Tuesday 1 March 2022

合 hah8 hab8 gab4 gah4

Let us today listen to Professor Lim Lung Lung talk about this character 

I will list the Teochew words the professor used regarding this character below.

hah8zag4 合作

to cooperate, to work together   

he2zuo4 合作


cui3dung5 嘴唇

lips

zui3chun2 嘴唇

cui3dung5 hab8 mi1 嘴唇合瞇

to close one’s lips

 嘴唇閉合


bung2 ze1 bung1 kui1本書分開

a book is opened

 

bung2 ze1 hab8 bhua5本書

to close a book

那本書合在一起

The professor then went on to say iam5 鹽 [salt] giam5 鹹 [salty] hiam1 薟 [hot chilli hot] diam5 甜 [sweet] one has to hab8 cui3 - ie close one's lips at the end of saying the words [basically every word which finishes with iam]

gab4ioh8 合藥|合药

In Chinese Traditional Medicine, to put all the ingredients together.

pei4fang1 配方

gab4ioh8in5  合藥丸|合药丸

making of TCM medicinal balls

中藥合丸

gab4bo5 蛤蟆

toad

ha2ma5 蛤蟆

gab4giu2 蛤虯

small frog

xiao3qing1wa1 小青蛙


gah4ziah8 合食

joint eaters

he2chi1zu2 合吃族

 

gah4 

 

 

hah8sing1合身

well-fitting clothes

he2shen1 合身

gah4sing1 合身

well-fitting clothes

he2shen1 合身

hah8mag8 合目

aesthetically pleasing

shun4yan3 順眼∣顺眼

gah4mag8 合目

aesthetically pleasing

shun4yan3 順眼∣ 顺眼

hah8hin合耳sung6hin順耳

pleasing to listen

shun4'er3 順耳∣顺耳

gah4hin合耳

pleasing to listen

shun4'er3 順耳∣顺耳

gah4hah4 佮合

to describe a person who is very difficult

 

He went on to use a word i5ming5 移民 to describe our ancestors migrated all over the place and that caused the changes in how we speak Teochew. 

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