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

Taiwanese Hokkien words commonly found in local Mandarin language newspapers and periodicals

List

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

See Also

• Online Abbreviations
• Hoklo expands to new arenas — the Web and resumes
• Heng'iongsuu

References

• Taiwanese Mandarin
• DFT
• 臺灣話