Kimberley Street Char Koay Teow (24 October, 2013)

The Kimberley Street Char Koay Teow is a famous char koay teow stall in Penang. Read about it in Penang Hokkien.
Swa1thau3 Kay1 Char1 Koay1 Teow2 si33 cit3-leh3 chut1mia2-eh3 char1 koay1 teow3 thnua1 ti1 Lebuh Kimberley kah1 Lebuh Cintra eh3 lor33thau2. Lebuh Kimberley tok3 si33 Swa1thau3 Kay1. Ti1 Penang, uh3 lang2 su3ka3, uh3 lang3 pu1lak1 boh3 su3ka3 cit1 thnua1. Su3ka3-eh3 lang2 kong4 cit1-thnua1-eh3 char1 koay1 teow2 cin3 ho1ciak1. Boh3 su3ka3-eh3 lang2 pu1lak1 kong4 cit1-thnua1-eh3 char1 koay1 teow2 cin2 kui3 kokh1 cin3 cio4.
Uh3 nya4 cit1-thnua1-eh3 char1 koay1 teow2 cin3 cio4, ta3pi1 wah4 su1ka1 ciak1 eng3goay33 ie1 haeh3 haeh3kor1. Eng3goay33 cit3 pnua2 ciak3 be33 pa4, wah1 tun1 kio3 pa3-hang3 mi3knia3 ciak1.
Translation
The Kimberley Street Char Koay Teow is a well-known char koay teow stall at the junction of Kimberley Street and Cintra Street. Kimberley Street is called Swa1thau3 Kay1. In Penang, there are people who like and those who do not like this stall. Those who like says the char koay teow here is tasty. Those who do not say it is expensive and the portion is small.
It's true that the portion of char koay teow here is small, but I like to eat here because it has mantis prawns. As one plate is not enough, I usually orders other things to eat as well.
Vocabulary
- chut1mia2 [tshut-mia]: (adjective) well-known
- cio4 [tsio]: (adjective) few, less, small portion
- haeh3kor1 [hɛ-kɔ]: (noun) mantis prawn
- ho1ciak1 [ho-tsiak]: (adjective) tasty, delicious
- kah3 [ka]: (conjunction) and (homophone of ka3 and kar3)
- mi3knia3RW [mi-niã]: (noun) item, things
- pnua2 [puã]: (noun) plate
- su3ka3 [su-ka]: (verb) to like (Malay loanword)
- thnua1 [thuã]: (noun) stall
- uh3 nya4 [u-ĩa]: (phrase) it's true
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