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

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

List

• ahpax 🔊 (a local tyrant; a bully)
• lofbahkhaf 🔊 (incompetent, foolish person; a person whose ability is unmatched with those around him.)
• gvi 🔊 / geng 🔊 (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))
• lauxkhokkhog 🔊 (LKK; old and senile)
• phaphazao 🔊 (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)
• torngbextiaau 🔊 (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
• TBSS
• 臺灣話