Taiwanese–English dictionaries full-text search


  [Help]
Number zero (0) may be used in place of ø in autocomplete.
Input was: be ns:1.
HTB (92)
ay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
sorrow; oh; dust; be next to; poison; grieve; mourn; lament; to pity; sad; sorrowful; lamentable; pitiful
哀; 唉; 埃; 挨; 毐
bad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
ever; had the experience; know; recognize; discern; know; recognize; be acquainted with; understand
曾; 識; 捌
be [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
see boe, bøe, moe
袂; 賣; 未
biet [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
destroy; disdain; clover; thin bamboo strip; perish; be destroyed; destroy; extinguish
滅; 蔑; 苜; 篾
biq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
be hidden; hide oneself; conceal one's self
匿; 躲; 匿藏
chiafm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
to sign; a small sharp-pointed stick to be used in divination.; minute; sign one's name; bamboo slips used for drawing lots or divination
簽; 籤; 纖
chiofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
to fill; to flush; prosperous; to advocate; a prostitute; to follow; mad; a spear; to aspire; to thrust; to indulge; rifles; a pomfret; a calamus; fill; be full of; to fake; pretend
充; 沖; 昌; 倡; 娼; 猖; 憧; 衝; 縱; 鎗; 鯧; 菖
chioxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
to advocate; to sing; to indulge; firearms; lead; introduce; be first
倡; 唱; 縱; 銃; 倡
cih [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
tongue; to break; be broken (a thing with the measure of ki)
舌; 折
ciog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
may; celebrate; invoke; bless; implore; (used in offering various kinds of congratulations); toasts (when drinking wine with friends); Chiok might be translated May heaven bless you with...
祝; 足
goan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
sincere; honest; faithful; virtuous; hope; wish; desire; vow; to be ready; to be willing; be willing
愿; 願
hvox [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
love to; be fond of; be addicted to
好
iax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
be tired of; satiated; be wearied with
厭; 煩
iaxm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
be tired of; satiated; be wearied with
厭; 煩
iuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
have; be present; exist; there is (are; were)
有; 友; 誘; 莠
jirm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
endure; to bear; forbear; be patient; repress
忍
ka [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
let; put; bite; for; to; from; on. The Taiwanese have a little gimmick in regard to the use of this preposition ka. The direct object of very many verbs can be placed before the verb and preceded by ka
把; 咬; 給; 跟
kad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
cut by drawing the knife along; to wound by cutting; reap; perform an operation; be washed away (by a flood)
割; 結
kag [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
horn; angle; actor; perceive; be conscious of; feel; awaken; realize; discover
角; 覺
kheq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
be crowded; push (jostle) one another; to press (oil; sugar)
擠; 搾
kherng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
be willing to; consent to; to permit
肯
khi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
fear; a fear (usually superstitious); shun; prohibit or proscribe (usually for superstitious purposes); avoid; be envious of; to hate; (ki means death anniversary)
忌; 柿
khiaxm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
owe; owe (money); deficient; be missing
欠; 缺少
khiaxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
staving; be good (clever) at
能力強; 強; 能幹; 棒; 善於
khoeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
be crowded; push (jostle) one another; to press (oil; sugar)
擠; 搾
khøeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
lack; to be tired and to doze off
缺; 瞌; 閉目
ki [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
fear; a fear (usually superstitious); shun; prohibit or proscribe (usually for superstitious purposes); avoid; be envious of; to hate; (ki means death anniversary)
忌
kia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
slope; brae; grade; incline; be steep
斜坡; 坡
kiøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
ghost calling a person to be drowned or to kill himself so as to take the ghost's place
捉替死鬼; 叫
kngr [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
roll (classifier of things that can be rolled up)
卷
koaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
cut by drawing the knife along; to wound by cutting; reap; perform an operation; be washed away (by a flood)
割
koaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
can; jar; ticket; certificate; first-rate; be superior
罐; 券; 串; 冠; 捲; 眷; 貫; 慣; 盥; 灌; 觀; 悁; 冠
kurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
boil; boiling; ebullition; be boiling; boiled
沸騰; 滾; 開
kviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
fear; be afraid of; lest; to dislike
驚; 怕; 嚇
kvoaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
be accustomed to
慣
laau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
detain; obstruct; to keep; to delay; remain; to stay; be at a standstill; leave behind; preserve
留
lauh† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
fall; drop; be missing
落
liet [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
(vt. lix, vi. lih) crack; break; split; rend; rip open; tear; be ripped; be rent; a crack; a rent
裂
lih [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
crack; fissure; crevasse; be cracked; be torn; be split
裂
liuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
detain; obstruct; to keep; to delay; remain; to stay; be at a standstill; leave behind; preserve
留
lix† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
crack; break; split; rend; rip open; tear; be ripped; be rent; a crack; a rent
裂
lof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
burnt; scorched; worried; anxious; coal; Coal smoke; be charred; be burnt black
油煙; 焦; 煤; 煤煙
lok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
fall; drop; be missing
落
lu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
anxiety; concern of mind; doubt; suspicious; thoughts; anxious; solicitous; suspicious; doubtful; thoughtful; be anxious; be concerned about; feel sad; to plan; devise
慮
lurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
endure; to bear; forbear; be patient; repress
忍
mau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
face; profile; outline; emit; give off; petty; slight; face; appearance; countenance; figure; form; manner; appear or pretend to be like
