上合合

/soŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kap̚⁵ kap̚⁵/

/soŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kap̚⁵ kap̚⁵/

(Taiwanese Hakka) fond of eating; gluttonous; voracious


蝲䗁網

/la¹¹ kʰi̯a¹¹ mi̯oŋ³¹/

/la¹¹ kʰi̯a¹¹ mi̯oŋ³¹/


多拉把

/to²⁴⁻¹¹ lai̯⁵⁵ pa³¹/

/to²⁴⁻¹¹ lai̯⁵⁵ pa¹¹/

/to²⁴⁻¹¹ lai̯⁵⁵ pa³¹/

/to²⁴⁻¹¹ lai̯⁵⁵ pa¹¹/


遊尞

2021, “詩个第一行 [First Line Of The Poem]”, 羅文裕 [Wing Lo] (lyrics), 柯智豪 [Blaire Ko] and 羅文裕 [Wing Lo] (music), performed by 彭佳慧 [Julia Peng]:

共下遊尞人間

共下游尞人间

(Taiwanese Hakka) to have fun; to go sightseeing; to stroll about

旅遊

away from one's home for a particular purpose


講花蓼

/koŋ³¹ fa²⁴⁻¹¹ li̯au̯²⁴/

/koŋ³¹ fa²⁴⁻¹¹ li̯au̯²⁴/


食月給

(Taiwanese Hakka) to live one's life depending on a monthly salary


瀾丫仔

/lan²⁴⁻¹¹ a²⁴ e³¹/

/lan²⁴⁻¹¹ a²⁴ e³¹/

(Taiwanese Hakka) bib (item of clothing for babies)


馬尿卵

/ma²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋi̯au̯⁵⁵ lon³¹/

/ma²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋi̯au̯⁵⁵ lon³¹/

§ - one that has a pine branch pattern; † - made with duck egg; ‡ - made with chicken egg


單身哥

/tan²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ ko²⁴/

/taŋ⁵⁵⁻²¹ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾niŋ⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋo⁵⁵/

/tan²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ ko²⁴/

/taŋ⁵⁵⁻²¹ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾niŋ⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋo⁵⁵/

(Taiwanese Hakka, Eastern Min) single man; bachelor


無婆無卵

(Taiwanese Hakka) to have no wife or children; to be a bachelor


單身哥仔

/tan²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ ko²⁴ e³¹/

/tan²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ ko²⁴ e³¹/


水褲截仔

/su̯i³¹ fu⁵⁵ t͡si̯et̚² e³¹⁻¹¹/

/su̯i³¹ fu⁵⁵ t͡si̯et̚² e³¹⁻¹¹/

(Taiwanese Hakka) shorts (trousers that do not go lower than the knees)

GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)


煙屎

/i̯en²⁴ sɨ³¹/

/ʒan⁵³ ʃi²⁴/

/ian⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩³¹/

/huŋ³³⁻²³ sai⁵²/

/i̯ẽ³³ ʂʐ̩⁴¹/

/i̯ẽ³³ sz̩⁴¹/

/i̯en²⁴ sɨ³¹/

/ʒan⁵³ ʃi²⁴/

/ian⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩³¹/

/huŋ³³⁻²³ sai⁵²/

/i̯ẽ³³ ʂʐ̩⁴¹/

/i̯ẽ³³ sz̩⁴¹/

(Taiwanese Hakka, Hainanese) cigarette ash


起骨

/hei̯³⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵/

/kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ kuk̚²/

/hei̯³⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵/

/kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ kuk̚²/

(Xuzhou Mandarin, Taiwanese Hakka) to collect the bones of a dead body after it has been buried for some time


牙槧仔

/ŋa¹¹ t͡sʰi̯am³¹ e³¹⁻¹¹/

/ŋa¹¹ t͡sʰi̯am³¹ e³¹⁻¹¹/

(Taiwanese Hakka) toothpick (stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth)


完身仔

/von⁵⁵ ʃin⁵³ ə⁵⁵/

/von⁵⁵ ʃin⁵³ ə⁵⁵/


膨床

/pʰoŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹/

/pʰoŋ¹¹ t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵/

/pʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰŋ̍¹³/

/pʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/

/pʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰŋ̍²³/

/pʰɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/

/pʰoŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹/

/pʰoŋ¹¹ t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵/

/pʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰŋ̍¹³/

/pʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/

/pʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰŋ̍²³/

/pʰɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) spring bed; mattress with coiled springs


