Tuesday, 6 August 2013

熇 hoh4 潮汕方言

Page 449 of the word dictionary and 261 of the character dictionary



Hoh4  : is explained by 用蒸氣蒸 :to use steam to cook. It then gave an example of its use.

只撮魚熇熟了曝做魚脯
Zi2coh4 he5 hoh4 sêg8 liao2 pag8 zo3 he5 bou2

After this lot of fish has been steamed cook, then sun dry to make into dried fish.

魚脯 he5 bou2


And this is translated into standard Chinese as 這些魚蒸熟後曬成乾魚

There are lots to review from the example given.

Mandarin / Teochew / English
這些 只撮 zi2coh4/ these
he5/ fish
hoh4/ steam
sêg8 / cooked
liao2/ after
pag8/ dry in the sun
  zo3 / to make into
乾魚 魚脯 he5 bou2/ dried fish

There is a webpage which describes hoh4  very well.  Please view the page and you will see pictures of how prawns is cooked using this 'hoh4 ' method of cooking. 

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