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Mavericker -

Hello. I was asking for Taiwanese Hokkien translations of "man among men", and was given:

查甫人的查甫

"yi shi cha-bo-lang diong e cha-bo-lang", and "chit-e cha-bo-lang chin yong", and:

模範男人，男人中的典範
精品男人，男人中的精品
極品男人，男人中的極品

and

人中（之）人

and

男子汉中的男子汉; 特出人物.

"A man among men", is a person regarded as epitomizing manhood or mankind; (esp. as a term of
praise) one who is the equal of or an example to all others; an active, well-rounded member of
society.

I'd like to know are there shorter, more abbreviated ways to say,

查甫人的查甫

男子汉中的男子汉 and

男人中的典範，男人中的精品，男人中的極品

and

"yi shi cha-bo-lang diong e cha-bo-lang", and "chit-e cha-bo-lang chin yong"?

I'd also like to know, are there any other terms I can use?

Please let me know. Thank you.



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Lu -

My Taiwanese/Hokkien is very, very limited, but I am rather sure that cha-bo-lang means 'male
person', not 人. Or is that what you meant?










Mavericker -

Hi Lu. You asked, "I am rather sure that cha-bo-lang means 'male person', not 人. Or is that what
you meant?"

I'm not sure what you are asking. I was going by the terms I was given.


This is a note for everyone:

I forgot to add:

Please list as many Taiwanese Hokkien terms for "man among men" as possible. Thank you.










LiYuanXi -

za bo lang diong e za bo lang is rather close already. I think that is the closest you can get.

Lu probably meant za bo lang refers to a male while in english 'man' can refer to any human being,
male or female.

If you are generally refering to human beings, I think you can say lang diong ji lang
(人中之人).










Mavericker -

Hello LiYuanXi and Lu. Thank you for responding.

Someone told me:

男中（之）男 is Taiwanese Hokkien for "man among men". Is this correct?










Mavericker -

Hello. I'd also like to know:

is LIN SIONG LIN a Taiwanese Hokkien term?










fireball9261 -

Isn't LIN SIONG LIN 人上人 in Taiwanese? It means a person above other persons, or a person who
has higher status than other persons. My Taiwanese is not that good either.










Lu -

I'm pretty sure that 人 is lang5, not lin, so 人上人 wouldn't be lin siong lin.










fireball9261 -

Ok, I think you are probably right. I sometimes mix my dialects. So what could be Lin? And what
could be siong?










LiYuanXi -

人上人 - lin siong lin

人 can be lin or lang depending on the sentence. Lin is a classical pronunciation and lang is a
common pronunciation. We refer them to 文话 and 白话. In the sentence above, 人上人, it
should be lin siong lin not lang siong lang.

Another example to show my point:

床前明月光 - cong jian bieng guat gong
疑是地上霜 - gyi si dei siong song
举头望明月 - gee tio bong bieng guat
低头思故乡 - lay tio su gor hiong

PS: The han yu pin yin for 举 is not very accurate cuz I can't find a perfect spelling for it.

So you can see above that 月 is guat not the common guey, 光 is gong not the common gng and 头
is tio not the common tao. The pronunciations are changed because this is a poem so we should use
the 'wen' version for pronouncing.

Hope you guys got my point~












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