Transcribing videoclips

[Ah-bin]

{??} [就]有人倒
{liam/liang mi} toh u lang to
{???} there’ll be someone {knocked over}


I think this may be:

liâm-piⁿ 臨邊 meaning "suddenly" - it is in Taiwanese and Amoy, but perhaps it didn't get all the way through the Straits to Penang.

[SimL]

Ah-bin, great! Anyone else care to comment?

[duaaagiii]

{衝}過[就]出車禍
{chong/siong} kue toh chhut chhia-ho

Is this really “chong5”/ 衝, as in "to rush"? It sounds like "siong" when I replay it.

衝 tshiong1

Pager 若響著愛{忍}
pager na hiang tioh ai {lun}
If your pager rings you have to {???}

What is the last syllable - character, pronunciation, and meaning?

忍 lun2
If your pager rings, you have to resist [the urge to check it]

D. Sixth verse

Andrew took a guess at “heN, heN! license tioh {balik kho}” with no known meaning. Does anyone else have any other suggestions?

One possibility is "balik" (= Malay "to go back") + "kho2" (= "to an exam") = "to have to re-sit your driving test, because you lost your licence for using your mobile while driving".

I wonder if "kho2" could be 扣 in Mandarin (kou4, confiscate)

E. Last verse

不要急著把命送
bù yào jí-zhù bă mìng sòng

Is my translation “Don’t hurry and lose your life” of the Mandarin correct?

I would translate it as "Don't be so eager to lose you life"

{??} [就]有人倒
{liam/liang mi} toh u lang to
{???} there’ll be someone {knocked over}
liâm-piⁿ 臨邊 meaning "suddenly" - it is in Taiwanese and Amoy, but perhaps it didn't get all the way through the Straits to Penang.

In practice I've only heard this pronounced as liam5-mi1.

[SimL]

Hi duaaagiii,

Great to see you back here . I've not been posting the last week or so because I'm travelling. Should be settled down a bit more now, so will be able to post a bit, but still less than I usually do.

Thanks for your inputs. Welcome back!