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zhuix gvi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhuix gve; zhuix gvi; (gve'zhuix'pef) ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

talk tough, refuse to admit mistake

嘴硬

zhuiepef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhuix'pef ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

bird's bill, beak

鳥類的嘴

zuxnpef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zun'pef ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

screwdriver

螺絲起子

gvexzhuiepef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gve'zhuix'pef ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

talk tough, refuse to admit mistake

嘴硬

Syah'ar gvexzhuiepef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sie'aq'ar gve'zhuix'pef ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
person who doesn't ever admit his mistake even if he should die (Lit. The bill of a dead duck remains stiff.)
死鴨嘴硬,死不承認

oaizhuiekef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oay'zhuix'kef; (oay'zhuix'pef) ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

be fastidious about food, finicky eater, picky eater

挑食者

pef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pef ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

rake, heap up, gather together

扒

pepng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pef'png ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

rake rice into one's mouth, gather all the rice remaining in a bowl together in order to put it into the mouth

扒飯

saypøef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sae'pef; sae'pøef ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

use bamboo leaf for toilet paper

小竹片用於擦屁股

syaq gve zhuiepef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sie'aq gve zhuix'pef ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

be unwilling to admit one's defeat, yield with bad grace, be a poor loser

死鴉子硬嘴巴,嘴硬

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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.