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Chiuxthaau khia ho zai, m kviaf chiuxbøea zørhongthay./Chiuxthaau khia ho zai, m kviaf chiuxbøea zøeahongthay. 🗣 (u: Chiu'thaau khia ho zai, m kviaf chiu'boea zøx'hofng'thay. Chiu'thaau khia ho zai, m kviaf chiu'bøea zøx/zøex'hofng'thay.) 樹頭徛予在，毋驚樹尾做風颱。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

樹根要是穩固了 ， 就不怕樹梢被颱風吹襲 。 比喻要固本 。 指人行事正直無私 、 光明磊落 ， 不怕任何的惡意中傷 。

Kankhor thaau, khvuieoah bøea. 🗣 (u: Kafn'khor thaau, khvuix'oah boea. Kafn'khor thaau, khvuix'oah bøea.) 艱苦頭，快活尾。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

做任何事都要先耐得住辛苦 ， 苦盡才得以享受甘甜的成果 。 勸勉人先苦後甘 ， 終將逐步進入佳境 。

Onglaai thaau, sikoef bøea. 🗣 (u: Oong'laai thaau, sy'koef boea. Oong'laai thaau, sy'koef bøea.) 王梨頭，西瓜尾。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

鳳梨蒂頭的一端比較甜 ， 西瓜是離蒂頭最遠的一端最甜 。 教導人家如何吃水果及觀察蔬果的自然生態 。

porthaau-porbøea 🗣 (u: pox'thaau'pox'boea bea pox'thaau-pox'bøea) 布頭布尾 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

布料剪裁後所剩餘的布塊 。

Thaau siøsiøf, bøea lefnglerng. 🗣 (u: Thaau siøf'siøf, boea lerng'lerng. Thaau siøf'siøf, bøea lerng'lerng.) 頭燒燒，尾冷冷。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

剛開始的時候興沖沖 ， 到了後來卻提不起勁 。 指人做事情只有三分鐘熱度 ， 沒辦法貫徹始終 。

thaubøea 🗣 (u: thaau'boea bea thaau'bøea) 頭尾 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

事情的始末 。 前後 。

thauzangbøea 🗣 (u: thaau'zafng'boea bea thaau'zafng'bøea) 頭鬃尾 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

辮子 。 頭髮分綹然後互相纏繞成長條狀 。 馬尾 。 頭髮用繩子紮起來 ， 形狀像馬的尾巴 。

uxthaau-uxbøea 🗣 (u: u'thaau'u'boea bea u'thaau-u'bøea) 有頭有尾 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

有始有終 。 有開頭 ， 有結尾 ， 比喻做事貫徹到底 。

zhuopvy-thaubøea 🗣 (u: zhux'pvy'thaau'boea bea zhux'pvy-thaau'bøea) 厝邊頭尾 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

左鄰右舍 ， 街坊鄰居 。

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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.