Glossary

Note: In compound words, the accent is indicated in bold, as in lū-.
English to Hoisanva Glossary   Hoisanva to English Glossary
a few 1 ā èin-bäo to send telegram
again döi 2 ā èin-và/ to make telephone call
allright hāo 3 ä final particle
also yèk 4 āi short in height
am hài 5 ài big, large, old in age
American English Mî-Gōk và/ 6 äk-dài too, intensive degree
American language Mî-Gōk và/ 7 äk-kãn to have leisure time
American person Mî-Gōk ngĩn 8 âng chair
anything mōt 9 bän-fông/ classroom
are hài 10 bäo-jī newspaper
army lùk-gün/ 11 bīt pen
automobile chëh 12 bōn Measure Word (MW) , copy, volume
beautiful lëng 13 bōn-xù capable
big ài 14 MW, copy, department, volume
blackboard hāk-bān 15 bù/ notebook, exercise book
book 16 chëh car, automobile, vehicle
British English Yëin-Gōk và/ 17 chūt gâi/ to go out
bulky 18 dāo-sĩn good morning
busy mõng 19 dàp-jï/ magazine
cannot 20 dâp-mân/ yesterday
capable bōn-xù 21 dēo to leave, to run
car chëh 22 döi again, once more
chair âng, yī 23 döi-gëin Good-bye! to see you again!
chalk fūn-bīt 24 to do, to make, to work
chicken gäi 25 dù-eīn dictionary
child xäm-mīn-dōi 26 ēin-dëm quite
chilly läng 27 fän to return
Chinese book Jüng-Mũn sï 28 fän luî-gï to go home
Chinese character Jüng-Mũn dù 29 fän ūk-kī to go home
Chinese person Jüng-Gōk ngĩn 30 fàn rice (cooked)
classroom bän-fông/ 31 fï-sẽng jï extremely, extraordinary
clever tüng-mẽin 32 fat, bulky, greasy
cold läng 33 fü-ngĩn/ madam, wife, Mrs.
cool lẽng 34 fūn noodle, powder
copy bōn, bù 35 fūn-bīt chalk
day before yesterday tẽin-ngìt/ 36 MW, frame, final particle
department 37 gäi chicken
desk hôi/ 38 gâi/ street
dictionary dù-eīn 39 gän MW
door mõn 40 gäo to teach
economical pẽng 41 gäo tall, high, superior
either…or yēik-vàk 42 gëin to see
English book Yëin-Mũn sï 43 gëo tired
English language Yëin-Gōk và/ 44 quite, a few, several, how?
English word Yëin-Mũn dù 45 gī hāo lā-mã? Everything OK?, How are you?
every nâi nāi 46 gī-hâo/ yä? How is it? How are you? In what way?
Everything OK? gī hāo lā-mã? 47 to send (mail)
excuse me m˜-göi, m˜-göi 48 expensive
exercise book bù/ 49 gïm-mân today
expensive 50 gïm-ngìt today
extraordinary fï-sẽng jï 51 gìn-lõi/ recently, lately
extremely fï-sẽng jï 52 göi MW
fat 53 gök-āk to feel
female nuī-ngĩn/ 54 gōng to say, to speak, to talk, to tell
final particle ä 55 hài am, are, is, was, were
final particle ä 56 hāk-bān blackboard
final particle lā-mä 57 hāo fine, good, allright, OK, very
final particle 58 hāo sōng very nice
final particle 59 hëin-hï weather
final particle nēh 60 hẽin-nêh/ thing
final particle 61 hèin-dāo tomorrow
final particle  lū-yä (accent on yä) 62 hëk to eat
fine hāo 63 hēl (vôi) to understand, to know how
frame 64 Hõi-Sän và/ Hoisanva, Taishan dialect, Taishanese
good hāo 65 hôi/ table, desk
good morning dāo-sĩn 66 hòk to learn, to study
Good-bye! (walk slowly) màn-màn/ hãng! 67 hòk-hào school
Good-bye! See you again! döi-gëin 68 hòk-säng student
greasy 69 hüi gâi/ to go out
handsome lëng 70 ī to give
he küi 71 jëng MW
her küi 72 paper
high gäo 73 MW
him küi 74 Jüng-Gōk ngĩn Chinese person
Hoisanva Hõi-Sän và/ 75 Jüng-Mũn dù Chinese character
home ūk, ūk-kī 76 Jüng-Mũn sï Chinese book
hot ngèik 77 kêk they, them
house ūk 78 kôi yīt this one
How are you? gī hāo lā-mã? 79 kôi nāi these, this
How is it? How are you?  gī-hâo/ yä? 80 küi he, she, it, him, her
how? 81 kûng nāi that, those
husband nãm-ngĩn/ 82 kûng yīt that one
I ngöi 83 lā-mä final particle
I'm sorry Uï-m~-jì, uï-m~-jì 84 läng cold, chilly
in addition to yèk 85 lāo-pû wife
In what way? gī-hâo/ yä? 86 lëng beautiful, handsome
inexpensive pẽng 87 lẽng cool
intelligent tüng-mẽin 88 surname
intensive degree äk-dài 89 final particle
is hài 90 lū- final particle 
it küi 91 lùk-gün/ army
it doesn't matter m~-gīn-yël 92 not, cannot, negative prefix
it is unnecessary m˜-sōi 93 m~-gīn-yël it doesn't matter, not at all, that's allright
know how hēl (vôi) 94 m˜-göi excuse me, pardon me, thank you
language nguî-ngũn 95 m˜-sōi to need not, it is unnecessary
large ài 96 final particle
lately gìn-lõi/ 97 māi rice (raw)
letter xïn/ 98 mäi to buy
little xäi 99 mäk-kãn to be busy
madam fü-ngĩn/ 100 màn-màn/ hãng! Good-bye! (walk slowly)
magazine dàp-jï/, và-bäo/ 101 mäo there isn't, to have not
male nãm-ngĩn/ 102 mẽin-bàk to understand, understandable
man nãm-ngĩn/ 103 Mî-Gōk ngĩn American person
me ngöi 104 Mî-Gōk và/ American English
measure word (MW)  bōn 105 Mî-Gōk và/ American language
money tẽin/, ngãn/ 106 mõn door
moreover yèk 107 mõng busy
Mr. xëin-säng 108 mōt what? what kind?, anything
Mrs. fü-ngĩn/ 109 nâi göi? who?
