Taiwanese Hokkien Vocab

top 2000 to 3000 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 2000 to 3000

total 1000 words

  • camp

    iânn

    釋義:軍隊駐紮的地方。 活動聚集的場所。 計算編制單位。

  • younger brother

    細的

    sè--ê/suè--ê

    釋義:小弟、手下。稱呼團體中位階較低者,是比較俚俗的用法。 弟弟,表示自己的親弟弟,或至交兄弟。

  • god

    sîn

    釋義:指天地萬物的創造者或主宰者。 指人的精神狀態。在閩南口語的使用習慣中,常將「神」字加在名詞或形容詞後面,具有「神情、神態」的意思。 難以解釋的。 精力。 發呆、恍惚。

  • popularity

    流行

    liû-hîng

    釋義:時興。盛行於當時。

  • burden

    釋義:背、擔。

  • powerful

    有力

    ū-la̍t

    釋義:強勁有力量。 有財力或者權威勢力。

  • regulation

    kui

    釋義:畫圓形的器具。 法度、條文。 整個。完全的,全部的。 規劃。

  • bike

    跤踏車

    kha-ta̍h-tshia

    釋義:腳踏車。一種利用雙腳踩踏板前進的兩輪車。

  • decline

    下降

    hā-kàng

    釋義:(臺華共同詞 ,無義項)

  • contemporary

    當代

    tong-tāi

    釋義:(臺華共同詞 ,無義項)

  • current

    面頭前

    bīn-thâu-tsîng

    釋義:眼前、面前。

  • go through

    經過

    king-kuè/king-kè

    釋義:通過。 事務發展的過程。 事情發生的原委。

  • grow up

    大漢

    tuā-hàn

    釋義:身材高大。 長大。 年長的。排行在先的或較年長的。

  • scene

    情景

    tsîng-kíng

    釋義:(臺華共同詞 ,無義項)

  • lawyer

    律師

    lu̍t-su

    釋義:受當事人委託或法院指定,依法協助當事人訴訟、出庭辯護,以及處理有關法律事務的專業人員。以前叫「狀師」(tsn̄g-su)。

  • air force

    空軍

    khong-kun

    釋義:(臺華共同詞 ,無義項)

  • sword

    kiàm

    釋義:武器名,兩面有刃,中間有脊,附有握柄。 計算揮「劍」次數的單位。

  • defeat

    pāi

    釋義:毀壞、損壞。 將家產揮霍殆盡。 事情不成功、失利、輸了。

  • daily

    日常

    ji̍t-siông/li̍t-siông

    釋義:平常、平日。

  • ditch

    kau

    釋義:人工挖掘的水路。 溪河的小支流。