Ciaqpar`bøe

Template:Ttsx (食飽未?) is a common Taiwanese greeting phrase. It means, "Have you eaten yet?"

Explanation

• ciah 🔊: (v) to eat
• par 🔊: (adv) adequately, sufficiently
• ciaqpar 🔊: satiated/full (does not tone sandhi)
  • be 🔊 (or bøe) means "not yet?" and is spoken low tone
  • see grave accent

Variant

Lie ciaqpar`bøe? 🔊

"Have you eaten?"

Possible Responses

Goar ciaqpar`aq. 🔊 (我食飽矣)

I've eaten/I'm full.

Iawboe 🔊 / Afbøe 🔊

Not yet.

Paktor iaw. 🔊

Hungry.

Saying

• Ciaqpar voa iaw 🔊 (食飽換枵)