much obliged m˜-göi, m˜-göi 110 nâi nāi which? Every
MW 111 nâi/ where?
MW gän 112 nâi-chuî/ where?
MW jëng 113 nãm-ngĩn/ man, male, husband
MW 114 nēh final particle
MW göi 115 nêin nāi those, that
MW göi 116 nêin yīt that one
MW 117 nêk you (plural)
negative prefix 118 ngãn/ money
newspaper bäo-jī 119 ngèik hot
noodle fūn 120 ngöi I, me
not 121 ngôi we, us
not at all m~-gīn-yël 122 nguî-ngũn language
notebook bù/ 123 you
OK hāo 124 nuī-ngĩn/ woman, female, wife
old in age ài 125 pẽng inexpensive, economical
once more döi 126 sëo skinny, thin
or yēik-vàk 127 book
paper 128 tāo-gāo-bù/ writing tablet
pardon me m˜-göi, m˜-göi 129 tẽin/ money
pardon me Uï-m~-jì, uï-m~-jì 130 tẽin-ngìt/ day before yesterday
pen bīt 131 tẽng wall
pencil yõn-bīt 132 töng window
powder fūn 133 tüng-mẽin intelligent, clever
quite ēin-dëm 134 uï-m~-jì sorry, I'm sorry, pardon me
quite 135 ūk house, home
recently gìn-lõi/ 136 ūk-kī home
rice (cooked) fàn 137 ùk to read, to study
rice (raw) māi 138 và-bäo/ magazine
school hòk-hào 139 Võng surname
several 140 xäi small, little, young in age
she küi 141 xäm-mīn-dōi child, son
short in height āi 142 xēh to write
sir xëin-säng 143 xēh xïn/ to write letter
skinny sëo 144 xëin-säng teacher, sir, Mr.
small xäi 145 xïn/ letter
son xäm-mīn-dōi 146 xüng to present to
sorry Uï-m~-jì, uï-m~-jì 147 yëh thing
street gâi/ 148 yēik-vàk or, either…or
student hòk-säng 149 Yëin-Gōk và/ English language, British English
superior gäo 150 Yëin-Mũn dù English word
surname 151 Yëin-Mũn sï English book
surname Võng 152 yèk also, too, moreover, in addition to
table hôi/ 153 chair
Taishan dialect Hõi-Sän và/ 154 yiü there is, to have
Taishanese Hõi-Sän và/ 155 yõn-bīt pencil
tall gäo 156
teacher xëin-säng 157
thank you m˜-göi, m˜-göi 158
that kûng nāi, nêin nāi 159
that one kûng yīt, nêin yīt 160
that's allright m~-gīn-yël 161
them kêk 162
there is  yiü 163
there isn't mäo 164
these kôi nāi 165
they kêk 166
thin sëo 167
thing yëh, hẽin-nêh/ 168
this kôi nāi 169
this one kôi yīt 170
those kûng nāi, nêin nāi 171
tired gëo 172
busy mäk-kãn 173
to buy mäi 174
to do 175
to eat hëk 176
to feel gök-āk 177
to give ī 178
to go home fän ūk-kī, fän luî-gï 179
to go out chūt gâi/, hüi gâi/ 180
to have yiü 181
to have leisure time äk-kãn 182
to have not mäo 183
to learn hòk 184
to leave dēo 185
to make 186
to make telephone call ā èin-và/ 187
to need not m˜-sōi 188
to present to xüng 189
to read ùk 190
to return fän 191
to run dēo 192
to say gōng 193
to see gëin 194
to send (mail) 195
to send telegram ā èin-bäo 196
to speak gōng 197
to study hòk, ùk 198
to talk gōng 199
to teach gäo 200
to tell gōng 201
to understand mẽin-bàk 202
to understand (know how to) hēl (vôi) 203
to work 204
to write xēh 205
to write letter xēh xïn/ 206
today gïm-mân, gïm-ngìt 207
Toishan dialect Hõi-Sän và/ 208
tomorrow hèin-dāo 209
too (also) yèk 210
too (excessively) äk-dài 211
understandable mẽin-bàk 212
vehicle chëh 213
very hāo 214
very nice hāo sōng 215
volume bōn, bù 216
wall tẽng 217
was hài 218
we, us ngôi 219
weather hëin-hï 220
were hài 221
what kind? mōt 222
what? mōt 223
where? nâi/, nâi-chuî/ 224
which? nâi nāi 225
who? nâi göi? 226
wife fü-ngĩn/ 227
wife nuī-ngĩn/ 228
wife lāo-pû 229
window töng 230
woman nuī-ngĩn/ 231
writing tablet tāo-gāo-bù/ 232
yesterday dâp-mân/ 233
you 234
you (plural) nêk 235
young in age xäi 236