打嘴鼓

/ta²⁴⁻³³ t͡ʃoi¹¹ ku²⁴/

/ta²⁴⁻³³ t͡ʃoi¹¹ ku²⁴/


托核

(Taiwanese Hakka) to brownnose; to suck up; to bootlick


苦瓜仔

(Taiwanese Hakka) bitter melon; bitter gourd


細心臼仔

细心臼仔
細心舅兒
細心舅仔

/se⁵⁵ sim²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi̯u²⁴ e³¹/

/se¹¹ sim⁵³ kʰiu⁵³ ə⁵⁵/

/se⁵³ ɕim⁴⁴ kʰiu⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ʋe³¹/

/se⁵⁵ sim²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi̯u²⁴ e³¹/

/se¹¹ sim⁵³ kʰiu⁵³ ə⁵⁵/

/se⁵³ ɕim⁴⁴ kʰiu⁴⁴⁻³⁵ ʋe³¹/

(Taiwanese Hakka) young daughter-in-law that is often abused making her fearful and cowering


門枋

/mə̃²⁴ fã³¹/

/mə̃²⁴ fã³¹/

(Taiwanese Hakka) door plank; door sheet


大箍

/tʰai̯⁵⁵ kʰi̯eu̯²⁴/

/tʰai̯⁵⁵ kʰo²⁴/

/tua²²⁻¹² kʰɔ⁴⁴/

/tua³³⁻²¹ kʰɔ⁴⁴/

/tua³³⁻¹¹ kʰɔ⁴⁴/

/tua³³⁻²² kʰɔ³³/

/tʰai̯⁵⁵ kʰi̯eu̯²⁴/

/tʰai̯⁵⁵ kʰo²⁴/

/tua²²⁻¹² kʰɔ⁴⁴/

/tua³³⁻²¹ kʰɔ⁴⁴/

/tua³³⁻¹¹ kʰɔ⁴⁴/

/tua³³⁻²² kʰɔ³³/

(Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka, of a person) fat


味緒

2014, 陳忠宏, 官靈芝 [Emily Kuan], “幸福个氣味”performed by 謝宇威 [Hsieh Yu-Wei], 劉劭希 [Liu Shaoxi], 官靈芝 [Emily Kuan], 欒克勇 [Lemon Luan], 東東(湯運煥) [Dong], 邱廉欽 [Kim Chiu], 葉鈺渟 [Yeh Yu-ting], and JPM:

Thanks to the heavens for blessing us, always letting us smell the flavour of happiness

kám-chhia thiên-kûng pûn ên fuk-hi, sṳ̀-sòng pûn ngài phi-tó hen-fuk ke mi-si

感謝天公分𠊎福氣 時常分𠊎聞到幸福个味緒

感谢天公分𠊎福气 时常分𠊎闻到幸福个味绪


水沖

/su̯i³¹ t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/

/ʃui²⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiaŋ²³/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰiaŋ²⁴/

/su̯i³¹ t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/

/ʃui²⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiaŋ²³/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰiaŋ²⁴/

(Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) waterfall (a flow of water over the edge of a cliff)


水寨

/ʃui²⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai³³/

/ʃui²⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai³³/

(Taiwanese Hakka) waterfall (a flow of water over the edge of a cliff)


水鬼仔

/su̯i³¹ ku̯i³¹ e³¹⁻¹¹/

/su̯i³¹ ku̯i³¹ e³¹⁻¹¹/

(Taiwanese Hakka) drowning ghost; ghost of someone who drowned


烏𪐞子

/vu²⁴⁻¹¹ tu⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/

/vu²⁴⁻¹¹ tu⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/

(Taiwanese Hakka) black nightshade (fruit)

GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)


兩子阿爸

/li̯oŋ³¹ t͡sɨ³¹ a²⁴⁻¹¹ pa²⁴/

/li̯oŋ³¹ t͡sɨ³¹ a²⁴⁻¹¹ pa²⁴/


入屋

/jɐp̚² ʊk̚⁵/

/ŋip̚⁵ ʋʊk̚¹/

/jɐp̚² ʊk̚⁵/

/ŋip̚⁵ ʋʊk̚¹/

(Taiwanese Hakka) to move into a new house


店亭下

2005, 黃翠芳 [Grace Huang], “幸福”, in 新个事情會發生 [Something New Is Going to Happen], performed by 黃翠芳 [Grace Huang]:

