Penang Hokkien Resources is one of the most comprehensive compilation of material about Penang Hokkien on the Internet. This section of Penang Travel Tips was created in order to preserve and develop the language used by the Chinese in Penang, to ensure its relevancy in the 21st century.
As part of the modernisation effort on Penang Hokkien, a new writing system called Taiji Romanisation was introduced in 2013 to make it easy for the language to be written and used on standard keyboards and keypads.
The Penang Hokkien Dictionary is an online dictionary listing all the words in common use in the language. Make use of this dictionary whenever you want to look up words.
The Penang Hokkien Dictionary and Learn Penang Hokkien YouTube Channel were officially launched by the Penang Chief Minister YAB Chow Kon Yeow at a ceremony at the Penang Town Hall on Wednesday, 5th July 2023.
The Penang Hokkien Story Writing Competition is an annual competition created to promote literacy in writing Penang Hokkien using Taiji Romanisation. The competition started in 2021. The following are the five winning entries for the 2021 competition.
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