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Chinese Filipino
A Filipino Chinese (; Hokkien: Huâ-hui; Cantonese: Wàhfèi; Tagalog/Filipino: "Tsinoy" (pronounced ) derived from two words: "Tsino" (meaning "Chinese") and "Pinoy" (the slang word for "Filipino") is a Filipino of Chinese ethnicity but born/raised in the Philippines.
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Chinese in Singapore
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Chinese people
The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following:
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Fujian
is a province on the southeast coast of China. Fujian borders Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait. The name Fujian came from the combination of Fuzhou and Jian'ou, two cities in Fujian, during the Tang Dynasty. It is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse provinces in China with Han Chinese majority.
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Guangdong
Guangdong () is a province on the southern coast of People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province. It surpassed Henan and Sichuan to become the most populous province in China in January 2005, registering 79 million permanent residents and 31 million migrants who lived in the province for at least six months of the year. The provincial capital Guangzhou and economic hub Shenzhen are amongst the most populous and important cities in China.
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Malaysian Chinese
Malaysian Chinese is a Malaysian of Chinese origin. Most are descendants of Chinese who arrived between the fifteenth and the mid-twentieth centuries. Within Malaysia, they are usually simply referred to as "Chinese" in all languages. The term Chinese Malaysian is also sometimes used to refer to this community. Malaysians of mixed Chinese-Native parentage are referred to as "'Sino'" in Sabah and Sarawak.
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Taiwan
Taiwan, also known (especially in the past) as Formosa (from , "Beautiful Island"), is an island situated in East Asia in the Western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. It comprises most (99%) of the territory of the Republic of China (ROC) since the 1950s. The term "Taiwan" is also a common name to refer to the entire country of the Republic of China.
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Xiamen
Xiamen (), also known as Amoy (), is a coastal city in southeastern China. It is administered as a sub-provincial city under Fujian province in the People's Republic of China. It looks out to the Taiwan Strait and borders Quanzhou to the north and Zhangzhou to the south.
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Zhejiang
Zhejiang () is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang (crooked river) was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital. The name of the province is often abbreviated to "Zhe" (浙).
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Amoy
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Burma
Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar, is the second largest country by geographical area in Southeast Asia. The country is bordered by People's Republic of China on the north-east, Laos on the east, Thailand on the south-east, Bangladesh on the west, India on the north-west and the Bay of Bengal to the south-west with the Andaman Sea defining its southern periphery. One-third of Burma's total perimeter, 1,930 kilometers (1,199 mi), forms an uninterrupted coastline.
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Cambodia
The "Kingdom of Cambodia" "Royaume du Cambodge" (official name), also known as Cambodia, derived from Sanskrit Kambujadesa ()), is a country in Southeast Asia that borders Thailand to the west and northwest, Laos to the northeast, Vietnam to the east, and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest. The geography of Cambodia is dominated by rivers and a lake namely: The Mekong River (Upper and Lower) (Khmer: ទន្លេមេគង្គ Tonlé Mékong Pronounced: Tonlé Mékung = Mother Water River), Sab River Tonlé Sap (Khmer: ទន្លេសាប Pronounced: Tonlé Sab = Fresh Water River), Bassac River Tonlé Bassac (Khmer: ទន្លេបាសាក់ Pronounced: Tonlé Bassuck = ?)
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Changchew
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Chaozhou
Chaozhou (; alternatively spelled Chiu Chow), also widely known by its Postal map spelling Teochew, is a city in eastern Guangdong province of the People's Republic of China. It borders Shantou to the south, Jieyang to the southwest, Meizhou to the northwest, the province of Fujian to the east, and the South China Sea to the southeast. It is administered as a prefecture-level city with a jurisdiction area of 3,614 square kilometers and a total population of 2,500,000.
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Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies, or Netherlands East Indies, (; ) was the Dutch colony that became modern Indonesia following World War II. It was formed from the nationalised colonies of the former Dutch East India Company that came under the administration of the Netherlands in 1800.
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Fujian
is a province on the southeast coast of China. Fujian borders Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait. The name Fujian came from the combination of Fuzhou and Jian'ou, two cities in Fujian, during the Tang Dynasty. It is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse provinces in China with Han Chinese majority.