The sparrow on the walkway, who is it that raises it and lets it be so free?

diamˇ tin haˋ gaiˇ vug rham diauˋ heˇ maˊ sa hiug gi bunˋ gi anˊ cii˖ rhiu

店亭下介屋簷鳥係麼儕蓄牠𠚼牠按自由

店亭下介屋檐鸟系么侪蓄它𠚼它按自由

(Taiwanese Hakka) roofed pedestrian walkway under a qilou in front of shops


竹排仔

/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ pai²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ pai²³⁻³³ a⁴¹/

/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ pai²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ pai²³⁻³³ a⁴¹/

(Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) bamboo raft (flat structure that floats on water and is used for transport)


火礱

/xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵/

/hue⁵²⁻³⁵ laŋ⁵⁵/

/xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵/

/hue⁵²⁻³⁵ laŋ⁵⁵/

Rice mills are one of the major businesses in Siam; in former times all founded in Bankok, […]

Huǒlóng wèi Xiān zhōng dà yíngyè zhī yī, zài xī jiē chuàng yú Xiānjīng, …

火礱爲暹中大營業之一，在昔皆創於暹京，[…]

火砻为暹中大营业之一，在昔皆创于暹京，[…]

2020 January 15, 潮州市自然资源局, “潮州市第三批历史建筑简介—— 德兴里2号大夫第”, in 潮州市人民政府门户网站:

zhǔrén Zhāng Cèyú yú 1914-nián zài Cháozhōu chéngdào hòu de Shūyuànchí shǒujiā chuàngbàn Zhāng Yuánchāng Huǒlóng (hòu gǎimíng “Jífēng Huǒlóng”)

主人张策愚于1914年在潮州城道后的书院池首家创办张元昌火砻（后改名“集丰火砻”）

主人張策愚於1914年在潮州城道後的書院池首家創辦張元昌火礱（後改名“集豐火礱”）

Qiáobāo Zhāng Měilán de zǔxiān Zhāng Shèngzhù shì jiàozǎo zǒuchūqù de “guòfānrén”, tā xié zúrén dào Jìnshí móushēng, hòu zài Xīgòng Dī'àn shèlì “Héshùnxíng”, yǐ láogōngháng, shuǐshàngyùnshū, zàochuán, xiūchuán, huǒlóng děng wèishēng.

僑胞張美蘭的祖先張盛著是較早走出去的「過番人」，他攜族人到浸石謀生，後在西貢堤岸設立「和順行」，以勞工行、水上運輸、造船、修船、火礱等為生。

侨胞张美兰的祖先张盛著是较早走出去的「过番人」，他携族人到浸石谋生，后在西贡堤岸设立「和顺行」，以劳工行、水上运输、造船、修船、火砻等为生。

(Teochew, Thailand, Taiwanese Hakka) automated rice mill (device)


學佬嫲

(Taiwanese Hakka) mistress; female lover


老緣

(Taiwanese Hakka) predestined relationship achieved at old age (such as friends despite the difference in age)

(Taiwanese Hakka, derogatory) one's past love


遽遽

(Taiwanese Hakka) quickly; hurriedly; without delay


打碗花

/ta²⁴⁻³³ von²⁴⁻³³ fa⁵³/

/ta²⁴⁻³³ von²⁴⁻³³ fa⁵³/

(Taiwanese Hakka) a game that involves turning around bowls


花罌仔

/fa²⁴⁻¹¹ aŋ²⁴ e³¹/

/fa²⁴⁻¹¹ aŋ²⁴ e³¹/


盎零

/aŋ¹¹ laŋ¹¹/

/aŋ¹¹ laŋ¹¹/

(Taiwanese Hakka) stubborn and inflexible


壅泥

/i̯uŋ²⁴ nai̯¹¹/

/i̯uŋ²⁴ nai̯¹¹/

(Taiwanese Hakka, agriculture) to hill up; to earth up; to bank up


酵嫲

(Taiwanese Hakka) leaven; leavening dough


車嫲

(Taiwanese Hakka) train engine; locomotive

(Taiwanese Hakka) waitress serving in trains and other transportation systems


痴嫲

(Taiwanese Hakka, derogatory) woman that behaves and speaks frivolously

(Taiwanese Hakka, derogatory) stupid woman


伯勞嫲

(Taiwanese Hakka, figurative) talkative person


倒頭嫲

(Taiwanese Hakka, derogatory) married woman that moved back to her parents' home (either due to divorce or any other reason causing her to be driven out of her husband's home)


起寒毛菇

/hi³¹ hon¹¹ mo²⁴⁻¹¹ ku²⁴/

/hi³¹ hon¹¹ mo²⁴⁻¹¹ ku²⁴/


⿺麥方

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声): semantic 麥 (“wheat”) + phonetic 方.
For the pronunciation of this character, refer to characters like 芳 (phang).
Borrowed from Japanese パン.

