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langthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [p.]

human head; number of (borrowed) people; core of a boil

人頭; 膿頭

langthaau-søex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [p.]

the poll tax

人頭稅

DFT (6)

langthaau 🗣 (u: laang'thaau) 人頭 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

人的頭部 。 人際關係 。 人數 。 為了逃避法律責任所設置的負責人 。

Ciah laang thaau zefng ciuo, korng laang thaau kux oe. 🗣 (u: Ciah laang thaau zefng ciuo, korng laang thaau kux oe.) 食人頭鍾酒，講人頭句話。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

在宴席上喝第一杯酒 ， 講第一句話 。 意謂具有崇高的身份地位 。

Iong padlaang ee kunthaubuo zefng ciøqsay. 🗣 (u: Iong pat'laang ee kuun'thaau'buo zefng ciøh'say.) 用別人的拳頭拇舂石獅。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

用別人的拳頭去擊打石獅子 。 比喻借用別人的力量來圖謀自己的利益 。

Jidthaau chiah'viaxvia, suii laang kox sviemia. 🗣 (u: Jit'thaau chiaq'via'via, suii laang kox svix'mia.) 日頭赤焱焱，隨人顧性命。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

形容人遇到患難 ， 以顧全自己為先 。

Liawcvii senglie bøo laang zøx, thaithaau senglie u laang zøx./Liawcvii senglie bøo laang zøex, thaithaau senglie u laang zøex. 🗣 (u: Liao'cvii sefng'lie bøo laang zøx/zøex, thaai'thaau sefng'lie u laang zøx/zøex.) 了錢生理無人做，刣頭生理有人做。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

形容商人為了賺錢而不擇手段 。

thaulaang 🗣 (u: thaau'laang) 頭人 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

首領 、 領袖 。

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Taiwanese Dictionaries – Sources

• HTB: "Hiexntai-buun" Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Modern Taiwanese Language Association.

• 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)

• MK: 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), and Maryknoll (2001).

• 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)

• Lim19: 台語辭典(台日大辭典台語譯本)查詢 [Taiwanese Dictionary (translation of Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten) search] (in Taiwanese Hokkien). Sìn Bōng Ài [Faith Hope Love]. 2019. (Lim08 data: GitHub - Lim-Chun-iok_2008_Tai-jip-Tua-su-tian)

• 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.