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.
As there are a large number of words in these lists, it may take longer to load.
Category: top 2000 to 3000
total 1000 words
camp
營
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
神
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
負
hū
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
規
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
劍
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
敗
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
溝
kau
釋義:人工挖掘的水路。 溪河的小支流。