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 ==Literary vs colloquial ==
-'''Literary readings''' ({{tts|bunthak}}) of [[Harnji]] are usually used in formal loan words or names, when reading aloud and in formal settings, while '''colloquial readings''' ({{tts|peqthak}}) are usually used in vernacular speech. For example, [[wikt:白|白]] can be read either "{{tts|pek}}" (literary) or "{{tts|peh}}" (colloquial). The existence of literary and colloquial readings is a prominent feature of some [[Hokkiexn-oe|Hokkien]] dialects and indeed in many Sinitic varieties in the south. [[Zoanciw-oe|Quanzhou Hokkien]] even has ''three'' different kinds of readings. The additional one is ''vulgar'' (俗 ''{{tts|siok}}''). For example, [[wikt:肉|肉]] (meat):
+*'''Colloquial readings''' ({{tts|peqthak}}) are usually used in vernacular speech.
+*'''Literary readings''' ({{tts|bunthak}}) of [[Harnji]] are usually used in formal loan words or names, when reading aloud and in formal settings.
-*bunthak: ''{{tts|jiok}}''
+*For example, take the Harnji [[wikt:白|白]]
-*peqthak: ''{{tts|hek}}''
+**Colloquial: {{tts|peh}}, as in {{tts|peqzhaix}} ([[peqzhaix|bakchoy]])
-*siok: ''{{tts|baq}}'' ([[baq]] is the most commonly used)
+**Literary: {{tts|pek}}, as in {{tts|zuxpek}} 自白 (confession)
+*The existence of literary and colloquial readings is a prominent feature of some [[Hokkiexn-oe|Hokkien]] dialects and indeed in many Sinitic varieties in the south.
+*[[Zoanciw-oe|Quanzhou Hokkien]] even has ''three'' different kinds of readings. The additional one is ''vulgar'' (俗 ''{{tts|siok}}''). For example, [[wikt:肉|肉]] (meat):
+**Vulgar: ''{{tts|baq}}'' ([[baq]] is the most commonly used)
+**Colloquial: ''{{tts|hek}}'' (no example for this one)
+**Literary: ''{{tts|jiok}}'', as in {{tts|kutjiok}} 骨肉 (flesh and blood; kindred)
 == Examples ==