Teochew City

YouTube sent me this video last evening and I really like the singer's Teochew accent.  It has taken me a long time to get use to Teochew City accent and I now really think the accent is very refine and wonderful to listen. 

The singer, known as Guah De in a drama which I like watching, is Zia Bhag Cên, and he speaks with Teochew City accent. 

At the beginning of the song, he said half of this Teochew poem.  You may want to learn this poem. 

Dio5ziu1 boih4 gêng2 ho2 huang1liu5	潮州八景好風流
Zab8boih4 so1 zung5 rih8si3 ziu1	十八梭船廿四洲
rih8si3 lao5tai5 rih8si3 ion7	廿四樓臺廿四樣
no6 ziah4 sên1 ghu5 zêg8 ziah4 liu1	二隻鉎牛一隻溜
Dio5ziu1 boih4 gêng2 ho2 tig4to5	潮州八景好踢跎
Zab8boi4 so1 zung5 rih8si3 do5	十八梭船廿四垛
rih8si3 lao5tai5 rih8si3 ion7	廿四樓臺廿四樣
no6 ziah4 sên1 ghu5 zêg8 ziah4 bho5	二隻鉎牛一隻無。

 

gêng2 景	scenery		jing3 景
huang1liu5  風流｜风流	outstanding		feng1liu2 風流｜风流
Dio5ziu1 boih4 gêng2 ho2 huang1liu5		Teochew 8 sceneries good and outstanding.
so1 zung5 梭船	shuttle boats		suo1 chuan2 梭船
ziu1 洲	islet, continent		zhou1 洲
Zab8boih4 so1 zung5 rih8si3 ziu1		18 shuttle boats 24 islets
lao5tai5樓臺｜楼台	high building		lou2tai2 樓臺｜楼台
rih8si3 lao5tai5 rih8si3 ion7		24 buildings 24 types
sên1 鉎	pig iron, foundry iron, cast iron		zhu4tie3 鑄鐵｜铸铁
sên1 ghu5 鉎牛	a figure of a bull made from cast iron		鐵牛｜铁牛
liu1 溜	slip away, escape stealthily		liu1 溜
no6 ziah4 sên1 ghu5 zêg8 ziah4 liu1		2 cast iron bulls 1 slipped away
tig4to5 踢跎	to go sightseeing, to spend one's leisure time wandering around		you2guang4  遊逛｜游逛
Dio5ziu1 boih4 gêng2 ho2 tig4to5		good to go sight seeing amongst these 8 sceneries of Teochew
do5垛	battlement, a parapet at the top of a wall of a fort or castle		duo3 垛
Zab8boi4 so1 zung5 rih8si3 do5		18 shuttle boats 24 flowers
rih8si3 lao5tai5 rih8si3 ion7		24 buildings 24 types
no6 ziah4 sên1 ghu5 zêg8 ziah4 bho5		2 cast iron bulls 1 missing
The reason one of the cast iron bulls had slipped away was because previously there was a great flood and in the flood a bull was washed away.