Vocabulary list of printed matter in Penang Hokkien with IPA and audio output.

  1. advertisement: (noun) kong1ko3 [kɔŋ-ko]

  2. air ticket: (noun) poay3ki3phio3 [poe-ki-phio] , poay3cun3tnua1 [poe-ki-tuã]

  3. banknote: (noun) cua1ji3 [tsua-dzi]

  4. building plan: chu1tor2 [tshu-tɔ]

  5. calendar: (noun) la3jit1 [la-dzit]

  6. card: (noun) kad1 [kad]

  7. cardboard: (noun) cua1phoe1 [tsua-phoe]

  8. certificate of ownership: (noun) ga3ran1 [ga-ran] (Malay loanword)

  9. comic book: (noun) ko1mik4 [kɔ-mik] (English derivative)

  10. contract: (noun) hap3tang2 [hap-taŋ]

  11. diagram: (noun) tor2 [tɔ]

  12. exercise book: (noun) phor3wa4 [phɔ-wa]

  13. identity card: (noun) teng3ki3 [teŋ-ki]

  14. joss paper: (noun) gin3cua4 [gin-tsua] (burnt for the departed); kim3cua4 [kim-tsua] (burnt for the deities)

  15. letter: (noun) phe1 [phe]

  16. love letter: (noun) ai1ceng3 phe1 [ai-tseŋ-phe]

  17. map: (noun) tay3tor2 [te-tɔ]

  18. newspaper: (noun) po1cua4 [po-tsua]

  19. paper: (noun) cua4 [tsua]

  20. paperbox: (noun) cua1ak1 [tsua-aʔ]

  21. red packet: (noun) ang3pau1 [aŋ-pau]

  22. romance novel: (noun) ai1ceng3 kor1su3 chaek3 [ai-tseŋ kɔ-su tshɛk]

  23. stamp: (noun) stamp1 [stɛmp]

  24. storybook: (noun) kor1su3 chaek3 [kɔ-su-tshɛʔ]

  25. talisman paper issued by spirit medium: (noun) hu2 [hu2]

  26. wedding invitation card: (noun) kaw3in3 thiap3 [kau-in-thiap]

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