Thursday 19 May 2022

Song My homeland vocabulary list

 Here is the vocabulary list which I promise for the song My homeland



Teochew

English

Standard Chinese

kuang2

type, style

樣|样

cu3

house

房子

ang5 ên5  紅楹

red pillar

紅楹|红楹

zi2 gag4  紫桷

purple ceiling beams

紫桷

kung5 

group

lag8loh8 力落

diligent, industrious, hardworking

勤勞|勤劳

bian3pag4 拚搏

to struggle, to wrestle

拼搏

zêng3 種|种

a type, a kind

種|种

si3zion6世上

earth as in this world

世上

zuê3 lang7 最難

most difficult

最難

hung7 

portion

cêng5 

feeling

keng3 

hidden, conceal

sim1dang1 心中

in one’s heart

心中

gu3hion1  故鄉

homeland

故鄉|故乡

ziang1

A grammatical particle to introduce a verb: in Teochew we normally say gai5 instead of ziang1

ci7 dua7 飼大

raised to become an adult

養大成人|养大成人

huan1 

still

還|还

gi3dig4  記得

remember

記得|记得

A1ma2  阿嬤

paternal grandmother

奶奶

ga3

teach

cio3gua1 唱歌

sing songs

唱歌

Ang5tao5zung5  紅頭船

Red headed boats which carried our ancestors to distance places

紅頭船红头船

zai3

carry

piao1boh8 飄泊

to drift, to wander

漂泊

ta1hion1 他鄉

foreign land

他鄉他乡

Li5 gê1 離家

to leave home

離開家离开家

coin1li2 千里

a long distance

千里

sim1lai6  心內|心内

in one’s mind

心裡心里

bho5hang6 無限

unlimited

無限无限

kang1kua3 牽掛

to be worried about, to be concerned about

牽掛牵挂

huai5niam6 懷念

reminisce, cherish the momory of, to think of

懷念怀念

gang1hu1 dê5 工夫茶

Teochew concentrated tea

工夫茶

tou5lou5 塗爐

stove made from ceramics

 

huê2tuan3 火碳

charcoal

木炭

gah4

with

zêg8coh4 一撮

some

一些

cu3bin1tao5bhuê2厝邊頭尾

neighbours

左鄰右舍|左邻右舍

 

dua7 lo5gou2 大鑼鼓

drums, gongs and playing of percussion instruments

大鑼鼓

hiun1hiun1  悠悠

pensive

悠悠

hion1cou5  鄉愁

nostalgia

鄉愁

geng1

roots

 Ang5tao5zung5  紅頭船



 


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