Please note: I’m editing the site’s content to correct the remaining spelling and translating mistakes. It’s slow going, and I’m only up to ‘J.’
Also, there are a few new entries:
Chhin-chhiūⁿ - For example; namely; such as
[Verb] ē lo̍h khì - Continue to [verb]
Í-chêng - [Time] ago; [time] before
Kám iā tio̍h8 -Used for rhetorical questions such as “How can…?” or Why on earth is …?”
Á-sī - 1. Or; 2. still, would be (better to)
Ài … (tioh) ài / pit-su ài - In order to …, one has to …
Àn (chiàu) … lâi khòaⁿ - From (the view of …) / according to / based on
Àn-chóaⁿ - How / in what manner / (no matter) how
Àn-chóaⁿ … (aǹ-chóaⁿ …) – However / whatever
Àn -nóaⁿ - How / in what manner
Án-nóaⁿ m̄ - Why wouldn’t one be…
Àn-sî - According to schedule / on schedule / at the scheduled time
1. Or
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Lán lâi sio-su chit8-pah kho· khòaⁿ sī lí tioh8 á-sī góa tioh8.
Let’s bet a hundred bucks and see if you’re right or I am.
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Pak-tó· ê thìaⁿ sī tauh8-tauh8-á á-sī hiông-hiông hoat-seng?
Did your stomach pain come on slowly or suddenly?
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Kun-kù Tiong-iong khì-siōng-kiok8 khì-siōng pò-kò, kin-á-jit8 Tâi-pak-chhī o·–im chē hûn á-sī lûi-chūn-hō·, chap8-saⁿ tō· kàu chap8-káu tō·.
According to the Central Weather Bureau forecast, today in Taipei city it will be overcast and mostly cloudy or stormy, (with temperatures) from 13 to 19 degrees.
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2. Still; would be (better to)
[Related (and basically a non-standard pronunciation) for: Iáu-sī]
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Ū sì-ê lâng, á-sī chē kè-thêng-chhia sǹg khah ē hô.
There are four people, so I’d be cheaper to take a taxi.
In order to … , it’s necessary to … / if one wants to … , one has to …
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Ài khôan-iû sè-kài, tioh8 ài ke khiām chit8-sut8-á chîⁿ.
If you want to travel around the world, you’ll have to save more money.
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Ài thàn chîⁿ, ài chhōe chit8-ê khah hó ê thâu-lō∙, tioh8 ài phah piàⁿ.
If you want to make money, if you want to find a good job, you need to work hard.
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Ài sek-èng bok8-chiân chêng-sè ê hoat-tián, chèng-hú pit-su ài tiâu-chéng kúi hāng chèng-chhek.
In order to adapt to developments in the current situation, the government needs to adjust several policies.
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Ài kiàn-lip8 chin-chiàⁿ Tâi-ôan ê bûn-hoa, pit-su ài thoat-lī Hàn-jī ê sok-pak8.
If we want to establish a true Taiwanese culture, we have to escape the constraints of Chinese characters.
From (the view of …) / according to / based on
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Nā-chún àn tē-khu lâi khòaⁿ, Hui-chiu, Ìn-tō∙, kap Tiong-tang sī tùi loh8-bóe sǹg–lâi pâi-miâ chêng saⁿ miâ ê sò·-ūi lok8-hiō tē-khu.
If you look by region, Africa, India, and the Middle East rank first through third-worst among “digitally-underdeveloped” areas.
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Àn sè-kài kok bûn-bêng ê hoat-tián lek8-sú lâi khòaⁿ, keng-chè ê hoat-tián, bîn-chú-hòa ū chin bit8-chhiat ê koan-hē.
From the history of the development of each of the world’s civilizations, we can see that economic development and democratization are closely related.
How / in what manner / (no matter) how
[Note: some texts and dictionaries write àn-chóaⁿ as án-chóaⁿ.]
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Góa aǹ-choáⁿ kiò i, i lóng bô chhut siaⁿ, tìⁿ m̄ chai.
No matter how I called him, he didn’t make a sound, and pretended that he didn’t know.
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Án-ne, àn-nóaⁿ ū pān-hoat chin kín lâi kái-koat chit ê būn-tê leh?
Well then, how are we going to solve this problem effectively?
However / whatever
[Note: some texts and dictionaries write àn-chóaⁿ as án-chóaⁿ.]
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Lí àn-chóaⁿ kóng, i tio̍h àn-chóaⁿ chò.
Whatever you say, she does.
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I nā m̄-thiaⁿ, àn-chóaⁿ kóng mā bô chhái-kang.
He doesn’t want to listen, so whatever you say will be of no use.
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Lí àn-chóaⁿ cháu to cháu bē iâⁿ i.
No matter what you do you’ll never out-run him.
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Góa àn-nóaⁿ kóng to sī góa m̄-ti̍oh!
No matter what I say I’m the one at fault.
Why wouldn’t one be …
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Bí-kok-lâng án-nóaⁿ m̄ hùn-nō·?
Why wouldn’t Americans be mad (about this)?
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Kè-siàu hiah-nih8 siok8, àn-nóaⁿ m̄ bé nn̄g–ê?
With a price that cheap, why wouldn’t you buy two?
According to schedule / on schedule / at the scheduled time
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Chit khoán I-pod ē àn-sî hā-chài sin ê lōe-iông.
This kind of I-pod can download new content according to a set schedule.
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Tān-sī I sî-siông ēng I só· chò ê hó-sū lâi hián-sī I ê pún-sèng: chiū-sī tùi thiⁿ-téng kàng-hō·, àn-sî hō· lâng siu-sêng; siúⁿ-sù lín chia̍h-niû, hō· lín ê sim chhiong-móa hí-lo̍k.
Yet he has not left himself without demonstration of his own nature: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy. (Acts 14:17)
