More Traditional Celebrations Besides Chinese New Year, we have more traditional celebrations. They include Tëin Mẽin/, Pã Lũng Jiü, Tīt Ngùt Tīt, Jüng Tiü and others. 1A: Besides New Year what other celebrations are there? 1A: Chuĩ Xïn Nẽin/ vân yiü nāi mōt-ā dēik ngìt ä?...
Preface Hoisanva 台山話 occupies a unique position in Chinese dialects. According to Professor Horowitz, a visiting professor of Chinese Classics in Columbia University in 1958, it is probably the only dialect that is very close to the dialect that was spoken during the Spring and Autumn period in Chinese history, about 2,500 years ago....
Numbers, Days of the Week, Months, Colors Numbers: Counting from 1 to 100 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 yīt ngì xäm xï mˉ lùk tīt bät giū sìp 11 is ten one: sìp-yīt 12 is ten two: sìp-ngì...
Breakfast at City Cafe Grandpa: Good morning. Ä-Yẽh: Dāo sĩn. Grandma: Good morning. Ä-Ngĩn: Dāo sĩn. Grandpa: Would you like to have breakfast at City Cafe? Ä-Yẽh: Nï xēng huï Fùng Sẽin hëk dāo tän/ mä? Grandma: Sure. Ä-Ngĩn: Hāo äk. Grandpa and Grandma take the B70...
Breakfast at Pegasus Coffee Shop Grandpa: Good morning. Ä-Yẽh: Dāo sĩn. Grandma: Good morning. Ä-Ngĩn: Dāo sĩn. Grandpa: Would you like to have breakfast at Pegasus? Ä-Yẽh: Nï xēng huï Fï-mâ hëk dāo tän/ mä? Grandma: Sure. We haven’t been there for a while. Ä-Ngĩn: Hāo lā....
Tableware 1A: What is this? Kôi jëng hài mōt? 1B: This is a knife. Kôi jëng hài äo dōi. 2A: What is that? Kûng göi hài mōt? 2B: That is a fork. Kûng göi hài châ/. 3A: What is this? Kôi göi hài mōt? 3B: This is...
Breakfast at Yëin Tẽng’s House Actors: Mom, Yëin Tẽng (son #1, Big Brother), Tëin Hã (daughter #1, Sister) Yëin Tẽng: Good morning Mom and Tëin Hã. Yëin Tẽng: Dāo sĩn Mã-mā, Tëin Hã. Mom: Good morning. Mã-mā: Dāo sĩn. Tëin Hã: Good morning, Big Brother. Tëin Hã:...
Dim Sum Actors: Ä-Ngĩn (Grandma), Yëin Tẽng (grandson #1), waiter Saturday at Yëin Tẽng’s house. Grandma: Let’s have dim sum tomorrow. Ä-Ngĩn: Hèin-dāo ngōi tēng nï ngīm chã, hāo mä? Yëin Tẽng: OK. Thank you. Yëin Tẽng: Hāo lā. Ü-dèh xëin.. Grandma: Which restaurant would you like...
Chinese New Year’s Eve New Year’s Eve is called Nẽin xäm sìp nâm. It doesn’t matter whether the 12th month has 29 days or 30 days, New Year’s Eve is still called Nẽin xäm sìp nâm. Before the end of the year, usually before or on the...
Chinese New Year Chinese New Year is the most important holiday in China. Traditionally there are certain things we say or do and certain things we do not say or do. For example, we say good things to everyone we meet and never say anything bad on...
