Taiwanese–English dictionaries: MLT segmenter & full-text search

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

chviwviaa si siaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

To the victor belong the spoils; Possession is nine points of the law; Possession is proof of ownership

搶贏算數

cidsyn si pve [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be affected by several ailments or diseases

一身是病

cidsyn si zex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be deep in debt (said of individuals)

一身是債

guu khankhix kaux Pakkviaf iao si guu^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

unchangeable; remains the same; character is difficult to improve (Lit. If you lead a cow to Beijing; it is still a cow.)

牛牽到北京還是牛; 永遠改不掉壞習慣

hoethaau si gan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

repent and salvation is at hand (turn the head and there is the shore)

回頭是岸

Iasof si siexnbok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

Good Shepherd

耶穌是善牧

ili si too [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

interested only in material gain

唯利是圖

juhøo si hør? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

What should I (we) do? What is the best way (of doing it)?

如何是好?

khao si sym huy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

say one thing and mean another ─ hypocrisy; meaning contrary to what is spoken

口是心非

khof-si'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

whistle

呼口哨; 吹口哨

DFT (117) thaau-10-zoa:

🗣 Ang'afbor si siø'khiarmzex./Ang'afbor si sva'khiarmzex. 🗣 (u: Afng'ar'bor si siøf/svaf''khiaxm'zex.) 翁仔某是相欠債。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

今世有緣結為夫妻 ， 乃因前世因果 ， 互相欠債所致 。 夫妻意見不合相互爭吵時 ， 常用這句話來勸雙方姻緣前定 ， 應以和為貴 。

🗣 Guu tø si guu, khafn kaux Pakkviaf ia si guu. 🗣 (u: Guu tø si guu, khafn kaux Pag'kviaf ia si guu.) 牛就是牛，牽到北京也是牛。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

把窮鄉僻壤的牛 ， 牽到人文薈萃的京城 ， 固執的牛脾氣還是依舊 。 形容人的個性不可能改變 ， 縱使換了環境還是原來的樣子 。

🗣 Hiepvee-khaf khia kuo tø si lie ee./Hiepvii-khaf khia kuo tø si lie ee. 🗣 (u: Hix'pvee/pvii-khaf khia kuo tø si lie ee.) 戲棚跤徛久就是你的。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

戲臺下站久了就是你的 。 勸人做事要有耐性 ， 如能持之以恆 ， 成功必屬於你的 。

🗣 jit`si'ar 🗣 (u: jit`sii'ar) 日時仔 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

白天 。

🗣 Kviafsaix si poarnzuo. 🗣 (u: Kviar'saix si poaxn'zuo.) 囝婿是半子。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

女婿是半個兒子 。 女兒出嫁 ， 娘家這邊有了女婿 ， 雖然不是自家的男丁 ， 但也將之視如己出 ， 等同於半個兒子 。

🗣 lorng si 🗣 (u: lorng si) 攏是 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

全都是 、 皆是 。

🗣 ma si 🗣 (u: ma si) 嘛是 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

也是 。

🗣 mxsi/m si 🗣 (u: m si) 毋是 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

不是 。

🗣 si 🗣 (u: si) 序^p [wt][mo] [h] (h,u) [d#]

🗣 si 🗣 (u: si) 序^t [wt][mo] [h] (h,u) [d#]

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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.