Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi

The Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi (Chinese: 臺灣台語常用詞辭典; Tâi-lô: Tâi-uân Tâi-gí Siông-iōng-sû Sû-tián) is a dictionary of Taiwanese Hokkien (also known as Taigi, including Written Hokkien) commissioned by the Ministry of Education of Taiwan.[1] By 2023, the dictionary included 25,000 entries, which includes 3,000 monosyllabic characters and 2,000 appendix entries, and more than 4,000 words common to Taiwanese and Chinese.[2]

Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi
LanguageTaigi including Written Hokkien (definitions in Taiwanese Mandarin)
using the Taiwanese Romanization System
GenreDictionary
PublisherMinistry of Education (Taiwan)
Publication date
2008 (beta)
7 July 2011 (first release)
Publication placeTaiwan (Republic of China)
Websitesutian.moe.edu.tw

In September 2000, initial plans to commission the dictionary were put forth by the National Languages Committee of the Ministry of Education. In July 2001, the Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan Editorial Committee (Chinese: 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典編輯小組; Tâi-lô: Tâi-uân Bân-lâm-gí Siông-iōng Sû-sî-tián Phian-tsip Sió-tsoo) was established.[3]

In October 2008, a beta version of the dictionary was released. On 7 July 2011, the first approved edition of the dictionary was released.[3][4]

The dictionary is continuously updated by the Editorial Committee, and these updates are financially supported by the Ministry.[1][4] On 1 June 2020, Flash was retired in favor of HTML audio for the audio samples.[4] On 13 June 2023, a revision of the website was released, featuring enhanced web accessibility, a redesigned bilingual (Taigi and Mandarin) user interface, the addition of voice input queries, and a new domain name.[5][6]

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  1. 1 2 "Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan". Ministry of Education, Republic of China (Taiwan). 19 February 2013. Archived from the original on 26 March 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  2. "收詞原則" (in Taiwanese Hokkien).
  3. 1 2 Iâu Êng-siông [Yáo Róngsōng; 姚榮松] (October 2016). 《臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典》成果維護紀要 [A Report on the Maintenance of Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (PDF). Taiwan Studies [台灣學誌] (in Chinese). 14: 75–95. doi:10.6242/twnica.14.4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019 via Internet Archive Community Texts.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. 1 2 3 首頁 [Home page]. Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi (in Taiwanese Hokkien). 2011.7.7—辭典正式版即日起公告使用,歡迎各界提供意見。 [July 7, 2011The official edition of the dictionary is now available, comments from people of all walks of life are welcome.]
  5. "新版辭典sutian.moe.edu.tw上線,歡迎逐家使用。" (in Taiwanese Hokkien).
  6. "改版修訂" (in Taiwanese Hokkien).