| Note: In compound words, the accent is indicated in bold, as in lū-yä. | ||||
| English to Hoisanva Glossary | Hoisanva to English Glossary | |||
| a few | gī | 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 | bù | MW, copy, department, volume |
| blackboard | hāk-bān | 15 | bù/ | notebook, exercise book |
| book | sï | 16 | chëh | car, automobile, vehicle |
| British English | Yëin-Gōk và/ | 17 | chūt gâi/ | to go out |
| bulky | fĩ | 18 | dāo-sĩn | good morning |
| busy | mõng | 19 | dàp-jï/ | magazine |
| cannot | m˜ | 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 | dü | 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 | fĩ | 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 | gâ | MW, frame, final particle |
| department | bù | 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 | gī | 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 | gï | to send (mail) |
| excuse me | m˜-göi, m˜-göi | 48 | gï | expensive |
| exercise book | bù/ | 49 | gïm-mân | today |
| expensive | gï | 50 | gïm-ngìt | today |
| extraordinary | fï-sẽng jï | 51 | gìn-lõi/ | recently, lately |
| extremely | fï-sẽng jï | 52 | göi | MW |
| fat | fĩ | 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 | lö | 58 | hāo sōng | very nice |
| final particle | mä | 59 | hëin-hï | weather |
| final particle | nēh | 60 | hẽin-nêh/ | thing |
| final particle | gâ | 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 | gâ | 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 | fĩ | 69 | hüi gâi/ | to go out |
| handsome | lëng | 70 | ī | to give |
| he | küi | 71 | jëng | MW |
| her | küi | 72 | jī | paper |
| high | gäo | 73 | jï | 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? | gī | 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 | Lī | surname |
| intensive degree | äk-dài | 89 | lö | final particle |
| is | hài | 90 | lū-yä | final particle |
| it | küi | 91 | lùk-gün/ | army |
| it doesn't matter | m~-gīn-yël | 92 | m˜ | 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 | mä | 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 | bù | 111 | nâi/ | where? |
| MW | gän | 112 | nâi-chuî/ | where? |
| MW | jëng | 113 | nãm-ngĩn/ | man, male, husband |
| MW | jï | 114 | nēh | final particle |
| MW | göi | 115 | nêin nāi | those, that |
| MW | göi | 116 | nêin yīt | that one |
| MW | gâ | 117 | nêk | you (plural) |
| negative prefix | m˜ | 118 | ngãn/ | money |
| newspaper | bäo-jī | 119 | ngèik | hot |
| noodle | fūn | 120 | ngöi | I, me |
| not | m˜ | 121 | ngôi | we, us |
| not at all | m~-gīn-yël | 122 | nguî-ngũn | language |
| notebook | bù/ | 123 | nï | 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 | sï | book |
| paper | jī | 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 | gī | 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 | gī | 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 | Lī | 151 | Yëin-Mũn sï | English book |
| surname | Võng | 152 | yèk | also, too, moreover, in addition to |
| table | hôi/ | 153 | yī | 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 | dü | 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 | dü | 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) | gï | 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 | dü | 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 | nï | 234 | ||
| you (plural) | nêk | 235 | ||
| young in age | xäi | 236 | ||