Wednesday, 20 April 2022

Uniquely Teochew O

 We have reached Teochew words starting with O.

o1lo2 呵咾

praise, admire

kua1jiang3 誇獎|夸奖

o1zo1 鏖糟

unhygienic, dirty, filthy

ang1zang1 骯髒|肮脏

oh4 惡|恶

not easy, difficult

nan2 難|难

oh8gou2 學古|学古

tell stories, story telling

jiang3 gu4shi5 講故事|讲故事

oh8uê7 學話|学话

to pass on a story or gossip

chuan2hua4 傳話传话

oi1

to use a grinder or mill or grindstone to ground

用礱或磨弄碎|

用砻或磨弄碎

oi1 bhi2 挨米

to grind rice

 

oi2gê6 矮下

very short in appearance 

很矮的樣子很矮的样子

oi2dam2 矮黕

short with dark skin

矮皮膚也黑矮皮肤也黑

oi5tua1 鞋拖

slippers, sandals, flip-flops

tuo1xie2 拖鞋

oi6dig4 會得|会得

will do, all right, able to

xing2

oi6dig4guê3 會得過|会得过

able to get by in life

guo4de2qu4 過得去|过得去

oi6hiao2 會曉|会晓

don’t know, don’t understand

zhi1xiao3 知曉|知晓

oi6hu3

on time, not late

趕得上|赶得上

oi6sai2 會使|会使

can

ke3yi3 可以

oin5 閒∣閑∣闲

free time

you3kong4 有空

ong6 |拥

 

cajole the child to fall asleep

抱在懷裡輕輕地搖哄小孩子入睡|抱在怀里轻轻地摇哄小孩子入睡

ou1bhung1 烏蚊|乌蚊

midges, small biting insects

小咬

ou1bhung1 guê3 gao6 烏蚊過厚|乌蚊过厚

there are lots of midges

小咬太多

ou1cên烏青|乌青

blue black

yu1xue4 淤血 A 瘀血

ou1gi3 烏痣|乌痣

mole, a skin growth often appears black

hei1zhi4 黑痣

ou1hin6muan5 烏耳鰻|乌耳鳗

eel, freshwater eel

man2li2 鰻鱺|鳗鲡

ou1teng5 烏糖|乌糖

brown sugar, dark brown sugar, molasses

hong2tang2 紅糖|红糖

ou7ni5 芋泥

a Teochew dessert made from yam

 

 


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