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Guangdong
Guangdong () is a province on the southern coast of People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province. It surpassed Henan and Sichuan to become the most populous province in China in January 2005, registering 79 million permanent residents and 31 million migrants who lived in the province for at least six months of the year. The provincial capital Guangzhou and economic hub Shenzhen are amongst the most populous and important cities in China.
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Haifeng
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Indonesia
Indonesia ( or ), officially the Republic of Indonesia (), is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia comprises 17,508 islands. With a population of around 238 million people, it is the world's fourth most populous country, and has the world's largest population of Muslims. Indonesia is a republic, with an elected legislature and president. The nation's capital city is Jakarta. The country shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Malaysia. Other neighboring countries include Singapore, Philippines, Australia, and the Indian territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Indonesia is a founding member of ASEAN and a member of the G-20 major economies.
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Leizhou
Leizhou City (雷州市; pinyin: Léizhōu Shì; Lei Chow) is a county-level city in Guangdong province, in southern China.
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Leizhou Peninsula
The Leizhou Peninsula is a peninsula in the southernmost part of Guangdong province in southern China.
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Longyan
Longyan (; Hakka language: Liùng-ngàm) is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Fujian province, China.
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Malacca Strait
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Malaysia
Malaysia (pronounced or ) is a federal constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia. It consists of thirteen states and three federal territories and has a total landmass of . The country is separated by the South China Sea into two regions, Peninsular Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo (also known as West and East Malaysia respectively). Malaysia shares land borders with Thailand, Indonesia, and Brunei and has maritime boundaries with Singapore, Vietnam, and the Philippines. The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government. The population as of 2009 stood at over 28 million.
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Medan
Medan (Indonesian: Kota Medan) is the capital of the North Sumatra province in Indonesia. Located on the northern coast, Medan is the fourth largest city in Indonesia, and the largest Indonesian city outside Java. The city is bordered by the Deli Serdang Regency to the east, south and west, and the Strait of Malacca to the north. It is close to the volcano Sinabung, which erupted in August 2010 after a 400 year dormant state. Medan is in an area of tropical rainforest climate with no real dry season. Temperatures average approximately 27 degrees celsius throughout the course of the year.
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Ningbo
Ningbo (; literally "Tranquil Waves"; previous name: 明州 Mingzhou) is a seaport with sub-provincial administrative status. The city has a population of 2,201,000 and is located on the northeastern of Zhejiang province, China. Lying south of the Hangzhou Bay, and facing the East China Sea to the east, Ningbo borders Shaoxing to the west and Taizhou to the south, and is separated from Zhoushan by a narrow body of water.
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Penang
Penang (; ; ) is a state in Malaysia, located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia by the Strait of Malacca. Penang is the second smallest state in Malaysia by area after Perlis, and the eighth most populous. A resident of Penang is colloquially known as a Penangite.
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Philippines
The Philippines ( ), officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (), is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam. The Sulu Sea to the southwest lies between the country and the island of Borneo, and to the south the Celebes Sea separates it from other islands of Indonesia. It is bounded on the east by the Philippine Sea. Its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire and its tropical climate make the Philippines prone to earthquakes and typhoons but have also endowed the country with natural resources and made it one of the richest areas of biodiversity in the world. An archipelago comprising 7,107 islands, the Philippines is categorized broadly into three main geographical divisions: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Its capital city is Manila.
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Quanzhou
Quanzhou () is a prefecture-level city in Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It borders all other prefecture-level cities in Fujian but two (Ningde and Nanping) and faces the Taiwan Strait. In older English works, its name may appear as Chinchew or Chinchu or Zayton.
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Republic of China
The Republic of China (ROC), commonly known as Taiwan, is a state in East Asia located off the east coast of mainland China. Subject to an ongoing dispute with the People's Republic of China (PRC) that has left it with limited formal diplomatic relations, the government of the Republic of China currently governs the islands of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor islands. Neighbouring states include the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south.
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Shantou
Shantou (; ; POJ: Sòaⁿ-thâu; also historically known as Swátōw or Suátao) is a city of 4,971,000 permanent inhabitants (as at end 2006) in coastal Eastern Guangdong, China, occupying an area of 2,064 km2. With it and the immediately surrounding cities of Jieyang and Chaozhou, the metropolitan region – known as Chaoshan – covers an area of 10,404 km2, and had a permanent population of 13,139,800 at the end of 2006.
