Wednesday 18 May 2022

Local custom

This is a video on the teaching of local customs and I think this is a good video. Again there are too many Mandarin words and I have included our own Teochew words so you know we have other words as well.  As usual, I have corrected the wrong usage of characters. 


sib8guang3 習慣习惯

used to, habit

習慣习惯

sib8sog8 習俗习俗

local tradition, custom

習俗习俗

zi2ga3 指教

to give advice or comments

指教

co1 lai5 初來初来

come for the first time

初來初来

zian3 lai5 正來|正来

just arrived

才來才来

da2 zian3 打正

come for the first time

初來初来

I have never heard of da2 zian3 before and I cannot find this in any of my Teochew dictionaries.

bho5siang1gang1 無相

It does not matter.

沒關係|没关系

bung2di7 nang5 本地人

local people

本地人

gao1cab4 

to get along, to associate, to interact

xiang1chu3相處相处

gao1cag4 交錯交错

social networking, making friends socially

結交|结交

 

i1 guê3 oi6 gao1cag4 nang5 伊過會交錯人伊过会交错人

He is very good at making friends.

他很會結交朋友他很会结交朋友

oh4 si2 惡死恶死

very difficult to understand

很難懂很难懂

ghua7gog4uê7 外國話外国话

foreign language

外國話外国话

n5ion7 平樣平样

just like, the same as

一樣一样

dang6 ring7 但認但认

Albeit really

dan4 ren4但認但认

zing1 

really

Pou2tong1Uê7 普通話普通话

Mandarin [in China]

普通話普通话

Gog4ghe2 國語国语

Mandarin

普通話普通话

hoh4dua7 好大

comparatively large

jiao4da4 較大较大

m6 sio1dang5 唔相同

not the same, not similar

不相同

m6 bên5ion平樣平样

not the same

bu4tong2 不同

hion7 oh4 

that difficult

hion7 is vernacular Teochew and I just follow the character the video uses. This is a common Teochew word.

dang6ring7 zing1 oh8 ki3lai5 ia7 m6si6 hion7 oh4

但認真學起來也唔是向但认真学起来也唔是向

Albeit really learnt (Teochew) is also not that difficult.

但認真學起來也不是但认真学起来也不是

I personally think the Teochew language is really difficult to learn. If it is so easy, why so many people make so many mistakes. The most difficult bit of Teochew is speaking it accurately.

hoh4 ngiang3 好癮好瘾

very fond of

很喜歡很喜欢

ziah8dê5 食茶

drink tea

喝茶

gang1hu1dê5 工夫茶

Tea of the Teochew people

工夫茶

bhoi6dan7 𠁞 𠀾

That is right!

沒錯|没错

i1nang7 伊儂|伊侬

they, them

ta1men5 他們|他们

huang1huag4 方法

a method, a way, a means

fang1fa3 方法

poin7huag4 辦法|办法

a method, a way, a means

fang1fa3 方法

gang2giu3 講究|讲究

to pay special attention to something, to select something carefully, to have chosen tastefully

jiang3jiu5 講究|讲究

guê3 Cung1zoih4 si5 過春節時|过春节时

over the period of Chinese New Year

過春節時|过春节时

 

an attempt

試圖|试图

試圖 and 是圖 are homophones and I think it is a typo error – 是圖 is not a Chinese word

gig4li6 吉利

auspicious

吉利

gig4

tangerine, clementine, satsuma

橘子

gan1

tangerine, mandarin orange, clementine

柑橘

dong5im1 同音

homophone

同音

gim1ao6 今後|今后

in the future

以後|以后

zah4

to carry, to bring something along, to take things along

hong1sog8 風俗风俗

social custom

風俗|风俗

ain3haon3 愛好|爱好

hobby, interest

愛好|爱好

hêng3cu3 興趣

hobby, interest

愛好|爱好

n1uah8 生活

livelihood, to live, life

生活

sui5biang6 隨便随便

as you wish, as it pleases you

隨便随便

cing3cai2 凊彩

as you wish, as it pleases you

隨便随便

rib8hion1sui5sog8 入鄉隨俗入乡随俗

on entering a village, follow the local customs (an idiom): when in Rome, do as the Romans do.

入鄉隨俗入乡随俗

ghe2ngang 5語言|语言

language

語言|语言

tou2uê7 土話|土话

vernacular

土話|土话

ki3hao7 氣候气候

climate

qi4hou4氣候气候

tin1si5 天時|天时

weather

tian1qi4 天氣|天气

iu2ho2 友好

friendly, amicable, close friend

you3hao3 友好

sio1ho2 相好

close friend, mutually friendly with one another

you3hao3 友好

dao1dah4 兜搭

relationship, concern for, related, linked

關係关系

gao1gua3 |交

relationship, concern, to have to do with, association, connection

關係关系

guang1hi6關係|关系

relationship, concern for, related, linked, affiliated

關係关系

Ou1lêng5 dê5 烏龍茶|乌龙茶

Oolong tea

烏龍茶|乌龙茶

Tih4guang1im1 鐵觀音铁观音

Iron Goddess tea from Anxi 安溪 mountain, Fujian

Tie3guan1yin1鐵觀音铁观音

Hong6huang5 Duan1zang5 dê5 鳳凰單叢茶|凤凰单丛茶

Duan1zang5 單叢 is a class of ou1lêng5 dê5 烏龍茶

Hong6huang5 dê5 is an oolong tea from Teochew Hong6uang5 Sang1 鳳凰山|凤凰山

鳳凰單叢茶|凤凰单丛茶

Duan1zang5 dê5 單叢茶|单丛茶

A special oolong tea grown in Honguang mountain, Teochew

單叢茶|单丛茶

 



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