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漳州

嚴
至聖 二四九六年 二月 廿三日
公元 一九四四年 四月 初五日 終

海澄 南泰 武山腳 隆教 洋坪社

顯考 諱虎斗 藍府君
顯妣 諱梅娘 黃孺人 之墓

男 芳松 鴻泰 鴻壽 鴻德 鴻鎮
女 意娘 英娘 桂音

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It was interesting to see the 「美珍香 Bee Cheng Hiang」 sign in Taiwan, as very few signs in Taiwan have Minnan romanization, and Bee Cheng Hiang is a company from Singapore. http://www.bch.com.sg/ http://www.bch.tw/ http://www.bch.hk/ Unfortunately, they got the pronunciation wrong; while 珍 and 貞 are h...

{衝} 過[就]出車禍 {chong/siong} kue toh chhut chhia-ho Is this really “chong5”/ 衝 , as in "to rush"? It sounds like "siong" when I replay it. 衝 tshiong1 Pager 若響著愛 {忍} pager na hiang tioh ai {lun} If your pager rings you have to {???} What is the last syllable - character, pronunciation, and meaning? 忍 l...

tang-si　當時　when? as opposed to (Penang) ki-si 幾是. This last one I think is from Cantonese, as the first character is pronounced "kui" elsewhere. Old Cantonese (pre-1940's) used to pronounce it "ki" rather than "kei". It is also pronounced ti-si?, so might it be related to the ti- in tiang/ti-tiang?...

In Taiwan, 艱苦 (kan1-khoo2) means "arduous; painful; in misery; sad; to not feel well".

To say something is "easy/hard to + verb", we would say "ho2/phainn2 + verb".

煞 is much more commonly used to write suah4 than 遂 in Taiwan.

However, 遂 is often used in Classical Chinese and in older or more formal Mandarin literature.

遂 (sui7) matches in meaning, although its pronunciation isn't a perfect match...

No, there isn't such a tool, and it would not be easy to write one because the pronunciation of a character depends highly on its context.

Interesting; tiam7-tiam7 (恬恬) in Taiwan means "quiet; quietly; to be quiet (i.e. shut up)"

• 恬恬！
  Be quiet! / Shut up!
• 恬恬食三碗公(半)
  (lit. to quietly eat three (and a half) big bowls of food)
  describes a person who does not appear to be aggressive, but in reality is very much so

tsiam7-si5 暫時 Barclay gives 漸 for the first character. Any opinion on the suitability of this? In my opinion, 漸 (gradual, gradually) does not fit. Also, in my usage, 無理由 means "without reason, unreasonable, illogical, irrational". Consequently, I suppose that 有理由 could mean "to make sense, hang tog...

pa2-ak4 把握 (not sure if this fits) se3-tsun1 世尊 hong1-hiam2 風險 (doesn't make sense to me here, might not be a match) tshut4-siann5 出城 (sounds right, because outside of the city is a jungle where tigers roam :) ) thoo2-hui2 土匪 siong5-siong5 常常 yes, it can mean 'regularly' tue3 綴 sai2-sing3-te7 使性地 t...

煩惱 huan5-lo2 to worry; worries Might be 後悔 hoo7-hue2 or hio7-hue2 (I usually hear the latter in Taiwan) to regret; regretful but this doesn't match the description you gave 老耄 lo2-moo7 old and senile 布施 or 佈施 poo3-si1 to give alms; giving alms 團結 thuan5-kiat4 to unite; united 特持 tiau1/5-ti5 / thiau...

In Taiwan, other than "being scared to death", we also say 恐怖 (khiong2-poo3) for "frightening".

Similarly, to this day, I find it very difficult to use the word "lu" (=you) to an elder - it was considered *very* rude, when I was young. For example, in speaking to my grandmother (when I was young, she's now long gone), it was totally impossible to ask "lu be khi bo?" (= do you want to go?). In...

石美

民國戊寅年季冬之月吉置

顯考處士號篁河黃君壽域
顯妣孺人諱瑞珍韓氏壽域

孝男

新俊 新策 新猷 新慶

女
夢芝娘 夢桂娘 夢梅娘

孫
民心 民懷 民安 民宇
民權 民氣 民和 民順

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