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Shanwei
Shanwei () is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. It borders Jieyang to the east, Meizhou and Heyuan to the north, Huizhou to the west, and looks out to the South China Sea to the south. It lies approximately 120 km from Shenzhen and the locals speak the Haifeng dialect.
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Singapore
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Tainan
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Taipei
Taipei City (; literally "Northern Taiwan City") is the largest city of Taiwan and the capital of the Republic of China (commonly known as "Taiwan"). Situated at the tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Danshui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean. Another coastal city, Danshui, is about 20 km northwest at the river's mouth on the Taiwan Strait. It lies in the two relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung (基隆河) and Xindian (新店溪) rivers, which join to form the Danshui River along the city's western border. The city proper (Taipei City) is home to an estimated 2,607,428 people. Taipei City, Taipei County, and Keelung City together form the Taipei metropolitan area with a population of 6,776,264. However, they are administered under different local governing bodies. "Taipei" sometimes refers to the whole metropolitan area, while "Taipei City" refers to the city proper.
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Taiwan
Taiwan, also known (especially in the past) as Formosa (from , "Beautiful Island"), is an island situated in East Asia in the Western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. It comprises most (99%) of the territory of the Republic of China (ROC) since the 1950s. The term "Taiwan" is also a common name to refer to the entire country of the Republic of China.
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Thailand
Thailand ( or ; Ratcha Anachak Thai, ), formerly Siam (, ), is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the southern extremity of Burma. Its maritime boundaries include Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand to the southeast and Indonesia and India in the Andaman Sea to the southwest.
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United States
The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
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Vietnam
Vietnam ( ; , ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (, ), is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by People's Republic of China (PRC) to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea, referred to as East Sea (), to the east. With a population of over 86 million, Vietnam is the 13th most populous country in the world.
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West Kalimantan
West Kalimantan () is a province of Indonesia. It is one of four Indonesian provinces in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. Its capital city Pontianak is located right on the Equator line.
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Xiamen
Xiamen (), also known as Amoy (), is a coastal city in southeastern China. It is administered as a sub-provincial city under Fujian province in the People's Republic of China. It looks out to the Taiwan Strait and borders Quanzhou to the north and Zhangzhou to the south.
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Zhangping City
Zhangping City is a city district of Fujian Province, China. It is under the administration of Longyan Prefecture.
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Zhangzhou
Zhangzhou (; formerly Lung-ch'i) is a prefecture-level city in southern Fujian province, People's Republic of China. Located on the banks of the Jiulong River (Beixi), Zhangzhou borders the cities of Xiamen (廈門) and Quanzhou (泉州) to the northeast, Longyan City to the northwest and the province of Guangdong to the southwest.
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Zhejiang
Zhejiang () is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang (crooked river) was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital. The name of the province is often abbreviated to "Zhe" (浙).
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Zhoushan
Zhoushan (; Ningbo dialect: cieu se; Shanghainese: tseu se), formerly transliterated as Chusan, is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. The only prefecture-level city consisting solely of islands, it lies across the mouth of the Hangzhou Bay, and is separated from the mainland by a narrow body of water.
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Bossa style Chinese / Min-nan ballad (with translation)
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- Duration: 3:25
- Published: 30 Mar 2008
- Uploaded: 24 Jun 2011
- Author: worship999
Song Title : Sharing one-Half Synopsis: A girl duet finds fame on the stage after much coaching by their god-mother. When success was just around the corner, one of the team fell ill with cancer, dashing all her hopes and her pursuit of true love. Translation: When we each share one half - Our feelings cannot be torn apart When we each share a quarter - Our feelings would last forever As time goes by Tears flow in the silence I pursue you with my whole heart This is my true love for you Chorus: A person like me Waiting for you like this Waiting for your glance of acknowledgement Because of love I toss and turn I don't care about the hurt I feel I am happy just to live for you A person like me Please don't laugh at me Like a fool I repress the heartache Even in the winter cold Even though it's cruel I am waiting for you to remember this broken man When we each share one half Our feelings cannot be torn apart If we really have found true love, why do we need to part? If we really have found true love, why do you think of parting? .
