Hello !
How can I not come back and say something ? Cathy, you have always been one of the most motivating people to me for Penang Hokkien. Welcome back !
Regards,
Ah Long
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- Sun Mar 17, 2013 5:09 am
- Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
- Topic: Chhut-tû ê tiám-siaⁿ
- Replies: 9
- Views: 25603
- Fri Nov 23, 2012 5:45 am
- Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
- Topic: what is mandarin / hokien pronuciaton of (王+霄) and (王+堂)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 21519
Re: what is mandarin / hokien pronuciaton of (王+霄) and (王+堂)
Neither can I locate the 1st character. From where did you see it ? The 2nd one is also a rare character. You're naming your child ? 
- Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:03 am
- Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
- Topic: 目滓 bàk-saí / bàk-caí = tear = air mata
- Replies: 11
- Views: 26055
Re: 目滓 bàk-saí / bàk-caí = tear = air mata
Have you guys seen 目眵？
- Tue Sep 20, 2011 3:15 am
- Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
- Topic: Original chinese characters for Minnan
- Replies: 14
- Views: 31473
Re: Original chinese characters for Minnan
I use 昧 for bē (cannot) and 未 buē (not yet) in Penang variant......
昧曉 - bē-hiáu
昧使 - bē-sái
昧曉 - bē-hiáu
昧使 - bē-sái
- Sat Aug 13, 2011 3:36 pm
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Need help to translate chinese name to Hokkien Dialect name
- Replies: 5
- Views: 35750
Re: Need help to translate chinese name to Hokkien Dialect n
Hi:
建騰 = Kean or Kian + Teng
Regards,
aokh1979
建騰 = Kean or Kian + Teng
Regards,
aokh1979
- Sat Aug 13, 2011 7:14 am
- Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
- Topic: FEAR and SURPRISE
- Replies: 17
- Views: 33694
Re: FEAR and SURPRISE
1. 我「驚講」、「擔心講」、「煩惱講」
2. 伊儂「著怔驚」
3. Me never......
2. 伊儂「著怔驚」
3. Me never......
- Sat Aug 13, 2011 7:10 am
- Forum: Translations
- Topic: Pls assist to translate chinese name to dialect
- Replies: 5
- Views: 37974
Re: Pls assist to translate chinese name to dialect
Hi vinc1281: I am glad to know that you and your wife intend to preserve our culture by spelling your baby's name in ancestral language. ^_^ However, it's quite risky if you provide just phonetic of Mandarin without Chinese characters. The possible syllables in Mandarin are lesser by 50% than Hokkie...
- Mon Jul 04, 2011 2:42 pm
- Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
- Topic: 87 things S'poreans would do if Harry Lee left, if only they
- Replies: 11
- Views: 22235
Re: 87 things S'poreans would do if Harry Lee left, if only
I miss the Xiamen Hokkien announcement heard in Xiamen Airlines before.
人生路眞長，白鷺常湊陣 (tàu-tīn)。更再一每 (tsìt-pái) 感謝您乘坐廈門航空兮航班。飛機更置滑行，請您毋通拍開行李格 and so on......
人生路眞長，白鷺常湊陣 (tàu-tīn)。更再一每 (tsìt-pái) 感謝您乘坐廈門航空兮航班。飛機更置滑行，請您毋通拍開行李格 and so on......
- Sun Jun 26, 2011 3:39 am
- Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
- Topic: Penang Hokkien Vocabulary Questions (Part 2)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 58092
Re: Penang Hokkien Vocabulary Questions (Part 2)
Something stroked me today. I remember someone asked me about why people say 無要緊 as bō-iau-kín and sometimes bō-iang-kín......
Would it be 無用緊 ? Chinese Malaysians often say 不用緊 instead of 不要緊, I suppose it's simply bō-iong-kín...... ^^
Would it be 無用緊 ? Chinese Malaysians often say 不用緊 instead of 不要緊, I suppose it's simply bō-iong-kín...... ^^
- Sun Jun 26, 2011 3:33 am
- Forum: Hokkien (Minnan) language
- Topic: Hoklo on Luzon (Philippines Hokkien), reports from the field
- Replies: 92
- Views: 372298
Re: Hoklo on Luzon (Philippines Hokkien), reports from the f
Dear Yeleixingfeng: Because it's not 龍尾...... :P Paya Terubong is called 壟尾 lióng-bué and the " i " is usually omitted, so it sounds like lóng-bué . In Mandarin, it's lǒng-wěi so you will hear it as lóng-wěi . Bayan Lepas, Bayan Baru or Batu Maung are all Malay names. There was somehow an ...