學堂生

hah⁷ dorng² seng¹ [Phonetic:hah⁶ dorng⁵ neng¹]

/haʔ⁴⁻²¹ tɒŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ^((ɬ-))nɛŋ⁵³³/

/haʔ⁴⁻² tɒŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ^((ɬ-))nɛŋ⁵⁴⁴/

/o(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/

/o(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tŋ̍¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/

/o(ʔ)²⁴⁻² tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍³³/

/haʔ⁴⁻²¹ tɒŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ^((ɬ-))nɛŋ⁵³³/

/haʔ⁴⁻² tɒŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ^((ɬ-))nɛŋ⁵⁴⁴/

/o(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/

/o(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tŋ̍¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/

/o(ʔ)²⁴⁻² tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍³³/

學員

especially one who studies outside the usual educational system

(Jinjiang, Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, dated) student; pupil


學生仔

/hok² saŋ⁵³ ə⁵⁵/

/hak̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

/hak̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/hak̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/hok² saŋ⁵³ ə⁵⁵/

/hak̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

/hak̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/hak̚⁴⁻³² siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

(Hakka, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) student; pupil


太媽

/tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ma⁵⁵⁴/

/tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mã⁵⁵⁴/

/tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ mã⁵³/

/tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ma⁵⁵⁴/

/tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mã⁵⁵⁴/

/tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ mã⁵³/

(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Philippine Hokkien) great-grandmother


錢櫃仔店

/t͡sĩ²⁴⁻²² kui²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiam²¹/

/t͡sĩ¹³⁻²² kui²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiam²¹/

/t͡sĩ²⁴⁻²² kui²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiam²¹/

/t͡sĩ¹³⁻²² kui²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiam²¹/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, historical) old-style Chinese private bank


十巴拄

/sip̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pa⁴⁴⁻²² tu⁵³/

/sip̚⁴⁻³² pa⁴⁴⁻²² tu⁵³/

/sip̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pa⁴⁴⁻²² tu⁵³/

/sip̚⁴⁻³² pa⁴⁴⁻²² tu⁵³/

Learned borrowing from Indonesian sepatu (“shoe”), from Portuguese sapato.

lbor

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Indonesian Hokkien) leather shoe; dress shoe (Classifier: 雙／双 mn)


赤目

/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹/

(Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to envy; to be envious; to be jealous


內奶

/lai³³⁻¹¹ nĩ⁴⁴/

/lai²²⁻²¹ nĩ⁴⁴/

/lai²²⁻²¹ liɪŋ⁴⁴/

/lai³³⁻²¹ liɪŋ⁴⁴/

/lai³³⁻¹¹ nĩ⁴⁴/

/lai²²⁻²¹ nĩ⁴⁴/

/lai²²⁻²¹ liɪŋ⁴⁴/

/lai³³⁻²¹ liɪŋ⁴⁴/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) inner tube of a tyre


內山猴

/lai³³⁻²¹ suã⁴⁴⁻³³ kau²³/

/lai²²⁻²¹ suã⁴⁴⁻²² kau²⁴/

/lai³³⁻¹¹ suã⁴⁴⁻³³ kau²⁴/

/lai³³⁻²¹ suã⁴⁴⁻³³ kau²³/

/lai²²⁻²¹ suã⁴⁴⁻²² kau²⁴/

/lai³³⁻¹¹ suã⁴⁴⁻³³ kau²⁴/

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien, derogatory, dated) country bumpkin; bogan; yokel


內兜

(Xiamen, Jinjiang and Philippine Hokkien) inside; interior


在人

/t͡sai²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/

/t͡sai²²⁻²¹ laŋ¹³/

/t͡sai²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/

/t͡sai²²⁻²¹ laŋ¹³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to let people (do something without restrictions)


隨煞

/sui²⁴⁻²² suaʔ³²/

/sui²⁴⁻²² saʔ³²/

/sui²⁴⁻²² suaʔ³²/

/sui²⁴⁻²² saʔ³²/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) immediately; at once


雖罔

/sui⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ⁵³/

/sui⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ⁴¹/

/sui⁴⁴⁻²² bɔŋ⁵³/

/sui⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ⁵³/

/sui⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ⁴¹/

/sui⁴⁴⁻²² bɔŋ⁵³/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) although


唱價

/t͡sʰiaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ke²¹/

/t͡sʰiaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ke²¹/

(Xiamen Hokkien) to quote; to bid (in an auction)


童子消

/tɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau⁴⁴/

/tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau⁴⁴/

/tɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau⁴⁴/

/tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau⁴⁴/

pulmonary tuberculosis
pulmonary tuberculosis

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, pathology) infantile pulmonary tuberculosis


墓壙山

/bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ kʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ suã⁴⁴/

/bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ kʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ suã⁴⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) unmarked graves or burial sites


墓壙埔

/bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ kʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ pɔ⁴⁴/

/bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ kʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ pɔ⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) unmarked graves or burial sites


夢洗

/bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ siɛn⁵³/

/bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ siɛn⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to have nocturnal emission; to have a wet dream


夢洩

/bɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ siɛt̚³²/

/bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ siɛt̚³²/

/bɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ siɛt̚³²/

/bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ siɛt̚³²/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to have nocturnal emission; to have a wet dream


手管

/t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁵³/

/t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁵³/

(Shexian Huizhou, Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) arm


山尾頂

/suã⁴⁴⁻²² be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁵³/

/suã⁴⁴⁻²² bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁵³/

/suã⁴⁴⁻²² be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁵³/

/suã⁴⁴⁻²² bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) mountain top; summit; hilltop


山尾尖

/suã⁴⁴⁻²² be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siam⁴⁴/

/suã⁴⁴⁻²² bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siam⁴⁴/

/suã⁴⁴⁻²² be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siam⁴⁴/

/suã⁴⁴⁻²² bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siam⁴⁴/


山霿

/suã⁴⁴⁻²² bɔ²⁴/

/suã⁴⁴⁻²² bɔ²⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) cloud and mist among the mountains; mountain fog


山磡

/suã⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰam²¹/

/suã⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰam¹¹/

/suã⁴⁴⁻²² kʰam²¹/

/suã⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰam²¹/

/suã⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰam¹¹/

/suã⁴⁴⁻²² kʰam²¹/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) cliff


月細

/ɡə(ʔ)²⁴⁻² sue⁴¹/

/ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ sue²¹/

/ɡueʔ⁴⁻² soi²¹³/

/ɦyeʔ²² si⁴²/

/ɡə(ʔ)²⁴⁻² sue⁴¹/

/ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ sue²¹/

/ɡueʔ⁴⁻² soi²¹³/

/ɦyeʔ²² si⁴²/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, Teochew, Changzhounese) “small or short month”


半丁

/puan²¹⁻⁵³ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/

/puã²¹⁻⁵³ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/

/puan²¹⁻⁵³ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/

/puã²¹⁻⁵³ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to be a useless person


半仙

(Xiamen Hokkien) fortuneteller (complimentary term of address)


蚶仔藤

/ham⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tin²⁴/

/ham⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tin²⁴/

traditional Chinese medicine
traditional Chinese medicine

(Xiamen Hokkien, traditional Chinese medicine) Solanum lyratum


葫蘆藤

/hɔ²⁴⁻²² lɔ²⁴⁻²² tin²⁴/

/hɔ²⁴⁻²² lɔ²⁴⁻²² tin²⁴/


歁笑

/kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰio²¹/

/kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰio²¹/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to laugh foolishly; to giggle; to titter


歁話

/kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue²²/

/kʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ue³³/

/kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue³³/

/kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue²²/

/kʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ue³³/

/kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue³³/

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) silly or nonsensical words; nonsense


文文仔笑

/bun²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰio²¹/

/bun²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰio²¹/


珍珠草

/t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/

/t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/

Phyllanthus urinaria
Wikispecies:Phyllanthus urinaria

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) chamber bitter (Phyllanthus urinaria)


五時合

/ɡɔ²²⁻²¹ si²⁴⁻²² hap̚⁴/

/ɡɔ²²⁻²¹ si²⁴⁻²² hap̚⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) chamber bitter (Phyllanthus urinaria)


夜合珠

/ia²²⁻²¹ hap̚⁴⁻³² t͡su⁴⁴/

/ia²²⁻²¹ hap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡su⁴⁴/

/ia²²⁻²¹ hap̚⁴⁻³² t͡su⁴⁴/

/ia²²⁻²¹ hap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡su⁴⁴/


野麻草

/ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ muã¹³⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/

/ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ muã²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/

/ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ muã¹³⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/

/ia⁵³⁻⁴⁴ muã²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, traditional Chinese medicine) Asian copperleaf (Acalypha australis)


豆仔鳥

/tau²²⁻²¹ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siau⁵³/

/tau²²⁻²¹ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siau⁵³/


前世人

/t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ si¹¹⁻⁵³ laŋ²⁴/

/t͡siɪŋ¹³⁻²² si²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ¹³/

/t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² si²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ²⁴/

/t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ si²¹⁻⁴¹ laŋ²³/

/t͡san¹³⁻²² si²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ¹³/

/t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² si²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ¹³/

/t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² si²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ²⁴/

/t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ si¹¹⁻⁵³ laŋ²⁴/

/t͡siɪŋ¹³⁻²² si²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ¹³/

/t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² si²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ²⁴/

/t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ si²¹⁻⁴¹ laŋ²³/

/t͡san¹³⁻²² si²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ¹³/

/t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² si²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ¹³/

/t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² si²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ²⁴/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) previous existence; former incarnation

GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)


蜂岫痈

/pʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siu²²⁻²¹ iɪŋ⁴⁴/

/pʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siu²²⁻²¹ iɪŋ⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, medicine) cellulitis


土生仔

/tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) person of mixed race


半仿仔

/puã²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/puã²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/


盤栽

/puã²⁴⁻²² t͡sai⁴⁴/

/puã¹³⁻²² t͡sai⁴⁴/

/puã²⁴⁻²² t͡sai⁴⁴/

/puã¹³⁻²² t͡sai⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to transplant (seedlings, shoots, etc.)


捾珠

/kuã³³⁻¹¹ t͡su⁴⁴/

/kuã²²⁻²¹ t͡su⁴⁴/

/kuã³³⁻¹¹ t͡su⁴⁴/

/kuã²²⁻²¹ t͡su⁴⁴/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, Buddhism) prayer beads


刀鋩

/to⁴⁴⁻²² mĩ²⁴/

/to⁴⁴⁻³³ mĩ²⁴/

/tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ mẽ²⁴/

/to⁴⁴⁻²² mɛ̃¹³/

/to⁴⁴⁻²² mĩ²⁴/

/to⁴⁴⁻³³ mĩ²⁴/

/tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ mẽ²⁴/

/to⁴⁴⁻²² mɛ̃¹³/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) edge of a knife; knife blade


刀仔囝

/to⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiã⁵³/

/to⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiã⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) small knife; pocketknife


孤門獨戶

/kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² tɔk̚⁴⁻³² hɔ²²/

/kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² muĩ¹³⁻²² tɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hɔ²²/

/kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² tɔk̚⁴⁻³² hɔ²²/

/kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² muĩ¹³⁻²² tɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hɔ²²/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) one-household compound; one-family courtyard


飯垂

/pŋ̍⁴¹⁻²² se²⁴/

/pŋ̍²²⁻²¹ se²⁴/

/pŋ̍⁴¹⁻²² se²⁴/

/pŋ̍²²⁻²¹ se²⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) bib (an item of clothing for babies)


頷鏈

/am²²⁻²¹ liɛn²²/

/am³⁵⁻¹¹ lieŋ¹¹/

/am³⁵⁻¹¹ liaŋ¹¹/

/am²²⁻²¹ liɛn²²/

/am³⁵⁻¹¹ lieŋ¹¹/

/am³⁵⁻¹¹ liaŋ¹¹/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, Teochew) necklace (article of jewelry)


頷環

/am²²⁻²¹ kʰuan¹³/

/am²²⁻²¹ kʰuan²⁴/

/am²²⁻²¹ kʰuan¹³/

/am²²⁻²¹ kʰuan²⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) neckband (band worn around the neck as an ornament or protective device); necklet


磅表

/pɔŋ²²⁻²¹ pio⁵³/

/pɔŋ²²⁻²¹ pio⁵³/

(Xiamen Hokkien, dated) gas pressure gauge


磅仔秤

/pɔŋ²²⁻²¹ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰin²¹/

/pɔŋ²²⁻²¹ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰin²¹/


磅仔

/pɔŋ³³⁻²¹ a⁵³/

/pɔŋ²²⁻²¹ a⁵³/

/pɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ a⁵³/

/pɔŋ³³⁻²² a⁵⁵/

/pɔŋ³³⁻²¹ a⁵³/

/pɔŋ²²⁻²¹ a⁵³/

/pɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ a⁵³/

/pɔŋ³³⁻²² a⁵⁵/

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) platform scale


窗仔空

/tʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

/tʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) opening in a wall (to let in light and air)


風目

/hɔŋ³³ bak̚²⁴/

/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bak̚⁴/

/hɔŋ³³ bak̚²⁴/

/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bak̚⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, pathology) conjunctivitis


仿仔

/hɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/hɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/


合軀

/ha(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ su⁴⁴/

/a(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ su⁴⁴/

/ha(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ su⁴⁴/

/a(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ su⁴⁴/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, of clothes) being a good fit; well-fitting


拆徛

/tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰia²²/

/tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰia²²/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to separate; to live apart


暗暝頓

/am²¹⁻⁵³ mĩ²⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²¹/

/am²¹⁻⁴² mi²⁴⁻²¹ tŋ̍²¹/

/am²¹⁻⁵³ mĩ²⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²¹/

/am²¹⁻⁴² mi²⁴⁻²¹ tŋ̍²¹/

(Xiamen and Singapore Hokkien) dinner (evening meal)


一丈紅

/it̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ²⁴/

/it̚³²⁻⁵ tiaŋ²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ¹³/

/it̚³²⁻⁴ tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ²⁴/

/it̚³²⁻⁵ tiaŋ²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ¹³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) hollyhock


脫輪

/tʰouʔ²⁴⁻²¹ l̃uŋ⁵³/

/tʰut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ lun¹³/

/tʰut̚⁴⁻³² lun²⁴/

/tʰut̚⁴⁻³² lun²³/

/tʰouʔ²⁴⁻²¹ l̃uŋ⁵³/

/tʰut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ lun¹³/

/tʰut̚⁴⁻³² lun²⁴/

/tʰut̚⁴⁻³² lun²³/

(Eastern Min, Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to dislocate (a joint)


脫喙

/tʰut̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰui²¹/

/tʰut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰui²¹/

/tʰut̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰui²¹/

/tʰut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰui²¹/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to have a slip of the tongue; to let slip an inadvertent remark


熨金

/ut̚³²⁻⁴ kim⁴⁴/

/ut̚³²⁻⁴ kim⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien, printing) gild; bronze


賊仔貨

/t͡sʰat̚⁴⁻³² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he²¹/

/t͡sʰat̚⁴⁻³² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he¹¹/

/t͡sʰat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue²¹/

/t͡sʰat̚⁴⁻³² a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hue²¹/

/t͡sʰat̚⁴⁻³² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he²¹/

/t͡sʰat̚⁴⁻³² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he¹¹/

/t͡sʰat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue²¹/

/t͡sʰat̚⁴⁻³² a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hue²¹/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) stolen goods; booty; spoils


賊市

/t͡sʰat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰi²²/

/t͡sʰat̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰi²²/

/t͡sʰat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰi²²/

/t͡sʰat̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰi²²/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) stolen goods market


算籌

/su̯än⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/sŋ̍²¹⁻⁵³ tiu²⁴/

/suĩ²¹⁻⁵³ tiu¹³/

/su̯än⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/sŋ̍²¹⁻⁵³ tiu²⁴/

/suĩ²¹⁻⁵³ tiu¹³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to calculate; to reckon


磚角瓦杮

/t͡sŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² kak̚³²⁻⁴ hia²²⁻²¹ pʰe²¹/

/t͡sŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² kak̚³²⁻⁴ hia²²⁻²¹ pʰe²¹/

(Xiamen Hokkien) broken bricks and tiles; rubble


唐人衫

/tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴⁻²² sã⁴⁴/

/tŋ̍²⁴⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴⁻²¹ sã⁴⁴/

/tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴⁻²² sã⁴⁴/

/tŋ̍²⁴⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴⁻²¹ sã⁴⁴/


門岸

/mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² huã²²/

/mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² huã²²/

(Xiamen Hokkien) threshold; doorsill; doorstep


販騷婆

/huan²¹⁻⁵³ sau⁴⁴⁻²² po²⁴/

/huan²¹⁻⁵³ sau⁴⁴⁻²² po²⁴/

(Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) female human trafficker


反鬮

(Xiamen Hokkien) to violate an oath or agreement


剪蚻

/t͡siɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suaʔ⁴/

/t͡siɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suaʔ¹²¹/

/t͡siɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suaʔ⁴/

/t͡siɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suaʔ¹²¹/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) insect that eats into books, clothing, etc.


剪魚

/t͡siɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hi²⁴/

/t͡siɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hi²⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) insect that eats into books, clothing, etc.