http://wn.com/Bossa_style_Chinese_/_Min-nan_ballad_with_translation
shin mwe loon & min nan dar (Burmese Harp))
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- Duration: 6:26
- Published: 25 May 2008
- Uploaded: 01 Jul 2011
- Author: FishingHarpist
Famous Burmese Opera Song. Me playing the harp, Kim Pyu Kyi singing.violin(ko tin yee),
http://wn.com/shin_mwe_loon_min_nan_dar_Burmese_Harp
鄧麗君~ 燒肉粽(閩南/台灣語) Hot Meat "Zan" (Min-nan/Taiwanese) 1978
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- Duration: 2:54
- Published: 19 Jan 2011
- Uploaded: 03 Aug 2011
- Author: HKshipsForTeresaTeng
Please watch this video in 720P.For more videos of Teresa Teng, please check out my other active channel, www.youtube.com as well as my two previous channels, hkship and hkship3 In 1949, 張邱東松Mrs. Zhang-Qiu dong song composed the song, wrote the lyrics and titled it as 賣肉粽"Selling Meat Zan", the Zan" being rice wrapped by bamboo leaves thrown from dragon boats into the water on the 5th day of the 5th Lunar month, historically believed to protect the body of a scholar-statesman Qu Yuan 屈原of the 3rd century in the river where he sacrificed himself for his country. At the time, after the Second World War, the government of the Republic Of China had just transited from the mainland to Taiwan, facing massive unemployment and spiraling inflation. Making a living for the common folks was immensely difficult. The lyrics of this song reflected the plight of the have-nots, and soon the song became exceedingly popular, to the point that it was banned for 10 years for being depressing and regressive. In the 1960's, to avoid being labelled as a song forbidden, 郭金發Guo jin fa recorded it in a re-named 燒肉粽"Hot Meat Zan", using a Tango beat, modernizing the delivery from the country-side flavor, while preserving the historical references of the original lyrics. Teresa Teng recorded this song in her 鄧麗君轟動東南亞閩南語歌曲Sensational Southeast Asian Min-nan Songs, in 1971. I have adjusted the contrast and the brightness of the original clip to avoid the washed-out look <b>...</b>
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Hokkien Songs 01
A Min Nan or Hokkien love song. To receive more Hokkien love songs please subscribe to my account
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鄧麗君Teresa Teng - 天黑黑OK tiān hēi hēi Ti OO Sky Black Black (Min-nan/Hokkien)
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潮州话-
The Chaozhou dialect (潮州话), known as Teochew (also Tiuchiu and Teochiu or Teo Chiu oe)) by native speakers, is a Chinese language spoken in parts of eastern Guangdong, and in various Southeast Asian countries where Teochiu migrants have settled. Teochew speakers form one of the largest dialect groups among overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. The Chaozhou language, variably spelled Teochiu, Tiuchiu, Tiochiu, or Diojiu, but mostly commonly referred to in English as Teochew, is a dialect of the Southern Min Chinese language, spoken in the Chaoshan (潮汕) region of eastern Guangdong. Chaozhou is a member of the Southern Min or Min Nan dialect group, which in turn constitutes one of the seven major dialect groups of the Sinitic language family. Like other varieties of Chinese, people have not yet agreed on whether Chaozhou should be treated as a language or a dialect. However, apart from the political perspective of this, from a purely linguistic point of view, Chaozhou (or the Southern Min Language at large) should be a language in its own right since it is mutually unintelligible with other "dialect groups" of China. According to Glossika, Chaozhou has an overall 50.4% of mutual intelligibility with the Xiamen dialect, 44.3% with Mandarin and 43.5% with Cantonese. Nevertheless, Chaozhou is mutually intelligible with some other Southern Min Languages, notably the dialects of Zhangzhou (漳州) and Quanzhou (泉州) probably because of their proximity. Even within the Chaozhou <b>...</b>
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Words of Life 2 TEOCHEW People/Language Movie Trailer
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- Duration: 6:36
- Published: 18 Aug 2009
- Uploaded: 27 Aug 2010
- Author: worldlanguagemovies
See wlmov.com for the full Words of Life TEOCHEW Movie .......... This is: Words of Life TEOCHEW People/Language Movie Trailer c18871 [c18871t] Other names for this language are: Chao Chow, Chinese, Min Nan: Chao-Shan, Chinese, Min Nan: Teochew, Swatow This language is spoken in:...
