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DFT_lk (4)

🗣u: Eeng'eeng bøo tai'cix, borng kviaa ma hør. ⬆︎ 閒閒無代誌，罔行嘛好。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [p.] [d#]: 閒著沒事做，姑且走一走也好。
🗣u: eeng'eeng teq khay'karng ⬆︎ 閒閒咧開講 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [p.] [d#]: 閒來無事在聊天
🗣u: Eeng'eeng borng zhud'laai kviaa'khaf'hoef. ⬆︎ 閒閒罔出來行跤花。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [p.] [d#]: 閒著沒事姑且不妨出來閒逛。
🗣u: Cit laang ciaxm cit hang, eeng'eeng borng pvix'lang. ⬆︎ 一人占一項，閒閒罔變弄。 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [p.] [d#]: 每一個人都有一項才藝，空閒的時候姑且耍弄耍弄。

Maryknoll (14)

borng... (''plus Verb'') [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng... (''plus Verb'') ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

content oneself with coarse food, trivial work and valueless books

姑且,將就

bofngkorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'korng ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
talk at random, sometimes idle jesting, half-joking, half in earnest, well now, just speak
隨便講

bofngkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'khix ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
tolerable, not very good, but may do
將就

Eng'eeng ku pørzoar borng khvoax. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Eeng'eeng ku pøx'zoar borng khvoax. ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
nothing to do but read old newspapers
沒事且看看舊報紙。

Na zhøe bøo thaulo, kang'iuo ia tiøh bofngzøx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Na zhoe bøo thaau'lo, kafng'iuo ia tiøh borng'zøx.; Na zhøe bøo thaau'lo, kafng'iuo ia tiøh borng'zøx. ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
If you can't find a job, workers should do less meaningful work.
如找不著工作,工友也只好將就了。

Phvayciah si phvayciah, paktor na iaw tiøh bofngciah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Phvae'ciah si phvae'ciah, pag'tor na iaw tiøh borng'ciah. ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
True it is not good tasting, but when you are hungry anything will do.
難吃是難吃,肚子餓了,也只好將就吃了。

zøx-kangge [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx'kafng'ge; zøx/zøex-kafng'ge ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

occupy oneself, keep busy (to pass the time on the train or when retired)

做消遣

Eng'eeng koecie borng ka, zørkangge ma hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Eeng'eeng koef'cie borng ka, zøx'kafng'ge ma hør. ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
There's no work, keeping myself busy eating watermelon seeds is okay.
閒著啃瓜子做消遣也好。

eng'eeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eeng'eeng ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

at leisure

閒著

Goar eng'eeng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar eeng'eeng. ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
I am free. I have nothing to do.
我閒著

zhux eng'eeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhux eeng'eeng; (khafng'zhux) ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
vacant house
空屋

pangkefng eng'eeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: paang'kefng eeng'eeng; (khafng'kefng) ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
a vacant room
空房間

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

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? ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
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?

EDUTECH (2)

eerng'eng'eeng 閒閒閒 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eerng'eeng'eeng ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]: nothing to do at all, quite in leisure, free
eng'eeng 閒閒 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eeng'eeng ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]: nothing to do, in leisure, free; 閒著

EDUTECH_GTW (1)

eng'eeng 閒閒 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eeng'eeng ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

Lim08 (2)

u: eeng'eeng ⬆︎ 閒閒 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.75] [p.75] [#FHL][#CT]: nothing to do, in leisure, free; 真清閒無tai7 - chi3做。 <∼∼ 清清。 >
u: kefng'kefng'eeng'eeng ⬆︎ 經經營營 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.301] [p.301] [#FHL][#CT]: ＝ [ 經營 ] 。 <>

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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.