剪蟲

/t͡siɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaŋ²⁴/

/t͡siɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaŋ²⁴/


蓮花箬

/nuĩ²⁴⁻²² hue³³ hioʔ²⁴/

/liɛn²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴⁻²² hioʔ⁴/

/nuĩ²⁴⁻²² hue³³ hioʔ²⁴/

/liɛn²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴⁻²² hioʔ⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) lotus leaf


蓮花頭

/liɛn²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/liɛn¹³⁻²² hua⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/

/liɛn²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/liɛn¹³⁻²² hua⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) showerhead


電燈柱

/ti̯ɛn⁵¹ tɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/

/tiːn²² tɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰyː¹³/

/tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiau³³/

/tiɛn²²⁻²¹ tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiau²²/

/tiɛn³³⁻²¹ tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiau³³/

/ti̯ɛn⁵¹ tɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/

/tiːn²² tɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰyː¹³/

/tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiau³³/

/tiɛn²²⁻²¹ tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiau²²/

/tiɛn³³⁻²¹ tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiau³³/


小紅瓜

/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ aŋ²⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/

/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ aŋ¹³⁻²² kua⁴⁴/

/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ aŋ²⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/

/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ aŋ¹³⁻²² kua⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) Larimichthys polyactis


小飛揚

/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hui⁴⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²⁴/

/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hui⁴⁴⁻²² iaŋ¹³/

/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hui⁴⁴⁻²² iɔŋ²⁴/

/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hui⁴⁴⁻²² iaŋ¹³/

traditional Chinese medicine
traditional Chinese medicine#English

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) wolf grass (an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to "clear heat and toxics")


小號奶汁草

/sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho²²⁻²¹ nĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siap̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/

(Xiamen Hokkien) wolf grass (an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to "clear heat and toxics")


挑土爿

/tʰieu⁵⁵⁻²¹ ^((tʰ-))lu³³⁻²¹ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾βɛiŋ⁵³/

/tʰio⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ²⁴/

/tʰio⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ²⁴/

/tʰio⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ¹³/

/tʰiɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ²³/

/tʰieu⁵⁵⁻²¹ ^((tʰ-))lu³³⁻²¹ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾βɛiŋ⁵³/

/tʰio⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ²⁴/

/tʰio⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ²⁴/

/tʰio⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ¹³/

/tʰiɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ²³/

(Fuzhou Eastern Min, Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) The Chinese character component 土.


釣篙

/tio²¹⁻⁵³ ko⁴⁴/

/tio¹¹⁻⁵³ ko⁴⁴/

/tio²¹⁻⁵³ ko⁴⁴/

/tio¹¹⁻⁵³ ko⁴⁴/

(Hainanese, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) fishing rod; fishing pole


翁姐

/aŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sia⁵³/

/aŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sia⁵²/

/aŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sia⁵³/

/aŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sia⁵²/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, Teochew) husband and wife (referring to someone else)


抾姐婆

/kʰio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡siã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ po²⁴/

/kʰio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡siã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ po¹³/

/kʰio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡siã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ po²⁴/

/kʰio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡siã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ po¹³/

Most of the terms are only used for female midwives.


田藕

/t͡sʰan¹³⁻²² ŋãu²²/

/t͡sʰan²⁴⁻²² ŋãu²²/

/t͡sʰan¹³⁻²² ŋãu²²/

/t͡sʰan²⁴⁻²² ŋãu²²/

Sagittaria sagittifolia
Sagittaria sagittifolia#Translingual

(Xiamen Hokkien) arrowhead (Sagittaria sagittifolia)


蠻皮癬

/ban²⁴⁻²² pʰe²⁴⁻²² siɛn⁵³/

/ban²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ siɛn⁵³/

/ban²³⁻³³ pʰue²³⁻³³ siɛn⁴¹/

/ban¹³⁻²² pʰue¹³⁻²² siɛn⁵³/

/ban²⁴⁻²² pʰe²⁴⁻²² siɛn⁵³/

/ban²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ siɛn⁵³/

/ban²³⁻³³ pʰue²³⁻³³ siɛn⁴¹/

/ban¹³⁻²² pʰue¹³⁻²² siɛn⁵³/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, traditional Chinese medicine) stubborn dermatitis (e.g. neurodermatitis)


板嘹

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien, music) beat; meter; rhythm


𤺪雨

/siɛn²²⁻²¹ hɔ²²/

/siɛn²²⁻²¹ hɔ²²/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) excessive rain


電葩

/tiɛn²²⁻²¹ pʰa⁴⁴/

/tiɛn²²⁻²¹ pʰa⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) light bulb


電瓶膽

/tiɛn²²⁻²¹ pan²⁴⁻²² tã⁵³/

/tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² pan²⁴⁻²² tã⁵⁵⁴/

/tiɛn²²⁻²¹ pan²⁴⁻²² tã⁵³/

/tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² pan²⁴⁻²² tã⁵⁵⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) glass liner of a thermos flask


片單

/pʰiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tuã³³/

/pʰiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tuã⁴⁴/

/pʰiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tuã³³/

/pʰiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tuã⁴⁴/

(Philippine Hokkien, dated in Xiamen Hokkien) business card


遍地錦

/piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ te²²⁻²¹ kim⁵³/

/piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ te²²⁻²¹ kim⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides, a kind of pennywort


藥撚仔

/io(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ liɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/io(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ liɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/io(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ liɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/io(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ liɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) slender roll of medicated paper or gauze (to be inserted into wounds, boils, etc.)


婊婆

(Xiamen Hokkien) mistress; paramour; the other woman


熨夾

/ut̚³²⁻⁴ ŋẽʔ³²/

/ut̚³²⁻⁵ ŋɛ̃ʔ³²/

/ut̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɡueʔ⁵/

/ut̚³²⁻⁴ ŋẽʔ³²/

/ut̚³²⁻⁵ ŋɛ̃ʔ³²/

/ut̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɡueʔ⁵/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) fire tongs


火熨

/he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ut̚³²/

/hue⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ut̚³²/

/he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ut̚³²/

/hue⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ut̚³²/

(Xiamen and Tainan Hokkien) curling iron; perming iron


屈頭路

/kʰut̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/

/kʰut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰau¹³⁻²² lɔ²²/

/kʰut̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/

/kʰut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰau¹³⁻²² lɔ²²/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) road to ruin; blind alley; dead end; impasse


歹運

/pʰãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ un³³/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ un³³/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ un²²/

/pʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ un⁴¹/

/pʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ un²²/

/pʰãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ un³³/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ un³³/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ un²²/

/pʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ un⁴¹/

/pʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ un²²/

(Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) unlucky; out of luck


歹運

/pʰãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ un³³/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ un³³/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ un²²/

/pʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ un⁴¹/

/pʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ un²²/

/pʰãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ un³³/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ un³³/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ un²²/

/pʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ un⁴¹/

/pʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ un²²/

1988, “愛拚才會贏”, 陳百潭 (lyrics), performed by 葉啟田:

hó-ūn, pháiⁿ-ūn, chóng mā ài chiàu-khí-kang lâi kiâⁿ

好運 歹運 總嘛要照起工來行

好运 歹运 总嘛要照起工来行

(Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) bad luck; misfortune


歹字運

/pʰãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zi³³⁻²¹ un³³/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²²⁻²¹ un²²/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li³³⁻¹¹ un³³/

/pʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²²⁻²¹ un²²/

/pʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ li⁴¹⁻²² un⁴¹/

/pʰãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zi³³⁻²¹ un³³/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²²⁻²¹ un²²/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li³³⁻¹¹ un³³/

/pʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²²⁻²¹ un²²/

/pʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ li⁴¹⁻²² un⁴¹/


字縫

/li⁴¹⁻²² pʰaŋ⁴¹/

/li²²⁻²¹ pʰaŋ²¹/

/li⁴¹⁻²² pʰaŋ⁴¹/

/li²²⁻²¹ pʰaŋ²¹/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) words or expressions used to express a specific meaning; choice of words; wording


指模

/t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔ²⁴/

/t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bɔ²⁴/

/t͡sãĩ⁵²⁻³⁵ bou⁵⁵/

/t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔ²⁴/

/t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bɔ²⁴/

/t͡sãĩ⁵²⁻³⁵ bou⁵⁵/

(Cantonese, Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, Teochew) fingerprint

† - natural pattern on fingers; <> - pattern left on surfaces


市仔

/si²¹ tᵘɔi⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰi²²⁻²¹ a⁵³/

/si²¹ tᵘɔi⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰi²²⁻²¹ a⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) food market


滓甜

/tai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tĩ⁴⁴/

/tai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tĩ⁴⁴/

/tai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tĩ⁴⁴/

/tai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tĩ⁴⁴/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) oversweet taste


滓味

/tai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi³³/

/tai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi²²/

/tai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bi³³/

/tai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi³³/

/tai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi²²/

/tai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bi³³/

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) overstrong taste


敗價

/pai³³⁻¹¹ ke¹¹/

/pai³³⁻²¹ ke²¹/

/pai²²⁻²¹ ke²¹/

/pai²²⁻²¹ kɛ²¹/

/pai³³⁻¹¹ ke¹¹/

/pai³³⁻²¹ ke²¹/

/pai²²⁻²¹ ke²¹/

/pai²²⁻²¹ kɛ²¹/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to fall in price


兇服

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚⁴/

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚¹²¹/

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚⁴/

/hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚¹²¹/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) mourning garment


柴桮

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² pue³³/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² pue⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² pue³³/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² pue⁴⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, sports) wooden racket; wooden bat


柴角

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² kak̚³²/

/t͡sʰa¹³⁻²² kak̚³²/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² kak̚³²/

/t͡sʰa¹³⁻²² kak̚³²/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) small wooden block


柴寮

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² liau²⁴/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² liau²⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) crude and simple wooden cottage


柴寮仔

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² liau²⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² liau²⁴⁻²² a⁵³/


柴塊

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² tə⁴¹/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² te²¹/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² tə⁴¹/

/t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² te²¹/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) wood; log; timber


滾水瓶

/kun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pan¹³/

/kun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pan²⁴/

/kun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pan¹³/

/kun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pan²⁴/

(Xiamen, Hsinchu and Zhangzhou Hokkien) thermos; vacuum flask


滾水罐

/kun⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kuan²¹/

/kun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan²¹/

/kun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuan²¹/

/kun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan¹¹/

/kun⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kuan²¹/

/kun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan²¹/

/kun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuan²¹/

/kun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan¹¹/

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) thermos; vacuum flask


跟綴

/kun⁴⁴⁻²² te²¹/

/kun⁴⁴⁻³³ te¹¹/

/kun⁴⁴⁻²² tə¹²/

/kun⁴⁴⁻²² te²¹/

/kun⁴⁴⁻³³ te¹¹/

/kun⁴⁴⁻²² tə¹²/

2009, “願祢的國降臨”, 謝鴻文 (lyrics), 謝鴻文 (music):

May Your kingdom come. I am willing to offer myself and follow in response.

Goān Lí ê kok kàng-lîm, Góa goān-ì hōng-hiàn kun-tòe lâi hôe-èng

願祢的國降臨 我願意奉獻跟隨來回應

愿祢的国降临 我愿意奉献跟随来回应

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to follow


根頭

/kun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/kun⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/

/kin⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/

/kin⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/

/kun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/kun⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/

/kin⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/

/kin⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) origin; source


順趁

/sun³³⁻²¹ tʰan²¹/

/sun³³⁻¹¹ tʰan¹¹/

/sun²²⁻²¹ tʰan²¹/

/sun³³⁻²¹ tʰan²¹/

/sun³³⁻¹¹ tʰan¹¹/

/sun²²⁻²¹ tʰan²¹/

2009, 謝鴻文, “咱今聚集”, in 願祢的國降臨, performed by 謝鴻文:

I am full of joy as I obey and walk on the road to heaven

我歡喜順趁走天路

我欢喜顺趁走天路

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to submit to; to yield to; to obey


春鯊

/t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² sua⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰun⁴⁴⁻²² sua⁴⁴/


水碗

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uã⁵³/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uã⁵³/


大水碗

/tua²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uã⁵³/

/tua²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uã⁵³/


肥糞

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) manure; dung


地理師

/te²²⁻²¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴/

/te³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴/

/te³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³⁻⁵⁵ su⁴⁴/

/te²²⁻²¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴/

/te³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴/

/te³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³⁻⁵⁵ su⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) fengshui master; geomancer


茶船

/te²⁴⁻²² t͡sun²⁴/

/te²⁴⁻²² t͡sun²⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) saucer (for holding a teacup)


茶鮮

/te²⁴⁻²² siɛn⁵³/

/te²⁴⁻²² siɛn⁵³/


姐仔母

/t͡se⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu⁵³/

/t͡se⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bo⁵³/

/t͡se⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu⁵³/

/t͡se⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bo⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) concubine of one's father


推刀

/tʰue⁴⁴⁻²² to⁴⁴/

/tʰue⁴⁴⁻²² to⁴⁴/

(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Jinjiang Hokkien) plane; planer (woodworking tool)


石磨仔

/t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bo²²⁻²¹ a⁵³/

/t͡sio(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ bo²²⁻²¹ a⁵³/

/t͡sio(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bo²²⁻²¹ a⁵³/

/t͡sio(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ bo²²⁻²¹ a⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) grindstone

Abutilon indicum
Wikispecies:Abutilon indicum

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) Indian abutilon (Abutilon indicum)


白麻

/paɪ̯³⁵ mä³⁵/

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ muã²⁴/

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ muã²³/

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ muã²⁴/

/paɪ̯³⁵ mä³⁵/

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ muã²⁴/

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ muã²³/

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ muã²⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) Indian abutilon (Abutilon indicum)


青麻

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ mä³⁵/

/t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² muã²⁴/

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ mä³⁵/

/t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² muã²⁴/


生腸

/saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

/saŋ²⁴ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹/

/sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴/

/sɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍¹³/

/saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

/saŋ²⁴ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹/

/sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴/

/sɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍¹³/


生空生縫

/sĩ³³ kʰaŋ³³ sĩ³³ pʰaŋ⁴¹/

/sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² pʰaŋ²²/

/sĩ³³ kʰaŋ³³ sĩ³³ pʰaŋ⁴¹/

/sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² pʰaŋ²²/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to stir up trouble; to make trouble


疊蜷

/tʰiap̚⁴⁻³² kʰun²⁴/

/tʰiap̚⁴⁻³² kʰun²⁴/


攝手路

/liap̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ²²/

/liap̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ²²/

(Xiamen Hokkien, dated) to offer a bribe


懾屎

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to be afraid; to be scared; to be frightened


合仔扇

/hap̚⁴⁻³² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sĩ²¹/

/hap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sĩ²¹/

/hap̚⁴⁻³² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sĩ²¹/

/hap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sĩ²¹/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) folding fan


合仔椅

/hap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i⁵³/

/hap̚⁴⁻³² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i⁵³/

/hap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i⁵³/

/hap̚⁴⁻³² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) campstool; folding stool


雪文子

/sap̚³²⁻⁴ bun²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³/

/sap̚³²⁻⁴ bun²⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³/

Gleditsia sinensis
Wikispecies:Gleditsia sinensis

(Xiamen Hokkien) Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis, especially its seed)


印字館

/in²¹⁻⁵³ li²²⁻²¹ kuan⁵³/

/in²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zi²²⁻²¹ kuan⁵³/

/in²¹⁻⁵³ li²²⁻²¹ kuan⁵³/

/in²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zi²²⁻²¹ kuan⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) printing house


憑條

/pʰiŋ³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

/pʰiŋ³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/


夏牡丹

/he²²⁻²¹ bɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tan⁴⁴/

/he²²⁻²¹ bɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tan⁴⁴/


稗仔

/pɐi̯²² t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/pʰai̯⁵⁵ e³¹/

/kʰuaɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ e³¹/

/pʰue²²⁻²¹ a⁵³/

/pʰe³³⁻¹¹ a⁵³/

/pʰe³³⁻²¹ a⁵³/

/pʰue³³⁻²² a⁵⁵/

/pɐi̯²² t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

/pʰai̯⁵⁵ e³¹/

/kʰuaɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ e³¹/

/pʰue²²⁻²¹ a⁵³/

/pʰe³³⁻¹¹ a⁵³/

/pʰe³³⁻²¹ a⁵³/

/pʰue³³⁻²² a⁵⁵/

(Cantonese, Hakka, Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) barnyard grass; barnyard millet


賣雜貨仔

/bue⁴¹⁻²² t͡sap̚²⁴⁻² hə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/

/bue²²⁻²¹ t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² he²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/

/bue⁴¹⁻²² t͡sap̚²⁴⁻² hə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/

/bue²²⁻²¹ t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² he²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) itinerant peddler; street vendor


賣雜細仔

/bue²²⁻²¹ t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² se²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/

/be²²⁻²¹ t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² se²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/

/bue²²⁻²¹ t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² se²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/

/be²²⁻²¹ t͡sap̚⁴⁻³² se²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) itinerant peddler; street vendor


武市

/bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰi²²/

/bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰi²²/


死人骨頭

/si⁴²⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴⁻²¹ kut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴/

/si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴⁻²² kut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴/

/si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴⁻²² kut̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/

/si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ¹³⁻²² kut̚³²⁻⁵ tʰau¹³/

/si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²³⁻³³ kut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²³/

/si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴/

/si⁴²⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴⁻²¹ kut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴/

/si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴⁻²² kut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴/

/si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴⁻²² kut̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/

/si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ¹³⁻²² kut̚³²⁻⁵ tʰau¹³/

/si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²³⁻³³ kut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²³/

/si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, vulgar) monkey business; dirty trick (used as an intensifier)


愚戇

/ɡu²⁴⁻²² ɡɔŋ²²/

/ɡu²⁴⁻²² ɡɔŋ²²/

(Xiamen Hokkien) dull-witted; stupid; clumsy; foolish


虛荏

/hu⁴⁴⁻²² lam⁵³/

/hi⁴⁴⁻²² lam⁵³/

/hu⁴⁴⁻²² lam⁵³/

/hi⁴⁴⁻²² lam⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) weak; feeble; frail


趕墟

/kuã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɯ³³/

/kuã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴/

/kuã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɯ³³/

/kuã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to go to a market; to go to a fair


赴墟

/hu²¹⁻⁵³ hu⁴⁴/

/hu²¹⁻⁵³ hi⁴⁴/

/hu¹¹²⁻⁴² hɯ⁴⁴/

/hu²¹⁻⁵³ hu⁴⁴/

/hu²¹⁻⁵³ hi⁴⁴/

/hu¹¹²⁻⁴² hɯ⁴⁴/

(Hakka, Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Tong'an Hokkien) to go to a market; to go to a fair


