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øexhiao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: e'hiao; øe'hiao ⬆︎ [[...]]

expresses the idea "can" in the sense of "know how to". The negative is "be-hiau".

會, 懂

Cid kux ee iesux goar øexhiao. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid kux ee ix'sux goar e'hiao.; Cid kux ee ix'sux goar øe'hiao. ⬆︎ [[...]]
I know the meaning of this sentence.
這句的意思我懂.

Lie øexhiao saychiaf bøe? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie e'hiao sae'chiaf be?; Lie øe'hiao sae'chiaf bøe? ⬆︎ [[...]]
Can you (Do you know how to) drive a car?
你會開車嗎?

Goar øexhiao korng Taioaan-oe. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar e'hiao korng Taai'oaan-oe.; Goar øe'hiao korng Taai'oaan-oe. ⬆︎ [[...]]
I can (know how to) speak Taiwanese.
我會講臺灣話.

Øexhiao thauciah, bøexhiao chitzhuix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: E'hiao thaw'ciah, be'hiao chid'zhuix.; Øe'hiao thaw'ciah, bøe'hiao chid'zhuix. ⬆︎ [[...]]
He knows how to steal food to eat, but he doesn't know how to wipe his mouth, too dumb to get rid of the traces of his crime.
懂得偷吃, 不懂得擦嘴, 會做壞事, 不會掩罪.

ke'kiarm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'kiarm ⬆︎ [[...]]

either much or a little, more or less, as much as possible

多少,盡量

Lie ke'kiarm tekkhag u thauciah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie kef'kiarm teg'khag u thaw'ciah. ⬆︎ [[...]]
I know that you have stolen something to eat, I don't know whether it was a lot or a little.
你多少一定有偷吃。

Y na u eeng ee sii ke'kiarm khuxn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y na u eeng ee sii kef'kiarm khuxn. ⬆︎ [[...]]
Whenever he is free, he sleeps as long as he can.
他要是一有空就盡量睡。

Lie tiøh ke'kiarm ciah taxmpøqar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie tiøh kef'kiarm ciah tam'pøh'ar. ⬆︎ [[...]]
You must eat as much as you can (to a sick person)
你多少得吃一點。

ke'kiarm korng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'kiarm korng ⬆︎ [[...]]
talk as much as possible, talk at random
盡量講,隨便講

O'kao thauciah, peqkao siuxzoe. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Of'kao thaw'ciah, peh'kao siu'zoe. ⬆︎ [[...]]

be accused or charged falsely (Lit. The black dog ate it by stealth, and the white dog received the blame.)

黑狗偷食,白狗受罪,張罪李擔

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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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