Monday, 16 May 2022

The typhoon song explained

I have written out a vocabulary list for the typhoon song to help people learn Teochew. I hope this will help you to learn our mother tongue. 

I have also marked out specific Teochew words.

zi2zung5 只陣

now – a specific Teochew word

huan1 還

still

m6zai1 唔知

don’t know – a specific Teochew word

zo3ni5 咋呢

why – a specific Teochew word

nang2 俺

we, including the listener not to be confused with uang2 阮 which does not include the listener – a specific Teochew word

zio2go3 照塊

here – a specific Teochew word

diam7 扂

keep on – a specific Teochew word

ain3 慾

want not to be confused with ain3 愛 which means love – a specific Teochew word

zo3 做

it has the same meaning as the Mandarin 發 as in 發颱風

huang1tai1 風颱

typhoon, monsoon – a specific Teochew word

gi3dig4 記得

remember

ig4dig4 憶得

remember – a specific Teochew word

he2diang1si5 許唺時

In those days – a specific Teochew word

kia1 go3 企塊

The subtitles write as kia1 do6 企在 to mean to live at – a specific Teochew word

Cao2liao5gu1

I assume it is a name of a place.

zêg8ê6 一下

In a little while

tao3huang1 透風

windy – a specific Teochew word

kioh8 挈

take – a specific Teochew word

ca5 柴

wood – a specific Teochew word

du2 堵

stop, prevent

mung5ka1 門骹

doorway – a specific Teochew word

zang5 叢

a measure word for trees specifically Teochew

gan1 柑

Tangerine

A1ma2 阿嫲

paternal grandmother – a specific Teochew word

dan3 呾

say – a specific Teochew word

mo2 孬

must not – a specific Teochew word

diah4 摘

to pick, to pluck

dioh8 著

must – a specific Teochew word

lao5 留

to leave for, to keep for

dang2 等

wait

bia3 Lao6ia5

to worship the local deity

ci7 飼

to feed, to raise – a specific Teochew word

gho5 鵝

goose

ah4 鴨

Duck

ziah4 隻

measure word for animals

m6gam1 唔甘

not willing – a specific Teochew word

tai5 刣

to kill, to slaughter willing – a specific Teochew word

i1 伊

he, she, it

Cig4ghuêh8 七月

The 7th lunar month

rih8san1 廿三

The 23rd

zai6sên1ion7 在生樣

How, how are things? Same as the Mandarin 怎麼樣 – a specific Teochew word

kah4 𠹛

a specific Teochew prefix question word

liab8 粒

a specific Teochew measure word

ga1laoh8 膠落

to fall down – a specific Teochew word

tou5ka1 塗骹

ground – a specific Teochew word

ghua7kao2 外口

outside – a specific Teochew word

dian5 庭

courtyard – and I do not know why many Teochew people write dian5 as this 埕 which means an earthenware jar to mean their outside courtyard.

gê1lai6 家內

family, home and equivalent to the Mandarin 家裡

liah8 掠

to catch or to purchase – a specific Teochew word

gim3 禁

to pen in

bhua5 磨

together

dang2ê6 等下

in a little while

huang5lo2 煩惱

to be worried

si2 死

a suffix to mean very – a specific Teochew word

 





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