Thursday 8 August 2013

搵 ung3 潮汕方言

搵 ung3 is such an onomatopoeic word for me. 


搵 ung3


Page 386 of the word dictionary and page 150 of 林倫倫 [林伦伦] LLL’s [1997] 新編潮州音字典 [新编潮州音字典] characters’ sound dictionary

搵 ung3 means to dip as to dip into salt or a sauce before eating.

For example 搵豉油 ung3 si7 iu5 - to dip into soya sauce.

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