椅䖙

/i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe⁴⁴/

/i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe⁴⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) back of a chair; backrest


交椅䖙

/kau⁴⁴⁻²² i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe⁴⁴/

/kau⁴⁴⁻²² i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰe⁴⁴/


猴帽

/kau²³⁻³³ bɤ³³/

/kau²⁴⁻²² bo²²/

/kau²⁴⁻¹¹ bo³³/

/kau¹³⁻²² bo²²/

/kau²³⁻³³ bɤ³³/

/kau²⁴⁻²² bo²²/

/kau²⁴⁻¹¹ bo³³/

/kau¹³⁻²² bo²²/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) hood; winter hat (cowl-like headwear)


鉤掌頭仔

/kau³³ t͡sŋ̍⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴/

/kau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sŋ̍⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/kau³³ t͡sŋ̍⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴/

/kau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sŋ̍⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to make a pinky promise


鈂色

/tim²¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚³²/

/tim²¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚³²/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) dark colour; deep colour


麥針

/maʔ⁵⁻⁵⁵ t͡sɛiŋ⁵⁵/

/maʔ⁵⁻⁵⁵ t͡sɛiŋ⁵⁵/

(Xiamen Hokkien, Eastern Min) awn of wheat


拍喙䫌

拍喙𱂮
拍嘴䫌
拍喙䩉
拍嘴䩉

/pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁵³ pʰue⁵³/

/pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁵³ pʰue⁵³/

(Xiamen Hokkien) to box someone's ears; to slap someone on the face


額尾

/ɡia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² bə⁵⁵⁴/

/ɡia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ be⁵³/

/ɡia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² bə⁵⁵⁴/

/ɡia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ be⁵³/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) remaining sum; balance; remainder


脹跤氣

/tiũ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/

/tiũ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/


墜跤氣

/tui²²⁻²¹ kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/

/tui²²⁻²¹ kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/


袚巾

(Xiamen Hokkien) a kind of cloak or scarf


粙尾

/tiu²²⁻²¹ be⁵³/

/tiu²²⁻²¹ be⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, figurative) source of profit


虎伯母

/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bu⁵³/

/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɛ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bo⁵³/

/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bu⁵³/

/hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɛ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ bo⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) shrewish woman


頭頭

/tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/

/tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³/

/tʰɐu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/tʰau⁵³⁻³³ tʰau⁵³/

/tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/

/tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰɤʊ̯ɻʷ³/

/tʰɐu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/tʰau⁵³⁻³³ tʰau⁵³/

/tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/tʰɐu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/

/tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/tʰɐu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/

/tʰau²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/tʰɐu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/tʰau²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

(Cantonese, Eastern Min, Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) at first; initially; in the beginning


邀奶

/io⁴⁴⁻²² nĩ⁴⁴/

/io⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ⁴⁴/

/io⁴⁴⁻²² nĩ⁴⁴/

/io⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) wet nurse

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, euphemistic, face-to-face) mother


邀奶母

/io⁴⁴⁻²² nĩ⁴⁴⁻²² bu⁵³/

/io⁴⁴⁻²² nĩ⁴⁴⁻²² bu⁵³/


雙人爿

/siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴⁻²² piɪŋ²⁴/

/siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lin²⁴⁻²² piɪŋ²⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) The Chinese character component 彳.


宋陳

/sɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tin²⁴/

/sɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tin¹³/

/sɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tin²⁴/

/sɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tin¹³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) preserved prune


封子

/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³/

/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³/

(Xiamen Hokkien, dated) wooden block used by a magistrate to strike the table in calling for attention or order


麵楂仔

/mĩ²²⁻²¹ t͡se²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/

/mĩ²²⁻²¹ t͡se²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/


添飯

/tʰi̯am²⁴⁻¹¹ fan⁵⁵/

/tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² pŋ̍²²/

/tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ pŋ̍³³/

/tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² puĩ²²/

/tʰĩ³³⁻²³ puŋ¹¹/

/tʰi̯am²⁴⁻¹¹ fan⁵⁵/

/tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² pŋ̍²²/

/tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ pŋ̍³³/

/tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² puĩ²²/

/tʰĩ³³⁻²³ puŋ¹¹/

(Hakka, Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to put (cooked) rice in a bowl


後岫

/au³³⁻²¹ siu³³/

/au³³⁻¹¹ siu³³/

/au²²⁻²¹ siu²²/

/au³³⁻²¹ siu³³/

/au³³⁻¹¹ siu³³/

/au²²⁻²¹ siu²²/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) concubine; second wife


米蕊

/bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lui²²/

/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lui⁵³/

/bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lui⁴¹/

/bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lui²²/

/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lui⁵³/

/bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lui⁴¹/

(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) rice grain that has not yet been cooked thoroughly


米心

/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/

/bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sim³³/

/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/

/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/

/bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/

/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/

/bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sim³³/

/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/

/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/

/bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sim⁴⁴/

(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) center of a rice grain


白包

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) gift of money made on the occasion of a funeral


麥芽膏

/be(ʔ)²⁴⁻² ɡe²⁴⁻²² ko³³/

/be(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ɡe²⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/

/be(ʔ)⁴⁻¹ ɡe²⁴⁻³³ kɤ⁴⁴/

/be(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ɡe²³⁻³³ kɤ⁴⁴/

/be(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ ɡe²⁴⁻¹¹ ko⁴⁴/

/be(ʔ)⁵⁴⁻¹² ɡe²⁴⁻¹² ko⁴⁴/

/be(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ le²⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/

/be(ʔ)²⁴⁻² ɡe²⁴⁻²² ko³³/

/be(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ɡe²⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/

/be(ʔ)⁴⁻¹ ɡe²⁴⁻³³ kɤ⁴⁴/

/be(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ɡe²³⁻³³ kɤ⁴⁴/

/be(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ ɡe²⁴⁻¹¹ ko⁴⁴/

/be(ʔ)⁵⁴⁻¹² ɡe²⁴⁻¹² ko⁴⁴/

/be(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ le²⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/

(Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) maltose; malt syrup


麥芽膏

/be(ʔ)²⁴⁻² ɡe²⁴⁻²² ko³³/

/be(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ɡe²⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/

/be(ʔ)⁴⁻¹ ɡe²⁴⁻³³ kɤ⁴⁴/

/be(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ɡe²³⁻³³ kɤ⁴⁴/

/be(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ ɡe²⁴⁻¹¹ ko⁴⁴/

/be(ʔ)⁵⁴⁻¹² ɡe²⁴⁻¹² ko⁴⁴/

/be(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ le²⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/

/be(ʔ)²⁴⁻² ɡe²⁴⁻²² ko³³/

/be(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ɡe²⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/

/be(ʔ)⁴⁻¹ ɡe²⁴⁻³³ kɤ⁴⁴/

/be(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ɡe²³⁻³³ kɤ⁴⁴/

/be(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ ɡe²⁴⁻¹¹ ko⁴⁴/

/be(ʔ)⁵⁴⁻¹² ɡe²⁴⁻¹² ko⁴⁴/

/be(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ le²⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) bothersome and pestering (usually of a child)


硩年

/te(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nĩ²⁴/

/tɛ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nĩ¹³/

/te(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nĩ²⁴/

/tɛ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ nĩ¹³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to give children money during the Chinese New Year


提肩

/tʰue(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kuĩ³³/

/tʰe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/

/tʰe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kan⁴⁴/

/tʰue(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kuĩ³³/

/tʰe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/

/tʰe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kan⁴⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to shrug one's shoulders


浮薸

/pʰou̯²¹ pʰiːu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/pʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰio²⁴/

/pʰu¹³⁻²² pʰio¹³/

/pʰu²³⁻³³ pʰiɤ²³/

/pʰu²⁴⁻²² pʰio²⁴/

/pʰu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pʰio⁵⁵/

/pʰou̯²¹ pʰiːu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/pʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰio²⁴/

/pʰu¹³⁻²² pʰio¹³/

/pʰu²³⁻³³ pʰiɤ²³/

/pʰu²⁴⁻²² pʰio²⁴/

/pʰu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pʰio⁵⁵/

2020, “浮萍 [fúpíng]”, 慧来藏 (lyrics)performed by 潮汕鱼儿:

ua² m⁶ nguang⁶ zo³ zêg⁸ hioh⁸ pu⁵ pio⁵, rim⁶ si³ sog⁸ gai⁵ huang¹ sui⁵ liu⁵ piao¹ boh⁸

I am not willing to be a leaf of duckweed, brought along the currents by the winds of the world

我唔願做一葉浮萍 任世俗個風隨流漂泊

我唔愿做一叶浮萍 任世俗个风随流漂泊

(Southwestern Mandarin, Cantonese, Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, Teochew, Huizhou) duckweed, especially common duckweed (Lemna minor)


看走精

/kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/

/kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to judge a person or situation wrongly; to fail to identify person or things that are bad and make the mistake of trusting them


雨傘梳

/hɔ²²⁻²¹ suã²¹⁻⁵³ sue⁴⁴/

/hɔ²²⁻²¹ suã²¹⁻⁵³ sue⁴⁴/


大尿尿

/tua⁴¹⁻²² lio⁴¹⁻²² sui³³/

/tua²²⁻²¹ lio²²⁻²¹ sui²²/

/tua⁴¹⁻²² lio⁴¹⁻²² sui³³/

/tua²²⁻²¹ lio²²⁻²¹ sui²²/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, medicine) to suffer from pollakiuria; to have frequent micturition; to suffer from frequent urination


大尿尿

/tua⁴¹⁻²² lio⁴¹⁻²² sui³³/

/tua²²⁻²¹ lio²²⁻²¹ sui²²/

/tua⁴¹⁻²² lio⁴¹⁻²² sui³³/

/tua²²⁻²¹ lio²²⁻²¹ sui²²/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, medicine) pollakiuria; frequent micturition; frequent urination


大號兔草

/tua²²⁻²¹ ho²²⁻²¹ tʰɔ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰau⁵³/

/tua²²⁻²¹ ho²²⁻²¹ tʰɔ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰau⁵³/


大腸頭

/tua²²⁻²¹ tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/tua⁴¹⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/tua²²⁻²¹ tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/tua⁴¹⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, anatomy) rectum


被仔

/pʰe²²⁻²¹ a⁵³/

/pʰue²²⁻²¹ a⁵³/

/pʰe²²⁻²¹ a⁵³/

/pʰue²²⁻²¹ a⁵³/


褙𢄧

/pə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰak̚⁵/

/pe²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰak̚³²/

/pə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰak̚⁵/

/pe²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰak̚³²/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) vertically-hung scroll (for painting or calligraphy); wall scroll


爸公業

/pe³³⁻²² kɔŋ³³ ɡiap̚²⁴/

/pe²² kɔŋ³³ ɡiap̚²⁴/

/pe²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiap̚⁴/

/pe³³⁻²² kɔŋ³³ ɡiap̚²⁴/

/pe²² kɔŋ³³ ɡiap̚²⁴/

/pe²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiap̚⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) industry set up and left behind by one's fathers or forefathers


尾豹頭

/be⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pa²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/

/be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pa¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/

/be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pa²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/

/bə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pa⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau²⁴/

/be⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pa²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/

/be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pa¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/

/be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pa²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/

/bə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pa⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau²⁴/

(Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) small of the back (lumbar area on both sides of the spine above the waist and hips)


著礁

(Xiamen Hokkien, of ship) to hit a rock; to strike a reef


犁著礁

/lue²⁴⁻²² tio(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ta⁴⁴/

/lue²⁴⁻²² tio(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ta⁴⁴/


做傑

/t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ keʔ⁴/

/t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ keʔ⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) to obstruct; to hinder; to create difficulties


水帕

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰe¹¹/

/t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰe²¹/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰe²¹/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰɛ²¹/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰeʔ³²/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰe¹¹/

/t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰe²¹/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰe²¹/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰɛ²¹/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰeʔ³²/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, medicine) foetal membrane


催陣

/t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sun²²/

/t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sun²²/

(Xiamen Hokkien) labour pain (before childbirth)


開臊

/kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰo⁴⁴/

/kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰo⁴⁴/

/kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɤ⁴⁴/

/kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰo⁴⁴/

/kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰo⁴⁴/

/kʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɤ⁴⁴/

(Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to break a vegetarian diet


開筆

/kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hɔːi̯⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵/

/kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² pit̚³²/

/kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hɔːi̯⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵/

/kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² pit̚³²/

(dated, Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to start practicing calligraphy for the year

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to start school (of a pupil)


怎影

/t͡sãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iã⁵³/

/t͡sãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iã⁵³/


歹辦

/pʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pan⁴¹/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pan²²/

/pʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pan⁴¹/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pan²²/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) hard to handle; troublesome


歹紡

/pʰãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰaŋ⁴¹/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰaŋ⁵³/

/pʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰaŋ⁵³/

/pʰai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰaŋ⁴¹/

/pʰãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰaŋ⁴¹/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰaŋ⁵³/

/pʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰaŋ⁵³/

/pʰai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰaŋ⁴¹/

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) hard to handle; troublesome


歹材

/pʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai²⁴/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai²⁴/

/pʰai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai²⁴/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai²⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) having low abilities or skill


歹物

/pʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mŋ̍ʔ²⁴/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mĩʔ⁴/

/pʰãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mĩʔ⁴/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍ʔ⁴/

/pʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mŋ̍ʔ²⁴/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mĩʔ⁴/

/pʰãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mĩʔ⁴/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍ʔ⁴/

(Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) bad thing or person; scoundrel

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) cancer (disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo proliferation)


歹貨

/pʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hə⁴¹/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he²¹/

/pʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hə⁴¹/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he²¹/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) bad thing or person; scoundrel


出剩

/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ sin²²/

/t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ sin⁴¹/

/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ sin²²/

/t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ sin⁴¹/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) the rest; remainder; surplus


出頭歲

/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² he²¹/

/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ tʰau¹³⁻²² hue²¹/

/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰau²⁴⁻²² he²¹/

/t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ tʰau¹³⁻²² hue²¹/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to be overage

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to be slightly older than a rounded age


肺風草

/hui²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/

/hui²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/


跤環

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² kʰuan²⁴/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² kʰuan²⁴/


鐲仔

/so(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ a⁵³/

/so(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ a⁵³/


螟蛉仔囝

/biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiã⁵³/

/biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiã⁵³/


燈火碗

/tiɪŋ³³ hə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ uã⁵⁵⁴/

/tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uã⁵³/

/tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uã⁵³/

/tiɪŋ³³ hə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ uã⁵⁵⁴/

/tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uã⁵³/

/tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uã⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, anatomy) patella; kneecap


整錢

/t͡siɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/

/t͡siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sĩ²⁴/

/t͡siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/

/t͡siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ¹³/

/t͡siɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/

/t͡siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sĩ²⁴/

/t͡siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/

/t͡siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ¹³/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Tainan Hokkien) to raise money


靜生生

/t͡siɪŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/

/t͡siɪŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/

/t͡siɪŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/

/t͡siɪŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) very quiet; very tranquil


銃桿

/t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kuãi⁵³/

/t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kuãi⁵³/

(Xiamen Hokkien) rifle; gun; arms; barrel


銃兵

/t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, dated) infantry; infantryman; foot soldier


刀藥

/to⁴⁴⁻²² ioʔ⁴/

/to⁴⁴⁻²² ioʔ⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien, botany) air plant; life plant (Bryophyllum pinnatum)


銃刀藥

/t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ to⁴⁴⁻²² ioʔ⁴/

/t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ to⁴⁴⁻²² ioʔ⁴/


新娘燈

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² niũ²⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ⁴⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² niũ²⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ⁴⁴/


大疔癀

/tai²²⁻²¹ tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/

/tai²²⁻²¹ tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/


鼓仔燈

/kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/

/kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/

/kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/

/kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ⁴⁴/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) a kind of festive lantern

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, botany) air plant; life plant (Bryophyllum pinnatum)


銃雞

/t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kue⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kue⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ ke⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ke⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kue⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kue⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ ke⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ke⁴⁴/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) trigger (of a gun)


銃尾刀

/t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁴⁴/


湧頭

/iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/

/iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/

/iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/

/iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) crest of a wave


枵餓

/iau⁴⁴⁻²² ɡo²²/

/iau⁴⁴⁻²² ɡo²²/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) hunger; starvation


枵餓

/iau⁴⁴⁻²² ɡo²²/

/iau⁴⁴⁻²² ɡo²²/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to suffer from hunger or starvation; to famish; to go hungry


枵鬼

/ieu⁵³³⁻¹¹ kui⁴⁵³/

/ieu⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ kui³³²/

/ieu⁵³³⁻¹¹ kui⁴⁵³/

/ieu⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ kui³³²/

(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) stingy; miserly


消涼

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to fill one's spare time; to while away the time


照原

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) as always; as before


寮刁竹

/liau²⁴⁻²² tiau⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪk̚³²/

/liau²⁴⁻²² tiau⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪk̚³²/

(Xiamen Hokkien, traditional Chinese medicine) Cynanchum paniculatum


柳枝癀

/liu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/

/liu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/


白目仁

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bak̚⁴⁻³² lin²⁴/

/pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zin¹³/

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bak̚⁴⁻³² lin²⁴/

/pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zin¹³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, Hainanese) white of the eye


脹膽

/tiɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/

/tiɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁵³/


重眠

/tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ bin²⁴/

/tiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ bin²⁴/

/tiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ bin²³/

/tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ bin¹³/

/tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ bin²⁴/

/tiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ bin²⁴/

/tiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ bin²³/

/tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ bin¹³/

/taŋ²²⁻²¹ bin²⁴/

/taŋ³³⁻¹¹ bin²⁴/

/taŋ³³⁻²¹ bin²³/

/taŋ²²⁻²¹ bin¹³/

/taŋ²²⁻²¹ bin²⁴/

/taŋ³³⁻¹¹ bin²⁴/

/taŋ³³⁻²¹ bin²³/

/taŋ²²⁻²¹ bin¹³/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to habitually sleep too much; to be a lover of sleep


