Ciaqpar`bøe

Template:Ttsx (食飽未?) is a common Taiwanese greeting phrase. It means, "Have you eaten yet?"

Explanation

• ciah (食 to eat)
• par (飽 (adv) adequately, sufficiently)
• ciaqpar 🔊: satiated/full (does not tone sandhi)
  • bøe (未) (or Template:X2) means "not yet?" and is spoken low tone
  • see grave accent

Variant

Lie ciaqpar`bøe? 🔊

"Have you eaten?"

Possible Responses

Goar ciaqpar`aq. 🔊 (我食飽矣)

I've eaten/I'm full.

Iawboe 🔊 / Afbøe 🔊

Not yet.

Paktor iaw. 🔊

Hungry.

Saying

• Ciaqpar voa iaw 🔊 (食飽換枵)