Taiwanese Hokkien Vocab

top 1000 to 1500 words

This vocabulary list has been made from a list of the top 5000 Mandarin Chinese words which was used to search and convert to the Taiwanese term via sutian.moe.edu.tw.
Due to the number of words it has not been completely sorted and the English translation for this particular list is mostly machine translation.

There are not many frequency based vocabulary lists available for Taiwanese Hokkien so I have made and released this one, however use it with care, it will most likely be missing some common idiomatic Taiwanese and Taiwanese words that don't translate directly with Mandarin. Note also that each Mandarin search term only gets one Taiwanese translation.

With no simple method to programmatically decide which result from sutian.moe.edu.tw is the most common, only the first one is used. This may cause some less common translations to get mixed in some cases so be aware. Rest assured the translations will be correct, due to the great work done at sutian.moe.edu.tw. At some time I will try to sort through this list and edit the above issues.

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Category: top 1000 to 1500

total 500 words

  • foreign

    外國

    guā-kok

    釋義:指本國以外的其他國家。

  • police

    警察

    kíng-tshat

    釋義:依法維持公共秩序,保護社會安寧的治安人員。

  • dog

    káu

    釋義:常見家畜的一種。嗅覺和聽覺很靈敏,可訓練來追蹤、守衛、導盲、救生或飼養為寵物,且性情忠誠,被喻為人類的朋友。十二生肖排序第十一的生肖。

  • funds

    錢水

    tsînn-tsuí

    釋義:資金。指可以周轉運用的資金量。 財力。

  • put

    kái

    釋義:轉變。 戒、戒除。 悔悟。 修正、批閱。 計算次數的單位。

  • necessary

    必要

    pit-iàu

    釋義:絕對需要,不可缺少的。

  • train

    訓練

    hùn-liān

    釋義:(臺華共同詞 ,無義項)

  • material

    tsâi

    釋義:木料。樹木中可以運用的部分。 原料。 資料。 資質、能力。指內在或外貌。

  • belong

    屬於

    sio̍k-î

    釋義:(臺華共同詞 ,無義項)

  • physical education

    體育

    thé-io̍k

    釋義:以鍛鍊體能、強化體質為主的教育。 各種體育運動。

  • architecture

    建築

    kiàn-tio̍k

    釋義:定著於土地上或地面下具有頂蓋、梁柱或牆壁,供個人或公眾使用的構造物。 研究建築構造的學科。

  • announce

    宣佈

    suan-pòo

    釋義:公開告示,使眾人都知道。

  • worth

    值得

    ta̍t-tit

    釋義:所付出的代價和所得到的回報相當。

  • expand

    png

    釋義:分租。 擴張、擴大。

  • catch

    khînn

    釋義:用力抓住固定的東西。

  • participate

    蹽落去

    liâu--lo̍h-khì

    釋義:走進去、參與事情或涉入其中。

  • struggle

    鬥爭

    tàu-tsing

    釋義:(臺華共同詞 ,無義項)

  • ordinary

    普遍

    phóo-phiàn

    釋義:普通、普及的。一般可見,不稀奇的。

  • contribute

    貢獻

    kòng-hiàn

    釋義:納獻、進奉。將財物無條件拿出來給與他人。 將心力無條件地用在對公眾有幫助的地方。

  • river

    釋義:流水、水道的通稱。 像河一樣的物體。