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 款

type, style

樣|样

cu3 厝

house

房子

ang5 ên5  紅楹

red pillar

紅楹|红楹

zi2 gag4  紫桷

purple ceiling beams

紫桷

kung5  群

group

群

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  份

portion

份

cêng5  情

feeling

情

keng3  囥

hidden, conceal

藏

sim1dang1 心中

in one’s heart

心中

gu3hion1  故鄉

homeland

故鄉|故乡

ziang1 將

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

將

ci7 dua7 飼大

raised to become an adult

養大成人|养大成人

huan1  還

still

還|还

gi3dig4  記得

remember

記得|记得

A1ma2  阿嬤

paternal grandmother

奶奶

ga3 教

teach

教

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 載

carry

載|载

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 佮

with

跟

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 根

roots

根

 Ang5tao5zung5  紅頭船



 


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