equivocal, sang-kuan liáng-ì; che̍k-sṳ̂ liáng-ngĩ.
eradicate, po̍ih-kṳn; pi̍t-po̍ih-tiāu; tín-túi-tiāu; tsám-tsháu tṳ̂-kṳn.
erase, writing, khoi-tiāu-jī; kueh-tiāu-jī.
erect, to, khiã--khí-lâi; kiẽn; khí. adjective, ti̍t; chiàⁿ.
err, kiâⁿ-tshò; ũ-kùe-sit; sit-tshò; sit-gōu. miss the way, kiâⁿ-tāⁿ; kiâⁿ-tāⁿ-lōu. errata, tāⁿ-jī. in printing, khek-tāⁿ; ìn-tāⁿ. in writing, siá-tāⁿ; siá-tshò; gōu-siá.
errand, send on an, kià-thoh; hù-thoh tàⁿ-ūe; kià-siaⁿ; sái.
erroneous, tshò; tāⁿ; m̄-tie̍h. expression, tàⁿ-tāⁿ.
error, tshò; sit-tshò; tsha-tshò; tshò--tshù. confess, jīn-tshò.
eructation, phah-oh. sour, phah-tshàu-oh; eh-sng-oh; áu-sng-oh.
eruption, on skin, from heat, zua̍h-pùi; seⁿ-pùi.
escalade, hûn-thui (scaling ladders); peh-chiẽⁿ siâⁿ-téng.
escape, tsáu; tô-tsáu; pī-tsáu; pī-bûa; tsáu-tshut; thut-sin-kòi. secretly, thau-tsáu. from prison, tsáu-kam.
escort, sàng, sàng-kiâⁿ. a criminal, ah-sàng; ah-kòi. military, piaⁿ-bé sàng-kiâⁿ; piaⁿ-teng hũ-sàng.
especial, chì-chhiet; chhiet-iàu, te̍k-te̍k; tsuan-tsuan.
essay, to, chhì--chē; chhì-thóiⁿ--chē; thèng-tsãu-hùe.
essay, an, bûn-chieⁿ. write, tsò-bûn-chieⁿ; tsò-bûn. a moral, khǹg-sì-bûn (moral tract); siẽn-tsṳ.
essence, pńg-chie; ngûan-khì.
essential, chhiet-iàu; put-khó-bô; bõi-tit-mién; pit-pit tie̍h-ũ.
establish, li̍p; siet-li̍p; kiẽn-li̍p; tshàng; tshàng-siet; tì; tì-tshàng; tshàng-li̍p; khai-tshàng. an ordinace, li̍p-tiāⁿ-lī. a family, tì-ke. a proposition, chèng-kṳ̃; piáu-kṳ̃.
estate, landed, tī; tī-hng; tshân-tī. house, tshù; tshù-the̍h. general, ke-sṳ̄; ke-tshâi; ke-ngia̍p; ke-tsṳ. arrived at man's estate, tōa--liáu; chiáng-sêng.
esteem, a person, kèng-tõng; tsun-tõng; kùi-tõng; thóiⁿ-tõng. see CONSIDER.
estimate, price or value, kóu-kè; kóu-ta̍t; phah-kè; pān; iak-pān; phah-pān; phah-sǹg; chhek-ta̍t; tshui-chhek.
estranged, jī-ke siang-gūa; lî-sim.
