台语 台語 tái yǔ Taiwanese Hokkien (aka Taiwanese Minnan, or simply Taiwanese) 平埔族 píng pǔ zú Pingpu or Pepo aborigines (Taiwan), "plains tribes" 出草 chū cǎo (of Taiwan aborigines) to go on a headhunting expedition 番刀 fān dāo type of machete used by Taiwan aborigines, worn at the waist in an open-sided scabbard 番界 fān jiè territory occupied by aborigines in Taiwan (old) 台商 tái shāng Taiwanese businessman / Taiwanese company Ｋ书 Ｋ書 K shū to cram (Taiwan, from Taiwanese khè su 齧書, lit. to gnaw a book) / to study / see also 啃書|啃书[ken3 shu1] / (Tw) to cram (from Taiwanese 齧書, Tai-lo pr. [khè su], lit. to gnaw a book) / to study / see also 啃書|啃书[ken3 shu1] 肉圆 肉圓 ròu yuán ba-wan, dumpling made of glutinous dough, typically stuffed with minced pork, bamboo shoots etc, and served with a savory sauce (Taiwanese snack) (from Taiwanese 肉圓, Tai-lo pr. [bah-uân]) A菜 A cài (Tw) A-choy, or Taiwanese lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. sativa) (from Taiwanese 萵仔菜, Tai-lo pr. [ue-á-tshài] or [e-á-tshài]) 山地同胞 shān dì tóng bāo (dated) Taiwanese indigenous peoples / Taiwanese aborigine 山胞 shān bāo (dated) Taiwanese indigenous peoples / Taiwanese aborigine / abbr. for 山地同胞[shan1 di4 tong2 bao1] A菜 A - cài (Tw) A-choy, or Taiwanese lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. sativa) (from Taiwanese 萵仔菜, Tai-lo pr. [ue-á-tshài] or [e-á-tshài]) 爱人 愛人 ài ren spouse (PRC) / lover (non-PRC) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 特富龙 特富龍 tè fù lóng (PRC) (loanword) Teflon / Teflon (PRC) 习近平 習近平 xí jìn píng Xi Jinping (1953-), PRC politician, General Secretary of the CCP from 2012, president of the PRC from 2013 三号电池 三號電池 sān hào diàn chí C size battery (PRC) (Taiwan equivalent: 二號電池|二号电池[er4 hao4 dian4 chi2]) / AA battery (Tw) (PRC equivalent: 五號電池|五号电池[wu3 hao4 dian4 chi2]) 孙悦 孫悅 sūn yuè Sun Yue (1973-), PRC female pop star / Sun Yue (1985-), PRC basketball star 网路 網路 wǎng lù network (computer, telecom) / Internet / Taiwanese term for 網絡|网络[wang3 luo4] 在地 zài dì (Tw) local / native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē]) 陈水扁 陳水扁 chén shuǐ biǎn Chen Shui-Bian (1950-), Taiwanese DPP 民進黨|民进党 politician, president of the Republic of China 2000-2008 微星 wēi xīng Micro-Star International (MSI), Taiwanese computer hardware company 台词 臺詞 tái cí an actor's lines / dialogue / Taiwanese word syn 连战 連戰 lián zhàn Lien Chan (1936-), Taiwanese politician, former vice-president and chairman of Guomintang 虾米 蝦米 xiā mǐ small shrimp / dried, shelled shrimps / (Tw) (coll.) what (from Taiwanese 啥物, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-mih], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么[shen2me5]) syn 滚石 滾石 gǔn shí Rock Records, Taiwanese record label / the Rolling Stones, British rock band / Rolling Stone (magazine) 古龙 古龍 gǔ lóng Gu Long (1938-1985), Taiwanese wuxia novelist and screenwriter 马英九 馬英九 mǎ yīng jiǔ Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006, president of