Chinese languages

I think I have slightly different opinion here, maybe because I come in contact with people who do not really carry a typical accent anymore. Those people are not good in Hokkien though they speak it daily. To me, Taiwanese are more easily understood than Xiamenese. I live in Xiamen for 7 years now...

I have a copy of this book as well. Yes, it does contain a wealth of information on the Chinese diaspora around the world. Quite comprehensive in its coverage.

A Dutch scholar, Henning Kloter, wrote a book in 2005 titled "Written Taiwanese" (ISBN: 3-447-05093-4) in which he examines the orthographic variations in Chinese characters and romanization styles for Minnan. He traces the history of written Minnan both in Chinese characters and romanizat...

Sim, I enjoyed reading your poignantly written account of your two personal experiences. You hit it on the nail when your depicted the antagonism arising from misunderstanding and people of different backgrounds. Personally, when I first came upon this forum last year, I thought..."Wow, what a ...

Good to know that it was "tiah" that I heard. What dictionary or resource did you use which listed "liah" and "tiah?" Couldn't find either of them in my books. Just a guess, but maybe "tiah" is an extension or variant of the cuanciu "tah," as in: cit...

Thanks for the link which explained ci tong is an alternative appellation for quanzhou.

BTW, Any clue if there's a Chinese character for "liah" as you indicated.

where - toh chit ui (i.e. which place) here - cit ui, cit so cai, cit te (i.e. this place) there - hit ui, hit so cai, hit te (i.e. that place) (Perhaps my ears were deceiving me at the time, but I've also heard a relative of mine who said cit tiah and hit tiah for here and there. Don't exactly kno...

林宝卿，《闽南话教程》　Amoy University Press 2000 (7th Ed....1st Edition was published in 1992) This slim book is a Minnan primer which comes with a cassette. Recordings are in the Amoy dialect. Includes romanization and Mandarin equivalents. However, the book does not employ church romanization. Instead, it u...

It means loach or mudfish, i.e. what grandpa dug up...in mandarin, "ni qiu" There are other variants of the lyrics by the same song title. The version you've given is the one that is most popularized.