Examples
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Some common phrases in Fuzhou dialect:
- Fuzhou dialect: 福州話 Hók-ciŭ-uâ
- Hello: 汝好 Nṳ̄ hō̤
- Good-bye: 再見 Cái-giéng
- Please: 請 Chiāng ; 起動 Kī-dâe̤ng
- Thank you: 謝謝 Siâ-siâ ; 起動 Kī-dâe̤ng
- Sorry: 對不住 Dó̤i-bók-cê̤ṳ
- This: 嚽 Cuòi ; 啫 Ciā ; 茲 Cī
- That: 噲 Huòi ; 嘻 Hiā ; 許 Hī
- How much?: 偌 Nuâi (niŏh-uâi)
- Yes: 正是 Ciáng-sê ; 無綻 Mò̤ dâng ; 著 Diŏh (Duŏh)
- No: 伓是 Ng-sê ; 綻 Dâng ; 賣著 Mâ̤ diŏh (Mâ̤ duŏh)
- I don't understand: 我賣會意 Nguāi mâ̤ huôi-é
- What's his name?: 伊名什乇？ Ĭ miàng sié-nó̤h?
- Where's the hotel?: 賓館洽底所？ Bĭng-guāng găk diē-nē̤?
- How can I go to the school?: 去學校怎樣行？ Kó̤ hăk-hâu cuōng-iông giàng?
- Do you speak Fuzhou dialect?: 汝會講福州話賣？ Nṳ̄ â̤ gōng Hók-ciŭ-uâ mâ̤?
- Do you speak English?: 汝會講英語賣？ Nṳ̄ â̤ gōng Ĭng-ngṳ̄ mâ̤?
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