Teochew City Accent

 Let us compare Teochew Uê spoken in Teochew City and Swatow. Teochew spoken in Teochew City is called 潮州府話 Dio5ziu1 Hu2 Uê7.  

I watch a few dramas from Teochew City and I keep adding new words which I hear in the table below on a daily basis. I speak Swatow Uê and understand Teochew Uê spoken by people from Teochew City and I use this table to note the differences between the accents of these two cities. 

	Teochew City	Swatow
潮州 [Teochew]	Diê5ziu1	Dio5ziu1 [Teochew]
姿娘 [girl]	ze1niên5	ze1nion5
想 [think]	siên6	sion6
sweet potato	huêng1guah4 番葛	huang1ze5 番薯
粟簟 [see below]	cêg4 diêm6	cêg4 diam6
diam6 is a woven bamboo drying sieve or food drying basket cêg4 is any grains including paddy and paddy is called diu6 稻 in Teochew
反對 [to oppose]	huêng2dui3	huang2dui3
remember	ig4dig4 憶得	gi3dig4 記得
著 [correct]	diêh8	dioh8
免 [no need]	ming2	miang2
自然 [naturally]	ze6riêng5	ze6riang5
然 [similar to]	riêng5	riang5
夗 [sleep]	ug8	ngh8, inh8
Dio’Ion 潮陽 also say sleep as inh8
還 [to return, to pay back]	hain5	hoin5
平樣 [the same]	bên5iên7	bên5ion7
𢭪 [take]	kiêh8	kioh8
偷𢭪 [steal]	tao1kiêh8	tao1kioh8
尿 [urine]	riê7	rio7
[to wet one’s bed] no character for cua7	tao1 cua7 riê7	tao1 cua7 rio7
相輔 [help]	siê1hu6	sio1hu6
燒｜烧 [hot]	siê1	sio1

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