Wednesday 28 September 2022

Words use by overseas Teochew people

I was thinking of the word dah8sig8 踏實|踏实 to mean “free from anxiety, to have a peace of mind, steadfastness” and I then thought of “dah8bai2” and “dah8rig8” as shown below.

dah8bai2

沓擺|沓摆

every time

dah8rig8

沓日

everyday

These words are Mang'nam Ghe 閩南語 which are not used by people in our homeland who have forgotten their roots and speak in Mandarin Teochew.

These people would say every time and everyday using Mandarin words said with Teochew pronunciation.

every time

muê2ce3

每次

everyday

muê2rig8

每日

According to Professor Lim Lung Lung, the bai2 from dah8bai2 was a word used by the local inhabitants in our homeland before our ancestors came to that region from Central China. You will find Hokkien people use this word, because we and the Hokkien people share this Mang'nam Ghe heritage.



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