chillycraps (hokkien) what is the meaning of "siew siang" and "lao teng"?

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Nov 19, 2009 - 09:36AM

【河蟹 11】 says cannot 'visualise' the words... lol
Nov 19, 2009 - 09:36AM

XinYun says 'lao teng' shd be downstairs, i think
Nov 19, 2009 - 09:38AM

spaceactionhero lao teng not upstairs meh? lao kar is downstairs what
Nov 19, 2009 - 09:39AM

daphnemaia says i think siew siang means.. it's the same.. or something like that.
Nov 19, 2009 - 09:39AM

daphnemaia says n yes.. lao teng is upstairs...
Nov 19, 2009 - 09:40AM

chillycraps oooooo
Nov 19, 2009 - 09:41AM

XinYun says hmm icic
Nov 19, 2009 - 09:41AM

【河蟹 11】 says ahhh.. now I can 'visualise'.
Nov 19, 2009 - 09:43AM

【河蟹 11】相像 and 楼顶。
Nov 19, 2009 - 09:44AM

daphnemaia says wah! my hokkien is not bad. hahaha
Nov 19, 2009 - 09:44AM

XinYun says sah> guessing ma
Nov 19, 2009 - 09:45AM

chillycraps ok, with the chinese characters, i can connect better
Nov 19, 2009 - 09:46AM

【河蟹 11】 says that's why I'm never a fan of pinyin.
Nov 19, 2009 - 09:48AM

XinYun says so 相像 means upstairs as well?
Nov 19, 2009 - 09:49AM

daphnemaia says luvyun noooo it means... "same"... lol! not upstairs hahah
Nov 19, 2009 - 09:49AM

【河蟹 11】 says no lah. that means 'similar looking'
Nov 19, 2009 - 09:50AM

XinYun says ah i see... learnt something new
Nov 19, 2009 - 09:50AM

【河蟹 11】 says wa woo jit eh jiao geh yo jwee, juan yee siao lang jiao geh.
Nov 19, 2009 - 09:51AM

【河蟹 11】 says mah eh yee lao lang gum jek.
Nov 19, 2009 - 09:52AM

XinYun says hmm kor... only understand part of ur sentence...
Nov 19, 2009 - 09:52AM

chillycraps totally dun understand... can write in chinese characters?
Nov 19, 2009 - 09:52AM

【河蟹 11】 jia leow bao li wun si mian gah tua orh!
Nov 19, 2009 - 09:58AM

【河蟹 11】 says chinese characters: 我有一种 "鸟牙" （吱喳）药水，专医疯人 "鸟牙"。也医老人 "gam jek" (没味口)。
Nov 19, 2009 - 10:00AM

【河蟹 11】没胃口*
Nov 19, 2009 - 10:03AM

【河蟹 11】吃了包你稳死免再拖哦！
Nov 19, 2009 - 10:04AM

chillycraps rofl
Nov 19, 2009 - 10:06AM

XinYun 稳死 = confirm die?
Nov 19, 2009 - 10:08AM

【河蟹 11】 says yes. You say in Eric Tsang voice lagi funny.
Nov 19, 2009 - 10:10AM

chillycraps what is gam jek in words?
Nov 19, 2009 - 10:13AM

【河蟹 11】 says I also trying to find out...
Nov 19, 2009 - 10:16AM

chillycraps wah lao, who deleted comment... keep popping
Nov 19, 2009 - 12:12PM

【河蟹 11】 says 楼脚＝ lao kar (downstairs), 厝顶＝chu teng (roof)
Nov 19, 2009 - 12:15PM

Zen says means "same" and "downstairs"!!
Nov 19, 2009 - 12:17PM

chillycraps sodesune
Nov 19, 2009 - 12:22PM

【河蟹 11】 says 哀怨＝ ai wan (we translate here as 'wasted', but mean more like sadness + resentment put together)
Nov 19, 2009 - 12:25PM

【河蟹 11】 says by the way I have never figure out why cockroach in Canto is 甲由 or something like that.
Nov 19, 2009 - 12:30PM

chillycraps ROFL!!
Nov 19, 2009 - 12:31PM

chillycraps same as hokkien has ka zua
Nov 19, 2009 - 12:31PM

Zen says actually lau teng is upstairs. haha.
Nov 19, 2009 - 12:35PM

【河蟹 11】 says anyway you can see Qin Shihuang's wisdom in just unifying only a written script and not the spoken tongue.
Nov 19, 2009 - 12:37PM

chillycraps ZenGoh: lol u also mixed that up!
Nov 19, 2009 - 12:38PM

chillycraps lycan2046: i wonder if there were variation in written forms, as in characters
Nov 19, 2009 - 12:45PM

Zen says hahah yea! too stressed to think properly.
Nov 19, 2009 - 12:46PM

Zen says anyone noes how to swear in teochew? i knoe only 1 word.
Nov 19, 2009 - 12:59PM

hao9986 says siew siang = same/similar... lao teng = upstair
Nov 19, 2009 - 01:21PM

【河蟹 11】 says chillycraps: Yes. Like certain written words exists in Cantonese but not in Mandarin. Definitely languages will go through some form of
Nov 19, 2009 - 01:22PM

【河蟹 11】 says localisation as it is being spoken.
Nov 19, 2009 - 01:32PM

chillycraps lol icic

chillycraps (hokkien) what is the meaning of "siew siang" and "lao teng"?

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