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(Sanxia Hokkien and Taipei Hokkien) to chew


正面

/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/t͡sɪŋ³³ miːn²²/

/t͡siã²¹⁻⁵³ bin³³/

/t͡siã²¹⁻⁴¹ bin³³/

/t͡siã²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²/

/t͡siã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bin⁴¹/

/t͡siã¹¹⁻⁵³ bin³³/

/t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ biɛn²²/

/t͡sĩã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ miŋ¹¹/

/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/t͡sɪŋ³³ miːn²²/

/t͡siã²¹⁻⁵³ bin³³/

/t͡siã²¹⁻⁴¹ bin³³/

/t͡siã²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²/

/t͡siã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bin⁴¹/

/t͡siã¹¹⁻⁵³ bin³³/

/t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ biɛn²²/

/t͡sĩã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ miŋ¹¹/

GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

(Magong, Sanxia and Tainan Hokkien) right side; the right


不吉

/pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/

/pɐt̚⁵ kɐt̚⁵/

/put̚³²⁻⁴ kiɛt̚³²/

/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kiɛt̚⁵/

/put̚³²⁻⁵ kit̚³²/

/pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/

/pɐt̚⁵ kɐt̚⁵/

/put̚³²⁻⁴ kiɛt̚³²/

/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ kiɛt̚⁵/

/put̚³²⁻⁵ kit̚³²/


鹹粽

/kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaŋ²¹/

/kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaŋ⁴¹/

/kiam¹³⁻²² t͡sʰaŋ²¹/

/kiam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰaŋ¹¹/

/kiam²³⁻³³ t͡sʰaŋ²¹/

/kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaŋ²¹/

/kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaŋ⁴¹/

/kiam¹³⁻²² t͡sʰaŋ²¹/

/kiam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰaŋ¹¹/

/kiam²³⁻³³ t͡sʰaŋ²¹/

(Hokkien, chiefly Sanxia Hokkien) zongzi


瓜果

/ku̯ä⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kʷaː⁵⁵ kʷɔː³⁵/

/kua⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁵³/

/kua⁴⁴⁻³³ ko⁵³/

/kua⁴⁴⁻³³ kɤ⁴¹/

/kua³³ kɔ⁵⁵⁴/

/kue⁴⁴⁻³³ kɤ⁴¹/

/kue⁴⁴⁻³³ ko⁵³/

/ku̯ä⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kʷaː⁵⁵ kʷɔː³⁵/

/kua⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁵³/

/kua⁴⁴⁻³³ ko⁵³/

/kua⁴⁴⁻³³ kɤ⁴¹/

/kua³³ kɔ⁵⁵⁴/

/kue⁴⁴⁻³³ kɤ⁴¹/

/kue⁴⁴⁻³³ ko⁵³/

(chiefly Taipei and Sanxia Hokkien) apple


老歲仔

/lau²²⁻²¹ he²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/

/lau³³⁻¹¹ he¹¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/lau²² hə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/

/lau³³⁻²¹ hue²¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/

/lau³³⁻²² he⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/

/lau²²⁻²¹ he²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/

/lau³³⁻¹¹ he¹¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/lau²² hə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/

/lau³³⁻²¹ hue²¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/

/lau³³⁻²² he⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/


蟲仔

→ Bikol Central: tanga (“ant”)

→ Cebuano: tanga (“scorpion”)

→ Hiligaynon: tanga (“cockroach”)

desc

→ Tagalog: tanga (“clothes moth; weevil”)

/t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰuŋ¹¹ e³¹/

/tʰaŋ²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴/

/tʰaŋ²³⁻³³ a⁴¹/

/tʰaŋ²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰuŋ¹¹ e³¹/

/tʰaŋ²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴/

/tʰaŋ²³⁻³³ a⁴¹/

/tʰaŋ²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/


鼠尾風

(Sanxia Hokkien, weather) cyclone; whirlwind


青番薑

/t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ huan⁴⁴⁻³³ kiũ⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ huan⁴⁴⁻³³ kiũ⁴⁴/

Capsicum annuum
Capsicum annuum#Translingual

(Taipei, Hsinchu and Sanxia Hokkien) green pepper (Capsicum annuum)


膏十八仔

(Sanxia Hokkien) die (polyhedron used in games of chance)


四跤蛇仔

/si²¹⁻⁵³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sua²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/si²¹⁻⁵³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sua²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/


