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ies of hokkien such as those spoken in southern malaysia and singapore used in malay and english loanwords y y 豬腸粉 ts ý tshiông fân used in cantonese loanwords may be pronounced as i ei ei 無釐頭 môu l êi thāu used in cantonese loanwords eoi ɵy 濕濕碎 sa̋p sa̋p s êoi an alternate pronunciation of ue due to cantonese influence used in cantonese loanwords may be pronounced as ue oi ɔi 糜 m ôi used in malay english cantonese and teochew loanwords replaces ol in malay loanwords e g bo̍t toi 瓿瓵 botol tsian doi 煎蕊 cendol note the change from final l in standard malay to i is a general feature of penang malay the local variety from which penang hokkien borrows this phonological change can be seen in other loanwords from penang malay e g sām bai 參峇 sambal ou ou 大佬 tāi l ôu used in cantonese and teochew loanwords rhymes edit vowel s open nasal plosive ̃ m n ŋ p̚ t̚ k̚ ʔ a a ann am an ang ap at ak ah ai ai ainn aih au au auh e e eng ek eh ɛ ee enn em en eeng et eek eeh ə er ern ert erh ei ei i i inn im in ing ip it ik ih ia ia iann iam iang iap iak iah iɛ ian iat iau iau iaunn io io ioh iɔ ioo ionn iong iok iu iu vowel s open nasal plosive ̃ m n ŋ p̚ t̚ k̚ ʔ o o um ung uk oh ɔ oo onn om on ong ot ok ooh ɔi oi ou ou u u un ut uh ua ua uann uan uang uat uah uai uai uainn ue ue ueh ui ui uinn y y yn ɵy eoi m̩ m ŋ̍ ng used in loanwords variants and onomatopoeia tones edit in penang hokkien the two departing tones 3rd 7th are virtually identical and may not be distinguished except in their sandhi forms most native speakers of penang hokkien are therefore only aware of four tones in unchecked syllables high low rising high falling and two entering tones high and low in checked syllables in most systems of romanisation this is accounted as seven tones altogether the tones are penang hokkien tones 14 upper dark 陰 lower light 陽 no name tl contour sandhied no name tl contour sandhied level 平 1 陰平 im piânn a 44 21 5 陽平 iông piânn â 23 21 rising 上 2 上聲 sióng siann á 53 44 445 departing 去 3 陰去 im khì à 21 53 7 陽去 iông khì ā 21 21 44 entering 入 4 陰入 im ji̍p a ʔ 3 ʔ 4 8 陽入 iông ji̍p a̍ ʔ 4 ʔ 3 note entering tones 4 8 only occur in closed syllables where represents either p t k or h the names of the tones no longer bear any relation to the tone contours the upper rising 2nd tone has two variants in penang hokkien a high falling tone 53 and a high rising tone 445 the high falling tone 53 is more common among the older generations while in the younger generations there has been a shift towards the use of the high rising tone 445 when the 3rd tone is sandhied to the 2nd tone the high falling variant 53 is used however some speakers may sandhi the 3rd tone to the 1st tone 44 14 as in amoy and zhangzhou there is no lower rising 6th tone tone sandhi edit penang hokkien like other hokkien dialects albeit less extensive 14 features tone sandhi 變調 piàn tiāu a process where the tone of a character changes if it is followed by another character as part of a multisyllabic compound when a character is read in isolation as a monosyllabic word or as the final character in a multisyllabic compound it is pronounced with its original tone 本調 pún tiāu within a multisyllabic compound every character except for the one in the final position undergoes tone sandhi for example the word 牛 gû in isolation is pronounced with an ascending tone 23 but when it combines with a following syllable as in 牛肉 gû bah it undergoes tone sandhi and is pronounced with a low tone 21 meanwhile 肉 bah in the final position is pronounced with its original tone ʔ 3 this process occurs regardless of the length of the compound for example in 牛肉粿條湯 gû bah kué tiâu thng the first 4 characters are pronounced with their sandhied tone