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Cit ee bor khaq hør svaf ee Thvikongzor. 🗣 (u: Cit ee bor khaq hør svaf ee Thvy'kofng'zor.) 一个某較好三个天公祖。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

有個妻子勝過三尊天公的庇佑 。 引申為有一賢內助持家 ， 勝過老天爺保佑 。

Cit ee cvii phaq jixzabsix ee kad. 🗣 (u: Cit ee cvii phaq ji'zap'six ee kad.) 一个錢拍二十四个結。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

一個錢打二十四個結 。 譏諷人吝於用錢 ， 視財如命 。

Cit ee gyn'ar khaq lauxjiet svaf ee toaxlaang. 🗣 (u: Cit ee girn'ar khaq lau'jiet svaf ee toa'laang.) 一个囡仔較鬧熱三个大人。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

一個小孩比三個大人在一起還熱鬧 。 小孩天真活潑 ， 不時活蹦亂跳 ， 大人也爭相哄他寵他 ， 往往會逗得大人們笑呵呵 。 所以家裡有小孩子 ， 氣氛會顯得熱鬧又活絡 。

Cit ee laang cit khoarn mia. 🗣 (u: Cit ee laang cit khoarn mia.) 一个人一款命。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

一個人一種命 。 每個人的命運 、 際遇各不相同 ， 不用怨天尤人 ， 要腳踏實地 。

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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.