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鄧麗君 テレサ・テン 雨夜花 Ameno Yono Hana - Rainy Night Flower (台灣樂曲)
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- Duration: 2:12
- Published: 16 Jul 2010
- Uploaded: 13 Sep 2011
- Author: HKshipsForTeresaTeng
*Please watch this video in 720P Probably the most important Min-nan/Taiwanese song then and now; it was composed in Taiwan in 1933 by two Chinese musicians,作詞：周添旺 作曲：鄧雨賢. The melody of 雨夜花 (Rainy Night Flower) is also the original of the Japanese song "Ameno Yono Hana" which was popular during WWII. It is a sad story of a lady who is unable to locate her former lover and ends up working as a bargirl. It is still the most recognizable Min-nan/Taiwanese song in Asia, and probably also in the World. Teresa Teng performed this one in 1988 in Japan. The first half is a simplied version sung in Min-nan/Taiwanese, and the second half in a simplified version in Japanese. Thanks to melodydamor for her support in interpreting the Min-nan/Taiwanese regional dialect which I am weak at and in helping with the English translations of some of Teresa Teng's songs in this Chinese dialect. This video is dedicated to Masami43 for his great collaborations with me to spread Teresa Teng's legacy by uploading Teresa Teng's Japanese songs in his channels, and in supplying me with the researched background information of many of Miss Teng's Japanese originals. ***(All political comments will be removed. Please respect Teresa Teng 's music) The Chinese lyrics have been jointly translated into English by melodydamor and HkshipsForTeresaTeng. The opening introduction in Japanese as well as the simplifed Japanese version of the song have been translated by Masami43. (Thanks to <b>...</b>
http://wn.com/鄧麗君_テレサ・テン_雨夜花_Ameno_Yono_Hana__Rainy_Night_Flower_台灣樂曲
江蕙-春風歌聲
春風歌聲詞：周添旺/ 曲：楊三郎東邊日出黎明時，清風吹來笑微微風光美景滿人意，可愛鳥隻唸歌詩啊花開樹葉青，暖和天氣日照江邊春風歌聲，賞讚快樂好春天萬里無雲天清清，鸚哥鳥啼在窗前看見外面好光景，江水悠悠流無停啊春風吹心情，熱血心性無限前程合唱歌聲，祝咱前途好光明風景宛然山水鏡，解人悶悶的心情百花爭豔樹弄影，雙人行出門口庭啊遊玩爬山嶺，同進同行合唱歌聲前進前進，行入幸福青春城
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江蕙-媽媽歌星
媽媽歌星人若間，妳甲我二人到底啥關係， 介紹妳是我小妹，不敢講坦白， 雖然是一直掩蓋心內感覺真難過， 因為我站在歌壇，最需要是歌迷， 人若知我有女兒，歲頭也真多， 恐驚可比，秋天的落花，名聲飄飄墜落地。 一切是，環境來造成無聊的命運， 滿面的胭脂水粉，打扮當青春， 上舞台表演歌唱引人迷魂笑文文， 因為我站在歌壇，靠藝術趁錢銀， 母子來相依為命，勞苦無議論， 那倘怨嘆，無情的郎君，每日心肝亂紛紛。 興趣著，唱歌來一唱已經十外冬， 親手來晟養女兒，不願靠別人， 薄情郎離開了後將著愛情完全放， 因為我站在歌壇，有能力再活動， 期待著美麗前程，相信有好夢， 用心栽培，女兒花清香，是我一生的願望。
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Ah nan Char Kway Teow
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5566 - Wo Nan Guo
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A Taiwanese national team basketballer, Yan Xing Shu plays the lead Duan Chen Feng, whose world consists of his 2 greatest loves: basketball and his girlfriend, Xiao Xi (Angela Zhang). They find their perfect world shattered, however, when on the day of his most important match, Duan Chen Feng has an accident on his way to the competition, and paralyses Angel (Margaret Lin), who just happens to be the sister of Iceman (David Chen), his biggest opponent since they were young. To shoulder his responsibilty, Chen Feng leaves school and his basketball so that he can take care of Angel. Xiaoxi, who does not know the reason behind Chen Feng's leaving school and giving up his beloved basketball, is heartbroken and bewildered. At about the same time, the other lead male character Tai Zi, or Prince (Tony Sun of 5566), enters the plot. He falls in love with Xiao Xi's plucky and determined character.chen feng's gentleness to angel causes angel to have feelings for him....how complicated can this love triangle be?
