gá-suh

Hokkien

Etymology

From Japanese ガス (gasu), from English gas.

Pronunciation

Noun

gá-suh

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) natural gas

References

  • “replace coal with gas”, in English-Taiwanese Dictionary[1], Taichung: Maryknoll Language Service Center, 1979, published 2013, archived from the original on 19 February 2022, page 726.
  • Query for gá-suh”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.