Thursday, 18 August 2022

dung3 扽 and zung6 捘

Gang Hiog 江煜 explores dung3 and zung6 in this video.

Cêng7 gao3 cin1 cin1, dung3 gao3 dig8 dig8

穿到鮮鮮扽到直直|穿到鲜鲜扽到直直

cêng7

穿

to wear

gao3

until

cin1 cin1 鮮鮮|鲜鲜

distinctively gorgeous

鮮明艷麗|鲜明艳丽

dung3

to pull, to yank

dung3 dig8

扽直

to yank straight

dig8

straight

I have a feeling that “dung3 gao3 dig8 dig8 扽到直直” has a specific Teochew meaning which Gang Hiog did not explain and I cannot find it my Teochew dictionaries.

Cêng7 gao3 cin1 cin1 can be translated as “dresses distinctively gorgeously” or “dresses smartly”. 

San1kou3 soi2 liao2 le2 dioh8 zung6 iao1 da1

衫褲洗了汝著捘夭灱|衫裤洗了汝着捘夭灱

After the clothes have been washed, you have to wring it relatively dry.

zung6 da1

捘灱

to wring dry

 



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