Hokkien

How to Give a Chinese New Year Greeting in Hokkien

By Ryan Octosa

Chinese New Year is here! This 2023, we're welcoming the Year of the Rabbit. In any case, you might get the chance to give a Chinese New Year greeting in...

The Tones of Hokkien

By Ryan Octosa

How Many Tones Does Hokkien Have? Hokkien is said to have between five to eight different tones, depending on the dialect. Hokkien dialects in Mainland China and Taiwan tend to...

Let's Count from 0 to 10 in Hokkien

By Ryan Octosa

For those who know Hokkien well, of course this will be easy peasy. But for those who wants to learn Hokkien from the ground up, learning how to count is...

22 Household Vocabularies in Hokkien

By Ryan Octosa

Nouns Bedroom = Pāngkeng Bed = MīnchńgSome Hokkien variant also refers to it as Bīnchńg. Pillow = Cìmtháu Bolster = Lamcìm Blanket = Phōitoa TV = Tiensì Table = Toktèng...

18 Dining Room and Kitchen Vocabularies in Hokkien

By Ryan Octosa

Nouns Spoon / 汤匙 = Thāukiong Fork / 叉子 = Chiammà Chopsticks / 筷子 = Tū Plate / 盘 = Puá Cup / 杯子 = Poi Knife / 刀 =...

How to Say Thank You and You're Welcome in Hokkien

By Ryan Octosa

Kamsia → Thank you Kamsiā (感谢) is a simple, polite expression to say “thank you” in Hokkien. It literally means “feeling thankful”, and this is a very common way to say “thank you” in...

Writing and Pronouncing Hokkien

By Ryan Octosa

Being a primarily spoken language with various dialects, Hokkien has no standard, universal romanization across the regions it is spoken. Perhaps its most widely accepted romanization is Pēh-ōe-jī (POJ), which...

Colors in Hokkien

By Ryan Octosa

This Hokkien lesson is all about colors. Let's first take a look at the most important word of this lesson: Sek (色), meaning 'color'

How to Say 'Can' and 'Cannot' in Hokkien

By Ryan Octosa

There are three main ways to express the idea of 'Can' and 'Cannot' in Hokkien. Each type of expressions carries different meanings, whether it is to express an ability without...

Counting from 11 to the Hundreds in Hokkien

By Ryan Octosa

This is the second part to my previous post about counting from 0 to 10 in Hokkien. Make sure you know all the Hokkien words from 0 to 10 first...

Counting from 1,000 to the Millions in Hokkien

By Ryan Octosa

This is the third lesson of the three-part series of how to count in Hokkien. Before learning how to count from 1,000 to the Millions, be sure to check out how...

How to Say 'Want' and 'Don't Want' in Hokkien

By Ryan Octosa

Āi = Want Use ai to express the idea of wanting something. Examples: Goalang ai khi Singapo. = We want to go to Singapore. Ako:ng ai cu tampok png, liau i ai...

Hokkien

How to Give a Chinese New Year Greeting in Hokkien

By Ryan Octosa

The Tones of Hokkien

By Ryan Octosa

Let's Count from 0 to 10 in Hokkien

By Ryan Octosa

22 Household Vocabularies in Hokkien

By Ryan Octosa

18 Dining Room and Kitchen Vocabularies in Hokkien

By Ryan Octosa

How to Say Thank You and You're Welcome in Hokkien

By Ryan Octosa

Writing and Pronouncing Hokkien

By Ryan Octosa

Colors in Hokkien

By Ryan Octosa

How to Say 'Can' and 'Cannot' in Hokkien

By Ryan Octosa

Counting from 11 to the Hundreds in Hokkien

By Ryan Octosa

Counting from 1,000 to the Millions in Hokkien

By Ryan Octosa

How to Say 'Want' and 'Don't Want' in Hokkien

By Ryan Octosa

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