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Htb (cache) (4)

siøq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [p.]

to show kindness and consideration; to allay fear of distress; to comfort someone; to begrudge something; to pity; to regret

惜

siøq bixnphøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [p.]

be careful of one's reputation; be afraid of losing face

顧面子

siøq pwnhun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [p.]

attend to one's duty

惜本份

siøq sveamia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [p.]

hold one's life dear; be very careful of one's self (often over care); e.g.; taking great care when slightly unwell; afraid to meddle with a matter or travel on a road where there is some danger

愛惜生命

DFT (4)

siøq 🗣 (u: siøq) 惜^p [wt][mo] [h] (h,u) [d#]

1. (V) to treasure; to value; to cherish; to attach importance to sth 2. (V) to love dearly and have pity for; to dote on

珍惜 、 重視 。 疼愛 、 疼惜 。

siøq bixnphøee 🗣 (u: siøq bin'phøee) 惜面皮 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

愛面子 。 愛惜自己的聲譽及顏面 。

siøq hoef lieen phuun 🗣 (u: siøq hoef lieen phuun) 惜花連盆 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

愛花連帶愛花盆 ； 愛屋及烏 。

Siøq hoef lieen phuun, thviax kviar lieen swn. 🗣 (u: Siøq hoef lieen phuun, thviax kviar lieen swn.) 惜花連盆，疼囝連孫。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

比喻愛屋及烏 。

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Taiwanese Dictionaries – Sources

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

• 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), and Maryknoll (2001).

• 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.