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befphid 馬匹 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bea'phid ⬆︎ [[...]][i#] [p.10]: N/Lit chiah : horse; 馬匹
ciaqzhox 食醋 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah'zhox ⬆︎ [[...]][i#] [p.28]: VO : be jealous (lit "drink vinegar"); 吃醋
u: chiaq'kuie ⬆︎ 赤鬼 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.54]: N : a communist, a "Red" (lit. "Red devil"); 赤魔
chiørbixnhor 笑面虎 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiøx'bin'hor ⬆︎ [[...]][i#] [p.56]: N : cunning charmer, deceiver, two-faced person (lit "smiling tiger"); 笑面虎
zhortharng 醋桶 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhox'tharng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#] [p.60]: N ê : jealous woman (lit "vinegar keg"); 醋罈(子)
gafnkaix 眼界 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: garn'kaix ⬆︎ [[...]][i#] [p.68]: N : field of vision (lit or metaph), outlook; 視界
gafntiongtefng 眼中釘 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: garn'tiofng'tefng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#] [p.68]: N ê : person who is "a pain the neck" (lit, a nail in the eye); 眼中釘
u: hoaq'zuie e kiefn'taxng ⬆︎ 喝水會堅凍 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.91]: Sph : having unlimited wealth or power, (lit "he shouts at the water and it freezes"); 有權勢
hongtiefn 瘋癲;瘋顛 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hofng'tiefn ⬆︎ [[...]][i#] [p.98]: SV : insane, mad (lit & fig); 瘋癲
ynzhoa 引𤆬 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: irn'zhoa ⬆︎ [[...]][i#] [p.110]: V : guide, lead (lit. or metaph); 引導
kefngchyn 揀親 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kerng'chyn ⬆︎ [[...]][i#] [p.130]: VO : choose a marriage-partner (lit., choose "in-laws"); 選親
siongpii 傷脾 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siofng'pii ⬆︎ [[...]][i#] [p.236]: VO : disagree with the stomach (lit, pancreas), give one indigestion; 傷胃

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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)
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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)
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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.