Sunday 21 August 2022

characters 倩 and 箍

Gang Hiog 江煜 discusses the characters and

ka1 

腳|脚

Measure Word for items such as bucket, basket

bhag8tang2

木桶

a wooden cask, a wooden barrel

hai7 

damaged, broken, spoiled, something bad happened

hia2 

The same as Standard Chinese na2moh4 那么 meaning in this way, like that, so – there is no character for hia2 listed in my TC dictionaries

ciah4

to ask for somebody to help do a task

sai1bê6

師父|师父

an expert

ciah4 sai1bê6

倩師父|倩师父

to ask an expert

cêng3neng2

倩女

beautiful woman

cêng3ian2

倩影

beautiful image

ciah4 nang5 lai5 sio1hu6

倩人來相輔|倩人来相辅

to ask someone to come and help

All the Teochew specific words are marked with

U6siang5si5 he2lai6 ka1 bhag8tang2 hai7 ke3

有唺時許內腳木桶害去|有唺时许内脚木桶害去

Sometimes one’s home’s a wooden barrel is broken.

Hia2 dioh8 mên2 mên2 ciah4 gai5 sai1bê6 lai5 kou1 ho2

㗾著猛猛倩個師父來箍好|㗾着猛猛倩个师父来箍好

So have to quickly ask an expert to make good the barrel with hoops.

 

kou1

to bind with hoops

dêg4kou1

竹箍

bamboo hoop like an embroidery hoop

tih4kou1

鐵箍|铁箍

metal cramp, a metal hose clip

kou1tang2

箍桶

a barrel, a handmade wooden barrel

Additional information which you may want to know:

a dollar or Yuan is also called kou1

no6 kou1 ngeng5

二箍銀|二箍银

two dollars

mag8kou1

目箍 A  目圈

the rim of an eye

 


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