Chinese

Verb

捌字 (Min)

1. to learn to read
2. to know how to read

   阿嬤不識字，但是伊識真多的代誌。 [Min Nan, trad.]

   阿嬷不识字，但是伊识真多的代志。 [Min Nan, simp.]

   From: 黃乙玲, 無字的情批

   A-má m̄ bat-lī, tān-sī i bat chin chōe ê tāi-chì. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   Grandma is illiterate, but she knows many things.

Noun

捌字 (Min)

1. literacy

See also

• (Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka) 識字／识字 (shízì)

References

• “Entry #6036”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.