Han compound

(Taiwanese Hokkien or Taiwanese Hakka) alternative form of 麭 /𮮆 (pháng, “bread”)


透心涼

ㄊㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄧㄤˊ

ㄊㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄧㄤˊ

/tʰoʊ̯⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/tʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ liaŋ²⁴/

/tʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ liaŋ²³/

/tʰoʊ̯⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/tʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ liaŋ²⁴/

/tʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ sim⁴⁴⁻³³ liaŋ²³/

(Taiwanese Hokkien, Hakka and Mandarin, figurative) extremely cold


頂碓

/taŋ³¹ toɪ⁵³/

/taŋ³¹ toɪ⁵³/

(Taiwanese Hakka) to deliberately play tricks on others


年冬

/ŋi̯en¹¹ tuŋ²⁴/

/ŋi̯an¹¹ tuŋ²⁴/

/nĩ²⁴⁻²² taŋ³³/

/nĩ¹³⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/

/nĩ²⁴⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/

/nĩ²³⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/

/nĩ²⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/

/nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ taŋ⁴⁴/

/ni⁵⁵⁻¹¹ taŋ³³/

/hĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ taŋ³³/

/ŋi̯en¹¹ tuŋ²⁴/

/ŋi̯an¹¹ tuŋ²⁴/

/nĩ²⁴⁻²² taŋ³³/

/nĩ¹³⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/

/nĩ²⁴⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/

/nĩ²³⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/

/nĩ²⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/

/nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ taŋ⁴⁴/

/ni⁵⁵⁻¹¹ taŋ³³/

/hĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ taŋ³³/

(Southern Min, Taiwanese Hakka) year's harvest


砂撩

/sa²⁴⁻¹¹ li̯au̯²⁴/

/sa²⁴⁻¹¹ li̯au̯²⁴/


窮苦人

/kʰi̯uŋ¹¹ kʰu³¹ ŋin¹¹/

/kʰi̯uŋ¹¹ kʰu³¹ ŋin¹¹/

(Taiwanese Hakka) poor person; poor people; the poor


拆藥仔

/tʰia(ʔ)⁵⁻⁵³ io(ʔ)³⁵⁻² a⁵⁵/

/tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ io(ʔ)⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ iɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻¹ a⁵³/

/tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ iɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

/tʰia(ʔ)²⁻⁵³ io³³⁻²¹ a⁵³/

/tʰia(ʔ)⁵⁻⁵³ io(ʔ)³⁵⁻² a⁵⁵/

/tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ io(ʔ)⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ iɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻¹ a⁵³/

/tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ iɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

/tʰia(ʔ)²⁻⁵³ io³³⁻²¹ a⁵³/

traditional Chinese medicine
traditional Chinese medicine

(Taiwanese Hakka, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, traditional Chinese medicine) to have a traditional Chinese medicine prescription filled (of the patient)


合藥仔

/kap̚²⁻⁵ io(ʔ)⁵⁻² a⁵³/

/kap̚³²⁻⁴ iɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻¹ a⁵³/

/kap̚³²⁻⁴ io(ʔ)⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/kap̚³²⁻⁴ iɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

/kap̚²⁻⁵ io(ʔ)⁵⁻² a⁵³/

/kap̚³²⁻⁴ iɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻¹ a⁵³/

/kap̚³²⁻⁴ io(ʔ)⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/kap̚³²⁻⁴ iɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

(Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka, traditional Chinese medicine) to have a traditional Chinese medicine prescription filled (of the patient)


拈藥仔

/ŋi̯am²⁴⁻¹¹ i̯ok̚⁵ e³¹/

/ŋi̯am²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)i̯ok̚⁵ e³¹/

/ŋi̯am²⁴⁻¹¹ i̯ok̚⁵ e³¹/

/ŋi̯am²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)i̯ok̚⁵ e³¹/

(Taiwanese Hakka, traditional Chinese medicine) to have a traditional Chinese medicine prescription filled (of the patient)

