Hokkien pronounciation

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Ahlim
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Hokkien pronounciation

Post by Ahlim »

Hi there,
Need help in getting the Hokkien pronounciation of:
企 = qi3
宇 = yu3
命 = ming4
移 = yi2
恩 = en1
勃 = bo2
貴 = gui4
親 = qin1
或 = huo4
満 = man3?
恭 = gong1
Thanks for your help
Ah-bin
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Re: Hokkien pronounciation

Post by Ah-bin »

I'll just put in the ones I know. Thak-chheh-im 讀冊音 (the pronunciation you use when you are reading a Classical Chinese text out loud and for most words found in such texts used in spoken language) are in capitals, and kong-wa-im 講話音(the pronunciation used when speaking) are in lower case letters. When there is just one pronunciation, I left it in lower case. Transcription is according to POJ (peh-oe-ji) system, without tone marks.

命 = ming BENG/mia
移 = yi2 = i
恩 = en1 = un/in (depending on the dialect - if you say "hu" for "fish" then use "un" and if you say "hi" then use "in"
勃 = bo2 = put
貴 = gui4 = kui
親 = qin1 = Chhin
或 = huo4 = hek
満 = man3? = BOAN/moa
恭 = gong1 = kiong
Someone else may have to put the tone numbers in for me.
Ahlim
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Re: Hokkien pronounciation

Post by Ahlim »

Thanks a million
Ban ban kamsia
niuc
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Re: Hokkien pronounciation

Post by niuc »

企 = qi3 = khi2 / khia7 (企業 khi2-giap8; 企鵝 khia7-go5) -> Please correct me if I am wrong.
宇 = yu3 = u2 (宇宙 u2-tiu7)
tadpole
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Re: Hokkien pronounciation

Post by tadpole »

niuc wrote:企 = qi3 = khi2 / khia7 (企業 khi2-giap8; 企鵝 khia7-go5) -> Please correct me if I am wrong.
宇 = yu3 = u2 (宇宙 u2-tiu7)
企業 khì-gia̍p khi3-giap8 (kicqiab)
宇宙 u2-tiu6 (uldiurl) "宙"泉州用陽上聲
恩 un1/in1 (yn)
xng
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Re: Hokkien pronounciation

Post by xng »

Ahlim wrote:Thanks a million
Ban ban kamsia

I suggest you use the UCLA minnan website in the future as it has the sound for nearly every character.
Ahlim
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Re: Hokkien pronounciation

Post by Ahlim »

Would you happen to know the url for this ucla minnan website
Thanks
xng
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Re: Hokkien pronounciation

Post by xng »

Ahlim wrote:Would you happen to know the url for this ucla minnan website
Thanks

I thought this website has been mentioned many times in my other thread ? Didn't you read it ?

Anyway, this is the best and most accurate online website for minnan I can find, you can type in the pinyin or the chinese character.

http://solution.cs.ucla.edu/~jinbo/dzl/

However, it is based on quanzhou sound and not penang hokkien which is based on zhangzhou sound.
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