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Htb (cache) (19) thaau-10-zoa:

bøo laau ite [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

put a man too much to shame; as by severe scolding before others

不留餘地

Chiahkhaxm-laau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

Fort Provintia or Providentia, also known as Sakam Tower, was a Dutch outpost on Formosa built in 1653 by the Dutch during their colonization of the island

赤崁樓

Laau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

surname Liu; Liu

劉

laau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

detain; obstruct; to keep; to delay; remain; to stay; be at a standstill; leave behind; preserve

留

laau auxpo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

leave ground for retreat

留後步

laau bagsae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

weep; shed tears

流淚

laau bixnphøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

guard someone's good name; protect the reputation of someone

給面子

laau chirnkvoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

cold sweat

流凊汗

laau langkheq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

detain or ask one to stay on as a guest; to lodge or receive strangers

留客

Laau Pafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

Gaozu of Han

劉邦

DFT (13) thaau-10-zoa:

Aesuie m kviaf laau phvixzuie. 🗣 (u: Aix'suie m kviaf laau phvi'zuie.) 愛媠毋驚流鼻水。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

為了展示自己姣好的身材 ， 天氣再冷 ， 寧可挨寒受凍 ， 也不願多穿衣服 。 常用以揶揄女性愛美 ， 寧可付出代價 ， 也在所不惜 。

Høfhør hau thaai kaq sae nar laau. 🗣 (u: Hør'hør hau thaai kaq sae nar laau.) 好好鱟刣甲屎那流。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

好好的鱟 ， 竟然被宰殺得一團糟 。「 鱟 」 是海中的節肢動物 ， 為古代的活化石 ， 個性溫和 ， 被宰殺時也不會掙扎抵抗 ；「 屎那流 」 指屎尿都流出來了 。 譏諷人做事不得要領 ， 將簡單之事弄得一團糟 。

Jinzeeng laau cit svoax, jidau hør siøkhvoax./Jinzeeng laau cit svoax, jidau hør svakhvoax. 🗣 (u: Jiin'zeeng laau cit svoax, jit'au hør siøf/svaf'khvoax.) 人情留一線，日後好相看。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

對別人留個情面 ， 以後見面才好相處 。 意謂與人為善 ， 凡事多留餘地 ， 未來相處才不至於難堪 。

Laau 🗣 (u: Laau) 劉 [wt][mo] [h] (h,u) [d#]

附錄 － 百家姓

laau 🗣 (u: laau) 鐃^b [wt][mo] [h] (h,u) [d#]

laau 🗣 (u: laau) 留^p [wt][mo] [h] (h,u) [d#]

1. (V) to conserve; to preserve; to keep; to retain; to save 3. (V) to allow to grow

保存 。 停留 。 蓄留 。

laau 🗣 (u: laau) 流^p [wt][mo] [h] (h,u) [d#]

1. (V) to flow; to run (liquid); to shed (tears); to circulate 2. (N) tide 3. (Mw) unit of time counted using tides

水或液體移動的狀態 。 潮水 。 以潮汐作為計算時間的單位 。

laau 🗣 (u: laau) 樓 [wt][mo] [h] (h,u) [d#]

1. (N) house or building with more than one story 2. (N) floor (of a building of two or more stories)

兩層以上的房屋 。 指樓房的其中一層 。

Laau 🗣 (u: Laau) 樓 [wt][mo] [h] (h,u) [d#]

附錄 － 百家姓

laau 🗣 (u: laau) 劉 [wt][mo] [h] (h,u) [d#]

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Taiwanese Dictionaries – Sources

• HTB: "Hiexntai-buun" Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Modern Taiwanese Language Association. Syllable segmentation in progress.

• DFT: 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chinese). Ministry of Education, R.O.C. 2011. (CC BY-ND 3.0 臺灣) (data from MoeDict Desktop For MacOSX / Linux / Windows. 2015. see MoeDict and Taioaan Wiki). We have annotated over 5800 definitions in English for monosyllables (enter any monosyllable to get into monosyllable mode)

• MK: Taiwanese—English Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Maryknoll Language Service Center, Taichung, Taiwan. 2001 [1976]. (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 TW)

• TC/TH: Iûⁿ Ún-giân. 台語文/中文辭典 Taiwanese — Chinese Dictionary & 台文/華文線頂辭典 [Taihoa Online Dictionary] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chinese).

• EDUTECH: Liim Keahioong (2001-2003). EDUTECH: Taiwanese—English Dictionary Searched with Concise Atonal Spelling. Edited and cross-referenced to EDUTECH General Taiwanese Words (正確台語拼字辭和漢字辭), Embree (1973), Maryknoll (2001), and other dictionaries.

• Embree: Embree, Bernard L. M. (1973). A Dictionary of Southern Min: based on current usage in Taiwan and checked against the earlier works of Carstairs Douglas, Thomas Barclay, and Ernest Tipson. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Language Institute. (OCLC 2491446. Data from GitHub - ChhoeTaigiDatabase. See NY Times article)

• Lim19: 台語辭典(台日大辭典台語譯本)查詢 [Taiwanese Dictionary (translation of Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten) search] (in Taiwanese Hokkien). Sìn Bōng Ài [Faith Hope Love]. 2019. (Lim08 data: GitHub - Lim-Chun-iok_2008_Tai-jip-Tua-su-tian)

• TDJ: Ogawa Naoyoshi, ed. (1931, 1932). 臺日大辭典 Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten [Taiwanese—Japanese Dictionary] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Japanese). Volume 1 & Volume 2. Taihoku: Governor-General of Taiwan.