嫣水

/iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/

/iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/

(Xiamen Hokkien) fresh texture; bright color (of fruits)


嫣水

/iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/

/iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/


嫣頭

/iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

有嫣頭

有嫣头

to eat something just cooked (while still hot)

有嫣頭來食

有嫣头来食

(Xiamen Hokkien) gloss; fresh texture; bright color; original quality


嫣頭

/iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/


胭脂馬

/iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² be⁵³/

/iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² be⁵³/

(Xiamen Hokkien, dated) fierce wild horse that runs very fast


放路錢

/paŋ²¹⁻⁵³ lɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡sĩ²⁴/

/paŋ²¹⁻⁵³ lɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡sĩ²⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) to burn hell money (as an offering to the dead)


分徛

/pun⁴⁴⁻²² kʰia²²/

/pun⁴⁴⁻²² kʰia²²/

(Xiamen Hokkien) to separate; to live apart


白跤蹄

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ te²⁴/

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ te²³/

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² tue²⁴/

/pɛ(ʔ)⁴⁻³ kʰa³³⁻²¹ te²³/

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ te²⁴/

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ te²³/

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² tue²⁴/

/pɛ(ʔ)⁴⁻³ kʰa³³⁻²¹ te²³/

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) bearer of ill luck


胡蠅屎痣

/hɔ²³⁻³³ sin²³⁻³³ sai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ki²¹/

/hɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ sin²⁴⁻¹¹ sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki¹¹/

/hɔ¹³⁻²² sin¹³⁻²² sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²¹/

/hɔ²⁴⁻²² sin²⁴⁻²² sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²¹/

/hɔ²³⁻³³ sin²³⁻³³ sai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ki²¹/

/hɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ sin²⁴⁻¹¹ sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki¹¹/

/hɔ¹³⁻²² sin¹³⁻²² sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²¹/

/hɔ²⁴⁻²² sin²⁴⁻²² sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²¹/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, dermatology) freckle


鷓鴣花

/t͡sia²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/

/t͡sɛ²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² hua⁴⁴/

/t͡sia²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴/

/t͡sɛ²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ⁴⁴⁻²² hua⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, dermatology) freckle


痟風

/siau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ huaŋ³³/

/siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/siau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ huaŋ³³/

/siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) fierce wind; whole gale


數冊

/siau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰeʔ³²/

/siau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰɛʔ³²/

/siau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰeʔ³²/

/siau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰɛʔ³²/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) account book


頕頭

/tam²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/

/tam²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/

/tam²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/

/tam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau²⁴/

/tim¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/

/tim²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/

/tim²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/

/tʰim¹²⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/

/tʰim²¹⁻³³ tʰau²³/

/tʰim²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/

/tɔm²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/

/tɔm¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/

/tam²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/

/tam²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/

/tam²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/

/tam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau²⁴/

/tim¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/

/tim²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/

/tim²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/

/tʰim¹²⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/

/tʰim²¹⁻³³ tʰau²³/

/tʰim²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/

/tɔm²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³/

/tɔm¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/

(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to hang one's head low


空口

/kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hʊŋ⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/

/kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hʊŋ⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰau⁵³/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰau⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) entrance to a cave

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) hole; cavity

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) wound; cut


空喙

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰui²¹/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰui²¹/


空榫

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sŋ̍⁵³/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sun⁵³/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sun⁵³/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sun⁴¹/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sŋ̍⁵³/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sun⁵³/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sun⁵³/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sun⁴¹/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) flaw; gap; faults (used against somebody); information that can be used against someone


烘櫥

/haŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tu²⁴/

/haŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tu²⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) a kind of oven (for cooking)


巷仔頭

/haŋ³³ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³/

/haŋ²²⁻²¹ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/

/haŋ²²⁻²¹ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/

/haŋ³³ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/

/haŋ³³ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³/

/haŋ²²⁻²¹ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/

/haŋ²²⁻²¹ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/

/haŋ³³ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) entrance of an alley or lane


巷街

/haŋ³³⁻¹¹ kue⁴⁴/

/haŋ²²⁻²¹ kue⁴⁴/

/haŋ³³⁻²¹ ke⁴⁴/

/haŋ³³⁻¹¹ kue⁴⁴/

/haŋ²²⁻²¹ kue⁴⁴/

/haŋ³³⁻²¹ ke⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) big alley


通巷

/tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ haŋ³³/

/tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² haŋ²²/

/tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ haŋ³³/

/tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² haŋ²²/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) gateway; doorway


項攏

/haŋ²²⁻²¹ laŋ⁵³/

/haŋ²²⁻²¹ laŋ⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to contract to do a whole job; to undertake an entire project


尪仔面

/aŋ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin²²/

/aŋ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin²²/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) baby face; babyface; doll face; dollface

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, figurative) pretty face (of someone)


尪仔頭

/aŋ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/

/aŋ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/

/aŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/

/aŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³/

/aŋ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/

/aŋ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/

/aŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/

/aŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) figure made to look like an opera character

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien, anatomy) pupil


刁人

(Xiamen Hokkien) to make things difficult for (someone); to torment (someone)


刁古董

/tiau⁴⁴⁻²² kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁵³/

/tiau⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴¹/

/tiau⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁵³/

/tiau⁴⁴⁻²² kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁵³/

/tiau⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴¹/

/tiau⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁵³/

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to deliberately make things difficult for; to be hard on someone


刁靠

/tiau⁴⁴⁻²² kʰo²¹/

/tiau⁴⁴⁻²² kʰo²¹/

(Xiamen Hokkien) to deliberately make things difficult for; to be hard on someone


跳達

/tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ tʰat̚³²/

/tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ taʔ³²/

/tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ tʰat̚³²/

/tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ taʔ³²/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) intelligent and lively (of children)


跳童

/tʰi̯au̯¹¹ tʰuŋ¹¹/

/tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ taŋ¹³/

/tʰiau³¹⁻⁵³ taŋ²⁴/

/tʰiau²¹⁻⁴² taŋ²⁴/

/tʰiau¹¹⁻⁵³ taŋ²⁴/

/tʰiau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ taŋ²⁴/

/tʰiau¹²⁻⁵³ taŋ²⁴/

/tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ taŋ²⁴/

/tʰi̯au̯¹¹ tʰuŋ¹¹/

/tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ taŋ¹³/

/tʰiau³¹⁻⁵³ taŋ²⁴/

/tʰiau²¹⁻⁴² taŋ²⁴/

/tʰiau¹¹⁻⁵³ taŋ²⁴/

/tʰiau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ taŋ²⁴/

/tʰiau¹²⁻⁵³ taŋ²⁴/

/tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ taŋ²⁴/

(Xiamen, Singapore and Taiwanese Hokkien, religion) to be possessed by spiritual entities and start dancing and prophesying (of a spirit medium)


跳限

(Xiamen Hokkien) naughty; mischievous; troublesome


跳塌

/tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaʔ³²/

/tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ tʰat̚³²/

/tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ²²/

/tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaʔ³²/

/tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ tʰat̚³²/

/tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ²²/


挑弄

/tʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nʊŋ⁵¹/

/tʰiau⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ²²/

/tʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nʊŋ⁵¹/

/tʰiau⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ²²/

neat and tidy; in good order (of clothing, appearance, etc.)


鬥插

/tau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰap̚³²/

/tau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰap̚³²/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to take part; to lend a hand

插腳

chiefly something one should not participate in


鬥插手

/tau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰap̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵³/

/tau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰap̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/

/tau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰap̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵³/

/tau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰap̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/


合萬

合万
甲萬
匧槾
篋槾
匧萬
匧瓣

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) cashbox; till


合萬櫃

/kap̚³²⁻⁴ ban²²⁻²¹ kui²²/

/kap̚³²⁻⁴ ban²²⁻²¹ kui²²/


磕壁

/kʰap̚⁴⁻³² piaʔ³²/

/kʰap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ piaʔ³²/

/kʰap̚⁴⁻³² piaʔ³²/

/kʰap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ piaʔ³²/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to bash against a wall


磕車

/kʰap̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/kʰap̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) to crash (of cars, etc.)


舂車

/t͡siɪŋ³³ t͡sʰia³³/

/t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/t͡siɪŋ³³ t͡sʰia³³/

/t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

(Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to crash (of cars, etc.)


鴿仔空

/kap̚³²⁻⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

/kap̚³²⁻⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/


鴿仔牢

/kap̚³²⁻⁵ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiau¹³/

/kap̚³²⁻⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiau²⁴/

/kap̚³²⁻⁵ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiau¹³/

/kap̚³²⁻⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiau²⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) pigeon nest

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, figurative) narrow and small room


合冊

/kap̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰeʔ³²/

/kap̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰɛʔ³²/

/kap̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰeʔ³²/

/kap̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰɛʔ³²/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to wrap a book (in paper, etc.); to put a jacket or cover on a book


合房

/kap̚³²⁻⁴ paŋ²⁴/

/kap̚³²⁻⁴ paŋ²⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien, dated) to have sexual intercourse at the wedding night


鼠尼

/t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nĩ²⁴/

/t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nĩ²⁴/

/t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ nĩ²⁴/

/t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nĩ²⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, pathology) wart


跙尻川石

/t͡sʰu²²⁻²¹ kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sioʔ⁴/


跙板

/t͡sʰu²²⁻²¹ pan⁵³/

/t͡sʰu²²⁻²¹ pan⁵³/


烏顱

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² lu²⁴/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² lu²⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) zero score (on tests, competitions, etc.)


雨傘花

/hɔ²²⁻²¹ suã²¹⁻⁵³ hue⁴⁴/

/hɔ²²⁻²¹ suã²¹⁻⁵³ hue⁴⁴/


雨澹水滴

/hɔ²²⁻²¹ tam²⁴ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiʔ³²/

/hɔ²² tam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiʔ⁵/

/hɔ²²⁻²¹ tam²⁴ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiʔ³²/

/hɔ²² tam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiʔ⁵/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to have continuous rain


雨幔

/hɔ³³⁻²¹ muã⁴⁴/

/hɔ³³⁻¹¹ muã⁴⁴/

/hɔ²²⁻²¹ muã⁴⁴/

/hɔ³³⁻²¹ muã⁴⁴/

/hɔ³³⁻¹¹ muã⁴⁴/

/hɔ²²⁻²¹ muã⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) rain cape; poncho


歹天

/pʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰĩ³³/

/pʰãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰĩ⁴⁴/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰĩ⁴⁴/

/pʰai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰĩ³³/

/pʰãi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰĩ⁴⁴/

/pʰãi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰĩ⁴⁴/

(Quanzhou, Xiamen, Taiwanese and Philippine Hokkien) overcast sky; cloudy day

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) overcast and rainy day


烏叮蜂

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ pʰaŋ⁴⁴/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ pʰaŋ⁴⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) black male bee; black drone


煙塵烏

/iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰun¹³⁻²² ɔ⁴⁴/

/iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰun²⁴⁻²² ɔ⁴⁴/

/iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰun¹³⁻²² ɔ⁴⁴/

/iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰun²⁴⁻²² ɔ⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) soot; cinder


烏尾銀魚

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡun²⁴⁻²² hi²⁴/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡun²⁴⁻²² hi²⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) a kind of icefish (Salanx ariakensis)


烏鰓嫂

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² sai⁴⁴⁻²² so⁵³/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² sai⁴⁴⁻²² so⁵³/

(Xiamen Hokkien) a kind of barbeled grunter (Hapalogenys nitens)


烏繼

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² keʔ³²/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² keʔ³²/


烏熱

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→ Thai: โอยัวะ (oo-yúa, “hot black coffee”) (via Teochew)

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² luaʔ⁴/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ zuaʔ⁴/

/ou³³⁻²³ d͡zuaʔ⁴/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² luaʔ⁴/

/ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ zuaʔ⁴/

/ou³³⁻²³ d͡zuaʔ⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien, pathology, dated) a kind of fever caused by external factors


搖笱

/io²⁴⁻¹¹ ko²⁴/

/io²⁴⁻²² ko²⁴/

/iɤ²⁴⁻³³ kɤ²⁴/

/io²⁴⁻¹¹ ko²⁴/

/io²⁴⁻²² ko²⁴/

/iɤ²⁴⁻³³ kɤ²⁴/

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) cradle (made of bamboo)


偏秤頭

/pʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/

/pʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/

/pʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/

/pʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to cheat customers by altering weighing scales


了尾囝

/liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiã⁵³/

/liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiã⁵³/


了尾

/liau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bə⁵⁵⁴/

/liau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bə⁵⁵⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) final; last; end


了尾

/liau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bə⁵⁵⁴/

/liau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bə⁵⁵⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) afterwards; later


茶滷

/ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ lu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ luɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/te²⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/

/tɛ¹³⁻²² lɔ²²/

/ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ lu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ luɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/te²⁴⁻²² lɔ²²/

/tɛ¹³⁻²² lɔ²²/

/tɛ¹³⁻²² lɔ⁵³/

/tɛ¹³⁻²² lɔ⁵³/

(Mandarin, Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) tea left out overnight


顧己

/kɔ²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁵³/

/kɔ²¹⁻⁵³ ki⁵³/


金皮鯊

/kim⁴⁴⁻²² pʰe²⁴⁻²² sua⁴⁴/

/kim⁴⁴⁻²² pʰe²⁴⁻²² sua⁴⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) spot-tail shark (Carcharhinus sorrah)


銅貢

/taŋ²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ²¹/

/taŋ²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ²¹/


銅柯

/taŋ²⁴⁻²² kua³³/

/taŋ²⁴⁻²² kua⁴⁴/

/taŋ²⁴⁻²² kua³³/

/taŋ²⁴⁻²² kua⁴⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) copper coin; copper


蟧蜈車

/la²⁴⁻²² ɡia²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/la²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡia²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/la²³⁻³³ ɡia²³⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/la²⁴⁻²² ɡia²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/la²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡia²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/la²³⁻³³ ɡia²³⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/


牽仔

/kʰiɛn³³ a⁵⁵⁴/

/kʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/kʰiɛn³³ a⁵⁵⁴/

/kʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/kʰan⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/


較像

/kʰa⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰiũ²²/

/kʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiũ²²/

/kʰa⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰiũ²²/

/kʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiũ²²/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to seem; to be like; as if


較像是

/kʰa⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰiũ²² si²²/

/kʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiũ²²⁻²¹ si²²/

/kʰa⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰiũ²² si²²/

/kʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiũ²²⁻²¹ si²²/


較親像

/kʰa⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰin³³ t͡sʰiũ²²/

/kʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiũ²²/

/kʰa⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰin³³ t͡sʰiũ²²/

/kʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiũ²²/


甲像

/ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiũ²²/

/ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiɔ̃²²/

/ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiũ²²/

/ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiɔ̃²²/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to seem; to be like; as if


甲像是

/ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiũ²²⁻²¹ si²²/

/ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiɔ̃²²⁻²¹ si²²/

/ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiũ²²⁻²¹ si²²/

/ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiɔ̃²²⁻²¹ si²²/


甲親像

/ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiũ²²/

/ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɔ̃²²/

/ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiũ²²/

/ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɔ̃²²/


甲通

/ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ⁴⁴/

/ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰaŋ⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, used in rhetorical questions) how; how to; how could


甲著

/ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tioʔ¹²¹/

/ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tioʔ¹²¹/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) what need is there to; why does one need to


敢若是

/kã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²²/

/kã⁴²⁻²⁴ na⁴²⁻²⁴ si²²/

/ka²¹⁻⁴² na⁴²⁻²⁴ si²²/

/ka⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ nã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si²²/

/kã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²²/

/kã⁴²⁻²⁴ na⁴²⁻²⁴ si²²/

/ka²¹⁻⁴² na⁴²⁻²⁴ si²²/

/ka⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ nã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ si²²/

(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Singapore Hokkien) to seem; to be like; as if


若欲是

/nã²²⁻²¹ be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si²²/

/nã²² bə(ʔ)⁵ si²²/

/nã²²⁻²¹ be(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ si²²/

/nã²² bə(ʔ)⁵ si²²/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) if; supposing


拍饒

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to crumple


考靶

/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pe⁵³/

/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɛ⁵³/

/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pe⁵³/

/kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɛ⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to shoot at a target


蚶殼草

/ham⁴⁴⁻²² kʰak̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/

/ham⁴⁴⁻²² kʰak̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/

Centella asiatica
Centella asiatica#Translingual

(Xiamen Hokkien) Asiatic pennywort (Centella asiatica)


乞食碗草

/kʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ uã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/


蝦蟆鯊

/he²⁴⁻²² mɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² sua⁴⁴/

/he²⁴⁻²² mɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² sua⁴⁴/

Orectolobus japonicus
Wikispecies:Orectolobus japonicus

(Xiamen Hokkien) Japanese wobbegong (Orectolobus japonicus)


穿山龍

/t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/

/t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/


露現

/lɔ²²⁻²¹ hiɛn⁵³/

/lɔ²²⁻²¹ hiɛn⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to become visible; to appear; to reveal; to show


正晝

/t͡siã²¹⁻⁵³ tau²¹/

/t͡siã²¹⁻⁵³ tau²¹/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) noon; midday


正中晝

/t͡siã²¹⁻⁵³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tau²¹/

/t͡siã²¹⁻⁵³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tau²¹/


倒手雞

/to²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/

/to²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/


㾀屎

/kʰiap̚⁵⁻²⁴ sai⁵⁵⁴/

/kʰiap̚⁵⁻²⁴ sai⁵⁵⁴/

(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) stingy; miserly


小鄙臉

/siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn⁵³/

/siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɛn⁵³/


攝屎

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to endure a bowel movement


攝屎

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) stingy; miserly


攝目

/liap̚³²⁻⁵ bak̚¹²¹/

/liap̚³²⁻⁵ bak̚¹²¹/


攝襇

/liap̚³²⁻⁴ kiɪŋ⁴¹/

/liap̚³²⁻⁴ kiɪŋ⁵³/

/liap̚³²⁻⁴ kiɪŋ⁴¹/

/liap̚³²⁻⁴ kiɪŋ⁵³/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to pleat


凍霜

/taŋ²¹⁻⁵³ sŋ̍⁴⁴/

/taŋ³¹⁻⁵³ sŋ̍³³/

/taŋ¹²⁻⁴⁴ sŋ̍⁴⁴/

/taŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ sŋ̍⁴⁴/

/taŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ sŋ̍⁴⁴/

/taŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sŋ̍³³/

/taŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sɯŋ³³/

/taŋ²¹⁻⁵³ sŋ̍⁴⁴/

/taŋ³¹⁻⁵³ sŋ̍³³/

/taŋ¹²⁻⁴⁴ sŋ̍⁴⁴/

/taŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ sŋ̍⁴⁴/

/taŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ sŋ̍⁴⁴/

/taŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sŋ̍³³/

/taŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sɯŋ³³/

(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to freeze (meat, etc.)