(Taiwanese Hakka, traditional Chinese medicine) to take the correct medicine and dosage from a large number of medicine according to the prescription


紅頭島

/fuŋ¹¹ tʰeu̯¹¹ to³¹/

/fuŋ¹¹ tʰeu̯¹¹ to³¹/

(Taiwanese Hakka) Orchid Island (an island)


篷船

/pʰuŋ⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾nuŋ⁵³/

/pʰaŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sun²⁴/

/pʰaŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sun²⁴/

/pʰaŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sun¹³/

/pʰaŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sun²⁴/

/pʰaŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sun²³/

/pʰaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡suŋ⁵⁵/

/pʰuŋ⁵³⁻³³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾nuŋ⁵³/

/pʰaŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sun²⁴/

/pʰaŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sun²⁴/

/pʰaŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sun¹³/

/pʰaŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sun²⁴/

/pʰaŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sun²³/

/pʰaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡suŋ⁵⁵/

(Eastern Min, Southern Min, Wenzhounese, Taiwanese Hakka) sailboat; junk


蝦蜚仔

(Taiwanese Hakka) dried and shelled small shrimp


沙埔

/sa²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰu²⁴/

/ɬua⁵³³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾ɔu⁵³³/

/ɬua⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾βɔu⁵⁴⁴/

/sua⁴⁴⁻²² pɔ⁴⁴/

/sua⁴⁴⁻²² pɔ⁴⁴/

/sua⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ⁴⁴/

/sua⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ⁴⁴/

/sa²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰu²⁴/

/ɬua⁵³³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾ɔu⁵³³/

/ɬua⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾βɔu⁵⁴⁴/

/sua⁴⁴⁻²² pɔ⁴⁴/

/sua⁴⁴⁻²² pɔ⁴⁴/

/sua⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ⁴⁴/

/sua⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ⁴⁴/

(Southern Min, Taiwanese Hakka) sandy beach (by a river)


鼻公峎

/pʰi⁵⁵ kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯en⁵⁵/

/pʰi⁵⁵ kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯en⁵⁵/


討親

(Pingxiang Gan, Taiwanese Hakka, Huizhou, Eastern Min, dialectal Wu, dialectal Xiang) to take a wife


棉仔

/mĩ²⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/mĩ²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴/

/mĩ¹³⁻²² a⁵³/

/mĩ²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/mĩ²³⁻³³ a⁴¹/

/mĩ²⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/mĩ²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴/

/mĩ¹³⁻²² a⁵³/

/mĩ²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/mĩ²³⁻³³ a⁴¹/


頭犁犁

/tʰau²⁴⁻²² le²⁴⁻²² le²⁴/

/tʰau²⁴⁻²² le²⁴⁻²² le²⁴/

/tʰau¹³⁻²² le¹³⁻²² le¹³/

/tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ le²⁴⁻¹¹ le²⁴/

/tʰau²³⁻³³ le²³⁻³³ le²³/

/tʰau²⁴⁻²² le²⁴⁻²² le²⁴/

/tʰau²⁴⁻²² le²⁴⁻²² le²⁴/

/tʰau¹³⁻²² le¹³⁻²² le¹³/

/tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ le²⁴⁻¹¹ le²⁴/

/tʰau²³⁻³³ le²³⁻³³ le²³/

1995, “愛情限時批 [Express Love Letter]”, 伍佰 [Wu Bai] (lyrics), 伍佰 [Wu Bai] (music)performed by 伍佰&China Blue [Wu Bai & China Blue] and 萬芳 [Wan Fang]:

Upon seeing you I can't even finish my words; I can only bow my head in despair

khòaⁿ-tio̍h lí góa tiō oân-choân bōe kóng-ōe chí-hó thâu-lê-lê

看到你我就完全未說話只好頭犁犁

看到你我就完全未说话只好头犁犁

(Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) to lower one's head in frustration


