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Htb (cache) (9)

Angbag'uar taux lauxjiet [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

useless helper (Ang-bak-u-a is a person with impaired vision or a dim wit.)

濫芋充數

Bykok'hoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

subject or subjected to U.S.A. cultural influence

美國化

gokhitefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

nail that looks like the mouth of a leech or u-shaped; has two heads

蜈蜞釘; 水蛭釘

khiaam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

nail that looks like the mouth of a leech or u-shaped; has two heads

水蛭釘

sid beng'u [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

lose reputation or good name

失名譽

u bixnzuo^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

have one's face or honor preserved; have one's vanity satisfied

有面子

u kef bøo kiarm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

increase steadily; get steadily worse or serious

有增無減

u phvithaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

get the better of a man; in a dispute or quarrel; get things very cheap or get large wages; advantageous (trade); yielding good profits

佔便宜

u tafmliong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

have courage or guts

有膽量

DFT (7)

🗣 bai'oflirn 🗣 (u: bay'or'lirn) bai33 oo55 lin51 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

1. () violin. from Japanese バイオリン (baiorin)

小提琴 。 源自日語バイオリン ( baiorin )。

🗣 khalafofkhef 🗣 (u: khaf'lar'or'khef) kha33 la55 oo55 khe55 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

1. () karaoke. from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke)

卡拉OK 。 源自日語カラオケ ( karaoke )。

🗣 ofkhafng 🗣 (u: or'khafng) 挖空 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

挖洞 、 挖孔 。 揭短 、 揭瘡疤 。

🗣 ofthoo 🗣 (u: or'thoo) 挖塗 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

挖地 。

🗣 or 🗣 (u: or) 挖^t [wt][mo] [h] (h,u) [d#]

1. (V) to dig; to excavate; to scoop out; to shovel 2. (V) to scrape; to pick clean (ear)

挖 、 掘 。 掏取 。

🗣 or 🗣 (u: or) 嘔^b [wt][mo] [h] (h,u) [d#]

🗣 or-simkvoaf 🗣 (u: or-sym'kvoaf) 挖心肝 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

掏心挖肺 ， 表示真心誠意 。

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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.