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🗣 Kin biø khy siin./Kun biø khy siin. 🗣 (u: Kin/Kun biø khy siin.) 近廟欺神。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

指住在廟旁的百姓 ， 對神的敬意反而不如遠地的人 。 比喻貴遠賤近 。

🗣 Kin suie ty guu sexng, kin safn seg niao ym./Kun suie ty guu sexng, kun safn seg niao ym. 🗣 (u: Kin/Kun suie ty guu sexng, kin/kun safn seg niao ym.) 近水知魚性，近山識鳥音。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

經常出入水域 ， 久而久之 ， 便熟諳魚的習性 ； 經常出入山林 ， 久而久之 ， 便熟諳鳥兒的鳴叫聲 。 比喻在怎樣的環境中生活 ， 就容易學習到和該環境相關的才能 。

🗣 Kin svoaf zhøx bøo zhaa, kin khøef tvaf bøo zuie./Kun svoaf zhøx bøo zhaa, kun khøef tvaf bøo zuie. 🗣 (u: Kin svoaf zhøx bøo zhaa, kin khef tvaf bøo zuie. Kin/Kun svoaf zhøx bøo zhaa, kin/kun khøef tvaf bøo zuie.) 近山剉無柴，近溪擔無水。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

靠近山卻砍不到柴 ， 靠近溪邊卻挑不到水 。 反諷人往往捨近求遠 ， 忽略了身邊隨手可得的資源 ， 去追求遙不可及的事物 。 或指人往往輕忽有把握的事 ， 反而坐失良機 ， 以致失敗 。

🗣 kin'ar/kun'ar 🗣 (u: kyn/kwn'ar) 巾仔 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

布巾類的總稱 。

🗣 kin/kun 🗣 (u: kin/kun) 近 [wt][mo] [h] (h,u) [d#]

1. (Adj) near (in place or time, blood relationship, relation koanhe, etc); recent; close; intimate 2. (V) to approach; to get close to

指時間 、 地點 、 血統 、 關係等方面距離不遠的 。 靠近 、 接近 。

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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.