凍霜

/taŋ²¹⁻⁵³ sŋ̍⁴⁴/

/taŋ³¹⁻⁵³ sŋ̍³³/

/taŋ¹²⁻⁴⁴ sŋ̍⁴⁴/

/taŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ sŋ̍⁴⁴/

/taŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ sŋ̍⁴⁴/

/taŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sŋ̍³³/

/taŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sɯŋ³³/

/taŋ²¹⁻⁵³ sŋ̍⁴⁴/

/taŋ³¹⁻⁵³ sŋ̍³³/

/taŋ¹²⁻⁴⁴ sŋ̍⁴⁴/

/taŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ sŋ̍⁴⁴/

/taŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ sŋ̍⁴⁴/

/taŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sŋ̍³³/

/taŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sɯŋ³³/

(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) stupefied and unfriendly (of one's expression)

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) stingy; miserly


占找

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) loose change; banknotes of small value or coins


水頭

/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/sɵy̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/sɵy̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

/t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/

/t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/

/t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/

/t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/

(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) tap; faucet


水酒錢

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ¹³/

/t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ¹³/

/t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) beverage expenses (for a feast)

(Xiamen Hokkien) expenses for water transport

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) compensation for asking someone to bring or buy something


水酒費

/t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hui⁴¹/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hui²¹/

/t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hui⁴¹/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hui²¹/


開尻川褲

/kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔ²¹/

/kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰuĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔ²¹/

/kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔ²¹/

/kʰui⁴⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰuĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔ²¹/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) open-crotch pants (usually for toddlers)


塗徛

/tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² kia²²/

/tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² kia²²/


塗丸

/tʰɔ¹³⁻²² uan¹³/

/tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² uan²⁴/

/tʰɔ¹³⁻²² uan¹³/

/tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² uan²⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) small clay ball


塗丸仔

/tʰɔ¹³⁻²² uan¹³⁻²² a⁵³/

/tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² uan²⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/tʰɔ¹³⁻²² uan¹³⁻²² a⁵³/

/tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² uan²⁴⁻²² a⁵³/


炭屎

/tʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sai⁵⁵⁴/

/tʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ sai⁴¹/

/tʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ sai⁵³/

/tʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ sai⁵³/

/tʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sai⁵⁵⁴/

/tʰuã²¹⁻⁴¹ sai⁴¹/

/tʰuã¹¹⁻⁵³ sai⁵³/

/tʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ sai⁵³/

(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) coal cinder


塗香

/tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² hiũ⁴⁴/

/tʰɔ¹³⁻²² hiɔ̃⁴⁴/

/tʰɔ²⁴⁻²² hiũ⁴⁴/

/tʰɔ¹³⁻²² hiɔ̃⁴⁴/

Cyperus rotundus
Cyperus rotundus#Translingual

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) rhizome of the coco grass (Cyperus rotundus) (herb used in traditional Chinese medicine)


落花生湯

/lua²²⁻²¹ a⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰŋ̍⁴⁴/

/lua²²⁻²¹ a⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰŋ̍⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) peanut soup (eaten in the Min Nan region)


臘鱠

/la(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ keʔ³²/

/la(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ keʔ³²/

(Xiamen Hokkien) banded grouper (Epinephelus awoara)


土首烏

/tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔ⁴⁴/

/tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔ⁴⁴/

Dioscorea bulbifera
Dioscorea bulbifera#Translingual

(Xiamen Hokkien) air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera)


土鐵

/tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiʔ³²/

/tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiʔ³²/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) Pseudorhombus


土鐵仔

/tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ a⁵³/

/tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ a⁵³/

/tʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰi(ʔ)³²⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/


爐丹

/lɔ²⁴⁻²² tan⁴⁴/

/lɔ²⁴⁻²² tan⁴⁴/


爐烌

/lɔ²³⁻³³ hu⁴⁴/

/lɔ²⁴⁻²² hu⁴⁴/

/lɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ hu⁴⁴/

/lɔ²³⁻³³ hu⁴⁴/

/lɔ²⁴⁻²² hu⁴⁴/

/lɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ hu⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) incense ash


度三頓

/tɔ²²⁻²¹ sã⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²¹/

/tɔ²²⁻²¹ sã⁴⁴⁻²² tuĩ²¹/

/tɔ²²⁻²¹ sã⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²¹/

/tɔ²²⁻²¹ sã⁴⁴⁻²² tuĩ²¹/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to scrape a meager living; to get by with difficulty; to eke out a livelihood


排仔頭

/pai²⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/

/pai²³⁻³³ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³/

/pai²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/

/pai²⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/

/pai²³⁻³³ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³/

/pai²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) ferry crossing


有雲無影

/u²² hun²⁴ bo²⁴⁻²² iã⁵⁵⁴/

/u²²⁻²¹ hun²⁴ bo²⁴⁻²² iã⁵³/

/u²² hun²⁴ bo²⁴⁻²² iã⁵⁵⁴/

/u²²⁻²¹ hun²⁴ bo²⁴⁻²² iã⁵³/

(Xiamen Hokkien) fictitious; nonexistent; made-up; fabricated


有𩮴無捾

/u²² sui³³ bo²⁴⁻²² kuã³³/

/u²²⁻²¹ sui⁴⁴ bo²⁴⁻²² kuã⁴⁴/

/u²² sui³³ bo²⁴⁻²² kuã³³/

/u²²⁻²¹ sui⁴⁴ bo²⁴⁻²² kuã⁴⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) crazy; bizarre; weird; fantastic; strange


臭笨

/t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pun²²/

/t͡sʰau²¹⁻⁵³ pun²²/

/t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pun²²/

/t͡sʰau²¹⁻⁵³ pun²²/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) clumsy; awkward; stupid

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) big, heavy, and cumbersome


臭柴

/t͡sʰau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰa²⁴/

/t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰa²⁴/

/t͡sʰau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰa²⁴/

/t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰa²⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) rotten wood


臭爛

/t͡sʰau²¹⁻⁵³ nuã²²/

/t͡sʰau²¹⁻⁵³ nuã²²/

(Xiamen Hokkien) to decay; to decompose; to spoil


臭雪文

/t͡sʰau²¹⁻⁵³ sap̚³²⁻⁴ bun²⁴/

/t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sap̚⁵⁻²⁴ bun²⁴/

/t͡sʰau²¹⁻⁵³ sap̚³²⁻⁵ bun¹³/

/t͡sʰau²¹⁻⁵³ sap̚³²⁻⁴ bun²⁴/

/t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sap̚⁵⁻²⁴ bun²⁴/

/t͡sʰau²¹⁻⁵³ sap̚³²⁻⁵ bun¹³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) medicated soap


直透

/tit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰau²¹/

/tit̚⁴³⁻²¹ tʰau²¹/

/tit̚²⁴⁻² tʰau⁴¹/

/tit̚⁴⁻³² tʰau¹¹/

/tit̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²¹/

/tit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰau²¹/

/tit̚⁴³⁻²¹ tʰau²¹/

/tit̚²⁴⁻² tʰau⁴¹/

/tit̚⁴⁻³² tʰau¹¹/

/tit̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²¹/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) continuously; constantly


倒頭行

do⁴ tao² giann² [Phonetic:do¹ lao⁵ iann²]

/to⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^((tʰ-))lau²⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ĩã²⁴/

/to²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³⁻²² kiã¹³/

/to¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ kiã²⁴/

/tɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³⁻³³ kiã²³/

/to²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴⁻²² kiã²⁴/

/to⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^((tʰ-))lau²⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ĩã²⁴/

/to²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³⁻²² kiã¹³/

/to¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ kiã²⁴/

/tɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²³⁻³³ kiã²³/

/to²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴⁻²² kiã²⁴/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, Puxian Min) to move backwards while facing forward (of people, cars, etc.)

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to go back or move to the opposite direction of one's destination (of cars, etc.)


倒彈

/to²¹³⁻⁵⁵ taŋ⁵³/

/tɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ tuã³³/

/to²¹⁻⁵³ tuã²²/

/to¹¹⁻⁵³ tuã³³/

/to⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tuã²²/

/to²¹³⁻⁵⁵ taŋ⁵³/

/tɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ tuã³³/

/to²¹⁻⁵³ tuã²²/

/to¹¹⁻⁵³ tuã³³/

/to⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tuã²²/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to be disgusted with; to dislike


討掠

/tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liaʔ⁴/

/tʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liaʔ⁴/


月公公

/ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/ɡue(ʔ)³⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/ɡue(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/ɡe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/ɡue(ʔ)³⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/ɡue(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, childish) moon


厾頭

/tu(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/

/tu(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/

/tu(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰau²⁴/

/tu(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tʰau¹³/

(Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to nod (one's head)

(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to hang one's head low


目尾

/møyʔ⁵⁻³³ mui³³/

/maʔ⁴⁻²¹ puei⁴⁵³/

/maʔ⁴⁻²¹ puɐi⁴⁵³/

/maʔ⁴⁻² poi³³²/

/bak̚⁴⁻³² be⁵³/

/bak̚⁴³⁻²¹ be⁴²/

/bak̚⁴³⁻²¹ bə⁴²/

/bak̚²⁴⁻² bə⁵⁵⁴/

/bak̚⁴³⁻²¹ bue⁴²/

/bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bue⁵³/

/møyʔ⁵⁻³³ mui³³/

/maʔ⁴⁻²¹ puei⁴⁵³/

/maʔ⁴⁻²¹ puɐi⁴⁵³/

/maʔ⁴⁻² poi³³²/

/bak̚⁴⁻³² be⁵³/

/bak̚⁴³⁻²¹ be⁴²/

/bak̚⁴³⁻²¹ bə⁴²/

/bak̚²⁴⁻² bə⁵⁵⁴/

/bak̚⁴³⁻²¹ bue⁴²/

/bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bue⁵³/

(Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Eastern Min, Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, anatomy) lateral canthus; outer corner of the eye


繃面皮

/pĩ³³ bin⁴¹⁻²² pʰə²⁴/

/pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² bin²²⁻²¹ pʰe²⁴/

/pĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ bin³³⁻¹¹ pʰe²⁴/

/pĩ³³ bin⁴¹⁻²² pʰə²⁴/

/pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² bin²²⁻²¹ pʰe²⁴/

/pĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ bin³³⁻¹¹ pʰe²⁴/

(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to keep up appearances


巴圇吞

/pa⁴⁴⁻²² lun²⁴⁻²² tʰun⁴⁴/

/pa⁴⁴⁻²² lun²⁴⁻²² tʰun⁴⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to swallow something whole without chewing


飽飫

/pa⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɯ⁴¹/

/pa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i²¹/

/pa⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɯ⁴¹/

/pa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i²¹/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) full but tired


飽膭

/pa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui²²/

/pa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kui³³/

/pa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui³³/

/pa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui²²/

/pa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kui³³/

/pa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui³³/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) plump; full (of grains, fruits, etc.)


疤跡

/pa⁴⁴⁻²² liaʔ³²/

/pa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siaʔ³²/

/pa⁴⁴⁻²² liaʔ³²/

/pa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siaʔ³²/


麻文笑

/ba²⁴⁻²² bun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰio²¹/

/ba²⁴⁻²² bun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰio²¹/


麻文

/ba²⁴⁻²² bun⁴⁴/

/ba²⁴⁻²² bun⁴⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) slightly; a little; somewhat


老媌

/lau²²⁻²¹ ba¹³/

/lau²²⁻²¹ ba²⁴/

/lau²²⁻²¹ ba¹³/

/lau²²⁻²¹ ba²⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) women brothel-keeper; procuress; madam


媌頭

/ba²³⁻³³ tʰau²³/

/ba²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/

/ba²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/

/ba²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/ba¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/

/ba²³⁻³³ tʰau²³/

/ba²⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/

/ba²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/

/ba²⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/ba¹³⁻²² tʰau¹³/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore and Taiwanese Hokkien) women brothel-keeper; procuress; madam


嗤母嗤呲

/t͡sʰi²² bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰi²² t͡sʰu²²/

/t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰi(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰu³³/

/t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰi(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu³³/

/t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻²² bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu²²/

/t͡sʰi²² bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰi²² t͡sʰu²²/

/t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻²² bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰi⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu²²/

(Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to mutter softly or in private


膩瓤

/li⁴¹⁻²² nŋ̍²⁴/

/li²²⁻²¹ nŋ̍²⁴/

/li³³⁻¹¹ nŋ̍²⁴/

/zi³³⁻²¹ nŋ̍²³/

/d͡zi²²⁻²¹ nŋ̍¹³/

/li⁴¹⁻²² nŋ̍²⁴/

/li²²⁻²¹ nŋ̍²⁴/

/li³³⁻¹¹ nŋ̍²⁴/

/zi³³⁻²¹ nŋ̍²³/

/d͡zi²²⁻²¹ nŋ̍¹³/

(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) fatty layer under the skin of an animal

(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) inner skin of a bamboo stem


二九暗

/li²²⁻²¹ kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ am²¹/

/li(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ am⁴¹/

/li²²⁻²¹ kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ am²¹/

/li(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ am⁴¹/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) Chinese New Year's Eve

GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)


二九下昏

/li²²⁻²¹ kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ e²²⁻²¹ hŋ̍⁴⁴/

/d͡zi²²⁻²¹ kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɛ²²⁻²¹ huĩ⁴⁴/

/li²²⁻²¹ kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ e²²⁻²¹ hŋ̍⁴⁴/

/d͡zi²²⁻²¹ kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɛ²²⁻²¹ huĩ⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) Chinese New Year's Eve


二九三十

/li²²⁻²¹ kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sã⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sap̚⁴/

/d͡zi²²⁻²¹ kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sã⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sap̚¹²¹/

/li²²⁻²¹ kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sã⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sap̚⁴/

/d͡zi²²⁻²¹ kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sã⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sap̚¹²¹/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) the end of the month


二花

/li⁴¹⁻²² hue³³/

/li²²⁻²¹ hue⁴⁴/

/li⁴¹⁻²² hue³³/

/li²²⁻²¹ hue⁴⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) a type of character in Chinese opera


二步八

/li⁴¹⁻²² pɔ⁴¹⁻²² pueʔ⁵/

/li²²⁻²¹ pɔ²²⁻²¹ pueʔ³²/

/li⁴¹⁻²² pɔ⁴¹⁻²² pueʔ⁵/

/li²²⁻²¹ pɔ²²⁻²¹ pueʔ³²/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) ability; skill (of someone who has some skill at something)


二路八

/li²²⁻²¹ lɔ²²⁻²¹ pueʔ³²/

/li²²⁻²¹ lɔ²²⁻²¹ pueʔ³²/

(Xiamen Hokkien) ability; skill (of someone who has some skill at something)


裡栗

/li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lat̚¹²¹/

/li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lat̚⁴/

/li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lat̚¹²¹/

/li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lat̚⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, pathology) scrofula


瞇瞇笑

/bi¹³⁻²² bi¹³⁻²² t͡sʰio²¹/

/bi²⁴⁻¹¹ bi²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰio¹¹/

/bi²³⁻³³ bi²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɤ²¹/

/bi²⁴⁻²² bi²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰio²¹/

/bi¹³⁻²² bi¹³⁻²² t͡sʰio²¹/

/bi²⁴⁻¹¹ bi²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰio¹¹/

/bi²³⁻³³ bi²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɤ²¹/

/bi²⁴⁻²² bi²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰio²¹/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to smile


長長

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/

/t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹/

/tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴/

/tɯŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tɯŋ⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/

/t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹/

/tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴/

/tɯŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tɯŋ⁵⁵/


四常

/su¹¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ²⁴/

/su²¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ²⁴/

/su²¹⁻⁴¹ siɔŋ²³/

/sɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɔŋ²⁴/

/si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɔŋ²⁴/

/su¹¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ²⁴/

/su²¹⁻⁵³ siɔŋ²⁴/

/su²¹⁻⁴¹ siɔŋ²³/

/sɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɔŋ²⁴/

/si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɔŋ²⁴/

(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) often


死對揭

/si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tui²¹⁻⁵³ kʰiɛt̚⁴/

/si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tui²¹⁻⁵³ kʰiɛt̚¹²¹/

/si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tui²¹⁻⁵³ kʰiɛt̚⁴/

/si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tui²¹⁻⁵³ kʰiɛt̚¹²¹/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) archenemy


死對揭

/si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tui²¹⁻⁵³ kʰiɛt̚⁴/

/si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tui²¹⁻⁵³ kʰiɛt̚¹²¹/

/si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tui²¹⁻⁵³ kʰiɛt̚⁴/

/si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tui²¹⁻⁵³ kʰiɛt̚¹²¹/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to contend with each other; to neither give way to each other


