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 🔊 (a person who is weak, incapable, whose ability is not matched 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.)
suophoex 🔊 (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!)
thutzhoee 🔊 (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)