Taiwanese-English dictionaries full-text search

Input was: phaq chiuo.

Maryknoll (13)

zhahkøq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaq'køq ⬆︎ [[...]]

hands on hips

手插腰

Chiuo zhahkøq si bøeq siøphaq, si`bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chiuo zhaq'køq si boeq siøf'phaq, si `bøo?; Chiuo zhaq'køq si bøeq siøf'phaq, si`bøo? ⬆︎ [[...]]
You have your hands on your hips like that, does it mean that you want to fight?
手插腰是要打架嗎?

chiwzhexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuo'zhexng ⬆︎ [[...]]

revolver, be mischievous

手槍,頑皮

Cid ee hagsefng cyn chiwzhexng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ee hak'sefng cyn chiuo'zhexng. ⬆︎ [[...]]
This student is very mischievous.
這個學生很頑皮。

phaq-chiwzhexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq chiuo'zhexng; phaq-chiuo'zhexng ⬆︎ [[...]]
masturbation or to masturbate, (original meaning is to shoot a revolver), but now the less ambiguous term, "te-chheng", is used for revolver
手淫

zhørchiuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhøx'chiuo ⬆︎ [[...]]

make a slip, injure a person accidentally

錯手,失手

zhørchiuo phahsie laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhøx'chiuo phaq'sie laang ⬆︎ [[...]]
kill a person unintentionally
失手打死人

phahchiuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq'chiuo ⬆︎ [[...]]

clap the hands

拍手

phahchiuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq'chiuo ⬆︎ [[...]]

thugs hired by men of wealth or power, bouncers, bodyguard, a chucker

打手

phaq-chiwzhexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq'chiuo'zhexng; phaq-chiuo'zhexng ⬆︎ [[...]]

masturbate

手淫

phahtng chiwkud khie'tøx iorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq'tng chiuo'kud khix'tøx iorng; (phaq'tng chiuo'kud tiefn'tøx iorng) ⬆︎ [[...]]

turn a misfortune into a blessing, to profit from a misfortune, After a storm, comes a calm. (Lit. After a broken arm has been cured, it is stronger than before.)

因禍得福

sitchiuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sid'chiuo ⬆︎ [[...]]

break something or hurt somebody by accident, to slip, lose control of the hand

失手

sitchiuo phahphoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sid'chiuo phaq'phoax ⬆︎ [[...]]
break by accident or slip
失手打破

dictionary: Maryknoll (55901 rows)

columns: hdx, x, M, u, en, zh, ns

you may specify column(s): u:too, or en:too

About MTL Toolbox | LearnTaiwanese.org

time: 81

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.