"Busybody" in Hokkien

[Niuc]

Hi Tjandy

Yes, our Hokkien is quite close to Taiwanese Hokkien and we have no problem understanding Taiwanese TV programs. Actually Taiwanese Hokkien is a mixed dialect, although in TV mostly they say khi3 (to go) occassionally I heard khy3 (which is exactly the same as ours).

'to cry': I heard both khau3 and hau2 used in Taiwanese. Although usually we use khau3, sometimes we use hau2 also, especially for crying aloud.

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[Eng Wai]

I say KHAU pek KHAU bo (cry father cry mother) but mang hau (Don't cry).

Eng Wai