紅毛字

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: ang5 mo5 ri7
POJ: âng-mô-jī
Variety: chaozhou

Pronunciation note: Realised [dz] ~ [z] ~ [l] depending on speaker and register; many younger speakers merge it with /l/. The cited sources corroborate [dz], relaxing to [z] for younger/overseas speakers; neither attests the further merger to /l/.

Meanings and usage

noun: the Latin alphabet, Western writing
紅毛字, 拉丁字母

The page's senses (Latin alphabet, English language, unrecognizable writing) are tagged for other Hokkien/Puxian varieties or generically 'dialectal, obsolete' with none explicitly marked Teochew, so it's unclear which exact meaning corresponds to this Teochew reading; the general 'Latin alphabet' sense was chosen as most likely.

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