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'''Frequently-Used Taiwanese Polysyllable Homophones''' were gathered by analyzing the ''[[Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan]]'' (''MoeDict''). After we converted the original [[TL]] to [[MTL]], we found 361 entries (rows) that are homophones. All are two-syllable, covering 178 MTL that usually match two rows each. Just five MTL match three rows each: ''{{x|hibang}}'', ''{{x|honghøea}}'', ''{{x|huiekhix}}'', ''{{x|kofkex}}'', ''{{x|teng'ar}}''.

== Full list ==
{{x|anleeng}}, {{x|baxnban}}, {{x|befthaau}}, {{x|bunbeeng}}, {{x|byseg}}, {{x|chiaciorng}}, {{x|chiahø}}, {{x|chiethaxm}}, {{x|chimjip}}, {{x|chit'ar}}, {{x|ciernsu}}, {{x|cionglaai}}, {{x|cirntong}}, {{x|cysi}}, {{x|goanheeng}}, {{x|goanthaau}}, {{x|goaxheeng}}, {{x|goaxsiofng}}, {{x|gyteng}}, {{x|haglek}}, {{x|hengseg}}, {{x|hengthaix}}, {{x|hibang}}, {{x|hichix}}, {{x|hiernsyn}}, {{x|hiexnkym}}, {{x|hoafn'exng}}, {{x|hoafnzexng}}, {{x|hoan'ar}}, {{x|hoansyn}}, {{x|hoatkag}}, {{x|høeathaau}}, {{x|hogsip}}, {{x|honghioxng}}, {{x|honghoad}}, {{x|honghoan}}, {{x|honghøea}}, {{x|hongseg}}, {{x|hongtiaau}}, {{x|hongtiin}}, {{x|hongzuie}}, {{x|huiekhix}}, {{x|hunky}}, {{x|iaqar}}, {{x|iensvoax}}, {{x|in'ieen}}, {{x|iofng'iok}}, {{x|iogbong}}, {{x|iøqzef}}, {{x|iugvar}}, {{x|iusexng}}, {{x|ixteng}}, {{x|jinsu}}, {{x|jinsym}}, {{x|kanghw}}, {{x|kaohwn}}, {{x|kauar}}, {{x|kaukied}}, {{x|kayciuo}}, {{x|kayseg}}, {{x|køear}}, {{x|kefngkaix}}, {{x|kefngtix}}, {{x|keh'ar}}, {{x|kekafng}}, {{x|keng'ar}}, {{x|khiesex}}, {{x|khoanhan}}, {{x|khoat'ham}}, {{x|khoghii}}, {{x|khuiky}}, {{x|khypoef}}, {{x|kielok}}, {{x|kikhar}}, {{x|kileeng}}, {{x|kim'ar}}, {{x|kinzad}}, {{x|kioghan}}, {{x|kisw}}, {{x|ko'ar}}, {{x|koanciaux}}, {{x|koanlieen}}, {{x|køeato}}, {{x|kofkex}}, {{x|kokkaix}}, {{x|kong'eeng}}, {{x|kong'iong}}, {{x|kongzuo}}, {{x|kørpiet}}, {{x|kutkeq}}, {{x|kvoaxzuie}}, {{x|lamhofng}}, {{x|lienlok}}, {{x|lixhai}}, {{x|lyheeng}}, {{x|lyiuu}}, {{x|niuar}}, {{x|oankafng}}, {{x|pauhaam}}, {{x|pekkin}}, {{x|pengheeng}}, {{x|penghøo}}, {{x|phangzuie}}, {{x|pheklek}}, {{x|pintø}}, {{x|pipee}}, {{x|pitsw}}, {{x|pørsiuu}}, {{x|putcie}}, {{x|pvoachiaf}}, {{x|pvoaoe}}, {{x|senghau}}, {{x|sengtiorng}}, {{x|serngtøe}}, {{x|siausid}}, {{x|sidbut}}, {{x|sidiong}}, {{x|sinkii}}, {{x|siongbu}}, {{x|siongkaf}}, {{x|siongseg}}, {{x|siongsex}}, {{x|sirnhø}}, {{x|sirnsid}}, {{x|siusip}}, {{x|siusog}}, {{x|siuzuie}}, {{x|subin}}, {{x|suhoad}}, {{x|sutiern}}, {{x|sutviuo}}, {{x|tai'ar}}, {{x|taixcioxng}}, {{x|taixcix}}, {{x|taixkofng}}, {{x|taixliok}}, {{x|taixsw}}, {{x|tanghofng}}, {{x|tantok}}, {{x|tauar}}, {{x|taxngchiuo}}, {{x|te'ar}}, {{x|tefsvoax}}, {{x|teng'ar}}, {{x|tengsuun}}, {{x|texzuo}}, {{x|thekøf}}, {{x|thesefng}}, {{x|thiauar}}, {{x|thienpeeng}}, {{x|thongsixn}}, {{x|tiesuu}}, {{x|tiexnkhix}}, {{x|tiexnsixn}}, {{x|tngto}}, {{x|tofngkii}}, {{x|tongsii}}, {{x|toxkoex}}, {{x|vear}}, {{x|zaizeeng}}, {{x|zaizuo}}, {{x|zeahiexn}}, {{x|zeaphirn}}, {{x|zeng'efng}}, {{x|zengbie}}, {{x|zengcixn}}, {{x|zenggi}}, {{x|zengkerng}}, {{x|zhah'oe}}, {{x|zhuotviuo}}, {{x|zhutkex}}, {{x|zhutthaau}}, {{x|zhvezhaix}}, {{x|zhwkerng}}, {{x|zoancid}}, {{x|zoansyn}}, {{x|zøxheeng}}, {{x|zuxsyn}}

== Method ==
* 14,980 rows of dictionary sections 1 and 5 were identified as polysyllable by TL: 12,447 duosyllable, 2,105 trisyllable, 426 four-syllable, and just 2 five-syllable. Analysis was done in Python using collections.Counter()
* Only some of the duosyllables are written the same in TL: 292 words overlap on 145 distinct TL
* TL was converted to MTL to reveal the homophones. A total of 14,797 distinct MTL were counted
* The homophones are 361 rows (2.3%) that overlap on 178 MTL (1.2%). Those rows cover 214 TL.

== See also ==
* [[MTL words with double reverse mapping]]
* [[Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan/Monosyllables|DFT monosyllables]]