Lao Lim talks about eggs, bullets, roles in Chinese operas, to shoot, catapult
I have written out a vocabulary list so it is easier for you to follow and understand Professor Lim's lecture.
goi1neng6 鷄卵|鸡卵 |
chicken
egg |
雞蛋|鸡蛋 |
hê5cung1 蝦春|虾春 |
prawn
roe |
蝦卵|虾卵 |
he5cung1 魚春|鱼春 |
fish
eggs, fish roe |
魚卵|鱼卵 |
goi1duan1
雞蛋|鸡蛋 |
unlaid
eggs found inside a hen, little eggs |
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zêg8
giu5 goi1duan1 一球雞蛋|一球鸡蛋 |
a
string of unlaid eggs |
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huê1duan3
花旦 |
a
vivacious young female role in a Chinese opera |
花旦 |
cên1i1duan3 青衣旦 |
young
women’s role in Chinese opera |
青衣 |
ou1san1duan3 烏衫旦|乌衫旦 |
black
clothes young woman role in a Chinese opera |
青衣 |
The correct Teochew word for young
ladies’ roles in Chinese opera is called ou1san1duan3. |
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bhu2duan3
武旦 |
a
female military role in a Chinese opera |
武旦 |
lao2duan3 老旦 |
an old lady's role in Chinese opera |
老旦 |
ng5duain7 黃彈|黄弹 |
Clausena lansium, wampee or wampi, a yellow skinned fruit |
黃皮∣黄皮 |
ze2tang5 子彈|子弹 |
bullet |
子彈|子弹 |
cêng3zi2 銃子|铳子 |
bullet |
子彈|子弹 |
The
Teochew word for bullet is cêng3zi2. |
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tang5zi2 zeg8 hui1gang1 彈指一揮間|弹指一挥间 |
in a flash (an idiom) |
彈指一揮間|弹指一挥间 |
tang5gêng1 彈弓|弹弓 |
catapult,
slingshot |
彈弓|弹弓 |
ziao2duan7
鳥彈|鸟弹 |
catapult,
slingshot |
彈弓|弹弓 |
êng7
tang5gêng1 duan7 ziao2 用弹弓弹鳥|用弹弓弹鸟 |
Use
a catapult to shoot a bird. |
用弹弓弹鳥|用弹弓弹鸟 |
弹 has got three pronunciations: tang5, duan7 and duain7 |
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