Fishing nets
Ashatamudi, Kerala, South India
Learning Hokkien
Learning Hokkien is as easy as ABC
Children is kina kia
Boy is da boh kia
Girl is zha boh kia
Bird is chiao kia
Korean car is Kia
Give birth is seh kia
Furniture is Ikia
Police is mata kia
Small house is chu kia
Handphone is Nokia
I am Hokkien kia
Malay is huan kia
Hindu is keh leng kia
Kuai lou is angmohkia
Chinese is deng lang kia
Japanese is jit pun kia
Bad guy is pai kia
Good guy is ho kia
Person who read this is gong kia
If you laugh you are siao kia
In Discovery Café you are khiang kia!
From a table top, Jalan Bunga Raya
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I am simply amazed. I am a Hokkien char bor kia (kia means 'child', 'char bor kia' means daughter); whoever came up with this one is a khiang kia (clever child/one).
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