Wednesday, 13 April 2022

Basic Teochew XIV

Teochew Store has just released a video on basic Teochew 14.

As usual, I have typed out notes with additional words and comments to help you learn our mother tongue. 

zêg8

1 one

no6

2 two

san1

3 three

si3

4 four

ngou6

5 five

lag8

6 six

cig4

7 seven

boih4

8 eight

gao2

9 nine

zab8

10 ten

zab8 ig4 十一

11 eleven

zab8 ri6 十二

12 twelve

ri6 zab8 二十

20 twenty

ri6 zab8 ig4 二十一

21 twenty

廿一 rih8 ig4

21 twenty

一百二十 zêg8 bêh4 ri6 zab8

no Teochew would ever say this for 120

bêh4 ri6 百二

120 one hundred and twenty

第一 doin6 ig4

first

頭名 tao5mian5

first

第二 doin6 ri6

second

二里 no6 li2

two Chinese miles

二英里 no6 Êng1 li2

two English miles

二兩 no6 nio2 

two teals, which is 100 grams in China

 For Chinese outside China, 16 nio2 = 1 catty. 1 catty roughly equal to 20 ozs and therefore 2 nio = 2/16 x 20 oz roughly equal to 2.5 oz or around 70 grams. 


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