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.
As there are a large number of words in these lists, it may take longer to load.
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
狗
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
改
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
材
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
幫
png
釋義:分租。 擴張、擴大。
catch
拑
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
河
hô
釋義:流水、水道的通稱。 像河一樣的物體。