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Chid kaq lorng bøo taf. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chid kaq lorng bøo taf. ⬆︎ [[...]]
Not wiped dry at all. (Note: "kah" is used to emphasize "poa*-ku" and "poa*-hang" Used after verbs indicates the past tense.)
擦得一點兒也沒乾。

saux kaq cyn zhengkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: saux kaq cyn zhefng'khix ⬆︎ [[...]]
Swept very clean.
掃得很乾淨

Goar iaw kaq bøeq sie khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar iaw kaq boeq sie khix.; Goar iaw kaq bøeq sie khix. ⬆︎ [[...]]
I am (was) starving to death.
我餓得要死了。

Joah kaq bøe khuxn tid. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Joah kaq be khuxn tid.; Joah kaq bøe khuxn tid. ⬆︎ [[...]]
It is (was) so hot that I can (could) not sleep.
熱得無法睡。

Goar joah kaq toxng bøe tiaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar joah kaq toxng be tiaau.; Goar joah kaq toxng bøe tiaau. ⬆︎ [[...]]
It is (was) so hot that I can (could) not endure it.
我熱得忍不住。

Suie kaq bøe korng tid. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Suie kaq be korng tid.; Suie kaq bøe korng tid. ⬆︎ [[...]]
Very beautiful! Be too beautiful for description.
美極了! 美得不得了!

Taioaan ee mih siok kaq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Taai'oaan ee mih siok kaq. ⬆︎ [[...]]
Taiwanese articles are very cheap.
台灣的東西便宜極了!

Ang've'ar khaux kaq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Aang'vef'ar khaux kaq. ⬆︎ [[...]]
The baby cried bitterly.
嬰兒哭得很厲害。

Hai goar chiøx kaq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hai goar chiøx kaq.; (Chiøx kaq bøeq sie khix.) ⬆︎ [[...]]
Laughed till I nearly died.
害我差一點笑死。

lahsab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laq'sab ⬆︎ [[...]]

dirty, unclean

骯髒

Lahsab ciah, lahsab puii, zhengkhix ciah, bak thofluii (thor bak luii) [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Laq'sab ciah, laq'sab puii, zhefng'khix ciah, bak thor'luii (thor bak luii) ⬆︎ [[...]]
Eat unclean food, and you get fat, Eat clean food, and your eyes might still bulge out unhealthily, Don't be choosey.
吃的不必太講究,應隨遇而安。

pviax ho zhengkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pviax ho zhefng'khix ⬆︎ [[...]]

clean up (a room, house)

打掃乾淨

saux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: saux ⬆︎ [[...]]

sweep

掃

zhengsaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhefng'saux ⬆︎ [[...]]
general cleaning
清掃

pviarsaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pviax'saux ⬆︎ [[...]]
general cleaning
清掃

ui'hofng saotøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: uy'hofng saux'te; uy'hofng saux'tøe ⬆︎ [[...]]
dragged his reputation or dignity in the dust
威風掃地

saux ho zhengkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: saux ho zhefng'khix ⬆︎ [[...]]
sweep clean
掃乾淨

søea bøe zhengkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sea be zhefng'khix; søea bøe zhefng'khix ⬆︎ [[...]]

cannot be washed clean

洗不乾淨

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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)
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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.