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Gang Hiog 江煜 discusses the character 正

dag8ce2 sing1cung1 gia1zoih4

值此新春佳節｜值此新春佳节

On the occasion of Chinese New Year festivities

giong1zog4 gag4ui7

恭祝各位

To convey congratulations and best wishes to everybody

Sing1 zian1 ru5i3

新正如意

May all your wishes come true this New Year.

coin1siang5 bhuêng7hog4 [Teochew City]

coin1siang5 bhuang7hog4 [Swatow]

千祥萬福｜千祥万福

being auspicious a thousand times, ten thousand good fortunes

Word List

dag8ce2	值此	on this occasion
sing1cung1	新春	the beginning of spring, the first 20 days of Chinese New Year
sing1cung1 gia1zoih4	新春佳節｜新春佳节	Chinese New Year festivities
giong1zog4	恭祝	to congratulate respectfully (use in writing), to convey best wishes
gag4ui7	各位	everybody, all of you
Sing1 zian1 ru5i3	新正如意	May all your wishes come true this New Year.
coin1siang5 bhuang7hog4	千祥萬福｜千祥万福	being auspicious a thousand times, ten thousand good fortunes

ziaⁿ1  正

Zian1ghuêh8	正月	the first lunar month in the Chinese calendar
Zian1ghuêh8 ciu1ig4	正月初一	The first day of Chinese New Year大年初一
Sing1 zian1 ru5i3	新正如意	May all your wishes come true this New Year.

ziaⁿ3  正

zian3ngou2	正午	midday, noon
And we normally call noon rig8dao3 日晝｜日昼
duêng1zian3	端正	Teochew City
duang1zian3	端正	Swatow
duang1zian3 means upright, regular, proper
zian3pai3	正派	upright
Nang5 zian3 cên1cung1 huê1 zian3 ang5
人正青春花正紅
The name of a Teochew opera and a line in the opera.

zêng3  正

Zia2 si6 do6 bou6hung7 se5huê6 he2dion2 gai7 bhung5 tag8im1

者是在部分詞彙許底個文讀音｜者是在部分词汇许底个文读音

This is part of the vocabulary list of words formal pronunciation.

bi2ru5 Diê5giah8 “Cai2lao5gi3” he2dion2 gai7 lam5 zu2 giêh4 zu6 giê3zo3    潮州府城

bi2ru5 Dio5giah8 “Cai2lao5gi3” he2dion2 gai7 nam5 zu2 gioh4 zu6 gio3zo3  汕頭

比如潮劇彩樓記許底個男主就叫做呂蒙正｜比如潮剧彩楼记许底个男主就叫做吕蒙正

For an example, Teochew opera “Cai2lao5gi3” main male character is known as “Le6 Mou5 Zêng3”

Word List

bou6hung7	部分	part of
se5huê6	詞彙｜词汇	vocabulary, list of words
Dio5giah8	潮劇｜潮剧	Teochew opera
Cai2lao5gi3	彩樓記｜彩楼记	Name of a Teochew opera
lam5 zu2 giêh4	主人腳｜主人脚	Teochew City
nam5 zu2 gioh4	主人腳｜主人脚	Swatow
nam5 zu2 gioh4 means main male character 男主人翁
Le6 Mou5 Zêng3	呂蒙正｜吕蒙正	Name of the main male character in the Teochew opera “Cai2lao5gi3”

 

Dear Readers

The last two posts have a lot of Chinese words but please remember that Teochew is also Chinese.  You need to listen to the video a few times, read my notes to improve your understanding. The main point is NOT to give up and remember learning is 99 percent perspiration and one percent inspiration and magically one day you will find everything falls in place and you can speak Teochew like a native. 

安好

如意