老阿伯

/lo²⁴⁻³³ a³³ pak⁵/

/lau²²⁻²¹ a⁴⁴⁻²² peʔ³²/

/lau⁴¹⁻²² a³³ peʔ⁵/

/lau²²⁻²¹ a⁴⁴⁻²² peʔ³²/

/lau³³⁻¹¹ a⁴⁴⁻³³ peʔ³²/

/lau³³⁻²¹ a⁴⁴⁻³³ peʔ³²/

/lau³⁵⁻¹¹ a³³⁻²³ peʔ²/

/lo²⁴⁻³³ a³³ pak⁵/

/lau²²⁻²¹ a⁴⁴⁻²² peʔ³²/

/lau⁴¹⁻²² a³³ peʔ⁵/

/lau²²⁻²¹ a⁴⁴⁻²² peʔ³²/

/lau³³⁻¹¹ a⁴⁴⁻³³ peʔ³²/

/lau³³⁻²¹ a⁴⁴⁻³³ peʔ³²/

/lau³⁵⁻¹¹ a³³⁻²³ peʔ²/


長豆仔

/t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ tʰeu̯⁵⁵ e³¹/

/t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ tʰeu̯⁵⁵ e³¹/

(Taiwanese Hakka) cowpea; black-eyed pea


心肝頭

/sim²⁴⁻¹¹ kon²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/

/sim⁴⁴⁻³³ kuã⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/

/sim⁴⁴⁻³³ kuã⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/

/sim⁴⁴⁻²² kuã⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/

/sim⁴⁴⁻²² kuã⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/sim³³⁻²³ kũã³³⁻²³ tʰau⁵⁵/

/sim²⁴⁻¹¹ kon²⁴ tʰeu̯¹¹/

/sim⁴⁴⁻³³ kuã⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/

/sim⁴⁴⁻³³ kuã⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/

/sim⁴⁴⁻²² kuã⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/

/sim⁴⁴⁻²² kuã⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/sim³³⁻²³ kũã³³⁻²³ tʰau⁵⁵/

feeling of heaviness from indigestion; dyspepsia

心肝頭擗擗積積

心肝头擗擗积积

severe pain from the heart or pit of the stomach

心肝頭疼

心肝头疼

feeling of dull pain in the stomach from hunger or indigestion

心肝頭遭

心肝头遭

心肝頭開

心肝头开

(Southern Min, Taiwanese Hakka, anatomy) center of the chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; precordium


炒肉

/t͡sʰau̯³¹ ŋi̯uk̚²/

/t͡sʰau²⁴⁻³³ ŋiuk⁵/

/t͡sʰa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ baʔ³²/

/t͡sʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ baʔ³²/

/t͡sʰau̯³¹ ŋi̯uk̚²/

/t͡sʰau²⁴⁻³³ ŋiuk⁵/

/t͡sʰa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ baʔ³²/

/t͡sʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ baʔ³²/

(Taiwanese Hakka and Hokkien) Hakka stir-fry (a Taiwanese Hakka dish with pork belly, squid, dried bean curd, and vegetables such as celery and green onion)


長年菜

/t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ ŋi̯en¹¹ t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ ŋi̯an¹¹ t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ʃʰoŋ⁵⁵ ŋien⁵⁵ t͡sʰoi¹¹/

/tŋ̍²³⁻³³ nĩ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰai²¹/

/tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai¹¹/

/t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ ŋi̯en¹¹ t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ ŋi̯an¹¹ t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ʃʰoŋ⁵⁵ ŋien⁵⁵ t͡sʰoi¹¹/

/tŋ̍²³⁻³³ nĩ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰai²¹/

/tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai¹¹/

(Taiwanese Hakka and Hokkien) Chinese mustard dish cooked with meat (eaten during Chinese New Year by Taiwanese people)


單髯

/tan²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋi̯am²⁴/

/tan²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋi̯am²⁴/

(Taiwanese Hakka) single eyelid; monolid; upper eyelid without a crease


嫩習習

(Taiwanese Hakka, ideophonic) fresh and tender; soft and fine


肥固固

(Taiwanese Hakka, ideophonic) chubby; plump


肥固固仔

/pʰi¹¹ ku⁵⁵ ku⁵⁵ e¹¹/

/pʰi¹¹ ku⁵⁵ ku⁵⁵ e¹¹/


媽祖生

/ma⁵³ t͡su²⁴⁻³³ saŋ⁵³/

/ma⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ^((t͡s-))lɔu⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ^((ɬ-))la⁵³³/

/ma³³²⁻²¹ ^((t͡s-))lɔu³³²⁻²¹ ^((ɬ-))na⁵⁴⁴/

/mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sẽ⁴⁴/

/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sĩ⁴⁴/

/ma⁵³ t͡su²⁴⁻³³ saŋ⁵³/

/mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sẽ⁴⁴/

/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sĩ⁴⁴/

(Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka, Chinese folk religion) the birthday of Mazu on the twenty-third day of the third month of the Chinese calendar

Taiwanese Hakka; Chinese folk religion; Taiwanese Hakka; Chinese folk religion


番火

(Taiwanese Hakka, Fuqing Eastern Min) match (for lighting candles, cigars, etc.)