貌; 冒; 藐
moe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
younger sister; Tp: be
妹
øe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
to be able to; to possibly; will; capable; can
會; 能
pai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
be defeated; go wrong; be ruined; ruin; decline (power); defeat an army; destroy; to ruin; to spoil; be defeated; go bad (meat); rotten; decayed destroyed; spoiled; beaten
敗
pef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
be fastidious about food; finicky eater; picky eater
挑食者
peng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
to be side by side; to be in a row; Used before a negative for emphasis; actually; in fact
並
perng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
inverted; jolt; top; turn over; turn down; invert; be upset
反; 翻; 顛
phoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
to wear; to become untwisted; to match; chip; pair; to mate; to match; to fit; to fit; to suit; be a match for; to equal; dispense (medicines); prepare (according to a demand); to exile; spouse; partner; subordinate; supplementary; supporting; attached; be eaten along with (as a condiment)
佩; 紕; 配; 碎片; 薄麻皮; 配
phuxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
to instruct; to spray; ; sprinkle; spatter; be spattered
吩; 噴; 濆; 潑
phvax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
fear; to dread; be afraid of; apprehend; maybe; perhaps
怕
sexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
clan (family name): may be used as a verb
姓
sid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
go out or die out like a fire or light; be blown out
熄
svef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
live; alive; life; livelihood; be born; come into existence (being); to breed; beget; to produce; create; to cause; uncooked; raw; unripe; unfamiliar; strange; untamed; uncultured; a pupil; a student
生
svex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
clan (family name): may be used as a verb
姓
sviux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
an appearance; animal signs used in the twelve year cycle; be born in a particular year of the twelve year cycle; represented by one of twelve animals.
相; 屬; 生肖
svy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
live; life; living; alive; be born; come into being; to breed; to bear; beget; produce; to cause; to have (as boils)
生
taam† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
damp; moist; tranquil; talk; placid; quiet; (surname); damp; moist; wet; get wet; be drenched
潮濕; 澹; 談; 濕
tan† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
give birth to; be born
誕
tarm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
gall (said to be the seat of courage); bravery; courage; audacity
膽
tea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
short; be deficient; to want; shortcomings; faults; mistakes
短
texng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
hit the center; accomplish; be hit; exact
中
thae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
how can it be? an interrogative particle which implies a dissenting opinion; why; how come
豈; 怎
tharng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
be eliminated from the basket (e.g.; rotten fruit) ─ omit; be left out; count for nothing
被淘汰; 不中用之人
thiarm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
very tired; avail oneself of; very severe (disease; beating); very thoroughly cooked; get tired; grow weary; be tired out; be exhausted
殄; 趁; 累
thoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
to drag; to pull; draw along; procrastinate; (diseases) are chronic; be in constant sickness or pain; involve; implicate
拖; 拉
thoxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
be pained; ache painfully; painful; sore; to love; be sparing of; to spare
痛; 疼
thut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
bald; be dislocated or put out of gear; have a miscarriage; be put out of joint
禿; 滑脫
thviax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
be pained; ache painfully; painful; sore; to love; be sparing of; to spare
痛; 疼
tiaam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
sink; be drawn deep into; submerge; perish; deeply
沉
tiim [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
sink; be drawn deep into; submerge; perish; deeply
沉
toarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
short; be deficient; to want; shortcoming; faults; mistakes; errors
短
tvi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
be full; well filled; crowded; flood tide
滿
tvii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
be entangled; be worried by; troublesome; dysentery; to twine; entwine; entangle; to wind (thread); to bother persistently
糾纏; 糾纏不清; 麻煩; 纏
tw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
pig; to be damned by heaven and earth (usually used in swearing)
豬,天誅地滅
ty [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
pig; knowledge; know; understand; to feel; recognize; be aware of; acquaint; be familiar with; to control; direct
豬;知
u [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
have; be present; exist; there is (are; were)
有
zarng† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
plait; braid; pigtail; a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent; handle
束; 捉; 捉把; 辮子
zay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
knowledge; know; understand; to feel; recognize; be aware of; acquaint; be familiar with; to control; direct
知; 災; 栽; 齋
zee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
even; neat; uniform; in good order; equal; uniform; become complete; be arranged in order
齊
zek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
book; register; census register; domicile; be registered as a native of
籍
zhe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
sit; be seated
坐
zhoaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
be ready for; prepare; to fasten; select or choose people or things; usually means to prepare materials
準備; 拴
zox [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
make; do; use as; use for; be; serve as; play the part of; be
奏
zø [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
sit; travel by; be situated (like a house)
坐
zøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
equal; uniform; become complete; be arranged in order
齊
zøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
gloomy; depressed; anguish; dregs; to waste; spoil; meet with; incur; be victimized
煩悶; 糟; 鬱悶; 遭
zu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]]  [p.]
dwell; inhabit; stay in a place; to contain (inhabitants); to work for; be employed
住

Taiwanese Dictionaries — Sources