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🗣u: Texng m'tiøh sor'zai ee thiq'tefng'ar tiøh eng thiq'tefng'barn barn`khie'laai. ⬆︎ 釘毋著所在的鐵釘仔著用鐵釘挽挽起來。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [d#]: 釘錯地方的鐵釘要用拔釘器拔起來。
🗣u: Lie m'thafng khøx'sex u chviax lau'sw laai zhux`lie ka lie kax, lie tø e'eng'tid chixn'chixn'zhae'zhae, laang korng, “Kin svoaf zhøx bøo zhaa, kin khef tvaf bøo zuie.” Na bøo jin'cyn phaq'pviax, sii kaux lie ee seeng'zeg iao'si be cixn'po. ⬆︎ 你毋通靠勢有倩老師來厝裡共你教，你就會用得凊凊彩彩，人講：「近山剉無柴，近溪擔無水。」若無認真拍拚，時到你的成績猶是袂進步。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [d#]: 你不可以仗著聘了老師來家裡教你，你就可以隨隨便便，人們說：「靠近山卻砍不到柴，靠近溪邊卻挑不到水。」如果不認真努力，到時你的成績依舊不會進步。

Maryknoll (16)

chiafm'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiarm'ar ⬆︎ [[...]]

fork

叉子

Eng chiafm'ar chiarm khie laai ciah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Eng chiarm'ar chiarm khie laai ciah. ⬆︎ [[...]]
Skew it up with your fork and eat it.
用叉子叉起來吃。

zhof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhof ⬆︎ [[...]]

beginning, the first

初

Goar zhozhof laai Taioaan ee sii, lorng bøexhiao eng ti ciaqpng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar zhof'zhof laai Taai'oaan ee sii, lorng be'hiao eng ti ciah'png.; Goar zhof'zhof laai Taai'oaan ee sii, lorng bøe'hiao eng ti ciah'png. ⬆︎ [[...]]
When I first came to Taiwan, I did not know how to use chopsticks at all.
我剛剛到台灣的時候,都不會用筷子吃飯。

ciaokhuy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciaux'khuy; (ciaux'thvoaf) ⬆︎ [[...]]

divide expenses in fair proportions, Dutch treat

分攤

Eng'axm eng loaxze, larn laai ciaokhuy. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Efng'axm eng loa'ze, larn laai ciaux'khuy. ⬆︎ [[...]]
Let's divide tonight's expenses equally.
今晚花多少,我們來分攤。

khehkoafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheq'koafn ⬆︎ [[...]]

objectivity, objective view

客觀

eng khehkoafn ee gafnkofng laai khvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng kheq'koafn ee garn'kofng laai khvoax ⬆︎ [[...]]
look at with an objective eye
用客觀的眼光來看

khia toax khehkoafn ee libtviuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khia toax kheq'koafn ee lip'tviuu; khia toax kheq'koafn ee lip'tviuu; (khia toax kheq'koafn'teg ee lip'tviuu) ⬆︎ [[...]]
have an objective standpoint
站在客觀的立場

phahtawsix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq'tao'six ⬆︎ [[...]]

to divide costs "pro rata"

費用平均分擔

Løqhoxthvy eng'eeng karm bøaix laai phahtawsix? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Løh'ho'thvy eeng'eeng karm bøo'aix laai phaq'tao'six? ⬆︎ [[...]]
There is nothing to do while it is raining, don't you want to come over and share costs for a meal?
下雨天閒著,要不要來出錢共餐?

poxliern [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: po'liern ⬆︎ [[...]]

on foot, go on foot

徒步

eng poxliern ee laai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng po'liern ee laai ⬆︎ [[...]]
come on foot
徒步來的

sidlek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sit'lek ⬆︎ [[...]]

strength (often said of collective strength, including resources and potentialities), real power, merit, efficiency

實力

Enggie bøo sidlek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Efng'gie bøo sit'lek ⬆︎ [[...]]
weak in English (though he is a graduate of college)
英語沒有實力

eng sidlek laai viaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng sit'lek laai viaa ⬆︎ [[...]]
win on one's own merits
用實力來贏

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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)
Maryknoll: 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)
Lim08: 台語辭典(台日大辭典台語譯本)查詢 [Taiwanese Dictionary (translation of Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten (TDJ)) search] (in Taiwanese Hokkien). Sìn Bōng Ài [Faith Hope Love]. 2008. We make updates and corrections, and refer to Lim19: 台語辭典(台日大辭典台語譯本)查詢2019 [Taiwanese Dictionary (translation of TDJ) search] (in Taiwanese Hokkien). Sìn Bōng Ài [Faith Hope Love]. 2019.
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.