Taiwanese Hakka; Fuqing Eastern Min; Taiwanese Hakka; Fuqing Eastern Min


會失禮

/hue³³⁻²¹ sit̚³²⁻⁴ le⁴¹/

/he³³⁻¹¹ sit̚³²⁻⁴ le⁵³/

/hue³³⁻²¹ sit̚³²⁻⁴ le⁴¹/

/he³³⁻¹¹ sit̚³²⁻⁴ le⁵³/

1933, 《續編安童買菜歌》, Chiayi: 捷發漢書部:

Eng-tâi kóaⁿ-kín chhiáⁿ ko chē, kín-kín siang-chhiú chhiáⁿ hun-tê, chiah kā Niû ko hōe-sit-lé, tài-liām tong-chho͘ lán nn̄g ê

英臺赶緊請哥坐 謹々双手請煙茶 即共梁哥會失禮 帶念當初咱二个

1933, 《續編安童買菜歌》, Chiayi: 捷發漢書部:

英台赶紧请哥坐 谨々双手请烟茶 即共梁哥会失礼 带念当初咱二个

(Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka) to apologize


苦毒

/kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu³⁵/

/fuː³⁵ tʊk̚²/

/kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔk̚⁴/

/kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔk̚²⁴/

/kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔk̚¹²¹/

/kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔk̚⁴/

/kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔk̚⁴/

/kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu³⁵/

/fuː³⁵ tʊk̚²/

/kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔk̚⁴/

/kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔk̚²⁴/

/kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔk̚¹²¹/

/kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔk̚⁴/

/kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔk̚⁴/

(Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) to mistreat; to abuse


本等

/pən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁵³/

/pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/

/pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁵³/

/pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁵³/

/pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁴¹/

/pɯŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ teŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

/pən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁵³/

/pun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/

/pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁵³/

/pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁵³/

/pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁴¹/

/pɯŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ teŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

(Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) ability; skill


洗腰仔

/se³¹ i̯eu̯²⁴ e³¹/

/se²⁴⁻³³ ʒau⁵³ ə⁵⁵/

/se³¹ i̯eu̯²⁴ e³¹/

/se²⁴⁻³³ ʒau⁵³ ə⁵⁵/


澎湖菜瓜

/pʰaŋ¹¹ fu¹¹ t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵ ku̯a²⁴/

/pʰaŋ¹¹ pʰu¹¹ t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵ ku̯a²⁴/

/pʰĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ kue⁴⁴/

/pʰĩ²⁴⁻²² ɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai³¹⁻⁵³ kue³³/

/pʰẽ²³⁻³³ ɔ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ kue⁴⁴/

/pʰẽ²⁴⁻³³ ɔ²⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ kue⁴⁴/

/pʰaŋ¹¹ fu¹¹ t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵ ku̯a²⁴/

/pʰaŋ¹¹ pʰu¹¹ t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵ ku̯a²⁴/

/pʰĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ kue⁴⁴/

/pʰĩ²⁴⁻²² ɔ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai³¹⁻⁵³ kue³³/

/pʰẽ²³⁻³³ ɔ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ kue⁴⁴/

/pʰẽ²⁴⁻³³ ɔ²⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ kue⁴⁴/

(Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka) Chinese okra


毋成猴

/m¹¹ saŋ¹¹ heu̯¹¹/

/m⁵⁵ ʃaŋ⁵⁵ heu⁵⁵/

/m̩²²⁻²¹ t͡siã²⁴⁻²² kau²⁴/

/m̩⁴¹⁻²² t͡siã²⁴⁻²² kau²⁴/

/m̩²²⁻²¹ t͡siã¹³⁻²² kau¹³/

/m̩³³⁻¹¹ t͡siã²⁴⁻¹¹ kau²⁴/

/m̩³³⁻²¹ t͡siã²³⁻³³ kau²³/

/m¹¹ saŋ¹¹ heu̯¹¹/

/m⁵⁵ ʃaŋ⁵⁵ heu⁵⁵/

/m̩²²⁻²¹ t͡siã²⁴⁻²² kau²⁴/

/m̩⁴¹⁻²² t͡siã²⁴⁻²² kau²⁴/

/m̩²²⁻²¹ t͡siã¹³⁻²² kau¹³/

/m̩³³⁻¹¹ t͡siã²⁴⁻¹¹ kau²⁴/

/m̩³³⁻²¹ t͡siã²³⁻³³ kau²³/

(Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka) unpresentable; ugly; good-for-nothing

(Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka) impressive; amazing


公學校

/kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hok̚⁵ kau̯³¹/

/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hak̚⁴⁻³² hau³³/

/kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hok̚⁵ kau̯³¹/

/kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hak̚⁴⁻³² hau³³/

(Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka, historical) elementary school (during the Japanese occupation in Taiwan)


細姐

(Taiwanese Hakka, Eastern Min) concubine


預防射

/i⁵⁵ foŋ¹¹ sa⁵⁵/

/ʒi³³ foŋ⁵⁵ ʃa³³/

/i³³⁻²¹ hɔŋ²³⁻³³ sia³³/

/u³³⁻¹¹ hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sia³³/

/i⁵⁵ foŋ¹¹ sa⁵⁵/

/ʒi³³ foŋ⁵⁵ ʃa³³/

/i³³⁻²¹ hɔŋ²³⁻³³ sia³³/

/u³³⁻¹¹ hɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sia³³/

(Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka, medicine) immunisation injection; vaccine


毋肯

/m̩³³⁻²¹ kʰiɪŋ⁴¹/

/m̩³³⁻¹¹ kʰiɪŋ⁵³/

/m̩³³⁻²¹ kʰiɪŋ⁴¹/

/m̩³³⁻¹¹ kʰiɪŋ⁵³/

(Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) to be unwilling to


濫膏糜

(Taiwanese Hakka) mud; slush; ooze; mire


應嘴

/jɪŋ³³ t͡sɵy̯³⁵/

/iŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩ʷ³³/

/jɪŋ³³ t͡sɵy̯³⁵/

/iŋ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩ʷ³³/

(Cantonese, Taiwanese Hakka, Ningbonese) to answer back (to one's parents or superiors); to talk back


衰過

/t͡sʰoi̯²⁴⁻¹¹ ko⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰoi̯²⁴⁻¹¹ ko⁵⁵/

(Taiwanese Hakka) pitiful; pitiable; poor


老哀仔

/lo³¹ oi̯²⁴ e³¹/

/lo²⁴⁻³³ oi⁵³ ə⁵⁵/

/lo³¹ oi̯²⁴ e³¹/

/lo²⁴⁻³³ oi⁵³ ə⁵⁵/


田水

/t͡sʰan²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/

/t͡sʰan²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/t͡sʰan²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/

/t͡sʰan²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/

(Hokkien, Puxian Min, Taiwanese Hakka) water for irrigating the fields


巡田水

/sun²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰan²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/sun²³⁻³³ t͡sʰan²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/

/sun²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰan²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/

/sun²³⁻³³ t͡sʰan²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/

(Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) to inspect irrigation water and facilities in the fields

(Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka, slang, euphemistic) to get laid, to bang (specifically referring to a man having sex with a woman)


無定著

bo² dia⁵ dieo⁷ [Phonetic:bo⁵ dia⁵ dieo⁷]

bo² diann⁵ dieo⁷ [Phonetic:bo⁵ diann⁵ dieo⁷]

/po²⁴⁻²¹ tĩã²¹ tieu²⁴/

/bo¹³⁻²² tiã²²⁻²¹ tioʔ¹²¹/

/bɤ²³⁻³³ tiã³³⁻²¹ tiɤʔ⁴/

/bo²⁴⁻²² tiã⁴¹⁻²² tioʔ²⁴/

/bo²⁴⁻²² tiã²²⁻²¹ tioʔ⁴/

/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ tiã³³⁻¹¹ tioʔ⁴/

/po²⁴⁻²¹ tĩã²¹ tieu²⁴/

/bo¹³⁻²² tiã²²⁻²¹ tioʔ¹²¹/

/bɤ²³⁻³³ tiã³³⁻²¹ tiɤʔ⁴/

/bo²⁴⁻²² tiã⁴¹⁻²² tioʔ²⁴/

/bo²⁴⁻²² tiã²²⁻²¹ tioʔ⁴/

/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ tiã³³⁻¹¹ tioʔ⁴/

(Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) perhaps; maybe


人家女

/ŋin⁵⁵ ka⁵³ ŋ²⁴/

/ŋin⁵⁵ ka⁵³ ŋ²⁴/