Monday 25 April 2022

Peacock, sparrow

Do you know how to say peacock, sparrow in Teochew? How about night blindness, freckle, mahjong? Do you know how to say these in Teochew? 

This post will show examples of the use of this character  may it be peacock or sparrow or mahjong or night blindness. 

ciag4 like ciag4 in ciag4iao3 切要 for important.

in3ciag4 燕雀

Fringilla montifringilla: Chinese bird species, common name brambling

yan4que4 燕雀

kong2ciag4 孔雀

peacock

kong3que4 孔雀

muan5ciag4 麻雀

sparrow

ma2que4 麻雀

jia1ma2que4 家麻雀

ciag4

a freckle

qiao1zi5 雀子

ziah4 like the measure word for animals ziah4 隻|只 

kong2ziah4 孔雀

peacock

kong3que4 孔雀

muan5ziah4 麻雀

 

sparrow

ma2que4 麻雀

jia1ma2que4 家麻雀

Ziaoh4 can be spelled as ziouh4 for people living in Teochew City.  It is best to listen to czyzd for the sound of ziouh4

muan5ziaoh4 麻雀

mah-jong, mahjong

ma2jiang4 麻將|麻将

pah4 muan5ziaoh4 拍麻雀

to play mahjong

打麻將|打麻将

muan5ziaoh4 ka1 麻雀骹

mahjong partners, people whom one plays mahjong with 

麻將賭友

ziaoh4mên5 雀盲

night blindness, nyctalopia

ye4mang2zheng4  夜盲症

 


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