echo, tâng-siaⁿ siang-ìn; hûe-siaⁿ ìn-tap; ìn-siaⁿ hûe-tap; tõu-kiàng-kúi ìn. among hills, suaⁿ siang-ìn.
eclipse, ji̍t si̍h. lunar, gue̍h si̍h. beginning of, tsho-si̍h. maximum, ke̍k-si̍h. end of, ho̍k-îⁿ.
economy, tsat-ēng; khiãm; khieh-si̍p. in food and clothes, khiãm-chia̍h khiãm-chhēng. political, kok-chèng kâi-sṳ̄.
ecstasy, put-seng tsṳ-hí; huaⁿ-hí ke̍k.
eddy, tsúi ká-tsn̄g; tsúi ká-pn̄g.
edge, piⁿ; kîⁿ. of knife, to-tshùi; to-kháu. teeth on edge, khí nńg; khí sng-nńg.
edict, kò-sī; hiáu-zũ. issue, tshut-kò-sī; tshut-sī-zũ. imperial, siãng-zũ. The Sacred, Siàⁿ-zũ.
edify, kiẽn-tek.
edit, kháu-chèng.
educate, kà; kà-hùe; kà-hùn; kà-tãu; kà-tha̍k; kà-tsṳ.
eel, siẽn-hṳ̂; mûaⁿ-hṳ̂.
efface, kôu-buah.
effect, to, sêng; sêng-sṳ̄; sêng-kong; sêng-chiũ; tsò-chiâⁿ; sái-kàu. take effect, as medicine, prayer &c, hāu-ngiām; ũ-kong-hāu.
effeminate, nńg-jiû; jiû-nńg; tsṳ-niêⁿ-iēⁿ. manner of walking, ûe-ûe tsũn-a-tsũn.
effervesce, kún--khí-lâi.
efficacy, khì-la̍t; kong-hāu; sîn-hāu; èng-ngiām; hāu-ngiām.
efficient, tsò-sṳ̄ tsò-tit-chiâⁿ.
effigy, nâng-iēⁿ; nâng-sièⁿ.
effluvia, tshàu; tshàu-bī; tshàu-hièn; ùe-khì.
effort, tshut-la̍t; khṳ̂n-kang; khat-khóu; khṳ̂n-khóu.
effulgence, kng; hâu-kng; kuang-mêng; kuang liãng-liãng.
egg, nñg. fowl's, koi-nñg. to lay, seⁿ-nñg. boil, sa̍h-nñg. shell, nñg-khak. yolk, nñg-jîn. white of, nñg-chheng. embryo egg, nñg-toaⁿ. three eggs, saⁿ-lia̍p-nñg. cockroach eggs, ka-tsua̍h-sieⁿ. egg-plant, kiê (brinjal).
eight, poih. eighteen, tsa̍p-poih. eighty, poih-tsa̍p. eighth, tõiⁿ-poih.
either, you may have either you pleas, sûi-suán; jîm-suán; sûi-lṳ́-súan; zuãn--tî-kâi hó pun-lṳ́-suán. either way will do, sûi-piẽn; sûi-piẽn-hó; sûi-sûi piẽn-piẽn; chièⁿ-seⁿ iā-hó. hièⁿ-seⁿ iā-hó. any way will do, zuãn--