while only the final character 湯 thng is pronounced with its original tone in both tâi lô and pe̍͘h ōa jī based romanisation systems compounds are indicated with the use of hyphens linking the individual syllables single hyphens are most often used and linked syllables undergo tone sandhi as described above double hyphens are used in instances where the preceding syllable does not undergo tone sandhi tone marks always show the original tone and do not change to indicate the sandhied tone in a compound 1st 7th 5th 2nd 3rd 4th 8th the general tone sandhi rules for penang hokkien are as follows 5th becomes 7th 7th becomes 3rd 3rd becomes 2nd for some speakers becomes 1st 2nd becomes 1st 1st becomes 7th checked syllables p t k h 4th becomes 8th 8th becomes 4th although the two departing tones 3rd 7th are virtually identical in penang hokkien in their sandhi forms they become 53 and 21 and are thus easily distinguishable relationship between hokkien and mandarin tones edit there is a reasonably reliable correspondence between hokkien and mandarin tones upper level hokkien 1st tone mandarin 1st tone e g 雞 ke jī lower level hokkien 5th tone mandarin 2nd tone e g 龍 lêng lóng rising hokkien 2nd tone mandarin 3rd tone e g 馬 bée mǎ departing hokkien 3rd 7th tones mandarin 4th tone e g 兔 thòo tù 象 tshiōnn xiàng words with entering tones all end with p t k or h glottal stop as mandarin no longer has any entering tones there is no simple corresponding relationship for the hokkien 4th and 8th tones e g 國 kok guó but 發 huat fā the tone in mandarin often depends on what the initial consonant of the syllable is see the article on entering tones for details literary and colloquial pronunciations edit hokkien has not been taught in schools in penang since the establishment of the republic of china in 1911 when mandarin was made the chinese national language as such few if any people have received any formal instruction in hokkien and it is not used for literary purposes however as in other variants of min nan most words have both literary and colloquial pronunciations literary variants are generally eschewed in favour of colloquial pronunciations e g 大學 tuā o̍h instead of tāi ha̍k though literary pronunciations still appear in limited circumstances e g in given names but generally not surnames e g 安 an rather than uann 玉 gio̍k rather than ge̍k 月 gua̍t rather than gue̍h 明 bêng rather than mêe in a few surnames e g 葉 ia̍p rather than hio̍h in other proper names e g 龍山堂 liông san tông rather than lêng suann tn̂g in certain set phrases e g 差不多 tsha put to rather than tshee m̄ to 見笑 kiàn siàu rather than kìnn tshiò in certain names of plants herbs and spices e g 木瓜 bo̍k kua rather than ba̍k kua 五香 ngóo hiong rather than gōo hiong in names of certain professions eg 學生 ha̍k seng instead of o̍h senn 醫生 i seng rather than i senn and 老君 ló kun instead of lāu kun a notable exception is 先生 sin senn unlike in china taiwan and the philippines the literary pronunciations of numbers higher than two are not used when giving telephone numbers etc e g 二五四 jī gōo sì instead of jī ngóo sù differences from other varieties of hokkien edit penang hokkien has differences in pronunciation and vocabulary when compared to other varieties of hokkien although penang hokkien has many similarities to zhangzhou hokkien from which it is derived it also has its own unique differences the use of zhangzhou pronunciations such as 糜 muâi amoy bê 先生 sin senn amoy sian sinn etc the use of zhangzhou expressions such as 調羹 thâu kiong amoy 湯匙 thng sî the adoption of pronunciations from teochew e g 我 wá uá zhangzhou guá 糜 môi zhangzhou muâi the adoption of amoy and quanzhou pronunciations like 歹勢 pháinn sè zhangzhou bái pháinn sì 百 pah zhangzhou peeh etc general