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Htb (cache) (20) thaau-10-zoa:

kviw iawsi lau`ee khahhiafm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

old ginger is spicier (i.e.) old smarter than young

薑還是老的辣

lau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

leak; drip; leak out; disclose; slip; omit unintentionally; neglect; forget

漏

lau'oe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

leave word or message

留話

lau-cienpoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

one's senior in age or position

老前輩

lau-hongsøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

old is loose

老風騷

lau-kang'oo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

sophisticated old traveller

老江湖

lau-kongkuxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

old bachelor

老光棍; 老練的騙子

lau-thaeiaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

a term of respect for an old gentleman

老太爺

lau-thaepøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

(n) old woman (often not polite); (n) term to refer to wife

老太婆

lau-thaethaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

a term of respect for an old lady

老太太

DFT (14) thaau-10-zoa:

Bøo jit m zay taux, bøo chiw m zay lau. 🗣 (u: Bøo jit m zay taux, bøo chiw m zay lau.) 無日毋知晝，無鬚毋知老。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

沒出太陽 ， 不知已經到中午了 ； 沒留鬍子 ， 不易察覺人已老邁 。 比喻光陰易逝 ， 很容易在不知不覺中荒廢 。

lau 🗣 (u: lau) 漏^p [wt][mo] [h] (h,u) [d#]

1. (V) to seep out from crevices

從縫隙中滲出 。

lau 🗣 (u: lau) 老^p [wt][mo] [h] (h,u) [d#]

1. (Adj) old; elderly 3. (V) to pass away; to die (tactful) 4. () noun prefix: honorific

年紀大 。 陳舊的 、 時間長久的 。 指老人去世 ， 是一種委婉的說法 。 名詞前綴 。 對人的尊稱 。

lau 🗣 (u: lau) 鬧 [wt][mo] [h] (h,u) [d#]

lau'afzhux/lauafzhux 🗣 (u: laau'ar'zhux) 樓仔厝 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

樓房 。 兩層或兩層以上的房子 。

lau'hioxng 🗣 (u: laau'hioxng) 流向 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

1. () (CE) direction of water current. direction of flow

流向

lau-khokkhog 🗣 (u: lau-khog'khog) 老硞硞 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

形容人很老 。

lau-o'ar 🗣 (u: lau-o'ar) 老芋仔 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

指隨國民政府來臺的退伍老兵 ， 是一種蔑稱 ， 應避免使用 。

lau`ee 🗣 (u: lau`ee) 老的 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

指另一半 。 指父母 。

Lau`ee lauxpoxtvia, siaolieen`ee khaq tafnghviaq. 🗣 (u: Lau`ee lau'po'tvia, siaux'lieen`ee khaq tarng'hviaq.) 老的老步定，少年的較懂嚇。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

年長的人老成穩重 ； 年輕的人冒失莽撞 。 這句話是說 ： 老人家做事較沉穩持重 ， 年輕人做事則比較輕浮莽撞 。

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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.