My Taiwanese (Hokkien) adventure. From zero to fluency.
2014年9月23日 · BTW Amoy Hokkien is just like Taiwanese. But the Hokkien spoken in most of the rest of Hokkienland (southern Hokkien, or Fujian in Mandarin) can be pretty different, lexically and phonologically. 1B. The connection between Vietnamese and Hokkien may seem cryptic. I started on Vietnamese when I was already conversational in Hokkien.
Chinese name translation to Hokkien
2014年9月9日 · Use the Choán-lâi choán-khì, 轉來轉去(转来转去), Taiwanese Minnan character/Romanization converter. I got JWAHN LWAIH JWAHN HEUIH from the Minnan Romanization even though I don't speak Hokkien and my native dialect is Taishanese which I find quite remarkable. It's a set phrase, so, this is kind of a play on words thing going on. ;-0
Taiwanese: dragon - Non-Mandarin Chinese - Chinese-Forums
2007年12月24日 · Author. Posted February 15, 2008 at 02:46 AM. Hi and thank you for your help you guys. I went elsewhere and asked for Taiwanese Hokkien slang for "dragon" in the context of "brave hardy male/warrior" and was given: 虎背熊腰. 虎背熊腰的汉子. a shorter way to say those two terms-. 猛汉 壮汉 精壮的汉子. 壯丁, 壯男, 壯漢 ...
Taiwanese Hokkien slang-"firecracker" - chinese-forums.com
2008年9月11日 · What are Taiwanese Hokkien slang terms and expressions for "firecracker"? A "firecracker" is a lively, energetic person. I was told "firecracker" in Taiwanese is 暴躁 bao4 zao4. Is there someone here who speaks Taiwanese who can please help me out? Please let me know and please list as many Taiwanese slang terms as possible. Thank you.
Learning Hokkien - Non-Mandarin Chinese - Chinese-Forums
2014年3月27日 · Lu. Moderators. 8.8k. Chinese: fairly advanced. Location: Utrecht (previously Beijing and Taipei, at various times) Posted March 27, 2014 at 10:17 AM. I studied Taiyu for a while in 2007-8, as did another poster here. You can search the forums for a bit, there are some threads with relevant information.
Translate my Mandarin Name to Hokkien - Page 2 - Chinese-Forums
2010年11月28日 · Posted June 28, 2021 at 05:53 PM. On 6/12/2021 at 4:51 AM, Zuo Zhuangchen said: my mandarin name is 左 庄 臣 （zuo zhuangchen) In Taiwanese Hokkien (Tai-lo) Romanisation, it would be Tsó Tsng-sîn. You may want to adjust the spelling to Cho Chng-shin, Cho Cheng-shin, Tso Tseng-shin, Tso Tseng-shin as you prefer.
Is this Mandarin or Hokkien? - Chinese-Forums
2024年4月10日 · The non-Mandarin language you hear is definitely Taiwanese (Minnanese, Hokkien). (Source: I lived in Taiwan for a few years and learned some Taiwanese.) Seems this is not the ideal show to watch if you want to practice your Mandarin listening skills, although of course you can still watch it if you simply enjoy the show for itself.
A Start in Hokkien - księżycowy's 角落 - Chinese-Forums
2023年6月16日 · In particular I feel I have the resources and abilities to get pretty far into Taiwanese Hokkien (here after simply Taiwanese, in line with current English terminology standards) and Cantonese, so the primary focus in this blog will be my language learning adventures with Mandarin, Cantonese and Taiwanese.
Can someone suggest some Hokkien Dictionaries? - Chinese-Forums
2007年10月21日 · Wi-vun Taiffalo Chiung: Tone Change in Taiwanese: Age and Geographic Factors. 樋口 靖: 台湾語会話, 2000, ISBN 4-497-20004-3 (Good and yet concise introduction to the Taiwanese language in Japanese; CD: ISBN 4-497-20006-X) 趙 怡華: はじめての台湾, 2003, ISBN 4-7569-0665-6 (In Japanese: Introduction to Taiwanese and Chinese)
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2005年2月28日 · A street in Kowloon City is called 福佬村道 (Fuk Lo Tsun Road), literally Hokkien Village Road. Hokkien can refer to: - Hokkien (dialect): a Chinese dialect, a member of the Min dialect branch, similar to Taiwanese - An old transliteration of the name of …