Teochew Store has uploaded a nursery rhyme and I have made some notes using Professor Lim’s nursery rhyme book [page 169] which I have bought from Teochew store. I made some slight amendments with additional comments.
One way to learn Teochew is to learn our nursery rhymes.
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tao5 li7 pu5 dua7bao1 頭哩浮大包｜头哩浮大包 |
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There is a
swelling on one’s head |
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am6 li7 lang5
bi3 gao1 頷哩礱臂鈎｜颔哩砻臂钩 |
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The neck is
long like a wooden handle of a mill |
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sing1 cion6
si3 dou2 zung5 身像四肚船 |
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The body is
like a four-part compartment boat |
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sang1ka1 ni2 ang5zao1
雙骹染紅糟｜双骹染红糟 |
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Both legs are
red with dye |
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gian5
li7 siao2 nio5 gian2 ion7 行哩小娘囝樣｜行哩小娘囝样 |
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Walks like a
little girl |
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kui1cui3 dua7sian1
bêh4 ao5 開嘴大聲掰喉｜开嘴大声掰喉 |
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Opens one’s
mouth and speak loudly |
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tao5 頭｜头 |
the skull of
one’s head |
頭腦｜头脑 |
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li7 哩 |
a modal
particle |
語氣詞｜语气词 |
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pu5 浮 |
to sprout |
長出｜长出 |
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dua7bao1 大包 |
a swelling |
發脹｜发胀 |
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am6 頷｜颔 |
neck |
脖子 |
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lang5 礱｜砻 |
a mill which
removes the husk of paddy |
磨稻穀去殼的工具｜磨稻谷去壳的工具 |
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bi3 臂 |
arm |
臂 |
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gao1 鉤｜钩 A 鈎 |
a hook, to
hook |
鉤｜钩 A 鈎 |
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sing1 身 |
body |
身體｜身体 |
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cion6
像 |
looks like |
像 |
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The reader spoke
with a Teochew city accent and said ciên6 and normally in Teochew
we say riang5 然 to mean looks like and cion6 is a Mandarin word
which is not used in daily conversations. |
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si3 dou2
zung5 四肚船 |
a type of boat |
船的一種｜船的一种 |
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sang1ka1 雙骹｜双骹 |
both legs |
兩隻腳｜两只脚 |
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ni2 染 |
dye |
染 |
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ang5zao1 紅糟｜红糟 |
red dye |
紅色染料｜红色染料 |
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gian5 行 |
to walk |
走路 |
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siao2 nio5
gian2 ion7 小娘囝樣｜小娘囝样 |
an appearance
of a young girl |
小姑娘的模樣｜小姑娘的模样 |
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The speaker said niê5 and iên7 with a Teochew city
accent. |
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kui1cui3 開嘴｜开嘴 |
to open one's
mouth, to start to speak |
開口｜开口 |
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dua7sian1 大聲｜大声 |
in a loud
voice, loudly |
大聲｜大声 |
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bêh4 掰 |
to break off,
or to break open something with one’s hands |
掰 |
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ao5 喉 |
throat,
larynx |
喉嚨｜喉咙 |
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dua7sian1
bêh4 ao5 大聲掰喉｜大声掰喉 |
to tear open one's windpipe calling loudly |
扯開嗓門高聲叫｜扯开嗓门高声叫 |
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