I have heard this poem before and I thought I will write it down today. It is also read by this lady in this video. I wrote this in traditional characters because it was originally written hundreds of years ago. It is specifically Teochew as other Chinese will not use sên1 or tig4to5.
We Teochew call 24 as rih8si3 廿四.
Teochew 8 sceneries good and outstanding - Dio5ziu1 boih4 gêng2 ho2 huang1liu5 - 潮州八景好風流
18 shuttle boats 24 islets - Zab8boih4 so1 zung5 rih8si3 ziu1 - 十八梭船廿四洲
24 buildings 24 types - rih8si3 lao5tai5 rih8si3 ion7 - 廿四樓臺廿四樣
2 cast iron bull one slip away - no6 ziah4 sên1 ghu5 zêg8 ziah4 liu1 - 二隻鉎牛一隻溜
Teochew 8 sceneries good places for sightseeing - Dio5ziu1 boih4 gêng2 ho2 tig4to5 - 潮州八景好踢跎
Teochew 8 shuttle boats 24 clusters battlements - Zab8boi4 so1 zung5 rih8si3 do5 - 十八梭船廿四垛
24 buildings 24 types - rih8si3 lao5tai5 rih8si3 ion7 - 廿四樓臺廿四樣
2 cast iron bull 1 no more - no6 ziah4 sên1 ghu5 zêg8 ziah4 bho5 - 二隻鉎牛一隻無。
The reason one of the cast iron bulls had slipped away was because previously there was a great flood and in the flood a bull was washed away.
gêng2 景 |
scenery |
jing3 景 |
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huang1liu5 |
outstanding |
feng1liu2 風流|风流 |
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Dio5ziu1 boih4 gêng2 ho2 huang1liu5 |
Teochew 8 sceneries good and outstanding. |
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so1 zung5 梭船 |
shuttle boats |
suo1 chuan2 梭船 |
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ziu1 洲 |
islet, continent |
zhou1 洲 |
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Zab8boih4 so1 zung5 rih8si3 ziu1 |
18 shuttle boats 24 islets |
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lao5tai5 樓臺|楼台 |
high building |
lou2tai2 樓臺|楼台 |
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rih8si3 lao5tai5 rih8si3 ion7 |
24 buildings 24 types |
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sên1 鉎 |
pig iron, foundry iron, cast iron |
zhu4tie3 鑄鐵|铸铁 |
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sên1 ghu5 鉎牛 |
a figure of a bull made from cast iron |
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liu1 溜 |
slip away, escape stealthily |
liu1 溜 |
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no6 ziah4 sên1 ghu5 zêg8 ziah4 liu1 |
2 cast iron bulls 1 slip away |
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tig4to5 踢跎 |
to go sightseeing, to spend one's leisure time wandering
around |
you2guang4 遊逛|游逛 |
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Dio5ziu1 boih4 gêng2 ho2 tig4to5 |
good to go sight seeing amongst these 8 sceneries of
Teochew |
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do5 |
battlement |
duo3 |
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Zab8boi4 so1 zung5 rih8si3 do5 |
18 shuttle boats 24 battlements |
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rih8si3 lao5tai5 rih8si3 ion7 |
24 buildings 24 types |
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no6 ziah4 sên1
ghu5 zêg8 ziah4 bho5 |
2 cast iron bulls 1 missing |
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Dio5ziu1 boih4 gêng2 ho2 huang1liu5 Zab8boih4 so1 zung5 rih8si3 ziu1 rih8si3 lao5tai5 rih8si3 ion7 no6 ziah4 sên1 ghu5 zêg8 ziah4 liu1 Dio5ziu1 boih4 gêng2 ho2 tig4to5 Zab8boi4 so1 zung5 rih8si3 do5 rih8si3 lao5tai5 rih8si3 ion7 no6 ziah4 sên1 ghu5 zêg8 ziah4 bho5 |
潮州八景好風流 十八梭船廿四洲 廿四樓臺廿四樣 二隻鉎牛一隻溜 潮州八景好踢跎 十八梭船廿四垛 廿四樓臺廿四樣 二隻鉎牛一隻無。 |
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