Chao1 Hee3 Lang2 ("deaf")
Go BackWah4-eh3 bor4-eh3 hee3khang1 ju1 lai2 ju1 tang3. ta33-ta33 tau4 wah4 kio3 ee1, ee1 boh3 inn3.
Wah1 kong4 hor33 ee1 thnia1, "Darling, lu4 ju1 lai2 ju1 chau1hee3lang2 liau4!"
"Boh3 nya4 lah3," ee1 mm33 ciak3jin3.
Cit3 jit1-eh3 si2, wah4 boek1 hor33 ee1 khnua3. Wah1 tua1 ti1 pang3keng1, ee1 tua3 ti1 cau1kha1. Wah4 kio3 ee1, "Darling!"
Ee1 boh3 inn3.
Nah3, wah4 sniau3. Wah4 knia2 khah1 kin3, kau3 ka1 thniah1, liau4 kokh1 kio3 kokh1 cit3 tau4, "Darling!"
Kokh1 boh3 inn3! Wah1lau4eh4, si1paek3 chau1hee3lang2!
Wah4 knia2 kau3 cau1kha3 mui2, liau4 kio3, "Darling!"
Cit1 tau4 ee1 inn3, "Ha1mik1su33? Wah4 tap3 lu4 snar3 poe3 liau4!"
Vocabulary
- boh3 nya4 [bo-ĩa]: (adjective) untrue
- bor4 [bɔ]: (noun) wife
- cau1kha1 [tsau-kha]: (noun) kitchen
- chau1hee3lang2 [tshau-hi-laŋ]: (adjective, noun) deaf
- ciak3jin3 [tsiak-dzin]: (verb) to admit
- hee3khang1 ju1 lai2 ju1 tang3 [hi-khaŋ dzu-lai-dzu taŋ]: (phrase) ear increasingly hard of hearing
- inn3 [in]: (verb) to respond
- khah1 kin3 [kha-kin]: (adjective) closer
- kio3 [kio]: (verb) to call
- knia<2 [kiã]: (verb) to walk
- mui2 [mui]: (noun) door
- pang3keng1 [paŋ-keŋ]: (noun) bedroom
- si1paek3 [si-pɛk]: (adjective) exceedingly
- snar3 poe3 [sã-poe]: (noun) three times
- tau4 [tau]: (noun) instance (similar meaning to poe3)
- thniah1 [thiã]: (noun) living room
- wah1lau4eh4 [ua-lau-e]: (interjection) good golly (Singapore Hokkien derivative)
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