how to say blue in hokkien?

• pdbm

  11 Nov 07, 01:29

  blue as in the color blue.
  
  anybody knows?
  
  thanks
• alan-

  11 Nov 07, 01:31

  lam cek......
• sunny3510

  11 Nov 07, 01:32

  lam sek
• cApitaland

  11 Nov 07, 01:36

  biru.
• ^tamago^

  11 Nov 07, 01:37

  lamb steak.
• sunny3510

  11 Nov 07, 01:38

  Originally posted by cApitaland:

  biru.

  nt malay ;ah
• mhcampboy

  11 Nov 07, 01:38

  lamp stick
• a-Lost-9uY

  11 Nov 07, 01:38

  "lam"
• pdbm

  11 Nov 07, 01:41

  but how come basket in hokkien is pronouced as 'nah'
  
  but then blue is lam?
  
  i thought in chinese hanyu pinyin both words are same sound?
  
  
• a-Lost-9uY

  11 Nov 07, 01:47

  Originally posted by pdbm:

  but how come basket in hokkien is pronouced as 'nah'
  
  but then blue is lam?
  
  i thought in chinese hanyu pinyin both words are same sound?
  
  

  hokkien is a rojak language le..
  example, it also has mly words in it too
• digicharat

  11 Nov 07, 06:25

  Originally posted by pdbm:

  but how come basket in hokkien is pronouced as 'nah'
  
  but then blue is lam?
  
  i thought in chinese hanyu pinyin both words are same sound?
  
  

  they are 2 different words leh...
  so in english write and right also sound the same then in mandarin they also sound the same?
• digicharat

  11 Nov 07, 06:28

  Originally posted by a-Lost-9uY:

  hokkien is a rojak language le..
  example, it also has mly words in it too

  malay?
  only in singapore la. maybe malaysia too.
  you go taiwan or china see got or not lor.
• caleb_chiang

  11 Nov 07, 06:47

  Originally posted by pdbm:

  but how come basket in hokkien is pronouced as 'nah'
  
  but then blue is lam?
  
  i thought in chinese hanyu pinyin both words are same sound?
  
  

  around the same sound but not the same mah...
• vicpac

  11 Nov 07, 07:52

  Originally posted by sunny3510:

  lam sek

  this is cantonese lah
• beggarchief

  11 Nov 07, 10:07

  Lan SicK ?
• AndrewPKYap

  11 Nov 07, 10:13

  Originally posted by pdbm:

  blue as in the color blue.
  
  anybody knows?
  
  thanks

  how to say blue in hokkien?
  
  let me try....
  
  "BluE iN hoKKien"
  
  you like the way I say "blue in hokkien" ? huh? Huh?
• Ayukat

  11 Nov 07, 10:36

  Aoi
  
  Realli.
• cApitaland

  11 Nov 07, 10:56

  dat wan nipon wan la..
• thoreldan

  11 Nov 07, 11:14

  why u all entertaining stooky ?
• DrAlienology

  11 Nov 07, 11:57

  lam lor...
• Plastic Bag

  11 Nov 07, 19:29

  hokkien is not a rojak language, unless you are referring to LOCAL hokkien.
  
  Mandarin and Hokkien are different the same say that Hokkien is different from Cantonese.
  
  
• sLeEpWaLkErInG

  11 Nov 07, 20:19

  listen to this and u will get your answer
  got one guy asking to buy blue bird at almost the last part.
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3y_uD2gNpI
  
  
• ^tamago^

  11 Nov 07, 20:22

  Originally posted by thoreldan:

  why u all entertaining stooky ?

  he is not....
• Seven_Dragon

  11 Nov 07, 20:24

  what is lam jiao lang?
• metalcar

  11 Nov 07, 20:25

  lam(3) sek(3) --> hokkien
  lam(1) sek(3) --> teochew