Word of the day - khùn-thân-khī

khùn-thân-khī
turn sideways (while laying down)

A friend who used be a nurse told me that she was taught this term in order to instruct patients turn sideways.

I don't really know first two words. (Help!!!!)
The third word probably means tilted, in an angle, sort of.

I need to do more research on this one.





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Word of the day

Iûnn-kak tāu
Okra, one of my favorite vegetable!!
It describes okra is a kind of bean that shapes like a goat corn and it really does!!!

iûnn = goat, sheep
kak = corner, pointy edge.
iûnn-kak = goat horn. (Sheep has horn too?!?)

gû-kak = cow corn.

tāu = beans, peas.

Word of the day

sī-kak gē-su̍t
Visual Art




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Word of the day

pōng thé-tāng
weigh. Take the measurement unit from a scale.

Compare to nîu 量 (nîu thé-tāng)
pōng literally means pound, the unit for weight.
tsı̍t-pōng one pound
gōo-pōng five pound

but using pōng instead of nîu is very authentic way of weighing something/someone on a scale.

nîu is influenced by Chinese usage of taking measure.

hán-bûn: 磅體重
Chinese: 量體重




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Tâigí word of the day

New vocabulary of the day

tsínn-kiong (younger ginger, not as spicy.)
Chinese: 嫩薑

Related word: lāu-kiong (older ginger, stronger flavor).
Chinese: 老薑

kiong = ginger


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Inspired by a tha̍k-tsheh-huē(study group/forum) event organized by Sè-kài-tâi, This online platform was created with the aim of discussing and translating the most up-to-date world news directly into Tâi-gí (Taiwanese), bypassing the need to go through Mandarin Chinese which dominates Taiwan for over past 70 years, while more than 15 native Taiwanese languages have been suppressed that they all face the unfortunate prospect of extinction.

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