Saturday 26 March 2022

Teochew poem

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 n1 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 typesrih8si3 lao5tai5 rih8si3 ion7 - 廿四樓臺廿四樣

2 cast iron bull one slip awayno6 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

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

huang1liu5 風流风流

outstanding

feng1liu2 風流|风流

Dio5ziu1 boih4 gêng2 ho2 huang1liu5

Teochew 8 sceneries good and outstanding.

so1 zung5 梭船

shuttle boats

suo1 chuan2 梭船

ziu1

islet, continent

zhou1 洲

Zab8boih4 so1 zung5 rih8si3 ziu1

18 shuttle boats 24 islets

lao5tai5 樓臺楼台

high building

lou2tai2 樓臺|楼台

rih8si3 lao5tai5 rih8si3 ion7

24 buildings 24 types

n1

pig iron, foundry iron, cast iron

zhu4tie3 鑄鐵|铸铁

n1 ghu5 鉎牛

a figure of a bull made from cast iron

 

liu1

slip away, escape stealthily

liu1 溜

no6 ziah4 sên1 ghu5 zêg8 ziah4 liu1

2 cast iron bulls 1 slip away

tig4to5 踢跎

to go sightseeing, to spend one's leisure time wandering around

you2guang4  遊逛|游逛

Dio5ziu1 boih4 gêng2 ho2 tig4to5

good to go sight seeing amongst these 8 sceneries of Teochew

do5 

battlement

duo3 

Zab8boi4 so1 zung5 rih8si3 do5

18 shuttle boats 24 battlements 

rih8si3 lao5tai5 rih8si3 ion7

24 buildings 24 types

no6 ziah4 sên1 ghu5 zêg8 ziah4 bho5

2 cast iron bulls 1 missing

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

廿四樓臺廿四樣

二隻鉎牛一隻無。

 

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