Chha-put-to – Almost, virtually
Chhî…thāi-tō· – Have a … attitude
Chhím / Chhím-chhím – Just [verb] -ed
Chhin-chhiūⁿ - For example; namely; such as
Chhin-chhiūⁿ…(ê khóan) – Be like, look like // seem / appear to be
Chhin-chhiūⁿ…kāng-khóan – Be just like, look just like
Chhòng-siáⁿ – Why / how come / why the heck
Almost; virtually
Chha-put-to só·-ū ê lâng lóng tông-ì i ê khòaⁿ-hoat.
Almost everybody agrees with his viewpoint.
Iú-koan hui-hoat î-bîn ê sin-bûn chiàm liáu chha-put-to múi-kang tiān-sī ê nn̂g-kim sî-tōaⁿ kap pò-chóa ê siōng bêng-hián ê pán-bīn.
Almost everyday, news about illegal immigration filled prime-time TV and the front pages of newspapers.
Have a … attitude
Related: Ū…thài-tō·; phō tio̍h … thài-tō·
Bí-kok ê kok-hōe hiān-chú-sî tùi chū-iû bō∙-e̍k hia̍p-tēng chhî siong-tong hôai-gî ê thài-tō∙.
Congress has a pretty mistrustful attitude toward free trade agreements right now.
Tùi chit ê sin-lí-lūn, tōa pō·-hūn ê ha̍k-chiá lóng chhî hôai-gî thài-tō·.
Most scholars have a doubtful attitude concerning this new theory.
Just [verb] -ed
Related: tú-tú
Chhím lâi ê sî i ū kā góa kóng, chèng-tī li̍p-tiûⁿ m̄-thang siuⁿ kiông, nā chhòng bô hó-sè, Tiong-kok-lâng ū khó-lêng mā ē lâi khòng-gī lán khui Tâi-gí-khò.
When I first arrived he said to to me that my political views should not be overly strong, and that if I didn’t do it right, the Chinese might come and protest us holding a Taiwanese class.
Tiong-kok-lâng chhím lâi Tâi-ôan ê sî, ke̍k-ke kúi-ê-á goân-chū-bîn tòa tī hia.
When Chinese people first came to Taiwan, at most only a few aboriginal people lived there.
I chhím-chhím cháu niā-niā.
He just left a second ago.
For example; namely; such as
Related: Chhin-chhiūⁿ… (ê khóan); chhin-chhiūⁿ… kāng-khóan; chhiūⁿ
Sàn-chhiah ê lâng, mā ē-tàng tī chi̍t-kóa hó-gia̍h ê kok-ka lāi-té chhōe–tio̍h, chhin-chhiūⁿ tī Khéng-thah-ki ê lāi-soaⁿ pō·-lo̍k.
You can find poor people even in rich countries, for example in mountain towns in Kentucky.
Pa̍t-ê kok-ka, chhin-chhiūⁿ Lâm-hui, mā ū nn̄g-ê síu-to·.
Other countries, for example South Africa, also have two capital cities.
Be like; look like; seem; appear to be
I ê pâng-keng lōan kah tio̍h chhin-chhiūⁿ pùn-sò-tui ê khóan.
His room is so messy that it looks like a garbage heap.
I sī m̄-sī jīm-ūi jīn-seng chhin-chhiūⁿ chi̍t-tiûⁿ bāng, sím-mi̍h lâng lóng bô hoat-tō· pá-ak.
If he can realize that life is like a dream, no man can control him.
Bô kè-ta̍t chhin-chhiūⁿ káu-sái.
It’s as worthless as a piece of dog-shit.
Hó chhin-chhiūⁿ iā sī hō· káu-go̍eh-hūn siau-hùi-chiá sìn-sim chí-sò· chiūⁿ-seng ê chú-iàu gôan-in chi it.
It really seems to also have been one of the main drivers for August’s jump in consumer confidence numbers.
Be just like; look just like
I ê bīn tiāⁿ-tiāⁿ âng kah chhin-chhiūⁿ lìn-go·h kāng-khóan, chin kó-chui.
His face often gets red just like an apple; it’s really cute.
Chiàⁿ chhin-chhiūⁿ hîm-niau kàu Tâi-ôan tú tio̍h ku-cho̍at kāng-khóan, ti̍t-hâng iā hó, chióng chióng ê kau-liû iā hó, lû-kó bô Tâi-ôan chip-chèng tong-kio̍k chòe-āu ê chiap-siū kap he̍k-chún, hē-lo̍h khì si̍t-si ê khùn-lâm thêng-tō ôan-ná chin kôan.
Just like the case when the panda met with refusal when it arrived in Taiwan, direct flights are fine, all kinds of exchanges are fine, but if you don’t have the ultimate acceptance and approval of Taiwan’s ruling party officials, the level of difficulty involved in actually taking care (of the problem) will be as high as always.
For example
Bí-kok chin chē só·-chāi͘ ê tē-miâ pún-té sī gôan-chū-bîn-ōe, chhiūⁿ-kóng Michigan kap Nebraska hun-pia̍t sī “toā-ô·” kap “pêⁿ-chúi” ê ì-sù.
Many placenames in America were originally Indian words. For example, Michigan and Nebraska mean “big lake” and “flat water,” respectively.
Só·-ū ê gí-giân siā-kûn lóng ū chu-keh kàu-io̍k in ka-tī ê sêng-ôan hō· in ē-tàng tit-tio̍h kap in ê bûn-hòa thôan-thóng siong-koan ê gí-giân ê tì-sek, chhiūⁿ-kóng bat chiâⁿ-chò in siā-khu kòan-siông iōng-gí ê bûn-ha̍k ia̍h-sī sèng-giân.
All language communities are entitled to an education which will enable their members to acquire knowledge of any languages related to their own cultural tradition, such as literary or sacred languages which were formerly habitual languages of the community. (UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity, Article 27)
Why; how come; why the heck
Lí chhōe i beh chhòng-siáⁿ?
Why are you looking for her?
Kóng hiah-ni̍h tōa-siaⁿ beh chhòng-siáⁿ?
What are you talking so loud for?
Hiah jīn-chin tha̍k chheh beh chhòng-siáⁿ?
Why are you bothering to study so hard?
The rest / the remaining
Related: Ki-thaⁿ ê
Ke-nn̄g-ko, góa the̍h nn̄g tè tio̍h hó, chhun ê lóng hō· lí.
As for the cake, I’ll be fine with two pieces and then you can have the rest.
Àn-chiàu 2005-nî siu-hiàn àn, sin-ê Li̍p-hoat-īⁿ ū 113 se̍k, kî-tiong khu-he̍k li̍p-úi 73 se̍k ti̍t-chiap iû tē-khu sóan-kú sán-seng, 6 se̍k chò-ûi goân-chū-bîn se̍k-ūi, chhun–ê 34 se̍k iû put-hun khu tâu-piò.
According to the 2005 amendment to the constitution, the new Legislative Yuan has 60 seats; among them, 73 regional seats are directly filled from local elections, 6 are aboriginal seats, and the rest are island-wide.
