Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan/Frequency of syllables

100 Frequently-Used Syllables in Frequently-Used Words

2,128 unique syllables were found in the main headwords of the TBSS dictionary as represented in the 2015 MoE Dictionary. Only main headwords were analyzed (proverbs and variant readings, preceded by the forward slash, were excluded). The syllables are presented in the following file, sorted by frequency, then alphabetically, written in TRS, POJ, and MTL.

• File:Syllables in Kaohsiung-area Taiwanese (MOE TBSS).ods

First hundred syllables

The first 100 of these syllables are:

1. ar
2. thaau
3. kofng
4. chiuo
5. zuie
6. hofng
7. laang
8. sym
9. khaf
10. seg
11. hoad
12. ky
13. khix
14. syn
15. toa
16. kef
17. bøo
18. bin
19. kaf
20. te
21. chiaf
22. lie
23. lo
24. iuu
25. cie
26. sw
27. jiin
28. su
29. sefng
30. zhuix
31. oe
32. hwn
33. zhaix
34. kafng
35. zuo
36. tai
37. zhud
38. zeeng
39. khie
40. sii
41. heeng
42. hoea
43. jit
44. lek
45. køf
46. kex
47. kym
48. sex
49. hoe
50. siofng
51. ho
52. zexng
53. of
54. leeng
55. kii
56. hii
57. hoef
58. siøf
59. kor
60. lieen
61. koafn
62. zefng
63. bak
64. si
65. to
66. goa
67. bie
68. goaan
69. siin
70. buun
71. siw
72. nii
73. zex
74. peh
75. hoong
76. hae
77. cid
78. au
79. tong
80. tiofng
81. kefng
82. kaw
83. pud
84. tien
85. mngg
86. teng
87. kaux
88. kog
89. kae
90. tee
91. boea
92. ix
93. sie
94. buo
95. sexng
96. kerng
97. ciah
98. biin
99. tngg
100. khuy