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粵語辭叢

唐山

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#華僑 對祖國嘅稱呼 (a way for overseas Chinese to mention the homeland)

名詞
粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord
Jyutping:
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城市名;位於中國#河北 省東部 (Tangshan)

名詞
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01

China

Examples

《唐山大兄》

Chinese Elder Brother (The Big Boss, 1971 film featuring Bruce Lee)

多煩你嚹。因為我想早日翻唐山。

Please do, for I have to go back to China soon.

02

China;mainland China

Examples

唐山過台灣,心肝結規丸

As people went from mainland China over to Taiwan, their hearts became weighed down. (an idiom about the Chinese migration toward Taiwan in Qing Dynasty)

唐山過台灣,無半點錢,煞猛打拚耕山耕田。

[From] mainland China [they] went over to Taiwan, without any money, diligently cultivating the hill lands and tilling the fields.

03

Tangshan (a prefecture-level city in northeastern Hebei, China)

Examples

唐山大地震

Great Tangshan earthquake (1976 Tangshan earthquake)

04

Tang Mountain, Dacheng Mountain (a hill in the central part of the city of Tangshan, Hebei, China)

粵語辭源: 104_2_4CantonWord
Jyutping:
tong4 saan1Original phonetic: tong4 san1

華僑稱祖國。(饒秉才等:2020:432)

References:
  • 民國·譚雲山《印度加爾各答之華僑》“支那術”,華僑自稱爲“唐人街”。他們稱中國爲“~”(如回國多云“返~”),稱自己爲“唐人”,故稱所居留區域爲“唐人街”。(《東方雜誌》第二十七卷第十一號二五頁,民國十九年六月十日)
現代粵語詞典: 18857CantonWord
Jyutping:
tong4 saan1Original phonetic: Tong2 saan1

华侨称祖国。

廣州話詞典(第2版): 8699CantonWord
Jyutping:
tong4 saan1Original phonetic: tong4 sɑn1

华侨称祖国。