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bøzhae-kafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'zhae'kafng ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

waste of effort, in vain, wasted effort

徒勞,沒用

Ykefng sie khix ax, khaq zuosia ia bøzhaykafng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ie'kefng sie khix ax, khaq zux'sia ia bøo'zhae'kafng. ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
He is already dead, any more injections are a wasted effort.
已經死了,再打針也沒用。

Bøzhaykafng, maix siulie, bea sin'ee khaq hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo'zhae'kafng, maix siw'lie, bea syn'ee khaq hør. ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
It is waste of time, better to buy a new one.
浪費時間,不要修了,買新的比較好。

khaq... ia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaq... ia ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

even if, no matter how much... still...

再怎麼 ...也 ...

Tøxlie (køq) khaq chym, goar ia tiøqaix øh. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tø'lie (køq) khaq chym, goar ia tiøh'aix øh. ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
Even though doctrine is still more profound, I must still learn it.
道理再怎麼深,我也得學。

khaq... ia bøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaq... ia be; khaq... ia bøe... ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

no matter how much...still will not

再怎麼…也不…

Lie zuo`ee zhaix, khaq ciah ia bøe sien. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie zuo ee zhaix, khaq ciah ia be sien.; Lie zuo`ee zhaix, khaq ciah ia bøe sien. ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
No matter how much of your cooking I eat, I don't get tired of it.
你燒的菜,再怎麼吃也不會膩。

khaq... ia m [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaq... ia m ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

no matter how much... still not willing

再怎麼 ...也不 ...

Goar mxzay y teq siuxkhix sviafhøex, khaq kiøx ia m ixn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar m'zay y teq siu'khix sviar'hoex, khaq kiøx ia m ixn.; Goar m'zay y teq siu'khix sviar'høex, khaq kiøx ia m ixn. ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
I don't know what he is angry about, no matter how much (often) I call him he does not answer.
我不知他在氣什麼,再怎麼叫也不回答。

Cid ee gyn'ar cyn phvae, (køq) khaq phaq ia m kviaf. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ee girn'ar cyn phvae, (køq) khaq phaq ia m kviaf. ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
This is a really bad child, no matter how much you beat him, he is still not afraid of you.
這孩子很壞,再怎麼打也不怕。

køhkhaq ... ia ... [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: køq'khaq ... ia ... ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

no matter how (what)

再怎麼 ...也 ...,無論怎麼 ...也 ...

Køhkhaq siok goar ia bøo aix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Køq'khaq siok goar ia bøo aix. ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
No matter how cheap it may be, still I don't want it.
再怎麼便宜我也不要。

Køhkhaq korng iaxsi Taioaan ee onglaai siong høfciah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Køq'khaq korng ia'si Taai'oaan ee oong'laai siong hør'ciah. ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
No matter what you may say, the pineapples in Taiwan are the best.
再怎麼說還是台灣的鳳梨最好吃。

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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.