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HTB (1)

kaukuun^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [p.]: a type of Chinese boxing resembling the movements of a monkey; 猴拳 (拳法之一種)

Maryknoll (14)

befnghor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: berng'hor ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

fierce tiger

猛虎

Befnghor bøe tuix-tid kaukuun. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Berng'hor be tuix'tid kaau'kuun.; Berng'hor bøe tuix-tid kaau'kuun. ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
A tiger cannot beat a crowd of monkeys.
猛虎難抵猴群。

befnghor thiafm sit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: berng'hor thiafm sit ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
an evil man becoming still more hurtful (Lit. a fierce tiger sews on wings)
猛虎添翼

kaukuun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaau'kuun ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

a type of Chinese boxing resembling the movements of a monkey

猴拳(拳法之一種)

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

right, correct, proper, to check or ascertain, to oppose or face, parallel, opposing, pair, couple, to, as to, with regard to

對

befnghor bøe tuietid kaukuun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: berng'hor be tuix'tid kaau'kuun; berng'hor bøe tuix'tid kaau'kuun ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
fierce tiger cannot stand a crowd of monkeys — sheer numbers can do a strong man in
猛虎難對猴群

cit ee tuix cit ee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit ee tuix cit ee ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
one person against another
一口傳一舌,相傳很快。

cidtuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit tuix ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
pair, a couple, an antithesis
一對

cit tuix sii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit tuix sii ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
in 24 hours time, the same time on the next day
二十四小時

zoadtuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoat'tuix ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
without an equal, certainly, absolutely
絕對

hvi'ar toaxtuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hvi'ar toa tuix; hvi'ar toa'tuix ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
ears very large (sign of good luck in making money)
大耳

mng'ho siøtuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mngg'ho siøf'tuix ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
belong to families of equal rank, station or of equal relationship
門戶相對

siangsiafng tuietuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siafng'siafng tuix'tuix ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
in pairs, pairs of boys and girls, men and women
雙雙對對

siøtuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siøf'tuix ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
just right opposite, exactly agreeing
相對

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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.