Republic of China 2008-2016 弯弯 彎彎 wān wān Wan Wan (1981-), Taiwanese blogger and cartoonist syn 琼瑶 瓊瑤 qióng yáo Chiung Yao (1938-), Taiwanese writer 台湾人 台灣人 tái wān rén Taiwanese people 宋楚瑜 sòng chǔ yú James Soong (1942-), Taiwanese politician expelled from Guomindang in 2000 when he founded People First Party 親民黨|亲民党 李登辉 李登輝 lǐ dēng huī Lee Teng-hui (1923-2020), Taiwanese politician, president of ROC 1988-2000 宏碁 hóng qí Acer, Taiwanese PC company 镭射 鐳射 léi shè laser (loanword) / Taiwanese term for 激光[ji1 guang1] 李开复 李開復 lǐ kāi fù Kai-Fu Lee (1961-), Taiwanese computer scientist and IT executive, founding president of Google China 2005-2009 闪灵 閃靈 shǎn líng The Shining (1980 Stanley Kubrick film from Stephen King's 1977 novel) / ChthoniC (Taiwanese metal band) 哇靠 wā kào (Tw) whoa! / holy crap! jeez! (from Taiwanese 我哭, Tai-lo pr. [goá khàu], "I cry!") 谢长廷 謝長廷 xiè cháng tíng Frank Chang-ting Hsieh (1946-), Taiwanese DPP politician, mayor of Kaohsiung 1998-2005 方文山 fāng wén shān Vincent Fang (1969-), Taiwanese multi-Golden Melody Award lyricist 阿公 ā gōng (old) grandfather / polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law / (Taiwanese) grandfather 幼齿 幼齒 yòu chǐ (Tw) naive and innocent (girl or boy) / underage prostitute (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [iù-khí]) 痞子蔡 pǐ zi cài Rowdy Cai (1969-), Taiwanese Internet writer 阿嬷 阿嬤 ā mā (Tw) grandma (also used to refer to or address an elderly woman) (from Taiwanese 阿媽, Tai-lo pr. [a-má]) 贺军翔 賀軍翔 hè jūn xiáng Mike He (1983-), Taiwanese actor 苏贞昌 蘇貞昌 sū zhēn chāng Su Tseng-chang (1947-), Taiwanese DPP politician, premier of the Republic of China (2019-) 美玲 měi líng Meiling (female name) / Zhou Meiling 周美玲[Zhou1 Mei3 ling2] (1969-), Taiwanese gay film director 王建民 wáng jiàn mín Chien-Ming Wang (1980-), Taiwanese starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals in Major League Baseball 白先勇 bái xiān yǒng Bai Xianyong (1937-), Chinese-Taiwanese-US novelist of Hui descent 捷安特 jié ān tè Giant Manufacturing, Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer 辜振甫 gū zhèn fǔ Koo Chen-fu (1917-2005), Taiwanese businessman and diplomat 易游网 易遊網 yì yóu wǎng ezTravel, Taiwanese travel agency 李远哲 李遠哲 lǐ yuǎn zhé Yuan T. Lee (1936-), Taiwanese-born Chemist and Nobel Prize winner in 1986 郭台铭 郭台銘 guō tái míng Guo "Terry" Taiming (1950-), prominent Taiwanese businessman, founder of Foxconn 蔡志忠 cài zhì zhōng Tsai Chih Chung (1948-), famous Taiwanese cartoonist specializing in retelling the Chinese classics 汪东城 汪東城 wāng dōng chéng Jiro Wang (1981-), Taiwanese singer and actor 许信良 許信良 xǔ xìn liáng Hsu Hsin-liang (1941-), Taiwanese politician 施明德 shī míng dé Shih Ming-teh (1941-), Taiwanese politician, imprisoned 1962-1977 and 1980-1990 under the Guomindang, subsequently a leader of DPP 民進黨|民进党, in 2006 led protests against Chen Shui-Bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3] 蚵 é (Tw) oyster (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô]) 