Monday 2 May 2022

shouting rubbish, talking rubbish

How do you say shouting rubbish or talking rubbish in Teochew? In this video, you will hear the doctor saying tui1 and I will share with you my study notes pertaining to tui1 so you can understand what was said. 

tiu1

to talk rubbish, to talk nonsense

hu2shuo1 胡說胡说

bai2che3dan4 白扯淡

suan3tiu1

talking rubbish

hu2shuo1 胡說|胡说

main3 tian1 i1 suan3tiu1  勿聽伊散勿听伊散

Don’t listen to him talking rubbish.

別聽他胡說| 别听他胡说

tiu1huang1 抽風抽风

to talk rubbish, to talk nonsense

hu2shuo1 胡說|胡说

tiu1

to "tear open" one's windpipe

扯開嗓門兒|扯开嗓门儿

tiu1 zêg8gua3 bhoi6hiah4  抽一𠁞抽一𠀾歇 A gua3

to call noisily incessantly

叫鬧個不停|叫闹个不停

tiu1 ao5 boih8 zih8 抽喉拔舌

to describe talking with a loud voice or call loudly

形容大聲說或是唱|形容大声说或是唱

tiu1 ao5 boih8 zih8 抽喉拔舌

to chant in a derogatory sense

吟貶義|吟贬义

A means alternative - I put a capital "a" by a character to indicate it is an alternative character. 

In the subtitles, it explained that tiu1 means to shout.  We, Teochew, have many ways to say shout. Please look below for the words which I know. I am sure there are others which I do not know.

tiu1

to shout

rang3

duah4

ham3 

hu1ham3 呼喊

riang2

 This character tui1 is used in Mandarin to describe soya sauce!

si7iu5 豉油

soya sauce

sheng1chou1 生抽

ou1 si7iu5 烏豉油乌豉油

dark soya sauce

lao3chou1 老抽

 


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