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korng nar bycyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

say in vain; say for nothing

比喻說了也沒用

nar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

hold in the hand; to grasp; take; arrest

拿

nar chinchviu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

it looks like; just as if

好像; 正如

nar e? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

How can it be? How could it be?

怎會?

nar thafng afnnef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

How is it you can do it (that way)?

怎可如此

Nar u [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

How can there be...?

哪有?

nar u nar bøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

vague; shapeless; intangible

若有若無

nar-uxkhoarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

splied and getting worse

愈不像話

nar... nar.. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

do two things at the same time

一邊 ...一邊 ..

thaikef nar tiøh eng gutøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

Why use a cattle knife to kill a chicken? ─ Great talent can be used for better purpose or for greater results

殺雞焉用牛刀

DFT (16) thaau-10-zoa:

🗣 Bøo thafng zhvef ciah, nar u thafng phagkvoaf./Bøo thafng chvy ciah, nar u thafng phagkvoaf. 🗣 (u: Bøo thafng zhvef/chvy ciah, nar u thafng phak'kvoaf.) 無通生食，哪有通曝乾。 [wt][mo] [d#]

生吃都不夠 ， 哪能晒成乾 ？ 比喻數量不足 ， 不可能有多餘的留下來 。 也指個人或家計窘困 ， 沒有餘錢作額外支出 。

🗣 Høfhør hau thaai kaq sae nar laau. 🗣 (u: Hør'hør hau thaai kaq sae nar laau.) 好好鱟刣甲屎那流。 [wt][mo] [d#]

好好的鱟 ， 竟然被宰殺得一團糟 。「 鱟 」 是海中的節肢動物 ， 為古代的活化石 ， 個性溫和 ， 被宰殺時也不會掙扎抵抗 ；「 屎那流 」 指屎尿都流出來了 。 譏諷人做事不得要領 ， 將簡單之事弄得一團糟 。

🗣 naf'øe/nar øe 🗣 (u: nar e nar øe) 哪會 [wt][mo] [d#]

怎麼會 。

🗣 nar 🗣 (u: nar) 若^p [wt][mo] (h,u) [d#]

1. (Adv) like; as if; as 2. (Adv) pattern: ~ nar ~. it's irrelevant; I'm not concerned (contemptuous)

好像 、 如同 。 同一詞語在 「 若 」 字前後重出 ， 表示與該語詞內容不相干或有藐視的意思 。

🗣 nar 🗣 (u: nar) 哪^t [wt][mo] (h,u) [d#]

1. (Qw) interrogative particle: how could; how can; why

疑問詞 。 怎麼會 、 怎麼能夠 。

🗣 nar 🗣 (u: nar) 拿 [wt][mo] (h,u) [d#]

🗣 nar 🗣 (u: nar) 娜 [wt][mo] (h,u) [d#]

🗣 nar 🗣 (u: nar) 欖^p [wt][mo] (h,u) [d#]

🗣 nar 🗣 (u: nar) 林^t [wt][mo] (h,u) [d#]

🗣 nar bøe 🗣 (u: nar boe be nar bøe) 哪未 [wt][mo] [d#]

為何還沒 。

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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)

• MK: 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)

• Lim19: 台語辭典(台日大辭典台語譯本)查詢 [Taiwanese Dictionary (translation of Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten) search] (in Taiwanese Hokkien). Sìn Bōng Ài [Faith Hope Love]. 2019. (Lim08 data: GitHub - Lim-Chun-iok_2008_Tai-jip-Tua-su-tian)

• 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.