Which is correct, Lai Kor or Teh Kor?

[mrclubbie]

lai kou...

 

[ponpokku]

Then how to say shorts (outer short pants, not underwear, real 短的裤) in dialect?

for shorts, teochew ish dor kou. hokkien ish ter kor.

 

[ponpokku]

Then how to describe:
"You wear underwear over your shorts"

a typical hokkien beng would say, 'knn li sih superman ah? teh kor cheng guah peng?'

 

[consigliere]

Nai Kor not Lai kor?

 

[ballastic90]

What's the difference?

 

[Mixxxy]

Then how to say shorts (outer short pants, not underwear, real 短的裤) in dialect?

Hotpants

 

[Gunnerspirit]

Teh kor not ter kor
Under vs short

Put the teh in the kor

 

[Raelight]

Bbfa hear panties. Or undies to get turn on?

 

[ponpokku]

Nai Kor not Lai kor?

内褲 vs 裏褲, depends on which on u prefer.
and dialects have the tendency to convert n- sound to l- sound, so not much diff anyway.
for etc 'south' ish 'nam' but often pronounced as 'lam'.

 

[camoguysg]

Today Sunny day, moi teh kor can dry

Today sunny day, my teh kor dam dam....

 

[camoguysg]

Then how to describe:
"You wear underwear over your shorts"

Ni eh ter kor lai ming cheng teh kor

 

[elimmel]

lai kor = ah ma panties
teh kor = ah gong boxers

 

[chintokkong]

Teh kor not ter kor
Under vs short

Tis interesting. Yah, sometimes hear ppl saying ‘ter’ for short.

But sometimes also use ‘chin teh’ for very short? Or is it different variation of Hokkien?

 

[ponpokku]

Tis interesting. Yah, sometimes hear ppl saying ‘ter’ for short.

But sometimes also use ‘chin teh’ for very short? Or is it different variation of Hokkien?

ter ish the correct hokkien pronunciation for 'short'.

 

[大.猪.头.]

Which is correct, Lai Kor or Teh Kor?

lai kor = G string ...cos the string sibei lai
teh kor = like boxes ...not triangle type of underwear

 

[Eternal-fire]

@coyote kor

@Dangojr ai song nia

 

[ahnyaahnya]

Then how to describe:
"You wear underwear over your shorts"

You Superman? Wear your underwear as top layer .

 

[consigliere]

内褲 vs 裏褲, depends on which on u prefer.
and dialects have the tendency to convert n- sound to l- sound, so not much diff anyway.
for etc 'south' ish 'nam' but often pronounced as 'lam'.

内褲 is not 裏褲. Anyway you guys understand can Liao

 

[chocobelle]

Today Sunny day, moi teh kor can dry

Is true i am the teh kor

 

[ponpokku]

内褲 is not 裏褲. Anyway you guys understand can Liao

dialects dun use the same vocab/wording as mandarin for the same thing.
just like mandarin uses 吸管 for drinking straws, hokkien uses 水草 and teochew uses 草吸.