characters 糜 and 淖

Gang Hiog 江煜 discusses the characters 糜 and 淖

gim1mên5 si6 ain3 ziah8 muê5 a1si6 ziah8 bung7?
今暝是慾食糜啊是食食｜今暝是欲食糜啊是食饭
Are we eating congee or rice tonight?
muê5	糜	rice gruel, rice porridge, congee
pang1muê5	芳糜	Congee with added ingredients such as meat, prawns, fish, vegetables etc.
hung1guah4 muê5	番葛糜	sweet potato – said by people in Teochew City
People in Swatow call sweet potato huang1ze5 番薯
mi5	糜	in small pieces or rotten
mi5lang6	糜爛｜糜烂	rotten, decaying
bug4kam1	不堪	extremely, utterly
mi5lang6 bug4kam1	糜爛不堪｜糜烂不堪	utterly rotten: an item which is ruined to the very end, at a stage which is impossible to put right
mi5 hung1guah4	糜番葛	rotten sweet potato [Teochew]
mi5 huang1ze5	糜番薯	rotten sweet potato [Swatow]
mi5 gêng1ziê1	糜弓蕉	rotten banana [Teochew]
mi5 gêng1zio1	糜弓蕉	rotten banana [Swatow]

 

go3 muê3 dioh8 ze2 iao1 ciêh4 zêg8ê7

塊糜著煮夭淖一下｜块糜着煮夭淖一下

The congee has to be cooked a little more less viscous.

 

cioh4	淖	more watery, less viscous – said as ciêh4 by people from Teochew City
zao6	淖	mud 爛泥｜烂泥

First Teochew City and then Swatow accents.

A form of poetry [se5 詞] by Lêg8 Iu5 陸遊｜陆游 one of the greatest poet from the Southern Song Dynasty [Nam5 Ciao5 Song3 南朝宋]

Zêg8 uan2 ciêh4 muê3 gi1 rig8 guê3

su3 uêng5 pua3 og4 diêh8 sing1 kuêng1

Zêg8 uan2 cioh4 muê3 gi1 rig8 guê3

su3 uang5 pua3 og4 dioh8 sing1 kuang1

一碗淖糜支日過｜

數椽破屋著身寬。｜

一碗淖糜支日过

数椽破屋着身宽。