Tuck-Talk

We have been using handphone for so long. Do you still remember it was first called 'dai-ko-dai' (big-brother-big). Do you know the reason why? Come listen to find out. 我们已经用手机很久了。你还记得它最初被称为“大哥大”吗? 你知道为什么吗？来听听原因.

Have you wondered why pork in some country has a very strong smell? This is the real reason. 您是否想知道为什么有些国家的猪肉有很浓的气味？这才是真正的原因。

Tuck-Talk is back, and the reason why you shouldn't scold people "笨得像只猪" will shock you. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tuck-talk/message

When a Chinese doctor say you are heaty, or too cooling, what does he mean? 热气在中医中是什么意思? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tuck-talk/message

I have discovered this saying/proverb/idiom that exists in all 3 languages, fascinating... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tuck-talk/message

Imagine that! A woman was running towards me, pointing at me and screamed "You touching me!" GASP! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tuck-talk/message

If your friend tells you that his/her pregnancy/kid was an accident, do you actually ask how? 你问过你的朋友他们意外怀孕的事吗？ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tuck-talk/message

2 stories that taught me about how it's not always about winning --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tuck-talk/message

We use this Chinese idiom everyday, but do you know it's origin? 我们几乎每天都使用这个成语, 但你知道它的由来吗？ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tuck-talk/message

Yes, you can speak English with a big accent, you have the most powerful 'gwailo' slang, but I think you cannot change this part about you if you are a Malaysian Chinese. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tuck-talk/message

Why do people speak English with a slang...?... because they want to feel high-class? ... because they want to have 'gwailo' feel? Or maybe because it's something else? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tuck-talk/message

We all know what Valentine's Day is, but what about this? Do you know this? 我们都知道情人节是什么，但是这个呢？你知道吗？ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tuck-talk/message

Chinese New Year, seems very different now. Maybe it's up to us to restore the spirit, maybe this is the simple way. 农历新年，现在似乎很不一样。也许要靠我们来恢复精神，也许这就是简单的方法。 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tuck-talk/message

Many Chinese (especially those in SEA) have been celebrating these for decades, but do you know what is the meaning of this festival? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

Ancient wisdom from an old friend. 老朋友的智慧 - 溝女的十诫. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

Before technology took over, "kau lui" was very challenging. 在现代技术之前, 溝女是一项非常具有挑战性的任务. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

The difference in living a 'normal life'. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

Cantonese songs are different songs from other languages, it is unique and it is not easy to compose one. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

A Tuck-Talk update. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

Come find out how did '3 long 2 short' come about. 三長兩短的由来. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

So many of us have heard of the phrase 半斤八兩, but do you know its meaning? And what is the relation of that phrase to Sam Hui's famous song of the same title? 半斤八兩的意思, 以及它与那首著名歌曲的关系. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

Recollecting a story that truly reflects 人不可以貌相. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

What is normal people with normal life? Are you living a normal life? 你过着正常的生活吗？ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

It's that time of the month in the Chinese Lunar Calendar. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

I've always thought my Grandma was speaking old fashioned Cantonese, but she's not... it's something else. 原来我的奶奶说的不是广东话... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

We may have used these Cantonese idioms (放飞机 / 运吉) for many years, but do you know their origin? Have a listen.... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

Noticed this family activity is slowly dying... is it the same with you? P/S:- Episode record in autumn :) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

牛一 (Ngau 1), directly translated as 'cow 1', also means birthday in Cantonese, and this is the origin behind it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

A short journey sending my daughter to school revealed something in Cantonese that solved an ancient mystery? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

A funny journey in 'disciplining' my 鸽子. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

"How are you?" is probably the most lied-to question ever. Asked everyday, hardly anyone tells the absolute truth. Maybe ask this question instead? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

Have you seen such 表现 before? Or maybe you have also 表现 before? :) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

有人 panic and stressed... 八卦新闻 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

Have you experienced a time when you feel the whole world is against you when you are rushing? Maybe so, maybe no? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

Our lives may be much more comfortable now, but this experience is gold... truly nostalgic memories. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

Remembering an old story and my way of trying to tempt my daughter to speak Cantonese. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

Mood 心情 is important in our everydays' life. Do you know how much you have been affected by it? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

My microphone spoilt today, didn't intend to record an episode but a friend inspired me to do this... Hope you'll like it.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

Something Malaysian cantonese speaking Chinese tends to go through and some memorable times from 80s/90s TVB era. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

呃鬼食豆腐 - Why trick the poor ghost to eat tofu? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

When you think back about this time in our past, you might realise you have superpower. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

It took me more than 30 years to figured the actual cantonese word for this particular "action" that we do almost everyday, do you know what it is? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

Malaysian cantonese 马来西亚广东话 is unique because it has imported some other local words, here are some of them. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

A very peculiar thing about us 亚洲人 in terms of language compared to westerners 西方人. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

Is there a similar cantonese phrase for this? 人生从40岁开始? :) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message

I really miss speaking 广东话. This episode commence my romance with 广东话 after being over-dose with English almost everyday.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tuck-talk/message