Wednesday 23 February 2022

40 forty

Do you know how to say forty minutes in Teochew? 

It is said as siab4 hung1zêng1

siab4 hung1zêng1

卌分鐘|卌分钟

forty minutes; 40 minutes

四十分鐘|四十分钟

This siab4 is homophone to siab4 as in mag8siab4 目澀|目涩 i.e. sleepy. 

In Mandarin is said as 四十分鐘|四十分钟

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