國白

/kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ piɪk̚¹²¹/

/kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ piɪk̚⁴/

/kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ piɪk̚¹²¹/

/kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ piɪk̚⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, traditional Chinese medicine) lily bulb


白飯藤

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pŋ̍²²⁻²¹ tin²⁴/

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pŋ̍²²⁻²¹ tin²⁴/


信飯藤

/sin²¹⁻⁵³ pŋ̍²²⁻²¹ tin²⁴/

/sin²¹⁻⁵³ pŋ̍²²⁻²¹ tin²⁴/


火炭母

/he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ bu⁵³/

/he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ bu⁵³/

(Xiamen Hokkien) Persicaria chinensis (Chinese knotweed)


從到今

從到當
從遘當
從遘今
从到今

/t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kau²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁴⁴/

/t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kau¹¹⁻⁵³ tã⁴⁴/

/t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ kau²¹⁻⁴¹ tã⁴⁴/

/t͡sŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tã³³/

/t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kau²¹⁻⁵³ tã⁴⁴/

/t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kau¹¹⁻⁵³ tã⁴⁴/

/t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ kau²¹⁻⁴¹ tã⁴⁴/

/t͡sŋ̍²⁴⁻²² kau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tã³³/

(Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) from the past until the present; all along


𨑨迌囝

/t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ tʰo²⁴⁻²² kiã⁵³/

/tʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰo²⁴⁻²² kã⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ tʰo²⁴⁻²² kiã⁵³/

/tʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ tʰo²⁴⁻²² kã⁵⁵⁴/

(Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) someone who loafs around and does not do honest work


埕斗

/tiã²³⁻³³ tau⁴¹/

/tiã¹³⁻²² tau⁵³/

/tiã²⁴⁻²² tau⁵³/

/tiã²⁴⁻¹¹ tau⁵³/

/tiã²³⁻³³ tau⁴¹/

/tiã¹³⁻²² tau⁵³/

/tiã²⁴⁻²² tau⁵³/

/tiã²⁴⁻¹¹ tau⁵³/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) courtyard; patio


擛風

/iɛt̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/iɛt̚⁴⁻³² hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/iɛt̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

/iɛt̚⁴⁻³² hɔŋ⁴⁴/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to fan


燒火的

(dialectal Mandarin, Xiamen Hokkien, dated) cook; kitchen staff; kitchen worker


雙髻鯊

/ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵/

/sœːŋ⁵⁵ kɐi̯³³ saː⁵⁵/

/saŋ³³ kə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sua³³/

/siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ke²¹⁻⁵³ sua⁴⁴/

/ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵/

/sœːŋ⁵⁵ kɐi̯³³ saː⁵⁵/

/saŋ³³ kə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sua³³/

/siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ke²¹⁻⁵³ sua⁴⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini)

hammerhead shark
scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini)


人家厝

/lin²⁴⁻²² ke³³ t͡sʰu⁴¹/

/lin²⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu²¹/

/lin²⁴⁻²² ke³³ t͡sʰu⁴¹/

/lin²⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu²¹/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) civilian residence; private residence; people's homes


面巾毯仔

/bin²²⁻²¹ kun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/bin²²⁻²¹ kin⁴⁴⁻²² tʰan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/bin²²⁻²¹ kun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/bin²²⁻²¹ kin⁴⁴⁻²² tʰan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) terry cloth blanket


面肉

/bin²²⁻²¹ baʔ³²/

/bin³³⁻²¹ baʔ³²/

/bin³³⁻¹¹ baʔ³²/

/bin²²⁻²¹ baʔ³²/

/bin³³⁻²¹ baʔ³²/

/bin³³⁻¹¹ baʔ³²/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) flesh and appearance of one's face


抿仔

/bin⁴²⁻²⁴ a⁴²/

/bin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/bin⁴²⁻²⁴ a⁴²/

/bin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Singapore Hokkien) brush (implement with a handle)


險厄

/hiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ eʔ³²/

/hiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ eʔ³²/

(Xiamen Hokkien) dangerous; risky; perilous


閹錢

/iam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ²⁴/

/iam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ¹³/

/iam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ²⁴/

/iam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ¹³/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to fork out (money reluctantly); to cough up (money); to pay


鹹掛澀

/kiam²⁴⁻²² kua²¹⁻⁵³ siap̚³²/

/kiam²⁴⁻²² kua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siap̚⁵/

/kiam²⁴⁻²² kua²¹⁻⁵³ siap̚³²/

/kiam²⁴⁻²² kua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siap̚⁵/

(Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) stingy; miserly


鹹酸甜草

/kiam²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² tĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/

/kiam²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍³³ tĩ³³ t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/

/kiam²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² tĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/

/kiam²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍³³ tĩ³³ t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/

(Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)


墊滇

/tiam²²⁻²¹ tĩ²²/

/tiam²²⁻²¹ tĩ²²/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, oceanography) high tide; high water


還魂草

/huan²⁴⁻²² hun²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/

/huan²⁴⁻²² hun²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/


回魂

/wuːi̯²¹ wɐn²¹/

/huei¹³⁻¹¹ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾ɒŋ¹³/

/huei²⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾ɒŋ²⁴/

/wuːi̯²¹ wɐn²¹/

/huei¹³⁻¹¹ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾ɒŋ¹³/

/huei²⁴⁻²¹ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾ɒŋ²⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to return from the dead; to revive after death


暗查

/am²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sa⁴⁴/

/am⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sa³³/

/am²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰɛ¹³/

/am²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sa⁴⁴/

/am⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sa³³/

/am²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰɛ¹³/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) spy; detective; secret agent


私奇話

/sai⁴⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² ue²²/

/sai⁴⁴⁻²² kʰia⁴⁴⁻²² ua²²/

/sai⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰia⁴⁴⁻³³ ue³³/

/su⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰia⁴⁴⁻³³ ue³³/

/su⁴⁴⁻²² kʰia⁴⁴⁻²² ue²²/

/su⁴⁴⁻²² kʰia⁴⁴⁻²² ua²²/

/sai⁴⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² ue²²/

/sai⁴⁴⁻²² kʰia⁴⁴⁻²² ua²²/

/sai⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰia⁴⁴⁻³³ ue³³/

/su⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰia⁴⁴⁻³³ ue³³/

/su⁴⁴⁻²² kʰia⁴⁴⁻²² ue²²/

/su⁴⁴⁻²² kʰia⁴⁴⁻²² ua²²/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) confidential talk among close friends


使仙公

/sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/

/sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) to try to shirk work or responsibility; to act in a slick way


使恁母

/sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu⁵³/

/sai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lin⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bu⁵⁵⁴/

/sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu⁵³/

/sai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lin⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bu⁵⁵⁴/

(Zhangzhou, Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, vulgar, slang, offensive) fuck your mother; fuck you


使恁殼

/sai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lin⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰak̚⁵/

/sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰak̚³²/

/sai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lin⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰak̚⁵/

/sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰak̚³²/

(Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien, vulgar, slang, offensive) fuck your mother; fuck you


使蕩

/sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²²/

/sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²²/

(Xiamen Hokkien) to send (on an errand, mission, etc.); to dispatch; to deploy


使勢

/sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/

/sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²¹/

/sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/

/sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ si²¹/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to rely on one's positional power or influence


使癖

/sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰiaʔ³²/

/sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰiaʔ³²/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to get angry; to lose one's temper


使目色

/sai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bak̚²⁴⁻² siak̚⁵/

/sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bak̚⁴⁻³² siɪk̚³²/

/sai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bak̚²⁴⁻² siak̚⁵/

/sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bak̚⁴⁻³² siɪk̚³²/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to tip somebody the wink; to wink at somebody; to give someone a meaningful glance


屎龜

/sai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ku³³/

/sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku⁴⁴/

/sai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ku³³/

/sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku⁴⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) a kind of fish with silver-gray color, black dots, a small mouth and no teeth


牛屎鳥仔

/ɡu²⁴⁻²² sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/ɡu²³⁻³³ sai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/

/ɡu²⁴⁻²² sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/ɡu²⁴⁻¹¹ sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/ɡu²³⁻³³ sai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/


屎鮣

/sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ in²¹/

/sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ in²¹/


澹濕

/tam¹³⁻²² sip̚³²/

/tam²⁴⁻²² sip̚³²/

/tam¹³⁻²² sip̚³²/

/tam²⁴⁻²² sip̚³²/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) damp; moist; humid


焦炒

/ta⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰa⁵³/

/ta⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰa⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to dry fry (one of the frying techniques in Chinese cooking)


畏小禮

畏小礼
畏少禮
畏小理
畏羞禮

/ui²¹⁻⁵³ siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ le⁵³/

/uĩ²¹⁻⁵³ siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ le⁵³/

/ui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ siau⁵²⁻³⁵ li⁵²⁻³⁵ /

/ ũĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ siau⁵²⁻³⁵ li⁵²⁻²¹/

/ui²¹⁻⁵³ siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ le⁵³/

/uĩ²¹⁻⁵³ siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ le⁵³/

/ui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ siau⁵²⁻³⁵ li⁵²⁻³⁵ /

/ ũĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ siau⁵²⁻³⁵ li⁵²⁻²¹/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, Teochew, Puxian Min) shy; bashful


暝拍日

/mĩ²⁴⁻²² pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lit̚⁴/

/mĩ²⁴⁻²² pʰa(ʔ)⁵ lit̚²⁴/

/mĩ²⁴⁻²² pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lit̚⁴/

/mĩ²⁴⁻²² pʰa(ʔ)⁵ lit̚²⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) day and night; round the clock


暝甲日

/mĩ²⁴⁻²² ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lit̚⁴/

/mĩ²⁴⁻²² ka(ʔ)⁵ lit̚²⁴/

/mĩ²⁴⁻²² ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ lit̚⁴/

/mĩ²⁴⁻²² ka(ʔ)⁵ lit̚²⁴/


秤錘沬

/t͡sʰin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰui²⁴⁻²² bi⁴¹/

/t͡sʰin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰui²⁴⁻²² bi²²/

/t͡sʰin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰui²⁴⁻²² bi⁴¹/

/t͡sʰin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰui²⁴⁻²² bi²²/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, dated) to dive; to go under water


閣講

/ko(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁵³/

/ko(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to say again


閣講

/ko(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁵³/

/ko(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) furthermore; what's more


鬥的

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) remarried; from a remarriage


落八

(Xiamen Hokkien) to ridicule; to jeer; to hurl insults


發癀

/huat̚³²⁻⁵ hɔŋ¹³/

/huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ hɔŋ²⁴/

/huat̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ²⁴/

/huat̚³²⁻⁵ hɔŋ¹³/

/huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ hɔŋ²⁴/

/huat̚³²⁻⁴ hɔŋ²⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) to lose one's temper; to get into a huff; to throw a tantrum


喬苦

/kʰiau²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/

/kʰiau²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/

/kʰiau²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/

/kʰiau²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/

(Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to deliberately make things difficult for; to be hard on someone


翹喙

/kʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰui²¹/

/kʰiau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰui⁴¹/

/kʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰui²¹/

/kʰiau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰui⁴¹/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to pout (one's lips)


照擺

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) in order; in succession; successively; one by one


凊凊仔笑

/t͡sʰin²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰin²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰio²¹/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to sneer; to laugh coldly


極加

/kiɪk̚⁴⁻³² ke⁴⁴/

/kiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kɛ⁴⁴/

/kiɪk̚⁴⁻³² ke⁴⁴/

/kiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kɛ⁴⁴/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) at most; at best


極你濟

/kiɪk̚⁴⁻³² li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sue²²/

/kiak̚²⁴⁻² lɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sue⁴¹/

/kiɪk̚⁴⁻³² li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sue²²/

/kiak̚²⁴⁻² lɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sue⁴¹/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) at most; at best


熟行

/sʊk̚² hɔːŋ²¹/

/siɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ haŋ¹³/

/siɪk̚⁴⁻³² haŋ²⁴/

/sʊk̚² hɔːŋ²¹/

/siɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ haŋ¹³/

/siɪk̚⁴⁻³² haŋ²⁴/

(Cantonese, Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) adept; skilled; good at

善用

to be good at using something or somebody


蟋蟀草

/siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ sut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/

/siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ sut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰau⁵³/

Eleusine indica
Eleusine indica#Translingual

(Xiamen Hokkien) crowfootgrass; yardgrass (Eleusine indica)


存囥

/t͡sun²³⁻³³ kʰŋ̍²¹/

/t͡sun²⁴⁻²² kʰŋ̍²¹/

/t͡sun²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰŋ̍¹¹/

/t͡sun²⁴⁻²² kʰŋ̍⁴¹/

/t͡sun²³⁻³³ kʰŋ̍²¹/

/t͡sun²⁴⁻²² kʰŋ̍²¹/

/t͡sun²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰŋ̍¹¹/

/t͡sun²⁴⁻²² kʰŋ̍⁴¹/

(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to store up; to lay up; to stockpile


一睏手

/t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² kʰun⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² kʰun²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/

/t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² kʰun⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² kʰun²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) in one breath; without a break; in one go


一睏仔

/t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² kʰun²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/

/t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰun²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/

/t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² kʰun²¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/

/t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² kʰun¹¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² kʰun²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/

/t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰun²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/

/t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² kʰun²¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/

/t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² kʰun¹¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) a little while; a moment


這擺

/t͡sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ pai⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ pai⁵⁵⁴/

(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) recently; lately; of late


這斗

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) this time


這斗

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) recently; lately; of late


這淡薄仔

/t͡sit̚³²⁻⁵ tam²²⁻²¹ po(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²² a⁵³/

/t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ tam²²⁻²¹ po(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ a⁵³/

/t͡sit̚³²⁻⁵ tam²²⁻²¹ po(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²² a⁵³/

/t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ tam²²⁻²¹ po(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ a⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) such a little bit


這寸仔

/t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰŋ̍²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/

/t͡sit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰŋ̍²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/


鄉社

/hiũ⁴⁴⁻²² sia²²/

/hiɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² sia²²/

/hiũ⁴⁴⁻²² sia²²/

/hiɔ̃⁴⁴⁻²² sia²²/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Changtai Hokkien) countryside; village


劇牙

/kiak̚³²⁻⁴ ɡe²⁴/

/kiak̚³²⁻⁴ ɡe²⁴/

shoot one's mouth off
shoot one's mouth off

(Xiamen Hokkien) to talk out of turn; to shoot one's mouth off


菜配

/t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁴² pʰe²¹/

/t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ pʰe²¹/

/t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁴² pʰə²¹/

/t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁴² pʰue²¹/

/t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁴² pʰe²¹/

/t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ pʰe²¹/

/t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁴² pʰə²¹/

/t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁴² pʰue²¹/

(Xiamen and Singapore Hokkien) a dish served to accompany rice or other staple food


條不二直

/tiau²⁴⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ li⁴¹⁻²² tit̚²⁴/

/tiau²⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ li²²⁻²¹ tit̚⁴/

/tiau²⁴⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ li⁴¹⁻²² tit̚²⁴/

/tiau²⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ li²²⁻²¹ tit̚⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) direct and plainspoken; straightforward


頭路直

/tʰau²⁴⁻²² lɔ²²⁻²¹ tit̚⁴/

/tʰau¹³⁻²² lɔ²²⁻²¹ tit̚¹²¹/

/tʰau²⁴⁻²² lɔ²²⁻²¹ tit̚⁴/

/tʰau¹³⁻²² lɔ²²⁻²¹ tit̚¹²¹/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) direct and plainspoken; straightforward


透紅

/tʰau²¹⁻⁵³ aŋ²⁴/

/tʰau²¹⁻⁵³ aŋ²⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) very red; red through and through; florid


透種

/tʰau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪŋ⁵³/

/tʰau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɪŋ⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, biology) to hybridize; to crossbreed


栳箬子

/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hio(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡si⁵³/

/lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hio(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡si⁵³/


菁仔子

/t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁵³/

/t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁵³/


撥邊

/pua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pĩ⁴⁴/

/pua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pĩ⁴⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to leave aside; to bypass


扮笑面

/pan²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²/

/pan²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to smile obsequiously, apologetically, or appeasingly; to smile in a conciliating way


天暗

/tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² am²¹/

/tʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² am²¹/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to get dark


天開

/tʰĩ⁴⁴ kʰui⁴⁴/

/tʰĩ⁴⁴ kʰui⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to become bright; to become sunny (of weather)


張穿

/tiũ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɪŋ²²/

/tiũ³³ t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹/

/tiũ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɪŋ²²/

/tiũ³³ t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to help the deceased in wearing clothes


褥仔勘

/liɔk̚⁴⁻³² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰam²¹/

/d͡ziɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰam²¹/

/liɔk̚⁴⁻³² a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰam²¹/

/d͡ziɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰam²¹/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) bedding sack; mattress cover


福蘭

/hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ lan²⁴/

/hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ lan²⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) type species of Freesia (Freesia refracta)


麵酵

/mĩ²²⁻²¹ kã²¹/

/mĩ²²⁻²¹ kã²¹/


圓弧

/ɥɛn³⁵ xu³⁵/

/ĩ²⁴⁻²² ɔ²⁴/

/ɥɛn³⁵ xu³⁵/

/ĩ²⁴⁻²² ɔ²⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to reunite; to have a reunion

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to mediate; to help to effect a compromise


硬氣

/iŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi¹/

/ŋaːŋ²² hei̯³³/

/ŋaŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ hi⁵³/

/ŋĩ³³⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹/

/ŋẽ³³⁻²¹ kʰi²¹/

/iŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi¹/

/ŋaːŋ²² hei̯³³/

/ŋaŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ hi⁵³/

/ŋĩ³³⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹/

/ŋẽ³³⁻²¹ kʰi²¹/

/ŋĩ²²⁻²¹ kʰui²¹/

/ŋĩ²² kʰui⁴¹/

/ŋĩ²²⁻²¹ kʰui²¹/

/ŋĩ²² kʰui⁴¹/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) arduous; strenuous


