Uniquely Teochew R

This is a set of Teochew words starting with "R" and does not include standard Chinese words starting with R. 

For English educated gaginang, I think we will find this Romanised Teochew "R" the most difficult and the pronunciation does not follow what we say logically. I therefore recommend that you use Mogher and CZYZD websites to help you pronounce correctly. You need to enter the simplified character into these two Teochew websites and press on the sound button and you can then hear the sound of the character.

To be frank I had difficulty pronouncing rong5 絨 like in gho5rong5 to mean goose down. This is a standard Chinese word and therefore not included in this list. It took me several weeks of training to be able to say rong5. 

In one of my dictionaries, they write r as dz. So if one were to say re5 as to wipe, the dictionary would write it as dze5. 

However, I do not think this dz call apply to all, and dzong5 does not come out with the right sound.

I therefore recommend that you do not look at the spelling but focus on the sound and pronunciation with the help of Mogher or CZYZD websites to adjust your pronunciation and do not expect to get it right first time.  

Thank goodness all the words beginning with r on this list should be words which we all have learnt from young from our parents. However, we may find some newly imported Mandarin Teochew words starting with r difficult to say, such as rong5 as stated above. 

re5 㧫	to wipe	擦
re5bêh8 㧫白	to wipe clean	擦乾淨｜擦干净
re5tou5ê6 㧫塗下｜㧫涂下	mop the floor	擦地板｜抹地板
re5 as to wipe character not known
re5 荋	in a mess, chaotic	雜亂｜杂乱
re5long5 ding1dong5 荋隆顛憧｜荋隆颠憧	at sixes and sevens	亂七八糟｜乱七八糟
re5mang7 荋夢｜荋梦	to have a nightmare	做惡夢｜做恶梦
re5si2 荋死	at sixes and sevens	亂七八糟｜乱七八糟
riang2 讓｜让	discipline: to reprimand, to teach, to correct	訓｜训
riang2 嚷	to roar, to bellow	吼
riang5 然	to resemble	像
riang5uê7 然話｜然话	proper	像話｜像话
riao7 趭	to drive (animals) forward, to drive (somebody or something) away	趕｜赶
riao7diao7 趭掉	to drive (something) away, to chase (something) away	趕走｜赶走
riao7dioh4 趭著｜趭着	kept up with, caught up with	趕上了｜赶上了
riao7zao2 趭走	to drive (something) away, to chase (something) away	趕走｜赶走
rib8 入	to enter	進｜进
rib8cu3 入厝	to move into a home	搬入新家
rib8ke3 入去∣入去	to go in	進去｜进去
rib8lai5 入來∣入来	to come in	進來∣进来
rig8 日	day	天
gua2 rig8 ao6 幾日後∣几日后	after a few days	幾天後∣几天后
rig8am3 日暗	dusk, early evening as the sun is setting	黃昏｜黄昏
rig8dao3 日𪰍	12 noon, midday	中午
rig8dao3deng3 日𪰍頓｜日𪰍顿	lunch, midday meal	午餐
rig8gua3 日旰	daytime: day light hours	白天
rig8gui2日幾｜日几	Which day?	哪一天
rig8loh8 日落	sunset	太陽下山｜太阳下山
rih4襵 A褶	to press with fingers	按
rih4襵 A褶	to press down, to push down with one’s fingers	按壓｜按压
rioh8 若 A 偌	much, many	多
rioh8 若	very	很
i1 rioh8 sioh4 le2 伊若惜汝	He loves you very much.	他那麼疼你｜他那么疼你
rioh8zoi7 若㩼	so much, so many	這麼多｜这么多
riu5he5 鰇魚｜鰇鱼	squid	魷魚｜鱿鱼
ru2ru2 乳乳	fat and fair skin: referring to babies	胖胖白白
ru2 愈	better	更
ru2gêng1愈更	increasingly, more and more, even more	比較｜比较
ru2gêng1 ho2 愈更好	even better, much better	比較好｜比较好
ru5ru5 如如	in good condition, perfectly good	完好
ion7ion7 ru5ru5 樣樣如如｜样样如如	everything in good order	妥貼｜妥贴
ru5riang5 如然	the same as before	和原來一樣｜和原来一样
ru5riang5 如然	as good as new	像好的一樣｜像好的一样
ru5 儒	elegant and refine	文雅
ru5 儒	relax, ease up	和緩｜和缓
ruah8tin1 熱天｜热天	summer	夏天
ruah8 悅｜悦	to adore, to admire	愛慕｜爱慕
ruah8 悅｜悦	to be infatuated	迷戀｜迷恋
ruah8dioh8 悅著｜悦着	to fall in love with	愛上｜爱上
ruah8duan1boin5 悅單畔｜悦单畔	unrequited love	單戀｜单恋
ruang2lou5 煖爐｜暖爐｜暖炉	hotpot, steamboat	火鍋｜火锅
ruang6 亂｜乱	as one wishes, as one pleases, casual	隨便｜随便
ruang6 亂｜乱	let it be, let it pass, forget about it	算了
ruê5 挼	to knead	cuo1rou2 搓揉