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HTB (2)

seali [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: careful; snobbish; cautious; prudent; 小心; 勢利
sikoef oar toaxpeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]: people like the larger half of a watermelon ─ favor the winning side; be on the stronger side; 趨炎附勢; 勢利眼

DFT (1)

🗣 toaxbagkhorng 🗣 (u: toa'bak'khorng) 大目孔 [wt][mo] tuā-ba̍k-khóng [#]: 1. (N) || 大眼華鯿。魚類。又稱作「目孔」(ba̍k-khóng)、「大目巴郎」(tuā-ba̍k-pa-lang)。體側極為扁平而且寬闊。背部蒼黑色，腹部銀白色，眼睛很大，魚體在出水後不久往往因鱗片脫落而死亡。屬中小型魚類，可食用。; 2. (Adj) || 傲慢、勢利眼。; 🗣le: (u: Goar karm'kag zøx'laang m'thafng sviw toa'bak'khorng.) 🗣 (我感覺做人毋通傷大目孔。) (我覺得做人不要太勢利眼。); 3. (Exp) || 指人嫌少不嫌多的個性。; 🗣le: (u: Lie u'kaux toa'bak'khorng, nng ee laang ciah'png bea ciaq ze zhaix.) 🗣 (你有夠大目孔，兩个人食飯買遮濟菜。) (你有夠貪多，才兩個人吃飯買這麼多菜。)
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Maryknoll (6)

oar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oar; (ie) ⬆︎ [[...]]

lean upon, rely or depend upon, incline to, come near, join or attach one's self to

倚,依,近,靠

i'oar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: y'oar ⬆︎ [[...]]
rely upon, to trust
依靠

khaq-oar`laai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaq oar'laai; khaq-oar`laai ⬆︎ [[...]]
come nearer
靠近點

sikoef oar toaxpeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sy'koef oar toa'peeng ⬆︎ [[...]]
like to follow the stronger side
扶強棄弱,勢利眼

siø'oar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siøf'oar ⬆︎ [[...]]
lean on or draw near one another, be very close (e.g., two places)
相鄰近,相靠

sikoef oar toaxpeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sy'koef oar toa'peeng ⬆︎ [[...]]

people like the larger half of a watermelon — favor the winning side, be on the stronger side

趨炎附勢,勢利眼

EDUTECH_GTW (1)

seali 勢利 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sex'li ⬆︎ [[...]]: (ce) snobbish; 勢利

Lim08 (2)

u: keg'heng ⬆︎ 激行 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.A0289] [#28651]: m7肯出力做tai7 - chi3 ，自掃門前雪，勢利眼。 <∼∼-- e5人。 >
u: keg'sngx ⬆︎ 激算 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.A0288] [#28744]: ( 1 ) 下工夫計算。 ( 2 ) 價數算真高，目頭高，重利，華語e5 「勢利眼」。 <>

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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.