pronunciation differences can be shown as below penang hokkien amoy hokkien zhangzhou dialect example 8th tone 4 8th tone 4 8th tone 12 e ue e 細 sè ee e ee 蝦 hêe enn inn enn 生 senn eng ing iəŋ ing iəŋ 生 seng ek ik iək̚ ik iək̚ 色 sek iaunn ionn iunn ionn 想 siāunn iong iang iong iang 相 siong in un in 銀 gîn j l j 入 ji̍p oo ng oo 兩 nōo u i i 魚 hû ue e ue 火 hué ua ue ua 話 uā uinn ng uinn 酸 suinn loanwords edit due to penang s linguistic and ethnic diversity penang hokkien is in close contact with many other languages and dialects which are drawn on heavily for loanwords 15 these include malay teochew cantonese and english malay edit like other dialects in malaysia and singapore penang hokkien borrows heavily from malay but sometimes to a greater extent than other hokkien dialects e g penang hokkien malay other hokkien definition note ān ting anting 耳鉤 hīnn kau earring bā lái balai polis 警察局 kíng tshat kio̍k police station bā lú 峇屢 baru 拄才 tú tsiah new ly just now bān san 萬山 bangsal 菜市仔 tshài tshī á market see also pá sat 巴剎 báng kû bangku 椅條 í liâu stool bá tû 礣砥 batu 石頭 tsio̍h thâu stone bēr liân berlian 璇石 suān tsio̍h diamond bī nā tang binatang 動物 tōng bu̍t animal 禽獸 khîm siù is also frequently used gâ tái 疨㾂 gatal 癢 tsiūnn itchy gēr lí gî lí 疑理 geli 噁 ònn creepy hair raising jiám bân 染蠻 jamban 便所 piān sóo toilet kan nang tsû kan lang tsû 蕳砃薯 kentang 馬鈴薯 má lîng tsû potato kau în kau îng 交寅 kahwin 結婚 kiat hun marry khit siàn 乞善 kesian 可憐 khó liân pity lām peng lampin 尿帕仔 jiō phè á diaper lô ti 羅知 roti 麵包 mī pau bread ló kun 老君 dukun 醫生 i seng doctor lui 鐳 duit 錢 tsînn money má ná 嗎哪 mana 當時 tang sî 啥物時陣 siánn mih sî tsūn as if since when mā nek manik 珠仔 tsu á bead má tâ 馬打 mata mata 警察 kíng tshat police pá sat 巴剎 pasar 菜市仔 tshài tshī á market see also bān san 萬山 pīng gang pinggang 腰 io waist pún 呠 僨 pun 也 iā also lā sa rasa 感覺 kám kak to feel sá bûn 雪文 sabun 茶箍 tê khoo soap other varieties of hokkien including some taiwanese varieties also use 雪文 sá bûn sâm pá 儳㞎 sampah 糞埽 pùn sò garbage sa yang 捎央 sayang 愛 ài to love what a pity som bóng 森妄 sombong 勢利 sè lī snobbish soo tong 蘇東 sotong 鰇魚 jiû hû squid cuttlefish su kā su kah 私合 suka 愛 ài to like tá hān 扙捍 tahan 忍耐 lím nāi endure ta pí 焦比 逐比 tapi 但是 毋過 tān sī m̄ koh but to lóng 多琅 tolong 鬥相共 tàu sann kāng help 鬥相共 tàu sann kāng is also frequently used tong kat 杖楬 tongkat 枴仔 kuái á walking stick tser la kà celaka 該死 kai sí damn it tsiám pó campur 摻 tsham to mix tua la 大帤 tuala 面巾 bīn kin towel there are also many hokkien words which have been borrowed into malay sometimes with slightly different meanings e g malay penang hokkien definition notes beca 馬車 bée tshia horse cart bihun 米粉 bí hún rice vermicelli jepun 日本 ji̍t pún japan loteng 樓頂 lâu téng upstairs originally means attic in hokkien kicap 鮭汁 kê tsiap fish sauce originally means sauce in hokkien kongsi 公司 kong si to share originally means company firm clan association in hokkien kuaci 瓜子 kua tsí edible watermelon seeds kuetiau 粿條 kué tiâu flat rice noodle kuih 粿 kué rice flour cake mi 麵 mī noodles sinseh 先生 sin senn traditional chinese doctor tauhu 豆腐 taū hū tofu tauke 頭家 thâu kee boss teh 茶 têe tea teko 茶鈷 têe kóo teapot tionghua tionghoa 中華 tiong huâ chinese of relating to china tiongkok 中國 tiong kok china tukang 廚工 tû kang craftsman other chinese varieties edit there are words in penang hokkien that originated from other varieties of chinese spoken in and around malaysia e g penang hokkien originated from definition note 愛 ài teochew want other varieties of hokkien use 欲 beh 我 wá teochew i me originally pronounced as guá in hokkien however penang hokkien has adopted the teochew pronunciation 我儂 wá lâng teochew we us may be shortened to wang uang 卬 other varieties of hokkien use 阮 gún guán 汝儂 lú lâng