Taiwanese Hokkien Vocab
top 1500 to 2000 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 1500 to 2000
total 500 words
folk
民間
bîn-kan
釋義:指百姓生活、一般社會。
cast
擲
tàn
釋義:丟、投出東西。 丟棄。
feature
特色
ti̍k-sik
釋義:事物所表現出獨特優異的地方。
see
影
iánn
釋義:光線被遮擋而造成的陰暗處。 人、物品等的形象或圖像。 用來代人或事、物的稱呼。 看一眼、注意一下。 攝影器材拍攝的影像。
insufficient
欠缺
khiàm-khueh/khiàm-kheh
釋義:因缺少而需要。 不足、不夠。
happy
樂
ga̍k
釋義:和諧動人且有規律、有節奏的聲音。
position
跤步
kha-pōo
釋義:腳步。行走時雙腳所移動的步伐。 計算腳步的單位。 行為、立場。
football
跤球
kha-kiû
釋義:足球。
just right
好死毋死
hó-sí-m̄-sí
釋義:不巧、碰巧。通常指倒楣的事。
usually
平常時
pîng-siông-sî
釋義:平時。
literature and art
文藝
bûn-gē
釋義:專門指撰述以及寫作等事。 文學和藝術的合稱。包括文學、美術、建築、音樂等等。
take an exam
考驗
khó-giām
釋義:考察、試驗。
ah
阿
a
釋義:名詞前綴。可加在稱謂、姓名、一般名詞之前。
base
基地
ki-tē/ki-tuē
釋義:建築物所占用的土地。 根據地。
strength
實力
si̍t-li̍k
釋義:實質的能力。
rest
歇
hioh
釋義:休息、停止。
can
會用得
ē-īng-tit
釋義:可以、可行。人、東西可以使用或指事情行得通。語氣完結時唸作ē-īng--tit。
room
睏房
khùn-pâng
釋義:臥室、寢室。專門供人睡覺、休息的房間。
child
囡仔人
gín-á-lâng
釋義:小孩子、未成年的人。
collar
領
líng
釋義:統率、主導事情。 接受、承受、取得。 擁有、管轄。