Tuesday 6 September 2022

the characters hag4 轄 and ug4 (uag4) 斡

轄斡

So sorry, there is a change of PM in the UK and I am just watching the news and have not posted anything today. I hope you learn about hag4 and uag4 in this post.

Gang Hiog 江煜 discusses the characters hag4 and ug4 (uag4)

hag4 liao3 ziah4 cia1

轄了隻車|辖了只车

Bought a car.

ua2 hag4 ziah4 sing1 cia1

我轄隻新車|我辖只新车

I have bought a new car.

tong2hag4

統轄|统辖

to be in command of, to have complete control over, to govern

hag4 sing1 cia1

轄新車|辖新车

purchased a new car

 

hag4

轄|辖

buy, purchase

liao3

indicating the action is over 

Don’t be confused with liao2 瞭|了 like zai1liao2 知瞭|知了 to mean “understood” “got it” and in Mandarin is zhi'dao'le 知道了

or like ziah8liao2 食了 to mean finish eating and in Mandarin is chi'wan 吃完

ziah4

隻|只

measure word for car

 

Ziah4 cia1 sai2 gao3 tao5zoin5 dioh8 ug4uêng1

Ziah4 cia1 sai2 gao3 tao5zoin5 dioh8 uag4uang1

隻車駛到頭前著斡彎|只车驶到头前着斡弯

When the car reaches the front, it has to turn around.

Do note that the correct Teochew word for “driving a car” is “sai2cia1 駛車|驶车 and the kui1cia1 開車|开车 you hear some people say is an imported Mandarin word.

ug4uêng1 [Teochew City]

uag4uang1 [Swatow]

斡彎|斡弯

to turn round, to turn a corner, to go round a corner

Mandarin: zhuan3wan1 轉彎|转弯

diao4tou2 掉頭|掉头

guai3wan1 拐彎拐弯

ghua7gao1 uêg4suêng5 [Teochew City]

ghua7gao1 uag4suang5 [Swatow]

外交斡旋 

diplomatic mediation



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