Ciaqpar`bøe

Ciaqpar`bøe? is a common Taiwanese greeting phrase. It means, "Have you eaten yet?"

Explanation

• ciah (食 to eat)
• par (飽 (adv) adequately, sufficiently)
• ciaqpar (食飽 satiated/full (does not tone sandhi))
  • bøe (未) means "not yet?" and is spoken low tone

Dialog

(A) Lie ciaqpar`bøe?

Have you eaten?

(B) Goar ciaqpar`aq. Lie`leq?

I've eaten/I'm full. You?

(A) Goar ma ykefng ciaqpar`aq. Tøsia!

I also have eaten. Thanks!

Iawbøe

Not yet.

Paktor iaw.

Hungry.

Saying

Ciah par voa iaw. (食飽換枵)

eat in exchange for hunger