character 菭

菭

Gang Hiog 江煜 discusses the character 菭

Zi2gai5 di7hng1 guê3 im1sib4 ziên6 cên1ti5  [Teochew City]
Zi2gai5 di7hng1 guê3 im1sib4 zion6 cên1ti5  [Swatow]
衹個地方過陰濕上青菭｜只那地方过阴湿上青菭
This place is too dark and damp (and) moss grows here.
cên1ti5	青菭	algae, moss, lichen – plants which reproduce by spores
im1sib4	陰濕｜阴湿	damp and dark
cên1tai1	青苔	moss, lichen

 

zêg8 gu2 siu2 si5

一久首辭｜一久首辞

A line from a ballad

Tai5 苔 the name of the ballad

Cêng1 清 from the Qing Dynasty

Uêng5 Bhuê5袁枚  Uang5 Bhuê5 the name of the writer from the Qing Dynasty born in 1716 died in 1798

 

bêh8rig8 bug4gao3 cu3
白日不到處｜白日不到处
daytime does not arrive at this place
cên1cung1 kab4 ze6lai5
青春恰自來｜青春恰自来
Youth will exactly come on its own
tai1 huê1 ru5 bhi2 siao2
苔花如米小
The spore of a moss is smaller than a grain of rice
ia7 hag8 bhou2duan1 kai1
也學牡丹開｜也学牡丹开
also learn like the peony (a type of flower) opening
bêh8rig8	白日	daytime
bug4gao3	不到	does not arrive
cên1cung1	青春	youth
kab4	恰	exactly, just
ze6lai5	自來	always, from the beginning, come on one's accord
bhou2duan1	牡丹	peony