Taiwanese phrasebook
Useful Taiwanese phrases (Source)
Phrase List
Basics
- Lie hQr 🔊! / Lirn hQr!
- Hello.
- Lie hQr`bQo? (你好否?)
- How are you?
- Hoangeeng kongliim 🔊. (歡迎光臨)
- Welcome.
- Lie ciaqpar 🔊`boe? (你食飽未?)
- How are you? (Have you eaten?)
- Ciaqpar`aq! 🔊 (食飽啊)
- I have eaten!
- Bexbae 🔊! Ar lie`leq? (我未僫! 你呢？)
- Not bad! , and you?
- Cyn-hQr, tQsia. 🔊 (真好，多謝)
- Fine, thanks! (informal)
- HQr, kafmsia. 🔊 好，感謝
- Fine, thank you. (formal)
- Lie kiQx symmih miaa? 🔊 (你叫啥物名？)
- What's your name?
- Goar ee miaa si... 🔊 (我的名是...)
- My name is ...
- Cyn-hvoahie ka lie segsai! 🔊
- Nice to meet you!
- Chviar... 🔊
- Please... (before a request)
- Paethog 🔊 (拜託)
- Please.
- Mxbiern khehkhix 🔊 (呣免客氣)
- You're welcome
- Si 🔊 (是)
- Yes. (Note:Only some questions are answered with this. As with other varieties of Chinese, affirmation is generally done by repeating the verb in the question.)
- Mxsi. 🔊 (毋是)
- No.
- LQkax 🔊 (勞駕)
- Excuse me. (getting attention)
- Phvaysex 🔊 (歹勢)
- Excuse me. (begging pardon) / I'm sorry. (informal)
- Sitlea 🔊 (失禮)
- I'm sorry. (formal)
- Zaekiexn 🔊 (再見)
- Goodbye
- Template:TTS ()
- Goodbye (informal)
- Goar bexhiao korng... 🔊(我未曉講...)
- I can't speak... [well].
- Goar bexhiao korng Enggie 🔊 (我未曉講英語)
- I don't know how to speak English
- Lie karm exhiao korng Enggie? 🔊 (你敢會曉講英語？)
- Don't you speak English?
- Ciaf kafm'u laang exhiao korng Enggie? 🔊(遐敢有人會曉講英語？)
- Is there someone here who speaks English?
- Kiuolaang! 🔊 (救人！)
- Help!
- SiQfsym! 🔊 (小心！)
- Look out!
- Template:TTS! (賢早。)
- Good morning.
- HQr armmii. 🔊 (好暗暝。)
- Good evening. (Amoy)
- Boafn'an 🔊 ()
- Good night.
- HQr khuxn 🔊 (好睏。)
- Good night (to sleep)
- Goar thviabQo. 🔊(我聽無。)
- I don't understand.
- Piexnsor ti tQfui? 🔊 (便所佇佗?)
- Where's the bathroom?
- Template:TTS! (你真媠)
- You are beautiful