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The compound vowel øe is dialectal: generally e in the south and oe in the north, although in some words, it's the opposite. Examples:

Unified Spelling	Southern	Northern	Meaning
Template:X2	befbe	boefboe	to buy and sell
Template:X2	peq	poeq	eight
Template:X2	goeh	geq	month
Template:X2	boea	bea	tail

The verb øe (會^†; to be able to / to possibly / will) is shortened as just Template:X2 in most places.
- Examples: exhiao, extaxng, exsae.

Governor-General of Taiwan (1931-1932). "ōe (能)", in Ogawa Naoyoshi, ed. 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese and Taiwanese) 1. Taihoku: 同府 [Dōfu]. p. 152.
Different Taiwanese Dialects and Derivative Vowels

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 == Notes ==
-*The compound vowel '''øe''' is dialectal may be substituted with '''oe''' to avoid the use of [[ø]].
+*The compound vowel '''øe''' is dialectal: generally ''e'' in the south and ''oe'' in the north, although in some words, it's the opposite. Examples:
-**Example: gøeh -> [[goeh]]
+{| class="wikitable"
-*It is generally ''oe'' in the north and ''e'' in the south, but there is no strong rule.
+! Unified Spelling !! Southern !! Northern !! Meaning
-**Example: bøefbøe -> [[befbe]]
+|-
+| {{x2|bøefbøe}} || [[befbe]] || boefboe || to buy and sell
+|-
+| {{x2|pøeq}} || [[8|peq]] || poeq || eight
+|-
+| {{x2|gøeh}} || [[goeh]] || geq || month
+|-
+| {{x2|bøea}} || [[boea]] || bea || tail
+|}
 *The verb '''øe''' ({{tj|會}}; to be able to / to possibly / will) is shortened as just '''{{x2|e}}''' in most places.
 **Examples: [[exhiao]], [[extaxng]], [[exsae]].