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Maryknoll (4)

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

be fretful or peevish, as a child or mother-in-law, cause constant trouble

刁難,乖張

Cid ee gyn'ar teq phoarpve, sofie cyn gaau khiaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ee girn'ar teq phoax'pve, sor'ie cyn gaau khiaau.; Cid ee girn'ar teq phoax'pve/pvi, sor'ie cyn gaau khiaau. ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
This youngster is not well, so he is very peevish.
這孩子在生病,所以很乖張。

khiautafng khiausay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khiaau'tafng khiaau'say ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
fret about this and that
嫌這嫌那,故意刁難

khiaukhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khiaau'khor ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

find fault (pick a quarrel) with a person, take advantage of a man's necessities and make an unreasonable demand

為難,刁難

EDUTECH (3)

khiaukhaf 曲跤 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khiaw/khiaau'khaf ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]: cross the legs, rest, take life easy; 翹腳
khiaukhiaw 曲曲 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khiaw/khiaau'khiaw ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]: bent, crooked; 扭曲,彎曲
khiaukw 曲痀 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khiaw/khiaau'kw ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]: humpbacked, hunchbacked; hump (of a humpback); 駝背

Embree (2)

u: khiaau ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.157]: V : be demanding, be peevish; 要求高乖張
u: khiaau'khor ⬆︎ □苦 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.157]: V : be demanding, be peevish; 要求高,乖張

Lim08 (3)

u: khiaau ⬆︎ 挾 [wt] [cv] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.247] [p.247] [#FHL][#CT]: 強迫， hou7人為難。 <∼ 東 ∼ 西。 >
u: khiaau'khor ⬆︎ 挾苦 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.248] [p.248] [#FHL][#CT]: (Embree) to be demanding; be peevish; 故意刁難。 < 刁 ( thiau ) 工beh ∼∼-- 人。 >
u: khiaau'khox ⬆︎ 挾酷 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.248] [p.248] [#FHL][#CT]: 故意刁難來做無正當e5要求。 <∼∼ 伊beh che7錢。 >

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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.