Sample Text
| Foochow Romanized | Chinese characters (traditional) | English Translation | Audio File |
|---|---|---|---|
| Báe̤k-hŭng gâe̤ng Nĭk-tàu | 北風共日頭 | The North Wind and the Sun | listen |
| Ô sŏ̤h huòi, Báe̤k-hŭng gâe̤ng Nĭk-tàu duŏh hī dó̤i căng, káng diê-nè̤ng buōng-sê̤ṳ duâi. | 有蜀回，北風共日頭著許塊爭，看底儂本事大。 | Once upon a time, the North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was stronger. | listen |
| Căng lì căng kó̤ mò̤ suŏ iàng. | 爭來爭去無輸贏。 | They disputed on and on without reaching a conclusion. | listen |
| Ciā sèng-hâiu, duô lā̤ ô sŏ̤h ciéh nè̤ng giàng lā̤, sĭng lā̤ sê̤ṳng duŏh sŏ̤h iông gâu-gâu gì duâi-ĭ. | 者辰候，墿嚟有蜀隻儂行嚟，身嚟頌著蜀件厚厚其大衣。 | Just at that moment, there was a man walking along the road, wearing a very heavy coat. | listen |
| Ĭ lâng ciéh gōng hō̤, diê-nè̤ng ô buōng-sê̤ṳ sĕng gáe̤ cī ciéh nè̤ng gâe̤ng duâi-ĭ táung lâi gó̤, cêu sáung diê-nè̤ng buōng-sê̤ṳ duâi. | 伊兩隻講好，底儂有本事先告玆隻儂共大衣褪唻去，就算底儂本事大。 | The two agreed that who first succeeded in making this man take his coat off should be considered stronger. | listen |
| Dăng nĭ, Báe̤k-hŭng cêu sāi lĭk sī-miâng dék chuŏi, bók-guó ĭ muōng chuŏi dék lê-hâi, cī ciéh lā̤ giàng-duô gì nè̤ng cêu ciŏng hī iông duâi-ĭ muōng bău muōng gīng gó̤. | 仱呢，北風就使力死命的吹，不過伊罔吹的利害，玆隻嚟行墿其儂就將許件大衣罔包罔緊去。 | Then, the North Wind exerted all his strength to blow, but the harder he blew, the tighter that walking man wrapped his coat. | listen |
| Gáu muōi-hâiu, Báe̤k-hŭng mò̤ bâing-huák, cêu cūng-kuāng láe̤k gó̤. | 遘尾後，北風無辦法，就總款〇去。 | At last, the North Wind was at his wits' end, so he gave up. | listen |
| Guó nék-òng, Nĭk-tàu chók lì. | 過仂暅，日頭出來。 | After a while, the Sun came out. | listen |
| Iĕk-pĕ̤-pĕ̤ sāi sāi lĭk sŏ̤h puŏh, hī ciéh lā̤ giàng-duô gì nè̤ng ché̤ṳk-káik cêu ciŏng hī iông duâi-ĭ táung lŏ̤h lì. | 熱〇〇使使力蜀曝，許隻嚟行墿其儂〇刻就將大衣褪落來。 | He shined out forcibly with a sweltering heat, and immediately that walking man took off his coat. | listen |
| Cī-hâ Báe̤k-hŭng cêu nâ diông sìng-nêng, lâng gá nè̤ng diē-sié, gó sê Nĭk-tàu gì buōng-sê̤ṳ duâi. | 玆下北風就僅剩承認，兩個儂底勢，故是日頭其本事大。 | And so the North Wind had no choice but to confess that the Sun was stronger of the two. | listen |
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