Wednesday 31 August 2022

the characters boin5 爿 and guêh8 橛

爿橛

Gang Hiog 江煜 discusses the characters boin5 and guêh8

Zi2gai5 ping5guê2 zoih8 zo3 no6 boin5

衹個蘋果截做二爿|只个苹果截做二爿

Cut this apple into two pieces [sides].

boin5 actually means side

zoih8 zo3 no6 boin5

截做二爿

cut into two

Note: boin5 can also be written as but NOT

Zi2gai5 guê1 zoih8 zo3 no6 guêh8

衹個瓜截做二橛|只个瓜截做二橛

Cut this melon into two halves.

The character shown in the video is not encoded and this 𡉀 is not the guêh8 character

a2 zo3 no6 guêh8

拗做二橛

to break into two halves

gang1kuê3 zo3 buan3guêh8

功課做半橛|功课做半橛

The homework is half done.

Do note that kang1kuê3 工課|工课 is a Teochew specific word which has the same meaning as the Mandarin gong'zuo 工作 which means someone’s work or job.


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