林丰正 林豐正 lín fēng zhèng Lin Fong-cheng (1940-), Taiwanese politician 台湾话 台灣話 tái wān huà Taiwanese Hokkien 王祖贤 王祖賢 wáng zǔ xián Joey Wong (1967-), Taiwanese actress 洨 xiáo (Tw) (vulgar) semen (from Taiwanese 潲, Tai-lo pr. [siâu]) 张惠妹 張惠妹 zhāng huì mèi A-Mei, aka Gulilai Amit (1972-), aboriginal Taiwanese pop singer 张震 張震 zhāng zhèn Chang Chen (1976-), Taiwanese film actor 丘逢甲 qiū féng jiǎ Qiu Fengjia or Ch'iu Feng-chia (1864-1912), Taiwanese Hakkanese poet 凌志美 líng zhì měi Laura Ling, US-Taiwanese woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009 北区 北區 běi qū north district of city / north zone / Pei north district of a Taiwanese city 南区 南區 nán qū south district of city / south zone / Nan south district of a Taiwanese city 南拳妈妈 南拳媽媽 nán quán mā mā Nan Quan Mama, a Taiwanese Music Group 台客 tái kè stereotypical Taiwanese person (often derogatory) 周杰伦 周傑倫 zhōu jié lún Jay Chou (1979-), Taiwanese pop star 大五码 大五碼 dà wǔ mǎ Big5 Chinese character coding (developed by Taiwanese companies from 1984) 好康 hǎo kāng (Tw) benefit / advantage (from Taiwanese 好空, Tai-lo pr. [hó-khang]) 宏碁集团 宏碁集團 hóng qí jí tuán Acer, Taiwanese PC company 张韶涵 張韶涵 zhāng sháo hán Angela Chang (1982-), Taiwanese pop singer and actress 徐熙媛 xú xī yuán Barbie Hsu (1976-2025), Taiwanese entertainer, nicknamed 大S 本土派 běn tǔ pài local faction / pro-localization faction (in Taiwanese politics) 朱孝天 zhū xiào tiān Ken Zhu (1979-), Taiwanese singer and actor 李安 lǐ ān Ang Li (1954-), Taiwanese-American film director (films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 臥虎藏龍|卧虎藏龙 and Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山) 李敏勇 lǐ mǐn yǒng Li Minyong (1947-), Taiwanese poet 东区 東區 dōng qū east district of city / east zone / Tung east district of a Taiwanese city 东屯区 東屯區 dōng tún qū Tungtun east district of a Taiwanese city 林心如 lín xīn rú Ruby Lin (1976-), Taiwanese actress and pop singer 林青霞 lín qīng xiá Brigitte Lin (1954-), Taiwanese actress 桂纶镁 桂綸鎂 guì lún měi Guey Lun-mei (1983-), Taiwanese actress 杨丞琳 楊丞琳 yáng chéng lín Rainie Yang (1984-), Taiwanese entertainer 游锡堃 游錫堃 yóu xī kūn Yu Shyi-kun (1948-) Taiwanese politician 炎亚纶 炎亞綸 yán yà lún Aaron Yan (1986-), Taiwanese singer 王力宏 wáng lì hóng Wang Lee-Hom (1976-), Taiwanese-American singer 王君如 wáng jūn rú Cyndi Wang (1982-), Taiwanese singer and actress 番麦 番麥 fān mài (Tw) corn (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [huan-be̍h]) 督龟 督龜 dū guī (Tw) to doze off (from Taiwanese 盹龜, Tai-lo pr. [tuh-ku]) 罗志祥 羅志祥 luó zhì xiáng Luo Zhixiang or Show Luo or Alan Luo (1979-), Taiwanese pop star 老神在在 lǎo shén zài zài calm / unperturbed / (Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [lāu-sîn-tsāi-tsāi]) 肚孤 dù gū (Tw) to doze off (from Taiwanese 盹龜, Tai-lo pr. [tuh-ku]) 胡慧中 hú huì zhōng Sibelle Hu (1958-), Taiwanese actress 舒淇 shū qí Shu Qi (1976-), Taiwanese actress 芭乐 芭樂 bā lè guava (loanword from Taiwanese) 蔡依林 cài yī lín Jolin Tsai (1980-), Taiwanese singer 