Checking the Hanzi for some basic Hokkien words

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Mark Yong
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Post by Mark Yong »

tantg wrote: Well, I merely quoted Mark Yong's tonal notation in his question in the first place. Mark: what *is* your tonal system?
Hi, TanTG,

Regretfully, the total system I use is neither the standard one used in this forum, nor mainstream (<embarassed grin>). I have been requested by members of the forum to pick up the standard total numbering system, and I am still working on it! :) Part of the reason for my slowness is also because Hokkien is not my native dialect, so I myself am not sure about the exact tones for some of the words I bring up for discussion.

In the meantime, my convention is:
â for high tone (e.g. tân 等)
á for rising tone (e.g. bá 麻)
ă for low tone (e.g. băn 慢)
ā for flat tone (e.g. sā 三)
'a for accented tone (as in t'ŏ 土 vs. tó 圖)

I am aware that this system is inadequate for Hokkien's 8 tones, so I do endeavour to work on th proper number system.

Cheers,
Mark
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There is a book saying cang is 浴 cak become cang
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http://ccs.ncl.edu.tw/Chinese_studies_2 ... 55-388.pdf
Prof.Yang could be wrong because the hanzi might be 乃
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哭爹叫娘 =哭爸哭母 in minnan. a book called 厦门成语 has this mandarin proverb.I remember Sim asked this question long time ago.
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