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look at, observe, to watch, attend, look at with the determined purpose or intention of seeing, examine (as a doctor), inquire after, find out or determine, depend on

看

khvoax tiexnviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax tien'viar ⬆︎ [[...]]
watch a movie
看電影

khvoax pvexlaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax pve'laang ⬆︎ [[...]]
examine a patient
看病人

ho isefng khvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ho y'sefng khvoax ⬆︎ [[...]]
be examined by a doctor
給醫生看, 看醫生

Tuix Taitiofng kaux Taipag aix joaxkuo? Hef tiøqaix khvoax lie bøeq ze symmih chiaf? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tuix Taai'tiofng kaux Taai'pag aix loa kuo? Hef tiøh'aix khvoax lie boeq ze sirm'miq chiaf?; Tuix Taai'tiofng kaux Taai'pag aix joa'kuo? Hef tiøh'aix khvoax lie bøeq ze sirm'mih chiaf? ⬆︎ [[...]]
How long does it take to get from Taichung to Taipei? That depends on what kind of transportation you use. When "khoa*" follows certain other verb, it also has the meaning "to find out" or "to determine"
從台中到台北要多久? 那得看你要坐什麼車?

Sngx khvoax tiøh `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sngx khvoax tiøh `bøo? ⬆︎ [[...]]
Count it and see if it is correct.
算算看對不對?

Ciah khvoax u høfciah `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciah khvoax u hør'ciah `bøo? ⬆︎ [[...]]
Taste it and see if it is good.
吃吃看好不好吃?

Lie khix mng khvoax y bøeq laai `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie khix mng khvoax y boeq laai `bøo?; Lie khix mng khvoax y bøeq laai `bøo? ⬆︎ [[...]]
Go and ask whether he is coming or not? Go and ask if he is coming. When used with the verb "mng" to ask, the word "khoa*" sometimes has the meaning of "whether...or", sometimes it has the meaning of "if" at other time "mng khoa*" means "to fi
你去問問看他要不要來?

Lie khix khvoax y laai`bøe? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie khix khvoax y laai boe?; Lie khix khvoax y laai`bøe? ⬆︎ [[...]]
Go and see whether he has arrived yet. Sometimes the word "khoa*" alone, when followed by a question, has the meaning of "whether or not"
你去看他來了嗎?

kiarbøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiax'be; kiax'bøe ⬆︎ [[...]]

sale on consignment

寄售,託售

Ciaq ee miqkvia si laang kiarbøe ee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciaq ee mih'kvia si laang kiax'be ee.; Ciaq ee mih'kvia si laang kiax'bøe ee. ⬆︎ [[...]]
These are consignment goods.
這些東西是別人託售的

Cid taai chiaf kiax lie bøe. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid taai chiaf kiax lie be.; Cid taai chiaf kiax lie bøe. ⬆︎ [[...]]
Please sell this car for me.
這輛車託你賣。

kuxloksog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ku'log'sog ⬆︎ [[...]]

very old

很舊

Hid taai chiaf kuxloksog`aq, køq bøeq bøe hiahzøe cvii. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid taai chiaf ku'log'sog af, køq boeq be hiaq'ze cvii.; Hid taai chiaf ku'log'sog`aq, køq bøeq bøe hiaq'zøe cvii. ⬆︎ [[...]]
That car is very old but yet he wants that much money for it.
那部車很舊了,又要賣那麼多錢。

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

push with the hands

推

Cid taai chiaf goar thoaf, lie sag. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid taai chiaf goar thoaf, lie sag. ⬆︎ [[...]]
I'll pull this cart, you push.
這輛車子我拉,你推。

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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)
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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)
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