lăi-jiò͘-bù
Hokkien
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 大丈夫 (daijōbu).
Pronunciation
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lăi-jiò͘-bù
- Tâi-lô: la̋i-jiòo-bù
- IPA (Taipei): /lai³⁵ d͡ziɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ bu¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /lai³⁵ ziɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ bu²¹/
Adjective
lăi-jiò͘-bù
References
- “lăi-jiò͘-bù”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.