台山話

It is very interesting how different Cantonese and Taishanese are because some of the Taishanese just sounds so funny. Here is a lesson in Taishanese. The first Chinese characters are the pronunciation in Taishanese, and second set of Chinese characters is Cantonese. Have fun!

Lesson: 1

尾 (mei) 腿 (tui) - 唔 (m) 知 (ji) 道 (do) - Don't know

屐 (kek) - 佢 (kui) 地 (dei) - Them

歡 (foon) - 粉 (fan) - Noodle

不 (bu) 好 (hao) - 槌 (tsui) - Hammer (The Taishenese must be spoken in Mandarin in order to have the correct pronunciation)

剛 (gong) - 講 (gong) - Talk, speak

吃 (hek) 煩 (faan) - 食 (sik) 飯 (faan) - Eat rice

要 (yiu) 息 (sik) /口 (hau) 供 (gung) - 憂 (yau) 息 (sik) - Days off work

好 (ho) 吃 (hek) - 好 (ho) 食 (sik) - Delicious

綠 (luk) 衣 (yi) - 警 (ging) 察 (chaat) - Police officer