Taiwanese–English dictionaries full-text search

Input was: u:zhof'siab.

Maryknoll (7)

zhosiab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhof'siab ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

hard to do (Lit. coarse and rough)

艱辛

Cid hang khangkhoex cyn zhosiab. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid hang khafng'khoex cyn zhof'siab. ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
This job is very tough.
這項工作很艱辛。

Zøx cit niar svaf thaxn svaf zap khof, cyn zhosiab. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zøx cit niar svaf thaxn svaf zap khof, cyn zhof'siab.; Zøx/Zøex cit niar svaf thaxn svaf zap khof, cyn zhof'siab. ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
Making this piece of clothes for thirty dollars was a very tough job.
做一件衣服賺三十塊，很艱辛。

siab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siab ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

tart, bitter taste that numbs the tongue (as some unripened fruits do), not smooth (surface), very stiff, tight (door or drawer), sleepy (eyes)

澀

bagciw siab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak'ciw siab ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
eyes sleepy
眼澀

zhosiab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhof'siab ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
tough, (a job) very hard to do
艱辛

kiaam køq siab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiaam køq siab ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
salty and sour, be niggardly
鹹又澀,吝嗇

Lim08 (1)

u: zhof'siab ⬆︎ 粗澀 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.854] [p.854] [#FHL][#CT]: ( 1 ) 粗俗。 ( 2 ) 困難做。 <( 1 ) 這塊布khah ∼∼ ；台灣米khah ∼∼ ；赤肉khah ∼∼ ；伊講話khah ∼∼ ；字句khah ∼∼ ( 2 ) 路頭真 ∼∼ 。 >

dictionary: Lim08 (69438 rows)

columns: idx, ns, u, M, hj, en, zh, vol, p

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

About MTL Toolbox | LearnTaiwanese.org

time: 17

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.