Sunday, November 1, 2009

How to say Animals in Hokkien

Kimster : Dad, I would love to have a Dog. How do you say Dog in Hokkien ?

CCH :

Dog - Kow
Cat - Meow
Horse - Beh
Goat - Yeow
Bird - Chiao
Elephant - Cheoh
Lion - Sai
Tiger - Hor
Fish - Hoo
Monkey - Kao
Bat - Bit Poh
Rat - Niao Chu
Squirel - Pong Chu
Rabbit - Thor

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10 comments:

  1. Stultus SapiensDecember 8, 2011 at 9:26 AM

    How do u say the 12 animals in Hokkien?
    I used to be able to...

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  2. CCHJune 13, 2012 at 6:23 PM

    It Chhoo - 1 Rat
    Jee Gu - 2 Cow
    Sar Hor - 3 Tiger
    See Thor - 4 - Rabbit
    Goh Leng 5 Dragon
    Lak Chuah - 6. Snake
    Cheet Beh - 7 Horse
    Paey Yeoh - 8 Goat
    Kau Kow - 9. Monkey
    Chap Khey - 10 Cockrel
    Chap It Kow - 11 Dog
    Chap Jee Too Boh - 12 Female Pig

    There you go :-)

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  3. UnknownApril 21, 2014 at 2:48 PM

    Hi, how do u say lizard in hokkien?

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  4. Janice a.k.a fancyjcJune 5, 2014 at 1:56 PM

    how to say panda bear in hokkien ?

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  5. UnknownDecember 11, 2015 at 8:29 AM

    how to say giraffe in hokkien

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  6. ShanApril 13, 2021 at 9:53 AM

    Correction on some items. Pardon in advance.

    Cat is Niao not meow. Mao si Niao.
    Goat is Niu I think sheep is the same.
    Monkey is Lao Kao.
    Fish is Hee.
    Tiger is Hou.

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I was born, bred and probably die in Penang where Hokkien is the predominant Chinese dialet spoken. Penang Hokkien is quite different from the Hokkien spoken in the rest of Malaysia, Singapore and China in that it is sing-song in nature and contains quite a number of Malay words.

Being born a Hokkien would probably make you assume that I am very proficient in Hokkien. Believe it or not, English is my native language in that I think, dream and have nightmares in English ! I only realise that I hardly speak any Hokkien when in the early 1980's my "Jee Tneoh" i.e husband to my Mum's 2nd Sister asked why I reply in English when he asks me in Hokkien !

This blog basically documents what and how I am teaching Hokkien to my 2 daughters living with me i.e Kimster and Kister who are both studying in a Chinese School after 3 years in an English Pre-school.