guest, lâu--nâng chia̍h-pn̄g; lâu-nāⁿ-kò chia̍h. by force, khiâng-lâu; ngẽ-lâu.
detect, thóiⁿ-phùa; tshūe--tie̍h; siau--tie̍h; chhê--tshut; lia̍h.
deter, tuah-thò; heh-thò (by threats); kéng-kài; kìm-kài; kàu-kài; tsó-chí; tsó-têⁿ.
determine, tsú-ì; li̍p-sim; li̍p-ì; li̍p-tiāⁿ tsú-ì; tiāⁿ-chì; tiāⁿ-tie̍h.
detest, lóu; ù; chhim-lóu. detestable, khó-ù.
dethrone, hùi-kun.
detriment, sún-hāi; siang-huâng-gāi; kan-gāi.
develope, huat-hīn; lòu-hīn; khai-huat.
deviate, kiâⁿ-tshúa; tsáu-tsua̍h; sit-gōu; kiâⁿ-tāⁿ-lōu. from right principle, lī-khui chiàⁿ-tãu.
device, kòi; sim-sṳ̄; kòi-chheh. devise, siet-kòi; phah-sǹg.
devil, môⁿ-kúi; kúi.
devious, kiâⁿ-tāⁿ-lōu; tsáu-tshò-lōu.
devoid, bô. of reason, bô-chhêng-lí; bô-tõ-lí.
devoted, tsuan-sim; zua̍h-sim. to duty, chĩn-tong; tong-ngĩ.
devotion, religious, sêng-kèng tsṳ-sim; kèng-khiên; khiên-kèng; khiên-sêng.
devour, thun, thun-chia̍h.
dew, lōu-tsúi. one drop of dew, che̍k-tiám-lōu.
dewclaw, koi-jiáu; koi-kṳ̃; koi-chí.
dewlap, gû-ãm-sê; ãm-sê.
dexterity, khá-gōi; khî-khá; hó-chhiú-tūan; lêng-lāi; khá; kha-chhiú õi; ua̍h-phuah.
dextral, iũ-pôiⁿ; chiàⁿ-chhiú-pôiⁿ.
diagram, iēⁿ. the eight diagrams, poih-khùe.
dial, ji̍t-kui.
dialect, thóu-ūe; thóu-thâm; thóu-im; im-gṳ́; khieⁿ; thóu-khieⁿ. native, hiang-thâm.
dialogue, mn̄g-tap; phue̍h-ūe. see CONVERSATION.
diameter, tong-sùaⁿ; thàu-tong ti̍t-sùaⁿ.
diamond, sūan-chie̍h. a glazier's, sūan-pit.
diaphanous, kuang thàu-tit-kùe.
diarrhoea, sià-tóu; làu-tóu; làu-sái; tóu m̄-hó; pàng-tóu. and vomiting, thòu-sià.
diary, hêng-ûi-phõu; ji̍t-kì-lo̍k.