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bøo kuie jit zeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo kuie jit zeeng ⬆︎ [[...]]

not many days ago

幾天前

Goar bøo kuie jit zeeng u khix Taipag. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar bøo kuie jit zeeng u khix Taai'pag. ⬆︎ [[...]]
Not many days previously I went to Taipei.
幾天前我到台北去了。

hiexnzai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hien'zai ⬆︎ [[...]]

present (time), the present tense, at present, now

現在

Taioaan hiexnzai ee jinkhao u loaxze? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Taai'oaan hien'zai ee jiin'khao u loa'ze? ⬆︎ [[...]]
What is the present population of Taiwan?
台灣現在的人口有多少?

ienlo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ieen'lo ⬆︎ [[...]]

whole way, along the road, on the way

沿途,沿路

Taitiofng kaux Kø'hioong ienlo lorng u zuyzhaan. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Taai'tiofng kaux Køf'hioong ieen'lo lorng u zuie'zhaan. ⬆︎ [[...]]
There are paddy fields all along the way from Taichung to Kaohsiung.
台中到高雄沿途都有水田。

Goarn ienlo kviaa, ienlo khvoax hongkerng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goarn ieen'lo kviaa, ieen'lo khvoax hofng'kerng. ⬆︎ [[...]]
While we walked along, we looked at the scenery.
我們沿途一邊兒走,一邊兒看風景。

Ienlo kviaa, ienlo kofng'oe. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ieen'lo kviaa, ieen'lo korng'oe. ⬆︎ [[...]]
talk while walking
沿途一邊兒走,一邊兒講話。

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

fit, to suit, add on (as accessories)

配,陪嫁

Hid taai kikhix u kaq lengkvia `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid taai ky'khix u kaq leeng'kvia `bøo? ⬆︎ [[...]]
Are there any accessories which go with that machine?
那部機器有沒有配零件?

Hid ee sinniuu kaq loaxze? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid ee syn'niuu kaq loa'ze? ⬆︎ [[...]]
How much is the dowry of the bride?
那個新娘陪嫁多少?

Ciuo bøo kaq kan'ar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciuo bøo kaq kafn'ar. ⬆︎ [[...]]
The bottle does not go along with the liquor.
酒不帶瓶子。

ciaokaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciaux'kaq ⬆︎ [[...]]
follow the lawful proportion for mixing (a few inferior articles in a lot)
均配

hør ee kaq phvae ee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør ee kaq phvae ee ⬆︎ [[...]]
take good ones and bad ones on an average
好的配壞的

Ciaqhii ciah baq ia tiøh zhaekaq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciah'hii ciah baq ia tiøh zhaix'kaq. ⬆︎ [[...]]
Variety is the spice of life.
大魚大肉得蔬菜來襯托。

khaw'ym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khao'ym; (khviw) ⬆︎ [[...]]

provincial accent, dialect

口音,腔調

Y ee Taioaan-oe u cidsut'ar Bykog-khviw. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ee Taai'oaan'oe u cit'sud'ar Bie'kog'khviw.; Y ee Taai'oaan-oe u cit'sud'ar Bie'kog-khviw. ⬆︎ [[...]]
There is a faint trace of an American accent in his Taiwanese.
他的台語有點美國腔。

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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)
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.