More Taiwanese words from Japanese

aekiaw 🔊 (愛嬌)

(adj) flirtatious/charming

asofbiq 🔊 (遊び)

play (of a mechanism)

auxiah 🔊 (後驛)

(n) rear entrance of a railway station

chiaciorng 🔊 / chiaciarng (車掌)

bus server/bus conductress or conductor, collects tickets

chietchiuo

postage stamp

chiwsorliau 🔊 (手數料)

red-tape process handling fee

cihux 🔊 (支付)

(v) to pay

hoanhø 🔊 (番號)

(n) military unit's codename, using letters and numbers

hoexsia

company

iah 🔊 (驛)

train station, bus stop, etc. (eki) (chiathaau)

viuhok 🔊 (洋服)

(n) western suit (sezofng)

jinkhix 🔊 (人氣)

(n) popularity

jintafn 🔊 (仁丹)

(n) Jintan (Japanese medicine)

jiutø 🔊 (柔道)

judo

kafmsym 🔊 (感心)

(adj) touching, moving

kangsu 🔊 (工事)

(n) engineering/construction project (see kangteeng)

kaypiefn 🔊 / kayphiefn 🔊 (改編)

(n/v) change

kharnhoxhu 🔊 (看護婦)

(n) nurse

khinbu 🔊 (勤務)

(n) (police and civil servants) work/charge/duty during peacetime

khorng 🔊 / khofngseg

(n) dark blue/navy blue

kite

base (military/research)

kølie 🔊 / køluo (高女)

(n) girls' senior high school

konglerng 🔊 (綱領)

(lit.) doctrine

korngkw 🔊 (摃龜^‡)

(v) to end up with nothing (i.e., in a lottery), from "skunk" (Jidguo: スカンク sukanku)

koachiuo

singer

lixsuun

profit

osef

to bribe

piexnhoxsu

lawyer

salongpasuq 🔊 (沙龍巴斯)

salonpas pain relieving products

siauxkaix 🔊 (紹介)

(v) to make an introduction

sidtngg

cafeteria

sviwzng (賞狀)

prize certificate

taixjiin 🔊 (大人)

(polite title to policeman) "your honor"

tiexnkhix (電氣)

electricity

tiexnsirnkiok 🔊 (電信局)

national office responsible for telephone and telegraph

tohap 🔊 (都合)

situation/status (time, place, etc)

zhutgiap 🔊 (出業)

graduation

zhuttviw

(v) official leave

zeng'iah 🔊 (前驛)

front entrance to station

zekkek 🔊 (積極)

positive; dynamic; energetic

siaukek 🔊 (消極)

negative; passive

References

• Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan
• TDJ