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Hai Nan - Ai La La ( with lyrics! )
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The lyrics are probably wrong! xD Yi fu tai duo mei xi kan xing zou chu kan dian shi Rou guo shen xia bie ni fa xing yi ding hue cen qi hua le hao duo si jian she wo de ri ji yie shu ni hui zhue de wo hen hai zhi chi zhi yao he ni lao zai yi qi zhou hui hen tian mi hao shang zen ge shi jie dou shi ni ge de cong qi ni yue bu zhang dao li wo chou yue shang ni nan dao chi shi si wo wo zai fa sen jing ni ai wo ni bu ai wo ni bu ai wo zi hui ai wo ni fan wo ni fan je wo ni zia fan wo ni zou chu wo ...
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![Shrimp paste or shrimp sauce, is a common ingredient used in Southeast Asian and Southern Chinese cuisine. It is known as terasi (also spelled trassi, terasie) in Indonesian, ngapi in Burmese, kapi (กะปิ) in Thai, Khmer and Lao language, belacan (also spelled belachan, blachang) in Malay, mắm ruốc, mắm tép and mắm tôm in Vietnamese (the name depends on the shrimp used)[1], bagoong alamang (also known as bagoong aramang) in Filipino and hom ha/hae ko (POJ: hê-ko) in Min Nan Chinese.](http://web.archive.org./web/20111008060819im_/http://cdn7.wn.com/pd/9d/5c/8e624f35deee78b2af37682c45bf_grande.jpg "Shrimp paste or shrimp sauce, is a common ingredient used in Southeast Asian and Southern Chinese cuisine. It is known as terasi (also spelled trassi, terasie) in Indonesian, ngapi in Burmese, kapi (กะปิ) in Thai, Khmer and Lao language, belacan (also spelled belachan, blachang) in Malay, mắm ruốc, mắm tép and mắm tôm in Vietnamese (the name depends on the shrimp used)[1], bagoong alamang (also known as bagoong aramang) in Filipino and hom ha/hae ko (POJ: hê-ko) in Min Nan Chinese.")
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![Shrimp paste or shrimp sauce, is a common ingredient used in Southeast Asian and Southern Chinese cuisine. It is known as terasi (also spelled trassi, terasie) in Indonesian, ngapi in Burmese, kapi (กะปิ) in Thai, Khmer and Lao language, belacan (also spelled belachan, blachang) in Malay, mắm ruốc, mắm tép and mắm tôm in Vietnamese (the name depends on the shrimp used)[1], bagoong alamang (also known as bagoong aramang) in Filipino and hom ha/hae ko (POJ: hê-ko) in Min Nan Chinese.](http://web.archive.org./web/20111008060819im_/http://cdn6.wn.com/pd/9d/5c/8e624f35deee78b2af37682c45bf_thumb.jpg "Shrimp paste or shrimp sauce, is a common ingredient used in Southeast Asian and Southern Chinese cuisine. It is known as terasi (also spelled trassi, terasie) in Indonesian, ngapi in Burmese, kapi (กะปิ) in Thai, Khmer and Lao language, belacan (also spelled belachan, blachang) in Malay, mắm ruốc, mắm tép and mắm tôm in Vietnamese (the name depends on the shrimp used)[1], bagoong alamang (also known as bagoong aramang) in Filipino and hom ha/hae ko (POJ: hê-ko) in Min Nan Chinese.")
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Min Nan
| Name | Southern Min |
|---|---|
| Nativename | / / |
| Familycolor | Sino-Tibetan |
| States | People's Republic of China, Republic of China (Taiwan), Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, United States (New York City), and other areas of Southern Min and Hoklo settlement |
| Region | Southern Fujian province; the Chaozhou-Shantou (Chaoshan) area and Leizhou Peninsula in Guangdong province; extreme south of Zhejiang province; much of Hainan province(if Hainanese or Qiong Wen is included); and most of Taiwan; |
| Speakers | 49 million |
| Fam2 | Chinese |
| Fam3 | Min |
| Fam4 | Coastal Min |
| Dia1 | Hokkien |
| Dia2 | Teochew |
| Dia3 | Hainanese |
| Nation | None (Legislative bills have been proposed for Taiwanese (Amoy Southern Min) to be one of the 'national languages' in Taiwan); one of the statutory languages for public transport announcements in the ROC |
| Agency | None (The Republic of China Ministry of Education and some NGOs are influential in Taiwan) |
| Map | Banlamgu.svg |
| Mapcaption | Distribution of Southern Min. |
| Iso1 | zh|iso2b=chi|iso2t=zho|iso3=nan |
| Notice | IPA}} |
The Southern Min languages, or Min Nan (), are a family of Chinese languages spoken in southern Fujian, People's Republic of China and its neighboring countries, in the Republic of China (Taiwan), and by descendants of emigrants from these areas in diaspora.
