Wednesday 4 May 2022

Bho5 無

 I have been thinking of and these expressions pertaining to bho5

cuê7bho5 覓無|觅无

cannot be found

沒有找到没有找到

tion2bho5 無|

cannot see

看不見看不见

看不到

tian1bho5 無|

cannot hear

聽不到听不到

In this video, Bhokelee 無去理 talks about the phrase sion6bho5 想無想无 and he has suggested that its meaning is the Mandarin 想不到 and he gave a few examples of use which are listed below.

sion6bho5 想無想无

unexpected, hard to imagine, it has not occurred to me, who could have thought of this

想不到

tong1 goi1ci6 sion6bho5

通街市想無通街市想无

The whole of the city area has not thought of it.

Cuang5 Dio5suan1 sion6bho5

全潮汕想無全潮汕想无

The whole of Teochew has not thought of it.

Cuang5 Suan1tao5 [Swatow] sion6bho5

全汕頭想無|全汕头想无

The whole of Swatow has not thought of it.

dêng2 dêng2

等等

et cetera

tong1 goi1ci6 lah8 bho5

通街市躐通街市躐无

cuang5 hion1li2 cuê7bho5

全鄉里覓無|全乡里觅无

Cannot be found in the whole of the village.

 

At 0:45 Bhokelee 無去理 said gao6 ê5 nang5 and the subtitles wrote gao3 ê5 nang5

gao6 ê6 nang5 厚下人

lots of people

很多人

gao3 ê6 nang5 夠下人|够下人

 

 

I used to think like Bhokelee 無去理 that it is gao3 ê6 nang5 and I tell you why it is not. Gao3 tone 3 will change its tone to tone 5 but if you listen to Bokeley carefully, he actually said gao2 ê7 nang5 because the tones of gao6 ê6 nang5厚下人 have been changed to gao6(2) ê5(7) nang5 厚下人

I only knew that it was the thick gao6 character after listening to one of Professor Lim’s lectures.

Another point that I have been hearing hia6gi1 and I have been wondering about the meaning of hia6gi1 at about 0:45 of the video. In this video, you will hear the lady saying hia6gi1 and here is my proposal for the meaning of hia6gi1.

hia6gi1 㗾支

those

那些

Bhokelee 無去理 then said

sion6bho5 想無想无

nice surprise,

gian1hi2 驚喜惊喜

lah8 bho5 躐无

In other words, such matters hardly seen

Zu6si6dan3 mong2 gian6 se7 hoh4 hang2giang3

就是呾某件事好罕見

lah8 bho5 has a similar meaning to cuang5 hion1li2 cuê7bho5

9th May 2022 Monday

I have just heard Lao'Lim saying:

cuang5 si3gai3 cuê7 bho5 全世界覓無全世界觅无

Cannot be found in the whole world.

全世界找不到全世界找不到

Lao'Lim's hair is now white and he must have made this video when he was a lot younger. This means this expression "cuê7 bho5" must have been with us for a very long long time and not like what BhoKeLi has said in his video. 


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