食kentang

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (食kentang)		食	kentang
simp. #(食kentang)		食	kentang
alternative forms		食kantang
Literally: “to eat potatoes”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h kan-tang / chia̍h kang-tang

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h kan-tang
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h kan-tang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciah kandafng
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ kan⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h kang-tang
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h kang-tang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciah kangdafng
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴³⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

食kentang

1. (Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien, of a person) to be westernized; to not speak any Chinese (of an ethnic Chinese)
   • (Can we date this quote?), “阿兄唐山人”‎^[1]performed by 牛馬丁:

     看人食西餐　學人食干冬 [Teochew, trad.]
     看人食西餐　学人食干冬 [Teochew, simp.]

     toin2 nang5 ziah8 sai1 cang1 oh8 nang5 ziah8 kentang

Descendants

• → English: jiak kentang

See also

• 蕳砃／𫈉砃 (“potato”)
• English: banana
• English: no sabo