View source for List of Taiwanese Hokkien words commonly found in local Mandarin language newspapers and periodicals

'''Taiwanese Hoklo words commonly found in local Mandarin language newspapers and periodicals'''

==List==
*{{x|ahpax}} (a local tyrant; a bully)
*{{x|lofbahkhaf}} (a person who is weak, incapable, whose ability is not matched with those around him.)
*{{x|gve}}/{{x|gvi}} ({{wt|硬}}; obstinate(ly), tense (as of sing/performing))
*{{x|kah'ix}} (to like)
*{{x|kiernsiaux}} (shy; bashful; sense of shame)
*{{x|korngkw}} ({{wt|摃龜}}; to end up with nothing (from English "skunk", via Japanese))
*{{x|kumof}} ({{wt|龜毛}}; picky; high-maintenance)
*{{x|khiu}} ((adj) description for food—soft and pliable (like mochi cakes))
*{{x|lau-khokkhog}} (LKK; old and senile)
*{{x|phapha'zao}} ({{bt|拋拋走}}; to muck around)
*{{x|phvaysex}} ({{wt|歹勢}}; I beg your pardon; I am sorry; Excuse me.)
*{{x|suophøex}} ({{bt|四配}}; (''adj'') well-suited to each other)
*{{x|taixcix}} ({{wt|代誌}}; an event; a matter; an affair)
*{{x|toxng-bøextiaau}} (can not bear something/compelled to do something)
*{{x|torngsoarn}} ({{wt|當選}}; to win an election)
*{{x|thaukhag phvaykhix}} (頭殼歹去; (you have/he has) lost (your/his) mind!)
*{{x|thutzhøee}} ({{wt|脫箠}}; to go off the rails; to go wrong)
*[[urnciaxng]] (driver (of automotive vehicles); from Japanese 運ちゃん unchan, slang for {{wt|運転士}} untenshi))
*{{x|utzud}} ({{wt|鬱卒}}; (adj) depressed; sulky; unhappy; moody)

==See Also==
*[[Online Abbreviations]]
*[[Hoklo expands to new arenas — the Web and resumes]]
*[[Heng'iongsuu]]

==References==
*{{w|Taiwanese Mandarin}}
*[[DFT]]
*{{z|臺灣話}}

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