MTL Toolbox

MTL Toolbox (https://learntaiwanese.org/MTLtoolbox/)

Features

• full-text search engine accepts romanized Taiwanese, English, Harnji
• audio links and other features to help learn Modern Literal Taiwanese (MLT)
• MTL Multisearch, MLT soundboard

MTL Multisearch

MTL Multisearch: search multiple dictionaries using MTL input.

• Local copies of HTB, DFT, and MK already converted from POJ and TL to MTL.

Converts from MLT to POJ/TL for external searches, including:

• Taibuun/Hoabuun Svoarterng Sutiern
• Tai-Nichi Daijiten

Try monosyllable examples: lie, ky, køf

Data

Caches/forks of:

• HTB: Hiexntai-buun Dictionary
• DFT: Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan via MoeDict
• MK: Maryknoll Taiwanese-English Dictionary

Technical Notes

• FTS4 full-text searches: SQLite FTS3 and FTS4 Extensions
• Token prefix queries: use the asterisk ('*') at the end
  • Example: Taioa*
• Specify a column-name followed by a colon (':')
  • Example: thj:頭* (you should see all entries starting with this Harnji)

See Also

• Taiwanese-English dictionaries

Acknowledgements

• The MTL Toolbox uses data from the Maryknoll Taiwanese-English Dictionary, which was generously released to the public under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License.