硬頭

/ŋĩ²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/

/ŋɛ̃²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/

/ŋĩ²²⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/

/ŋɛ̃²²⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) arduous; strenuous


硬心

/ŋĩ²²⁻²¹ sim⁴⁴/

/ŋĩ²²⁻²¹ sim⁴⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) heartless; hard-hearted; ironhearted


硬心

/ŋĩ²²⁻²¹ sim⁴⁴/

/ŋĩ²²⁻²¹ sim⁴⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) to resolve to; to make a resolution


硬尾鉛

/ŋĩ²²⁻²¹ be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɛn⁴⁴/

/ŋĩ²²⁻²¹ be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɛn⁴⁴/

Megalaspis cordyla
Wikispecies:Megalaspis cordyla

(Xiamen Hokkien) gwelly ; torpedo scad (Megalaspis cordyla)


冇骨消

/pʰã²¹⁻⁵³ kut̚³²⁻⁵ siau⁴⁴/

/pʰã²¹⁻⁵³ kut̚³²⁻⁴ siau⁴⁴/

/pʰã²¹⁻⁵³ kut̚³²⁻⁵ siau⁴⁴/

/pʰã²¹⁻⁵³ kut̚³²⁻⁴ siau⁴⁴/

Sigesbeckia orientalis
Wikispecies:Sigesbeckia orientalis

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) common St. Paul's wort (Sigesbeckia orientalis)


火炊草

/he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/

/he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/

(Xiamen Hokkien) common St. Paul's wort (Sigesbeckia orientalis)


黃花草

/ŋ̍²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/

/ŋ̍²⁴⁻²² hue⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/


薪禾

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² lo¹³/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² lo²⁴/

/sin³³⁻²¹ lo²³/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² ho²⁴/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² lo¹³/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² lo²⁴/

/sin³³⁻²¹ lo²³/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² ho²⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) wage; salary; pay; remuneration


新點點

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) brand new; completely new


新娘酒

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² niũ²⁴⁻²² t͡siu⁵³/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² niɔ̃¹³⁻²² t͡siu⁵³/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² niũ²⁴⁻²² t͡siu⁵³/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² niɔ̃¹³⁻²² t͡siu⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) wedding feast


新子仔

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ã⁵³/

/sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ã⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) young beginner; young novice


歕雞胿

/pun²⁴⁻¹¹ kue⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁴⁴/

/pun²⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴/

/pun²⁴⁻¹² kue⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴/

/pun²⁴⁻³³ ke⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁴⁴/

/pun²³⁻³³ ke⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁴⁴/

/pun¹³⁻²² ke⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴/

/pun²⁴⁻¹¹ kue⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁴⁴/

/pun²⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴/

/pun²⁴⁻¹² kue⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴/

/pun²⁴⁻³³ ke⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁴⁴/

/pun²³⁻³³ ke⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁴⁴/

/pun¹³⁻²² ke⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to brag; to boast; to bluff


放粟青

/paŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/

/paŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/

/paŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/

/paŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, dated) to purchase standing crops at extremely low prices from poor peasants who run short before the harvest


芳水花

/pʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴/

/pʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) ginger lily; garland flower


芳頭

/pʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/

/pʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

/pʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/

/pʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/

Rhabdosargus sarba
Wikispecies:Rhabdosargus sarba

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) tarwhine (Rhabdosargus sarba)


省工

/siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaŋ⁴⁴/

/sɛ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaŋ⁴⁴/

/siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaŋ⁴⁴/

/sɛ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaŋ⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to save trouble; to simplify matters

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to reduce man-hours


競行

/kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kiã²⁴/

/kiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ kiã²⁴/

/kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kiã²⁴/

/kiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ kiã²⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, sports) race walking


競行

/kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kiã²⁴/

/kiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ kiã²⁴/

/kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kiã²⁴/

/kiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ kiã²⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, sports) to race-walk; to compete in race walking


輕體

/kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰue⁵³/

/kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰue⁵³/


體斥

/tʰe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰak̚³²/

/tʰue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰak̚³²/

/tʰe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰak̚³²/

/tʰue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰak̚³²/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to reprimand; to rebuke; to reprove


掠狂

/lia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kɔŋ²⁴/

/lia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kɔŋ²³/

/lia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kɔŋ²⁴/

/lia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kɔŋ²⁴/

/lia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kɔŋ²³/

/lia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kɔŋ²⁴/

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to go mad; to go crazy


照講

/t͡siau²¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁵³/

/t͡siau²¹⁻⁴¹ kɔŋ⁴¹/

/t͡siau¹¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁵³/

/ʈ͡ʂɒu̯⁴⁵ kan⁴¹/

/t͡siau²¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁵³/

/t͡siau²¹⁻⁴¹ kɔŋ⁴¹/

/t͡siau¹¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁵³/

/ʈ͡ʂɒu̯⁴⁵ kan⁴¹/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, Xiang) ordinarily; as a rule


嘹拍

/liau²⁴⁻²² pʰaʔ³²/

/liau²⁴⁻²² pʰaʔ⁵/

/liau²⁴⁻²² pʰaʔ³²/

/liau²⁴⁻²² pʰaʔ⁵/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, music) beat; meter; rhythm


眩著

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to be obsessed with; to be infatuated with


袋恭

/te²²⁻²¹ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/

/te²²⁻²¹ kiɔŋ⁴⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) stupid; foolish; unwise


地場

/te²²⁻²¹ tiũ²⁴/

/te²²⁻²¹ tiɔ̃¹³/

/te²²⁻²¹ tiũ²⁴/

/te²²⁻²¹ tiɔ̃¹³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) space; site; place


未曾是

/be²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² si²²/

/bue²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ¹³⁻²² si²²/

/be²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² si²²/

/bue²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ¹³⁻²² si²²/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) wait; be slow; just a second


未曾是

/be²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² si²²/

/bue²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ¹³⁻²² si²²/

/be²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² si²²/

/bue²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ¹³⁻²² si²²/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to wait a moment; not so soon; not so fast


未捌是

/be²²⁻²¹ pat̚³²⁻⁴ si²²/

/bə²² pat̚⁵⁻²⁴ si²²/

/be²²⁻²¹ pat̚³²⁻⁴ si²²/

/bə²² pat̚⁵⁻²⁴ si²²/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) wait; be slow; just a second


底止

/tue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁵³/

/tue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁵³/


底踏

/tue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaʔ³²/

/te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaʔ³²/

/tue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaʔ³²/

/te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaʔ³²/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) foundation; basis; base


偌爾仔

/lua²²⁻²¹ nĩ²⁴⁻²² ã⁵³/

/lua²²⁻²¹ nĩ¹³⁻²² ã⁵³/

/ɡua³³⁻²¹ nĩ³³ a⁴¹/

/ɡua³³⁻¹¹ nĩ³³ a⁵³/

/lua²²⁻²¹ nĩ²⁴⁻²² ã⁵³/

/lua²²⁻²¹ nĩ¹³⁻²² ã⁵³/

/ɡua³³⁻²¹ nĩ³³ a⁴¹/

/ɡua³³⁻¹¹ nĩ³³ a⁵³/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) how; what; so; such


落勾

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to omit; to leave out


走緝

/t͡sau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sip̚³²/

/t͡sau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sip̚⁵/

/t͡sau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sip̚³²/

/t͡sau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sip̚⁵/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to chase after; to pursue


鎙仔

/sɔk̚⁴⁻³² a⁵³/

/sɔk̚⁴⁻³² a⁵³/


生嬰仔

/sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² ẽ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² ẽ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to give birth (to a child)


瑪莉卦

/mã²²⁻²¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kua²¹/

/mã²²⁻²¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kua²¹/


磱著

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to sprain (e.g. the ankle, wrist, etc.)


老勻

/lau²²⁻²¹ un²⁴/

/lau²²⁻²¹ un¹³/

/lau²²⁻²¹ un²⁴/

/lau²²⁻²¹ un¹³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) one's elders; senior; older generation


漏喙

/lau²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰui²¹/

/lau²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰui²¹/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to have a slip of the tongue; to let slip an inadvertent remark


漏話

/lau²²⁻²¹ ue²²/

/lau²²⁻²¹ ua²²/

/lau²²⁻²¹ ue²²/

/lau²²⁻²¹ ua²²/


落話

/lau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ue⁴¹/

/lau²¹⁻⁵³ ue²²/

/lau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ue⁴¹/

/lau²¹⁻⁵³ ue²²/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to have a slip of the tongue; to let slip an inadvertent remark

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to coax a secret from (or out of) someone; to trick someone into telling the truth


落口

/lau²¹⁻⁵³ kʰau⁵³/

/lau²¹⁻⁵³ kʰau⁵³/

(Xiamen Hokkien) to have a slip of the tongue; to let slip an inadvertent remark


狗仔囝

/kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiã⁵³/

/kau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiã⁴¹/

/kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiã⁵³/

/kau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiã⁴¹/

Sometimes my older brother tells me to be a dog, so I crawl, pretending to be a little puppy, slowly crawling beside his feet and acting cute

洪宿芬, 蹛佇山頂的囡仔時陣

Ū-sî sī a-hiaⁿ kiò góa chò káu-á, góa tō ēng pê--ê, ké-iáⁿ sī chi̍t chiah sè-sè chiah ê káu-á-kiáⁿ, khoaⁿ-khoaⁿ-á pê khì i ê kha-piⁿ sai-nai

有時是阿兄叫我做狗仔，我就用爬的，假影是一隻細細隻的狗仔囝，寬寬仔爬去伊的跤邊司奶

洪宿芬, 蹛佇山頂的囡仔時陣

有时是阿兄叫我做狗仔，我就用爬的，假影是一只细细只的狗仔囝，宽宽仔爬去伊的跤边司奶

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) puppy (Classifier: 隻／只 mn)


狗肉數

/kau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ba(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ siau²¹/

/kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ba(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ siau¹¹/

/kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ba(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ siau²¹/

/kau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ba(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ siau²¹/

/kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ba(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ siau¹¹/

/kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ba(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ siau²¹/

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) chaotic accounts


牛肉數

/ɡu²⁴⁻²² ba(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ siau²¹/

/ɡu²⁴⁻²² ba(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ siau²¹/


驢馬數

/lu²⁴⁻²² be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau²¹/

/lu²⁴⁻²² be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau²¹/


九八行

/kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ haŋ²⁴/

/kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ haŋ¹³/

/kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ haŋ²⁴/

/kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ haŋ¹³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, dated) brokerage; broker house


九八人

/kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ laŋ²⁴/

/kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ laŋ¹³/

/kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ laŋ²⁴/

/kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ laŋ¹³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, dated) broker; middleman


舊落咆

/ku²²⁻²¹ lau(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pʰauʔ³²/

/ku²²⁻²¹ lau(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pʰauʔ³²/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) old-fashioned; outdated


嘔興

/au²¹⁻⁵³ hiɪŋ²¹/

/au²¹⁻⁵³ hiɪŋ²¹/

(Xiamen Hokkien) to be disappointed; to be dispirited; to feel dejected; to have one's spirits dampened


咯紅

/kʰak̚³²⁻⁴ aŋ²⁴/

/kʰiak̚²⁴⁻² aŋ²⁴/

/kʰak̚⁴⁻³² aŋ²³/

/kʰak̚⁴⁻³² aŋ²⁴/

/kʰak̚³²⁻⁴ aŋ²⁴/

/kʰiak̚²⁴⁻² aŋ²⁴/

/kʰak̚⁴⁻³² aŋ²³/

/kʰak̚⁴⁻³² aŋ²⁴/

(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, medicine) to vomit blood


錘哥

/tʰui²⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/

/tʰui²⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien, derogatory) stupid person; simpleton; fool; idiot


腿輪

/tʰui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lun¹³/

/tʰui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lun²⁴/

/tʰui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lun¹³/

/tʰui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lun²⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, anatomy) kneejoint


替包

/tʰui²¹⁻⁵³ pau⁴⁴/

/tʰui²¹⁻⁵³ pau⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to stealthily substitute one thing for another


鐳水

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) currency value

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) money; ready money


傍墘

/pŋ̍²²⁻²¹ kĩ²⁴/

/pŋ̍²²⁻²¹ kĩ²⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) to draw near to the edge


傍蔭

/pŋ̍²²⁻²¹ im²¹/

/pŋ̍²²⁻²¹ im²¹/

(Xiamen Hokkien) to gain benefits by depending on someone else's kindness


飯甌

/pŋ̍²²⁻²¹ au⁴⁴/

/puĩ²²⁻²¹ au⁴⁴/

/pŋ̍²²⁻²¹ au⁴⁴/

/puĩ²²⁻²¹ au⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) small china bowl for filling rice


母目

/bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bak̚⁴/

/bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bak̚⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) main threads (of a complicated affair)


母姨

/bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i²⁴/

/bo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i¹³/

/bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i²⁴/

/bo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i¹³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) maternal aunt (one's mother's sister)

§ - married; > - mother's elder sister; < - mother's younger sister


武腯

/bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰun⁵³/

/bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰun⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) short and small but strong and able-bodied (of a person)


武身

/bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin⁴⁴/

/bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin⁴⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) short and small but strong and able-bodied (of a person)


彼跡

/hit̚³²⁻⁴ liaʔ³²/

/hit̚³²⁻⁴ liaʔ³²/

† - there (close to audience); ‡ - over there


彼帶

/hit̚⁵⁻²⁴ tə⁴¹/

/hit̚³²⁻⁴ te²¹/

/hit̚⁵⁻²⁴ tə⁴¹/

/hit̚³²⁻⁴ te²¹/


彼站

(Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwanese and Philippine Hokkien) at that time; in those days; back then


彼站時

/hit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sam²²⁻²¹ si²⁴/

/hit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sam³³⁻¹¹ si²⁴/

/hit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sam³³⁻²¹ si²³/

/hit̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sam³³⁻²² si²⁴/

/hit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sam²²⁻²¹ si²⁴/

/hit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sam³³⁻¹¹ si²⁴/

/hit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sam³³⁻²¹ si²³/

/hit̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sam³³⁻²² si²⁴/

(Xiamen, Quanzhou, Philippine and Taiwanese Hokkien) at that time; in those days; back then


充盛

/ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵¹/

/t͡sʰiɔŋ³³ siɪŋ⁴¹/

/t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ³³/

/t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²²/

/ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵¹/

/t͡sʰiɔŋ³³ siɪŋ⁴¹/

/t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ³³/

/t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ²²/

(Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) enough; adequate; sufficient; ample


松桐

/siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² taŋ²⁴/

/siɔŋ¹³⁻²² taŋ¹³/

/siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² taŋ²⁴/

/siɔŋ¹³⁻²² taŋ¹³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) pine wood


沖神

/t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/

/t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/


沖𡳞

/t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lan²²/

/t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lan²²/

(Xiamen Hokkien, vulgar) to loathe; to dislike


跤爬

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² pe²⁴/

(Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) sole of the foot


跤縫

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² pʰaŋ⁴⁴/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰaŋ³³/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² pʰaŋ²²/

/kʰa³³ pʰaŋ³³/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² pʰaŋ⁴⁴/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰaŋ³³/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² pʰaŋ²²/

/kʰa³³ pʰaŋ³³/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) groin; crotch


跤斗

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ tau⁵³/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² tau⁵³/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ tau⁴¹/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ tau⁵³/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² tau⁵³/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ tau⁴¹/

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) small wooden basin to wash feet or clothes


跤梢間仔

腳騷間仔
骹騷間仔
跤騷間仔
腳梢間仔
骹踃間仔
腳踃間仔
*脚巢間仔
跤梢间仔

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ sau⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² sau⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ sau⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ sau⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² sau⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ sau⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

1973, “阿爸的話”, 林秋標 (lyrics), 高藝峰 (music)performed by 郭大誠:

脚巢間仔你不通行。

脚巢间仔你不通行。

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) brothel; whorehouse


跤指

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai⁵³/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sãi⁵³/

/kʰa³³⁻²³ t͡sõĩ⁵²/

/kʰa³³⁻²³ t͡sãĩ⁵²/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai⁵³/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sãi⁵³/

/kʰa³³⁻²³ t͡sõĩ⁵²/

/kʰa³³⁻²³ t͡sãĩ⁵²/

(Eastern Min, Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, Teochew) toe


食教

/ɬia¹³⁻⁵⁵ kau⁴²/

/t͡siaʔ⁴⁻² ka²¹³/

/ɬia¹³⁻⁵⁵ kau⁴²/

/t͡siaʔ⁴⁻² ka²¹³/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) someone whose main occupation involves religion


摘揀

/tia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kiɪŋ⁵³/

/tia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kiɪŋ⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to select; to choose


鸚哥魚

/iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴⁻²² hi²⁴/

/iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴⁻²² hi²⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) Azurio tuskfin (Choerodon azurio)


相空

/siaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

/siaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to brag; to boast; to talk big


起酒痟

/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau⁵³/

/kʰi⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡siu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ siau⁵³/

/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau⁵³/

/kʰi⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡siu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ siau⁵³/

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to act crazy from drinking too much alcohol; to be in a drunken fit


起空

/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to stir up trouble; to make trouble


反症

/huan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²¹/

/huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²¹/

/huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ¹¹/

/huan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²¹/

/huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²¹/

/huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ¹¹/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, medicine, of diseases) to relapse; to recur


販騷

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) human trafficker


術仔

/sut̚⁴⁻³² a⁴¹/

/sut̚⁴⁻³² a⁵³/

/sut̚⁴⁻³² a⁴¹/

/sut̚⁴⁻³² a⁵³/

(Xiamen Hokkien, dated) knot (on a rope or string)


聲空

/siã⁴⁴⁻²² kʰaŋ⁴⁴/

/siã⁴⁴⁻²² kʰaŋ⁴⁴/


貓娘

/niãu⁴⁴⁻²² niũ²⁴/

/ŋiou³³⁻²³ nie⁵⁵/

/ŋiau³³⁻²³ nio⁵⁵/

/niãu⁴⁴⁻²² niũ²⁴/

/ŋiou³³⁻²³ nie⁵⁵/

/ŋiau³³⁻²³ nio⁵⁵/

(Teochew, dated in Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) tabby; female cat


貓公刺

/niãu⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi²¹/

/niãu⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi²¹/

(Xiamen Hokkien) shiny-leaf prickly ash (Zanthoxylum nitidum)


鼎波刺

/tiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰi²¹/

/tiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰi²¹/


厝內人

/t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ lai²²⁻²¹ laŋ¹³/

/t͡sʰu¹¹⁻⁵³ lai³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/

/t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁴² lai²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/

/t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁴¹ lai³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/

/t͡sʰu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lai⁴¹⁻²² laŋ²⁴/

/t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ lai²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/

/t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ lai²²⁻²¹ laŋ¹³/

/t͡sʰu¹¹⁻⁵³ lai³³⁻¹¹ laŋ²⁴/

/t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁴² lai²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/

/t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁴¹ lai³³⁻²¹ laŋ²³/

/t͡sʰu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lai⁴¹⁻²² laŋ²⁴/

/t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ lai²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/

(Hokkien, dated in Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, non-face-to-face) wife


老柴杮

/lau²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² pʰe²¹/

/lau²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² pʰe²¹/

(Xiamen Hokkien, dated, humble, non-face-to-face) wife


老柴㷮

/lau²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² t͡sau⁴⁴/

/lau²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰa²⁴⁻²² t͡sau⁴⁴/


老伙仔

/lau²²⁻²¹ he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/lau²²⁻²¹ hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/lau²²⁻²¹ he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/lau²²⁻²¹ hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, slightly derogatory) old man


擔領

/tã⁴⁴⁻²² niã⁵³/

/tã⁴⁴⁻²² niã⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to take on; to assume (a task, responsibility, risk, charge, etc.)