In common parlance, Southern Min usually refers to Hokkien, in particular the Amoy and Taiwanese. Amoy and Taiwanese are both combinations of Quanzhou and Zhangzhou speech. The Southern Min family also includes Teochew and Hainanese. Teochew has limited mutual intelligibility with the Amoy. However, Hainanese is generally not considered to be mutually intelligible with any other Southern Min variants.
Southern Min forms part of the Min language group, alongside several other divisions. The Min languages/dialects are part of the Chinese language group, itself a member of the Sino-Tibetan language family. Southern Min is not mutually intelligible with Eastern Min, Cantonese, or Mandarin. As with other varieties of Chinese, there is a political dispute as to whether the Southern Min language should be called a language or a dialect.
Geographic distribution
Southern Min is spoken in the southern part of Fujian province, three southeastern counties of Zhejiang province, the Zhoushan archipelago off Ningbo in Zhejiang, and the eastern part of Guangdong province (Chaoshan region). The Qiong Wen variant spoken in the Leizhou peninsula of Guangdong province, as well as Hainan province, which is not mutually intelligible with standard Minnan or Teochew, is classified in some schemes as part of Southern Min and in other schemes as separate.A form of Southern Min akin to that spoken in southern Fujian is also spoken in Taiwan, where it has the native name of Tâi-oân-oē or Hō-ló-oē. The (sub)ethnic group for which Southern Min is considered a native language is known as the Holo (Hō-ló) or Hoklo, the main ethnicity of Taiwan. The correspondence between language and ethnicity is generally true though not absolute, as some Hoklo have very limited proficiency in Southern Min while some non-Hoklos speak Southern Min fluently.
There are many Southern Min speakers also among overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. Many ethnic Chinese emigrants to the region were Hoklo from southern Fujian, and brought the language to what is now Indonesia (the former Dutch East Indies) and present day Malaysia and Singapore (formerly Malaya, Burma, and the British Straits Settlements). In general, Southern Min from southern Fujian is known as Hokkien, Hokkienese, Fukien or Fookien in Southeast Asia, and is very much like Taiwanese. Many Southeast Asian ethnic Chinese also originated in the Chaoshan region of Guangdong province and speak Teochew, the variant of Southern Min from that region. Southern Min is reportedly the native language of up to 98.5% of the community of ethnic Chinese in the Philippines, among whom it is also known as Lan-nang or Lán-lâng-oē ("Our people’s language"). Southern Min speakers form the majority of Chinese in Singapore with the largest being Hoklos and the second largest being the Teochews. Finally, Southern Min is also being spoken in increasingly larger communities in the Chinatowns of New York City in the United States.
Classification
Southern Fujian is home to three main Hokkien dialects. They are known by the geographic locations to which they correspond (listed north to south):
As Xiamen is the principal city of southern Fujian, the Xiamen dialect is considered the most important, or even prestige dialect. The Xiamen dialect is a hybrid of the Quanzhou and Zhangzhou dialects. The Xiamen dialect (also known as the Amoy dialect) has played an influential role in history, especially in the relations of Western nations with China, and was one of the most frequently learned of all Chinese languages/dialects by Westerners during the second half of the 19th century and the early 20th century.
The variants of Southern Min spoken in Zhejiang province are most akin to that spoken in Quanzhou. The variants spoken in Taiwan are similar to the three Fujian variants, and are collectively known as Taiwanese. Taiwanese is used by a majority of the population and is quite important from a socio-political and cultural perspective, forming the second most important, if not the more influential pole of the language due to the popularity of Taiwanese Hokkien media. Those Southern Min variants that are collectively known as "Hokkien" in Southeast Asia also originate from these variants. The variants of Southern Min in the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong province are collectively known as Teochew or Chaozhou. Teochew is of great importance in the Southeast Asian Chinese diaspora, particularly in Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Sumatra and West Kalimantan. The Philippines variant is mostly from the Quanzhou area as most of their forefathers are from the aforementioned area.
