Currently talking to a Teochew girl that speaks Teochew. I’m Teochew but I cant speak but still tryna learn. Any Teochew phrases I can say to her

Does anyone know where you can type in Characters to get Peng'im input? I'm learning pronunciation, but it takes a lot of time to look up every character one by one. The multiple pronunciations make this extra tricky. Also how do you know when to use a literary or vernacular pronunciation?

Anyone have relatives who took the boat from Swatow to Bangkok in the late 1800s or early 1900s and passed down stories of their experience?

My grandparents passed before I was born, and none from my parents' generation bothered to ask. I read somewhere that the ride took anywhere from 1 to 2 weeks (unclear if sailboat or steamship) and one-way cost 5 baht.

TIA!

Is it possible to guess the meaning and characters to write my grandfather's name?

In Thai: จิ้นเซี้ยง
Best guess at romanization: Jinxiang (maybe? Mogher doesn't list J or X in the Teochew pinyin index)

If it helps, the next generation's names all contained 'gim' (gold).

My grandfather passed a very long time ago, so information is pretty limited. TIA!

Động từ cơ bản tiếng Triều Châu - 基本動詞 (Teochew basic verbs) (Demo)

Hi, can someone help me translate this into English? Or at least some of the less commonly used verbs. It is difficult to find online material with people using these more natural terms, rather than some awkward borrowing from Mandarin which sounds wrong.

I happened to see some information about Teochew to say words like "here" "there" "inside" "above" etc. and the thing is that, for example, the word "here" would be "to ti koh" (approx, i'm really not a good speaker nor I know about rules of romanization of Teochew) and it's only my mother who would say that this way. My grandma would say "na ti" for here, "na lai" for inside, "na teng" for above etc. My grandma explained that there are different versions of Teochew depending of where you're from. Could someone tell me exactly what language my grandma speaks in particular?

Hi all I just wanted to share this channel which has really improved my listening and keeps me up to date with the homeland. The daily news program 今日视线 is updated every day but does not get many views, so I'm afraid they will stop posting. I'm aware its available in China, but for those living elsewhere, its a great resource.

https://youtube.com/channel/UC3HSC7YcZ-ME50vEdA_vadQ?si=zquy0ok35jX6AHrP

The videos in red are Teochew and in blue is Mandarin, both are only news about the Chaoshan region

I’m half Chinese Cambodia and my grandparents spoke teochew but they have past away I want to learn so I can connect to my Toechew Heritage

Does anyone know what ‘Kuangyiew’ in Teochew means? I don’t know how to spell her name in both English and Chinese. Just that it’s pronounced ‘Kuang-yew’. It’s been years that she passed away, I went to a Chinese temple today trying to write her name on the envelope but I couldn’t.

Thanks!

My daughter is engaged into an Aussie-Teochew speaking family. The wedding is in planning stages at the moment and will be an asian-aussie fusion, and thus I will 100% be called on to give a speech.

Obviously the family speaks English but the older members of my SiL's family are very much Teochew speaking.

Any help that can be offered for suitable welcome and thank you phrases for the Grooms side of the family would be appreciated. If there's a video you guys know of on line etc, please point the way.

I speak Mandarin and a bit of Cantonese already so am fingers crossed that I can not trip over my own tongue, and will delve into the YouTube videos on line for common greetings and phrases I can use for the older members of the grooms family as we circulate etc