Wednesday, 10 August 2022

unrequited love

How do you say unrequited love in Teochew Uê?

It is called “ruah8 duan1 boin5 悅單畔” where ruah8 is homophone to ruah8 熱 as in hot, duan1 means single, boin5 means side [like no6 boin5 means two sided] and boin5 can also be written as 爿。

And we have various ways to saying this ruah8duan1boin5 like

菜頭粿 悅單畔 cai3 tao5 guê2 ——  ruah8 duan1 boin5 – and I am sure you know of cai3 tao5 guê2

六月杉排——悅單畔 Lag8ghuêh8 Sam1bai5 —— ruah8duan1boin5 – where Sam1bai5 is an island near Hong Kong – June in Sambai Island - unrequited love

棉湖豆乾——悅單畔 - Min5ou5 dao7guan1 —— ruah8duan1boin5 – where Min5ou5 is a place in Gig’Ion 揭陽 city, Gig’sai 揭西 county; dao7guan1 is a type of tofu [bean curd]


unrequited love in Mandarin is known as an4lian4 暗戀 or dan1xiang1si1 單相思

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