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.

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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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    líng

    釋義:統率、主導事情。 接受、承受、取得。 擁有、管轄。