Ciaqpar`bøe

Ciaqpar`bøe? 🔊 (食飽未?) is a common Taiwanese greeting phrase. It means, "Have you eaten yet?"

Explanation

• ciah (食 to eat)
• par (飽 (adv) adequately, sufficiently)
• ciaqpar (食飽 satiated/full (does not tone sandhi))
  • boe (未) means "not yet?" and is spoken low tone

Dialog

(A) Lie ciaqpar`boe? 🔊

"Have you eaten?"

(B) Goar ciaqpar`aq 🔊

I've eaten/I'm full.

(B) Iawboe

Not yet.

(B) Paktor iaw 🔊

Hungry.

Saying

• Ciaqpar voa iaw (食飽換枵 eat in exchange for hunger)