Monday 6 June 2022

Do you know what chicken feet is called in Teochew?

Do you know what the lady inthe video calls chicken feet?  She calls it hong6riao2.

Hong5 is a male phoenix and riao2 is a claw.

We also say to scratch as riao2.

A female phoenix is called huang5 and we say phoenix as hong6huang5.

hong6riao2

鳳爪凤爪

chicken feet

goi1ka1

雞骹鸡骹

chicken feet

muan5ciag4 bin3 hong6huang5

麻雀變鳳凰麻雀变凤凰

A sparrow turning into a phoenix – i.e., an ugly girl becoming a pretty lady.

Hong6huang5 Sang1

鳳凰山|凤凰山

Phoenix Mountain

Hong6huang5 Duan1zang5 dê5

鳳凰單叢茶|凤凰单丛茶

Duan1zang5 單叢 is a class of ou1lêng5 dê5 烏龍茶

Hong6huang5 dê5 is an oolong tea from our Teochew Hong6uang5 Sang1 鳳凰山|凤凰山 Sang1 is the formal pronunciation of suan1 for mountain. You can watch our Teochew Phoenix Mountain in this video.

Ah4sai2hiang1

鴨屎香|鸭屎香

A type of Hong Huang tea.

Ah4sai2 means duck shit! Ha! Ha  and you can hear ah4sai2hiang1 being sung in this song!

 潮州鳳凰山

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