1-Minute Penang Hokkien for Tourists to Penang

1-Minute Penang Hokkien for Tourists helps you break the ice with the Chinese in Penang. Often, knowledge of just a few key phrases is all it takes to turn on distinct Penang hospitality that I hope you will get to enjoy for the rest of your stay.

Listen to the video and then view the sentences listed below. You may change any single-underline words according to circumstance, while selected options are provided for double-underline words.

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1. Upon arrival in Penang, if you're met by a host, he/she will say this to you:
   Welcome!
   Huan3ging2
   
   Welcome to Penang!
   Huan3ging3 lai3 Penang!
2. You will reply by saying:
   Thank you!
   Kam1siah3!
   
   
3. Your host may ask you:
   How are you?
   Lu1 ho4 boh2?
   
   
4. You will reply by saying:
   I'm fine!
   Wah1 ho4!
   
   
5. Your host may ask you:
   What is your name?
   Lu1 mia3 ha1mik1?
   
   
6. You will reply saying:
   My name is John!
   Wah1 mia3 John
   
   
7. You may introduce the people travelling with you:
   This is my wife Jane.
   Cit1-leh1 si33 wah1-eh3 bor4 Jane.
   husband: ang1
   girlfriend: ca3bor1 peng3iu4
   boyfriend: ta3por3 peng3iu4
   son: hau33snaeh1
   daughter: cau1wa4
   mother: ma3ma1
   father: pa3pa1
   
   
8. Your host may ask you:
   Where do you come from?
   Lu4 ta1lok1 lai2 eh2?
   
   
9. You will reply saying:
   I come from the United States.
   Wah4 Bee1 Kok3 lai2 eh2.
   The name of most countries are the same as in English, except for the following:
   Australia: Au1ciu1
   Britain: Eng3 Kok3
   China: Teong3 Kok3
   France: Huat1 Kok3
   Germany: Teik1 Kok3
   Hong Kong: Hiang3 Kang4
   India: In1tor3
   Indonesia: In1ni2
   Japan: Jit3pun4
   Korea: Han3 Kok3
   Thailand: Thai1 Kok3
   
   
10. To locate public transport, you may want to ask:
    Where is the bus stop?
    Chia3cam3 ti1 ta1lok1?
    taxi stand: tek1si1 cam3
    train station: hoay1chia3 cam3
    jetty: cun3thau2
    airport: poay3ki3tniau2
    
    
11. If you're taking a taxi, the driver may ask you:
    Where do you want to go?
    Lu1 boek1 khee3 ta1lok1?
    
    
12. You will reply with:
    I want to go to Hotel ABC.
    Wah1 boek1 khee3 Hotel ABC
    George Town: or Phor3tay4
    Air Itam: Ai3tam3
    Balik Pulau: Pu3lor2
    Batu Ferringhi: Ba3tu1 Frin3gi2
    Butterworth: Koay1kang4
    For other places, simply state as in English, i.e., Komtar, shopping, hospital, etc.
    
    
13. When you go shopping, you may want to say this:
    How much is this?
    Cit1-leh1 kui1 lui1?
    
    
14. The seller will most likely state the price:
    One ringgit.
    Cit3 khor1.
    two: nor33
    three: snar3
    four: see1
    five: gor33*
    six: lark3
    seven: chit1
    eight: pek1
    nine: kau1
    ten: cap3
    eleven: cap3-it1
    twelve: cap3-jee33
    one hundred: cit3-pah1
    one thousand: cit3-cheng3
    
    * Tone 3 unsandiable morphemes are written with the tone 33. For details, read unsandiable morphemes.
    
    
15. A ringgit can be split into one hundred sen, hence:
    Two ringgit and thirty sen.
    Nor33 khor3 snar1.
    twenty: jee33
    forty: see3
    fifty: pnua3 (literally, half)
    sixty: lark1
    seventy: chit3
    eighty: pek3
    ninety: kau4
    
    
16. Upon being offered the price, you might want to say:
    Oh, that's too expensive!
    Wah3, thai1 kui3!
    
    
17. If you accept the price, you may say:
    Fine, give me one.
    E3sai4, hor33 wah4 cit3-leh2.
    
    

And that's your 1-Minute lesson in Penang Hokkien! This should be enough to take you along on a short visit to Penang, and may endear you to the locals for your attempt to speak their language.

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