness be as
immense as the East Sea |
gu1 龜 tortoise or turtle
lêng5 齡 age like in ni5lêng5 年齡 to mean someone's age
hog4siu7 福壽happiness and longevity
hog4 福 happiness
ru5 如 as if
Dang1hai2 東海 - East China Sea or an ancient Chinese mythological East Sea
Now you can greet someone on their birthday and know what to say.
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