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
  • see grave accent

Variant

Lie ciaqpar`boe? 🔊

"Have you eaten?"

Possible Responses

Goar ciaqpar`aq 🔊

I've eaten/I'm full.

Iawboe 🔊

Not yet.

Paktor iaw 🔊

Hungry.

Saying

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