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ciafng'ag zerngkoaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciarng'ag zexng'koaan ⬆︎ [[...]]
take the reins of government, hold the administrative power, be or come into power
掌握政權

zheklegkex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zheg'lek'kex; (ag'lek'kex) ⬆︎ [[...]]

hand dynamometer

測(握)力計

ciafng'ag [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciarng'ag; (pi ciarng'ag) ⬆︎ [[...]]

in one's grasp, within one's power, at the mercy of (used in passive voice with "pi")

掌握

ciafng'ag zerngkoaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciarng'ag zexng'koaan ⬆︎ [[...]]

hold the reins of government

掌握政權

ciofng'ag [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciorng'ag ⬆︎ [[...]]

in one's grasp, within one's power, at the mercy of

掌握

ciofng'ag zerngkoaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciorng'ag zexng'koaan ⬆︎ [[...]]
take the helm in state affairs
掌握政權

ciofng'ag sidkoaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciorng'ag sit'koaan ⬆︎ [[...]]
hold the actual power
掌握實權

pafag [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: par'ag ⬆︎ [[...]]

something one holds in hand, sure, confident, have absolute confidence, have a firm grasp of the situation

把握

siky [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sii'ky ⬆︎ [[...]]

opportunity, chance

時機

u hah siky [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u hah sii'ky ⬆︎ [[...]]
timely, appropriate
適時

sid siky [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sid sii'ky ⬆︎ [[...]]
lose one's chance, miss an opportunity
失機會

pafag siky [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: par'ag sii'ky ⬆︎ [[...]]
take (seize) the opportunity
把握時機

Siky kaux ax. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sii'ky kaux ax. ⬆︎ [[...]]
The time has come
時機到了。

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

damp, moist, wet, get wet, be drenched

濕

aktaam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ag'taam ⬆︎ [[...]]
drench, drenched
淋濕,澆濕

phoahtaam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoaq'taam ⬆︎ [[...]]
to wet by splashing water on
潑濕

siptaam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sib'taam ⬆︎ [[...]]
damp, moist
潮濕

tortaam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tox'taam ⬆︎ [[...]]
damaged by dampness
浸濕

urntaam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: uxn'taam ⬆︎ [[...]]
wet by dipping
沾濕

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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)
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)
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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.