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bexpvef`tid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [p.]

stingy

未摒得; 吝嗇

bøkhafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [p.]

have no money; stingy

無孔; 沒錢; 吝嗇; 不是辦法

kankiet [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [p.]

stingy; miserly

吝嗇; 無人情味

khiapsae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [p.]

mean; miser; miserly; stingy (archaic)

袪屎; 小氣; 吝嗇

khiuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [p.]

mean; miser; curled; curly; penurious; very economical and rather niggardly

虯; 吝嗇; 儉; 捲

khok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [p.]

stingy; miserly; tightfisted; niggardly

吝嗇; 小氣

khok køq kiet [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [p.]

stingy; miserly

吝嗇

kiamsiab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [p.]

salty and slightly bitter taste that numbs the tongue; miser

鹹澀; 吝嗇

kienthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [p.]

stingy; miserly; niggardly; parsimonious

吝嗇; 驕傲

liabkhiap^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [p.]

miserly (person)

吝嗇

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bøliong 🗣 (u: bøo'liong) 無量 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

小氣 。 沒有度量 ， 吝嗇 ， 不大方 。

khiuu 🗣 (u: khiuu) 虯 [wt][mo] [h] (h,u) [d#]

1. (V) to shrink; to contract; to pull back; to twist; to coil; to curl 2. (Adj) shrunken; contracted; twisted; coiled; curled 3. (Adj) stingy; miserly; overly frugal

收縮 、 蜷曲 。 收縮 、 蜷曲的樣子 。 比喻形容人過度節儉 、 吝嗇 。

kiaam 🗣 (u: kiaam) 鹹 [wt][mo] [h] (h,u) [d#]

1. (Adj) containing salt or salty flavored; salty 2. (Adj) stingy; mean; miserly; narrow-minded; petty

含鹽分或鹽味的 。 吝嗇 ， 小氣 。

liapsae 🗣 (u: liab'sae) 攝屎 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

忍住大便 。 小氣 、 吝嗇 。

siab 🗣 (u: siab) 澀 [wt][mo] [h] (h,u) [d#]

1. (Adj) slightly bitter, not sweet and smooth; astringent; tart; acerbic 2. (Adj) stingy; mean; miserly 3. (Adj) (eyes) uncomfortable due to long hours working, lack of tears

味道微苦不甘美 、 滑溜 。 吝嗇 、 小氣 。 形容眼睛因長時間工作 ， 缺乏淚液滋潤 ， 而產生的不舒服的感覺 。

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Taiwanese Dictionaries – Sources

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

• 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), and Maryknoll (2001).

• 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.