Ok so here is a list of almost all the words that I learned over the past 2 years in Taiwan (at least the ones that I wrote down at one point). I do not know Pinyin so this is my own random spelling for the pronunciation. These are probably the words that I used most often on a day to day basis.
- Hello: knee how
- Goodbye: sigh jian
- Thank you: shure shure
- You are welcome: boo ca chi
- Ok: how
- Very good: hen how
- So-so: high how
- Not good: boo how
- Yes: deway
- Excuse me: dewee bo chi
- Sorry: bow chien/ dewee bo chi
- Beautiful: piow leon
- Handsome: shy
- Cute: cer eye
- I want: woh yow
- Math teacher: sue shia low shia
- I do not understand: temple dong
- I do not know: boo zi dow
- Cool: Wah say
- Annoying/cool/yay (and lots of things): oh yo
- It is ok: may guan she
- Welcome (said when you enter 7-11 stores): huan in guan ling
- Good morning: tzow on
- Good afternoon: oo on
- Good evening: won on
- Right: yo bien
- Left: zwo bien
- You are the apple of my eye: knee shuh wa-der sh-ow (eh sh-ow) pin qua…this is also a silly song!
- This: ziga
- That: naga
- Awesome: how bong/ lee-high….sarcastically saying awesome (volleyball): ah poo joe how bong bong
- Happy birthday: shun lee quai la
- Happy new year: shin knee yen qui la
- Thank you for your hard work: sheen coo la
- Hurry/quickly: quai dien
- We want our bill: woh man yow my don
- How much money: dwo shaow chien
- Water: shway
- Bubble tea: zen zoo nigh cha
- Ice: bing
- Sugar: tong
- Half: bon…..Less: way
- Zero: ling
- One: ee
- Two: er (want two of something: lianga)
- Three: sun
- Four: si
- Five: wu
- Six: leo
- Seven: chi
- Eight: ba
- Nine: geo
- Ten: Shi
- Eleven: shi ee….etc.
Rachel Belinda Gulbranson 