正杯

/t͡siã²¹⁻⁵³ pue⁴⁴/

/t͡siã²¹⁻⁵³ pue⁴⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) good result in divination using moon blocks (showing with one block flat and another block round)


上杯

/t͡siũ²²⁻²¹ pue⁴⁴/

/t͡siũ²²⁻²¹ pue⁴⁴/


鴨雄

/aʔ²⁴⁻²¹ hyŋ⁵³/

/a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hiɪŋ¹³/

/a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hiɪŋ²⁴/

/aʔ²⁻⁴ heŋ⁵⁵/

/aʔ²⁴⁻²¹ hyŋ⁵³/

/a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hiɪŋ¹³/

/a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ hiɪŋ²⁴/

/aʔ²⁻⁴ heŋ⁵⁵/

(Min) drake
(Xiamen Hokkien) immature male duckling


尻川斗

腳倉斗
脚川斗
脚尻斗
尻倉斗
膠村斗

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tau⁴¹/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tau⁵³/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² tau⁵³/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰuĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ tau⁵³/

/ka³³⁻²³ t͡sʰɯŋ³³⁻²³ tau⁵²/

/kʰa³³⁻²³ t͡sʰɯŋ³³⁻²³ tau⁵²/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tau⁴¹/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ tau⁵³/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² tau⁵³/

/kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰuĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ tau⁵³/

/ka³³⁻²³ t͡sʰɯŋ³³⁻²³ tau⁵²/

/kʰa³³⁻²³ t͡sʰɯŋ³³⁻²³ tau⁵²/


風鼓

/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔ⁵³/

/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔ⁵³/

/huaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔ⁵³/

/huaŋ³³ kɔ⁵⁵⁴/

/huaŋ³³ kɔ⁵⁴/

/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔ⁵³/

/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔ⁵³/

/huaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔ⁵³/

/huaŋ³³ kɔ⁵⁵⁴/

/huaŋ³³ kɔ⁵⁴/

(Xiamen, Kinmenese and Taiwanese Hokkien) winnowing machine; winnower


臭青疑

/t͡sʰau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡi²⁴/

/t͡sʰau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² ɡe¹³/

/t͡sʰau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡi²⁴/

/t͡sʰau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² ɡe¹³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to doubt; to suspect

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to speculate; to surmise


青疑

/t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡi²⁴/

/t͡sʰĩ³³ ɡi²⁴/

/t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² ɡi²⁴/

/t͡sʰĩ³³ ɡi²⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to doubt; to suspect

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to speculate; to surmise


驛馬

/i⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jɪk̚² maː¹³/

/i⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jɪk̚² maː¹³/

(Xiamen Hokkien) someone who runs all over the place (usually female)


蜆仔

/han³¹ e³¹⁻¹¹/

/han²⁴⁻³³ ə⁵⁵/

/kan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/han³¹ e³¹⁻¹¹/

/han²⁴⁻³³ ə⁵⁵/

/kan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) a kind of edible yellow-green bivalve (narrow and long, living in fresh water or shallow beaches)


金銀禮

/kim⁴⁴⁻²² ɡun²⁴⁻²² le⁵³/

/kim⁴⁴⁻²² ɡun²⁴⁻²² le⁵³/

(Xiamen Hokkien) gift of money made on the occasion of a funeral


罔趖

/bɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ so²⁴/

/bɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ so¹³/

/bɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ so²⁴/

/bɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ so¹³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to saunter; to stroll around; to hang around


走覕

/t͡sau⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾aʔ⁴/

/t͡sau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biʔ³²/

/t͡sau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ biʔ³²/

/t͡sau⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ⁽ᵖ⁻⁾aʔ⁴/

/t͡sau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biʔ³²/

/t͡sau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ biʔ³²/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to escape and hide; to go into hiding


拆白

/tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ peʔ⁴/

/tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ peʔ⁴/

/tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pɛʔ¹²¹/

/tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ peʔ⁴/

/tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ peʔ⁴/

/tʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pɛʔ¹²¹/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to clarify; to expound; to explain


貿人

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to give out a contract for a project


圈破

/kʰŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² pʰua²¹/

/kʰŋ̍³³ pʰua⁴¹/

/kʰŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² pʰua²¹/

/kʰŋ̍³³ pʰua⁴¹/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien, linguistics) to pronounce a Chinese character differently when it has a meaning or function different from its usual one


高長

/kau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiaŋ²⁴/

/kau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiaŋ²⁴/

/kau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiaŋ²³/

/kau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiaŋ²⁴/

/kau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiaŋ²⁴/

/kau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiaŋ²³/

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) tall; tall and big (of one's stature)


禁尿

/kim²¹⁻⁴¹ ziɤ³³/

/kim²¹⁻⁴¹ ziɤ³³/

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien, Hakka) to hold in urine


大舌口

/tua²²⁻²¹ t͡si(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kau⁵³/

/tua⁴¹⁻²² t͡si(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kau⁵⁵⁴/

/tua²²⁻²¹ t͡si(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kau⁵³/

/tua²²⁻¹² t͡si(ʔ)⁵⁴⁻¹² kʰau⁵³/

/tua²²⁻²¹ t͡si(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kʰau⁵³/

/tua²²⁻²¹ t͡si(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kau⁵³/

/tua⁴¹⁻²² t͡si(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kau⁵⁵⁴/

/tua²²⁻²¹ t͡si(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kau⁵³/

/tua²²⁻¹² t͡si(ʔ)⁵⁴⁻¹² kʰau⁵³/

/tua²²⁻²¹ t͡si(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kʰau⁵³/

(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Kinmenese Hokkien) to speak indistinctly or with a lisp; to have slurred speech; to stutter


大層齒

/tua²²⁻²¹ t͡san¹³⁻²² kʰi⁵³/

/tua²²⁻²¹ t͡san²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵³/

/tua²²⁻²¹ t͡san¹³⁻²² kʰi⁵³/

/tua²²⁻²¹ t͡san²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁵³/


譴相

/kʰiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ siũ²¹/

/kʰiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɔŋ⁴¹/

/kʰiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ siũ²¹/

/kʰiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɔŋ⁴¹/

(Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) stingy; miserly


獻世

/hiːn³³ sɐi̯³³/

/hiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ si²¹/

/hiːn³³ sɐi̯³³/

/hiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ si²¹/

show one's true colors
show one's true colors

(Xiamen Hokkien) to show one's true colors

(Cantonese, Xiamen Hokkien, Hainanese, Nanning Pinghua, Lichuan Gan) to make a spectacle or fool of oneself; to lose face


邊白

/pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² peʔ⁴/

/pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² pɛʔ¹²¹/

/pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² peʔ⁴/

/pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² pɛʔ¹²¹/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) narration; voice-over; aside


邊墘

/pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kĩ²⁴/

/pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kĩ²⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) edge; brim; verge; fringe; margin


墘頭

(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Jinjiang Hokkien) edge; brim; verge; fringe; margin


編頭鬃尾

/pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² t͡saŋ⁴⁴⁻²² be⁵³/

/pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³⁻²² t͡saŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bue⁵³/

/pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² t͡saŋ⁴⁴⁻²² be⁵³/

/pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³⁻²² t͡saŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bue⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to braid the hair


編頭鬃尾仔

/pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴⁻²² t͡saŋ⁴⁴⁻²² be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³⁻²² t͡saŋ⁴⁴⁻²² bue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/


編髻仔

/pĩ³³ ke⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/

/pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² ke²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/

/pĩ²² kə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/

/pĩ³³ ke⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/

/pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² ke²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/

/pĩ²² kə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to braid the hair


圓軲轆膏

/ĩ¹³⁻²² ka⁴⁴⁻²² lak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ko²²/

/ĩ²⁴⁻²² ka⁴⁴⁻²² lak̚⁴⁻³² ko²²/

/ĩ¹³⁻²² ka⁴⁴⁻²² lak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ko²²/

/ĩ²⁴⁻²² ka⁴⁴⁻²² lak̚⁴⁻³² ko²²/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) perfectly round


圓箍仔

/ĩ²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/ĩ²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ³³ a⁵⁵⁴/

/ĩ¹³⁻²² kʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/ĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/ĩ²³⁻³³ kʰɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

/ĩ²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/ĩ²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ³³ a⁵⁵⁴/

/ĩ¹³⁻²² kʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/ĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/ĩ²³⁻³³ kʰɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien, figurative) a score of zero; goose egg


火屎

/fɔː³⁵ siː³⁵/

/fᵘɔ⁵⁵ si⁵⁵/

/he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai⁵³/

/hə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sai⁵⁵⁴/

/hue⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ sai⁴⁴⁵/

/hue⁵²⁻³⁵ sai⁵²⁻²¹/

/fɔː³⁵ siː³⁵/

/fᵘɔ⁵⁵ si⁵⁵/

/he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai⁵³/

/hə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sai⁵⁵⁴/

/hue⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ sai⁴⁴⁵/

/hue⁵²⁻³⁵ sai⁵²⁻²¹/

(Cantonese, Hakka, Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien, Teochew, Leizhou Min) spark of fire

(Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) remaining ash (of a remaining fire)


好路

/ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ²²/

/ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ²²/


好代得

/ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tai²²⁻²¹ tit̚³²/

/ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tai²²⁻²¹ tit̚³²/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) fortunately; luckily


好利路

/ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²²⁻²¹ lɔ²²/

/ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²²⁻²¹ lɔ²²/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) good opportunity


好當當

/ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/

/ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) in perfectly good condition; perfectly all right


好冬道

/ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² to²²/

/ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² to²²/

(Xiamen Hokkien) year of abundance; year with a good harvest


頂晝

/tiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tau²¹/

/tiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tau⁴¹/

/tiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tau²¹/

/tiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tau⁴¹/

(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Jinjiang Hokkien) morning


頂半晡

/tiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ puã²¹⁻⁵³ pɔ⁴⁴/

/tiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ puã²¹⁻⁵³ pɔ⁴⁴/


種仔米

/t͡siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi⁵³/

/t͡siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi⁵³/


早著

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) for a long time; a long time ago; long ago; long since


早勻

/t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ un²⁴/

/t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ un²⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) older generation; senior; elder


差無偌

/t͡sʰa⁴⁴⁻²² bo²⁴⁻²² lua²²/

/t͡sʰa³³ bo²⁴⁻²² lua²²/

/t͡sʰa⁴⁴⁻²² bo²⁴⁻²² lua²²/

/t͡sʰa³³ bo²⁴⁻²² lua²²/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) almost; nearly; barely


反烏抑反白

/piɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ piɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ peʔ⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) a hand game played with three or more players in which the players each hold out one hand, facing either up or down, and the player whose hand is facing in the opposite direction to the other players is the winner


炒路

/t͡sʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ²²/

/t͡sʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ²²/

(Xiamen Hokkien) roasted snacks (seeds, peanuts, chestnuts, etc.)


何得而苦

/hɔ²⁴⁻²² tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/

/hɔ²⁴⁻²² tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/


𣹇線

/kʰua²¹⁻⁵³ suã²¹/

/kʰua²¹⁻⁵³ suã²¹/

(Xiamen Hokkien) to run aground; to be stranded


𣹇手

/kʰua²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/

/kʰua²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³/


𣹇礁

/kʰo²¹⁻⁵³ ta⁴⁴/

/kʰua¹¹⁻⁵³ ta⁴⁴/

/kʰua²¹⁻⁴¹ ta⁴⁴/

/kʰo²¹⁻⁵³ ta⁴⁴/

/kʰua¹¹⁻⁵³ ta⁴⁴/

/kʰua²¹⁻⁴¹ ta⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien, of ship) to hit a rock; to strike a reef


笱仔

/ko¹³⁻²² a⁵³/

/ko²⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/ko¹³⁻²² a⁵³/

/ko²⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) bamboo basket for catching fish


麵乾

/mĩ²²⁻²¹ kuã⁴⁴/

/mĩ⁴¹⁻²² kuã³³/

/mĩ²²⁻²¹ kuã⁴⁴/

/mĩ⁴¹⁻²² kuã³³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) lumpish dry noodles


麵線草

/mĩ²²⁻²¹ suã²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰau⁵³/

/mĩ²²⁻²¹ suã²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰau⁵³/


遐久

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) at that time; in those days; back then


暴辱

/po²²⁻²¹ liɔk̚⁴/

/po²²⁻²¹ liɔk̚⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) to humiliate; to insult


布袋奶

/pɔ²¹⁻⁵³ te²²⁻²¹ nĩ⁴⁴/

/pɔ²¹⁻⁵³ te²²⁻²¹ liɪŋ⁴⁴/

/pɔ²¹⁻⁵³ te²²⁻²¹ nĩ⁴⁴/

/pɔ²¹⁻⁵³ te²²⁻²¹ liɪŋ⁴⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) big drooping breasts


普普仔

/pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/pʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/

/pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/

/pʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) slightly; a little; somewhat


普略仔

/pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔk̚⁴⁻³² a⁵³/

/pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ a⁵³/

/pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔk̚⁴⁻³² a⁵³/

/pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ a⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) slightly; a little; somewhat


普其略

/pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²⁴⁻²² liɔk̚⁴/

/pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki¹³⁻²² liak̚¹²¹/

/pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²⁴⁻²² liɔk̚⁴/

/pʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki¹³⁻²² liak̚¹²¹/


模仔

/bɔ¹³⁻²² a⁵³/

/bɔ²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/bɔ²³⁻³³ a⁴¹/

/bɔ²⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

/bɔ¹³⁻²² a⁵³/

/bɔ²⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/bɔ²³⁻³³ a⁴¹/

/bɔ²⁴⁻²² a⁵³/

(Hakka, Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) mould; cast; die; matrix


肚捾

/tɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuã³³/

/tɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuã²²/

/tɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuã³³/

/tɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuã³³/

/tɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuã²²/

/tɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuã³³/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, fashion) dudou or Chinese bodice, a traditional Chinese female undergarment, usually made of silk, covering the breasts and belly, and tied at the neck and waist


肚捾仔

/tɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuã²²⁻²¹ a⁵³/

/tɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuã²²⁻²¹ a⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, fashion) dudou or Chinese bodice, a traditional Chinese female undergarment, usually made of silk, covering the breasts and belly, and tied at the neck and waist


會餅

/hue²²⁻²¹ piã⁵³/

/hue²²⁻²¹ piã⁵³/

Mid-Autumn Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival#English

(Xiamen Hokkien) mooncake (a Chinese pastry traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival)


在穩

/t͡sai²²⁻²¹ un⁵³/

/t͡sai²²⁻²¹ un⁵³/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) safe; reliable; trustworthy

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) experienced and composed (when doing something)


使使

/sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁵³/

/sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁵³/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to send (on an errand, mission, etc.); to dispatch; to deploy

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to instigate; to abet; to incite


水口杯

/sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pue⁴⁴/

/sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pue⁴⁴/

(Xiamen Hokkien) tumbler or mug for mouth-rinsing or tooth-cleaning; tooth glass or mug


毽錢

/kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/

/kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sĩ²⁴/

/kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sĩ²⁴/

/kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sĩ²⁴/

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) an ancient coin with a square hole in the centre; copper cash; coin


錢圓

/t͡sĩ¹³⁻²² ĩ¹³/

/t͡sĩ²⁴⁻²² ĩ²⁴/

/t͡sĩ¹³⁻²² ĩ¹³/

/t͡sĩ²⁴⁻²² ĩ²⁴/

(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) an ancient coin with a square hole in the centre; copper cash; coin


堅疕

/kiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰi⁴¹/

/kiɛn³³ pʰi⁵⁵⁴/

/kiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰi⁵³/

/kiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² pʰi⁵³/

/kiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰi⁴¹/

/kiɛn³³ pʰi⁵⁵⁴/

/kiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰi⁵³/

/kiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² pʰi⁵³/

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to form a scab; to crust (of a wound)