The Southern Min language variant spoken around Shanwei and Haifeng differs markedly from Teochew and may represent a later migration from Zhangzhou. Linguistically, it lies between Teochew and Amoy. In southwestern Fujian, the local variants in Longyan and Zhangping form a separate division of Min Nan on their own. Among ethnic Chinese inhabitants of Penang, Malaysia and Medan, Indonesia, a distinct form of Zhangzhou (Changchew) Hokkien has developed. In Penang, it is called Penang Hokkien while across the Malacca Strait in Medan, an almost identical variant is known as Medan Hokkien.
Cultural and political role
The Min Nan (or "Hokkien") language can trace its roots through the Tang Dynasty. Min Nan (Hokkien) people call themselves "Tang people," (唐人, tn̂g lâng) which is synonymous to "Chinese people". Because of the widespread influence of the Tang culture during the great Tang dynasty, we find today still many Min Nan pronunciations of words shared by the Korean and Japanese language. For example, the Hokkien term for bridge (橋) is "kiô" (Korean 교, kyo), book (冊) is "chheh" (Korean 책, chaek), student is "ha̍k-sing" (學生) (Korean 학생, haksaeng), dangerous (危險) is "guî-hiám", "wiheom" (Korean 위험), and insurance (保險) is "pó-hiám" (Korean 보험, boheom).
Phonology
The Southern Min language has one of the most diverse phonologies of Chinese variants, with more consonants than Mandarin or Cantonese. Vowels, on the other hand, are more or less similar to those of Mandarin. In general, Southern Min dialects have five to six tones, and tone sandhi is extensive. There are minor variations within Hokkien, but the Teochew system differs significantly.
Varieties
Xiamen speech is a hybrid of Quanzhou and Zhangzhou speech. Taiwanese is also a hybrid of Quanzhou and Zhangzhou speech. Taiwanese in northern Taiwan tends to be based on Quanzhou speech, whereas the Taiwanese spoken in southern Taiwan tends to be based on Zhangzhou speech. There are minor variations in pronunciation and vocabulary between Quanzhou and Zhangzhou speech. The grammar is basically the same. Additionally, Taiwanese includes several dozen loanwords from Japanese. In contrast, Teochew speech is significantly different from Quanzhou and Zhangzhou speech in both pronunciation and vocabulary.
Vowel shifts
The following table provides words that illustrate some of the more commonly seen vowel shifts. Characters with same vowel are shown in parentheses.
| English | Chinese character | Accent | !bgcolor=lightblue | IPA | !bgcolor=lightblue |
| c=zh rowspan=2 | lī | ||||
| jī | |||||
| c=zh rowspan=2| | pīⁿ | ||||
| pēⁿ | |||||
| c=zh rowspan=2| | |||||
| nūi | |||||
| c=zh rowspan=3| | tīr | ||||
| tū | |||||
| tī | |||||
| c=zh rowspan=3| | |||||
| uê | |||||
| ê | |||||
| c=zh rowspan=3| | phêr | ||||
| phê | |||||
| phôe | |||||
| c=zh rowspan=2| | koe | ||||
| ke | |||||
| c=zh rowspan=3| | her | ||||
| hé | |||||
| hoé | |||||
| c=zh rowspan=3| | Khir | ||||
| Khu | |||||
| Khi |
Mutual intelligibility
Spoken mutual intelligibility
Quanzhou speech, Xiamen (Amoy) speech, Zhangzhou speech and Taiwanese are mutually intelligible. Chaozhou (Teochew) speech and Amoy speech are 84.3% phonetically similar and 33.8% lexically similar , whereas Mandarin and Amoy Min Nan are 62% phonetically similar and 15.1% lexically similar. In comparison, German and English are 60% lexically similar. In other words, Chao-Shan, including Swatow (both of which are variants of Teochew), has very low intelligibility with Amoy, and Amoy and Teochew are not mutually intelligible with Mandarin. However, many Amoy and Teochew speakers speak Mandarin as a second or third language.
Written mutual intelligibility
Southern Min dialects lack a standardized written language. Southern Min speakers are taught how to read Mandarin in school. As a result, there has not been an urgent need to develop a writing system. In recent years, an increasing number of Southern Min Language speakers have become interested in developing a standard writing system (either by using Chinese Characters, or using Romanized script).
See also
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References
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External links
Category:Chinese dialects Category:Min Nan Category:Languages of the Philippines Category:Tonal languages
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