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Htb (cache) (38) thaau-10-zoa:

bexexngtid korng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

must not be spoken; should not be said

未用得講; 不可以講

bexsaytid korng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

must not be spoken; should not be said

未使得講; 不可以講

bøo oe korng kalør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

chat

無話講家惱; 閒話家常; 閑談

bøo oe thafng korng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

having nothing to say; unable to say anything

無話可講

chiuxny-korng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

rubber tube

樹乳管; 橡皮管

ciaolie korng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

speak according to reason

照理講

khaq-uxlaang korng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

more people say; said by more people

較有人講

kix lie korng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

You may say whatever you like

隨你說

korng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

say; to talk; tell; to discourse

講

korng bøexlaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

can not express it properly; can not speak so as to accomplish the purpose

講不來

DFT (78) thaau-10-zoa:

🗣 Bøe tee korng tee phafng, bøe hoef korng hoef aang. 🗣 (u: Be tee korng tee phafng, be hoef korng hoef aang. Bøe tee korng tee phafng, bøe hoef korng hoef aang.) 賣茶講茶芳，賣花講花紅。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

賣茶葉的人強調自己賣的茶葉有多香 ； 賣花的人強調自己賣的花顏色有多麼的鮮豔 。 比喻為了要把自己的產品推銷出去 ， 生意人總會強調其產品具有什麼特色 ， 藉此吸引顧客的目光 。 比喻老王賣瓜 ， 自賣自誇 。

🗣 bøexsu'korng/bøexsukorng 🗣 (u: be boe'sw'korng bøe'sw'korng) 袂輸講 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

好比說 、 好像說 。

🗣 Ciah laang thaau zefng ciuo, korng laang thaau kux oe. 🗣 (u: Ciah laang thaau zefng ciuo, korng laang thaau kux oe.) 食人頭鍾酒，講人頭句話。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

喝第一杯酒 ， 講第一句話 。 主人通常會請宴席上的長者或貴賓第一個講話 ， 講話者常用此句作為開場白表示僭越 、 自謙之意 。

🗣 hia'korng 🗣 (u: hiaf'korng) 靴管 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

雨鞋 。 馬靴 。

🗣 korng 🗣 (u: korng) 講^p [wt][mo] [h] (h,u) [d#]

1. (V) to speak; to say 2. (V) (with objective) to discuss; to talk about; to consult with; to talk things over

說 。 談論 、 協商等帶有目的性地說 。 責罵 、 批評 。 規勸 。 用在句尾 ， 說成變調 ， 表示說話者心裡還有沒說出來的話 。

🗣 korng 🗣 (u: korng) 廣^b [wt][mo] [h] (h,u) [d#]

1. (Adj) spacious; wide; expansive; extensive

寬大 、 寬闊 。

🗣 korng 🗣 (u: korng) 栱 [wt][mo] [h] (h,u) [d#]

🗣 korng 🗣 (u: korng) 管^t [wt][mo] [h] (h,u) [d#]

1. (N) tube; pipe

長且中空的東西 。

🗣 Korng cit ee viar, svef cit ee kviar./Korng cit ee viar, svy cit ee kviar. 🗣 (u: Korng cit ee viar, svef/svy cit ee kviar.) 講一个影，生一个囝。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

說一個影子 ， 生一個孩子 。 意即有人說看到一個影子 ， 就有人傳話說成有人生了一個孩子 。 比喻把沒聽清楚的話 ， 轉述成毫不相關的事 。

🗣 korng toaxsvia'oe 🗣 (u: korng toa'sviaf'oe) 講大聲話 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

說大話 、 吹噓 。

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External Dictionaries in Conventional Romanizations *

• (u) korng korng = "kong2 kong2" [[DFT]] [[MK]] [[TC]] [[Lim19]] [[IT講]] [[CT]][CT]

Taiwanese Dictionaries – Sources

• HTB: "Hiexntai-buun" Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Modern Taiwanese Language Association. Syllable segmentation in progress.

• DFT: 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chinese). Ministry of Education, R.O.C. 2011. (CC BY-ND 3.0 臺灣) (data from MoeDict Desktop For MacOSX / Linux / Windows. 2015. see MoeDict and Taioaan Wiki). We have annotated over 5800 definitions in English for monosyllables (enter any monosyllable to get into monosyllable mode)

• MK: Taiwanese—English Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Maryknoll Language Service Center, Taichung, Taiwan. 2001 [1976]. (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 TW)

• TC/TH: Iûⁿ Ún-giân. 台語文/中文辭典 Taiwanese — Chinese Dictionary & 台文/華文線頂辭典 [Taihoa Online Dictionary] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chinese).

• EDUTECH: Liim Keahioong (2001-2003). EDUTECH: Taiwanese—English Dictionary Searched with Concise Atonal Spelling. Edited and cross-referenced to EDUTECH General Taiwanese Words (正確台語拼字辭和漢字辭), Embree (1973), Maryknoll (2001), and other dictionaries.

• Embree: Embree, Bernard L. M. (1973). A Dictionary of Southern Min: based on current usage in Taiwan and checked against the earlier works of Carstairs Douglas, Thomas Barclay, and Ernest Tipson. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Language Institute. (OCLC 2491446. Data from GitHub - ChhoeTaigiDatabase. See NY Times article)

• Lim19: 台語辭典(台日大辭典台語譯本)查詢 [Taiwanese Dictionary (translation of Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten) search] (in Taiwanese Hokkien). Sìn Bōng Ài [Faith Hope Love]. 2019. (Lim08 data: GitHub - Lim-Chun-iok_2008_Tai-jip-Tua-su-tian)

• TDJ: Ogawa Naoyoshi, ed. (1931, 1932). 臺日大辭典 Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten [Taiwanese—Japanese Dictionary] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Japanese). Volume 1 & Volume 2. Taihoku: Governor-General of Taiwan.