teochew you guys may be shortened to luang 戎 other varieties of hokkien use 恁 lín 伊儂 i lâng teochew they theirs may be shortened to yang iang 傇 other varieties of hokkien use 𪜶 亻因 in 無變 bô piàn teochew nothing can be done 豬母酸 豬母霜 tu bó suinn tu bó sng teochew octopus particularly as food from local teochew 豬母酸 tṳ bó sṳng 啱 ngam cantonese fit suitable 大佬 tāi lôu cantonese bro boss penang hokkien uses pronunciation from cantonese 緊張 kán tsiong kín tsiong cantonese nervous from the cantonese pronunciation 緊張 gán jēung or a compound of hokkien 緊 kín cantonese 張 jēung the original hokkien pronunciation would be kín tiaunn kín tionn 無釐頭 môu lêi thāu cantonese makes no sense from cantonese 無厘頭 mòuh lèih tàuh 豬腸粉 tsý tshiông fân cantonese chee cheong fun penang hokkien uses pronunciation from cantonese 雲吞 uān than cantonese wantan penang hokkien uses pronunciation from cantonese 濕濕碎 sa̋p sa̋p sêoi cantonese easy a piece of cake penang hokkien uses pronunciation from cantonese 死父 sí pēe singaporean hokkien very originated from teochew 死父 sí pĕ and adopted from singaporean hokkien 死爸 sí pē 我老兮 wá lāu ê singaporean hokkien oh my god oh no english edit penang hokkien has also borrowed some words from english some of which may have been borrowed via malay often these words tend to be more technical and less well embedded than the malay words e g brake park pipe pump etc however some are used in common everyday language e g penang hokkien english other hokkien note a bôi 阿 bôi boy 囝 kiánn familiar term of address for one s own son also used generally to refer to someone else s son or younger male around one s son s age a gêr 阿 gêr girl 查某囝 tsa bóo kiánn familiar term of address for one s own daughter also used generally to refer to someone else s daughter or younger female around one s daughter s age áng kér 安哥 uncle 阿叔 a tsek familiar term of address for a man around one s father s age also used generally to refer to any middle aged or older man án tí 安娣 aunty 阿姨 a î familiar term of address for a woman around one s mother s age also used generally to refer to any middle aged or older woman kú shérn 古申 cushion 墊 tiām lée liô 黎撩 radio 收音機 siu im ki móo tó 摩哆 motorcycle 摩托車 môo thok tshia derives from motor in motorcycle sée le̋rt 沙律 salad 沙拉 sa la sóo fá 沙發 sofa 膨椅 phòng í thai edit penang hokkien also contains words which are thought to come from thai e g penang hokkien definition other hokkien note pua̍t 鈸 鏺 1 10 of a unit of currency i e 10 sen cents e g 50 sen 五鈸 gōo pua̍t 角 kak etymology ultimately unknown but thought to come from thai baht entertainment edit in recent years a number of movies that incorporate the use of penang hokkien have been filmed as part of wider efforts to preserve the language s relevance 16 among the more recent movies are the journey which became the highest grossing malaysian film in 2014 and you mean the world to me the first movie to be filmed entirely in penang hokkien another contribution to the entertainment landscape is the penang hokkien podcast as an initiative in the realm of penang hokkien entertainment the penang hokkien podcast complements the efforts to preserve the language s relevance it serves as an audio medium that celebrates the culture and humour associated with penang hokkien in the doctor who series the first language to be used other than english was hokkien this occurred in a dialogue translated by the penang born actress pik sen lim in the mind of evil serial 1971 lim also used penang hokkien in the british sitcom mind your language 1977 79 when portraying the character chung su lee a chinese national speak hokkien campaign edit the speak hokkien campaign is a social movement aimed at the revitalisation 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