<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en-gb"> <link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/app.php/feed/topic/10969" /> <title>Chinese languages</title> <subtitle>Chinese languages</subtitle> <link href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/index.php" /> <updated>2011-01-18T21:52:08+00:00</updated> <author><name><![CDATA[Chinese languages]]></name></author> <id>http://chineselanguage.org/forums/app.php/feed/topic/10969</id> <entry> <author><name><![CDATA[niuc]]></name></author> <updated>2011-01-18T21:04:53+00:00</updated> <published>2011-01-18T21:04:53+00:00</published> <id>http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=34217#p34217</id> <link href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=34217#p34217"/> <title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Minnan in the martial arts]]></title> <content type="html" xml:base="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=34217#p34217"><![CDATA[ There is 五祖 Ngor5-Chor2 temple in Bagansiapiapi, but not sure if it is related to this. The spelling indeed looks like Cuanciu variant, though 'ir'/'y' and 'er' are "merged" with 'e'. Interestingly that's how most of my Bagan friends do when they try to write Hokkien in romanization. Anyway in Indonesian, 'e' is used to spell both 'e' and 'er'.<p>Statistics: Posted by <a href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=527">niuc</a> — Tue Jan 18, 2011 9:04 pm</p><hr /> ]]></content> </entry> <entry> <author><name><![CDATA[Mark Yong]]></name></author> <updated>2011-01-18T21:52:08+00:00</updated> <published>2011-01-18T13:57:52+00:00</published> <id>http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=34212#p34212</id> <link href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=34212#p34212"/> <title type="html"><![CDATA[Minnan in the martial arts]]></title> <content type="html" xml:base="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=34212#p34212"><![CDATA[ The <em class="text-italics">Minnan</em> dialect as used in an area close to my heart – martial arts.<br><br>The <em class="text-italics">Sao Lim Ngo Cho Kun</em> <span style="font-size:120%;line-height:116%">(少林五祖拳)</span> or <em class="text-italics">Shaolin Five Ancestors Boxing</em> is of Hokkien origin. Hence, it uses Hokkien pronunciation for its forms and movements, e.g.<br><br><span style="font-size:120%;line-height:116%">拳套</span> kun-toh – Boxing Form/Set<br><span style="font-size:120%;line-height:116%">兒子抱牌</span> Hi Li Po Pai – “Child Holding the Tablet”<br><span style="font-size:120%;line-height:116%">三戰</span> Sam Chien - “Three Battles”<br><span style="font-size:120%;line-height:116%">天地人戰 </span> Tian Te Lin Chien - “Heaven, Earth and Man Battle”<br><span style="font-size:120%;line-height:116%">二十拳</span> Li Sip Kun - “Twenty Punches”<br><span style="font-size:120%;line-height:116%">雙掃拳</span> Sang Sau Kun - “Double Roundhouse Punch”<br><span style="font-size:120%;line-height:116%">平馬戰</span> Pieng Ma Chien - “Even Stance Battle”<br><span style="font-size:120%;line-height:116%">四門扑角</span> Se Mun Pa Kak - “Hitting the Four Corners”<br><span style="font-size:120%;line-height:116%">雙綏拳</span> Song Sui Kun - “Double Banner Fist”<br><span style="font-size:120%;line-height:116%">三戰十字拳</span> Sam Chien Sip Li Kun - “Three Battles Cross Pattern”<br><span style="font-size:120%;line-height:116%">鳳尾戰</span> Hong Be Chien - “Phoenix Tail Battle”<br><span style="font-size:120%;line-height:116%">四門掛掃</span> Se Mun Kwa Sau - “Four Direction Sweeping”<br><br>(I think the pronunciations follow <span style="font-size:120%;line-height:116%">泉州</span> <em class="text-italics">Cuan Ciu</em>, where the founder <span style="font-size:120%;line-height:116%">蔡玉鳴</span> Chua Giok Beng came from. Please mind the Romanisation, as I did not alter them from my source.)<br><br>Source: <a href="http://www.bengkiam.com/" class="postlink">http://www.bengkiam.com/</a><p>Statistics: Posted by <a href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=418">Mark Yong</a> — Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:57 pm</p><hr /> ]]></content> </entry> </feed>