Monday, 10 October 2022

room

A room is said as bang5  or bang5goin房間|房间 

However, you hear some Teochew people living in SE Asia saying it as pang5gêng2 and let us consider why these people have mispronounced this word. I suggest it is because of Hokkien influence.

Some Hokkien people say room as pâng-keng and Hokkien people inTaiwan say it as pâng-king and you can see how the “i” can easily turn into an “ê” due to local accent.

How do you say a room, like a bedroom in Teochew Uê?

bang5goin房間



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