雞豚仔

/kue³³ tʰun²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴/

/kue³³ tʰun²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴/

(Sanxia and Jinjiang Hokkien) medium-sized chicken


尻脊後

尻脊后
胛脊後
加隻後
脚脊後
加脊後
旮脊後

/ka⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ au²²/

/ka³³⁻²¹ t͡sia(ʔ)³⁻⁴ au²¹/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ au³³/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ au³³/

/ka³³⁻²³ t͡siaʔ²⁻⁴ au³⁵/

/ka⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ au²²/

/ka³³⁻²¹ t͡sia(ʔ)³⁻⁴ au²¹/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ au³³/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ au³³/

/ka³³⁻²³ t͡siaʔ²⁻⁴ au³⁵/

(Sanxia Hokkien, Hainanese) the rear; behind


縖腰巾

GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)


肚圍仔

(Sanxia Hokkien) bib (an item of clothing for babies)


掌頭拇公

/t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³⁻³³ bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³⁻³³ bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/


七層塔

Ocimum basilicum
Ocimum basilicum#Translingual

(Hakka, Sanxia Hokkien) basil (Ocimum basilicum)


九月重陽

Double Ninth Festival
Double Ninth Festival

(Sanxia and Taichung Hokkien) Double Ninth Festival


塗水

/tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/

/tʰɔ²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴²/

/tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/

/tʰɔ¹³⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/

/tʰɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/tʰɔ²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/

/tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/

/tʰɔ²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴²/

/tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/

/tʰɔ¹³⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/

/tʰɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/tʰɔ²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/

(Zhangzhou, Sanxia and Singapore Hokkien) bricklayer; tiler; plasterer


愛睏草

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica#Translingual

(Sanxia Hokkien and Pingxi Hokkien) mimosa; shameplant (Mimosa, especially Mimosa pudica, the sensitive plant)


蔭豉粕仔

(Sanxia Hokkien) douchi, a food product made from salted, fermented black soybeans


羊哥

† - wether; ‡ - for breeding; * - ram; # - buck


尾暗仔

(Sanxia and Tainan Hokkien) dusk; twilight


叉仔

/t͡sʰa²⁴ e³¹/

/t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/t͡sʰa²⁴ e³¹/

/t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

(Hakka, Sanxia Hokkien) fork (for eating)


牛蟊

(Sanxia Hokkien and Pingxi Hokkien) gadfly


出茅仔

(Sanxia Hokkien, pathology) to have measles


出癖仔

/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ pʰia(ʔ)⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

/t͡sʰut̚²⁻⁵ pʰia³³⁻²¹ a⁵³/

/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ pʰia(ʔ)⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

/t͡sʰut̚²⁻⁵ pʰia³³⁻²¹ a⁵³/

(Kaohsiung, Sanxia and Yilan Hokkien, pathology) to have measles


蔭水

(Sanxia Hokkien) to water plants; to water crops; to irrigate


苛頭

/kʰɤ²⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/

/kʰɤ²⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/

(Sanxia and Tainan Hokkien) stingy; miserly


牽羅經

/kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² lo²⁴⁻²² kĩ⁴⁴/

/kʰan³³ lo²⁴⁻²² kĩ³³/

/kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² lo¹³⁻²² kɛ̃⁴⁴/

/kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ lo²⁴⁻³³ kẽ⁴⁴/

/kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² lo²⁴⁻²² kĩ⁴⁴/

/kʰan³³ lo²⁴⁻²² kĩ³³/

/kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² lo¹³⁻²² kɛ̃⁴⁴/

/kʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ lo²⁴⁻³³ kẽ⁴⁴/

(Sanxia and Yilan Hokkien, dated in Mainland China Hokkien) fengshui master; geomancer


娘仔觳

/niũ²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pʰɔk̚⁵/

/niũ²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pʰɔk̚⁵/

(Lukang and Sanxia Hokkien) silkworm cocoon


桑材仔

/sŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ sui²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/sŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ sui²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

(Sanxia and Taipei Hokkien) fruit of the mulberry


水雙叉

(Sanxia Hokkien) waterfall (a flow of water over the edge of a cliff)


抓耙仔

/niãu¹¹⁻⁵³ pe²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/liau³¹⁻⁵³ pe²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵/

/niãu¹¹⁻⁵³ pe²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/liau³¹⁻⁵³ pe²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵/

(Taipei, Lukang, Taichung and Sanxia Hokkien) bamboo or wood backscratcher


mi-só-sí-luh

/mĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ luʔ³²/

/mĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ luʔ³²/

Borrowed from Japanese みそしる (misoshiru).

(Sanxia Hokkien) miso (fermenting soybean paste)