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a'kof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: af'kof [[...]][i#] [p.]

aunt (father's sisters)

姑母,姑媽

aq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq [[...]][i#] [p.]

duck, drake

鴨子

• Chitgøeh-pvoax ah'ar mxzay sie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chid'goeh'pvoax'aq'ar m'zay sie.; Chid'gøeh-pvoax aq'ar m'zay sie.; (Chid'goeh'pvoax aq'ar m zay sie'oah.) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  unaware of impending calamity (Refers to a duck in the middle of the seventh month, when ducks are usually offered to the spirits of the dead, yet do not know enough to fear death. — Similar to a turkey just before Thanksgiving), used to scold someone who is without fear in spite of impending calamity (Lit. On fifteenth of the seventh lunar month, the duck does not know it is soon be slaughtered to be eaten during the feast.)
  危在旦夕,還不知。

• ah'afzhuix borng løf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'ar'zhuix borng løf [[...]][i#] [p.]
  make an attempt or ask a favor with very small hope of success but may just as well make the attempt (like a duck's bill dabbling about in the air while eating)
  姑妄要求

• ah'ar thviaf luii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'ar thviaf luii [[...]][i#] [p.]
  hear what someone says but cannot understand (like a duck hearing thunder not knowing what all the noise is about)
  鴨子聽打雷,聽不懂

• ahbør-tøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'bør'tee; aq'bør/buo-tøee [[...]][i#] [p.]
  flat footed clumsily gaited person (Lit. sole of a duck's foot), a man whose foot is very broad and flat at the instep instead of having the usual concave)
  平板腳

borng... (''plus Verb'') [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng... (''plus Verb'') [[...]][i#] [p.]

content oneself with coarse food, trivial work and valueless books

姑且,將就

• bofngkorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'korng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  talk at random, sometimes idle jesting, half-joking, half in earnest, well now, just speak
  隨便講

• bofngkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'khix [[...]][i#] [p.]
  tolerable, not very good, but may do
  將就

• Eng'eeng ku pørzoar borng khvoax. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Eeng'eeng ku pøx'zoar borng khvoax. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  nothing to do but read old newspapers
  沒事且看看舊報紙。

• Na zhøe bøo thaulo, kang'iuo ia tiøh bofngzøx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Na zhoe bøo thaau'lo, kafng'iuo ia tiøh borng'zøx.; Na zhøe bøo thaau'lo, kafng'iuo ia tiøh borng'zøx. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If you can't find a job, workers should do less meaningful work.
  如找不著工作,工友也只好將就了。

• Phvayciah si phvayciah, paktor na iaw tiøh bofngciah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Phvae'ciah si phvae'ciah, pag'tor na iaw tiøh borng'ciah. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  True it is not good tasting, but when you are hungry anything will do.
  難吃是難吃,肚子餓了,也只好將就吃了。

bofnglurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'lurn [[...]][i#] [p.]

just bear it as well as you can

姑且忍之

zhaepofkyn borng ka kiaam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaix'por'kyn borng ka kiaam [[...]][i#] [p.]

make do, put up with

姑且將就

ko'piao cy'moe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kof'piao cie'moe [[...]][i#] [p.]

paternal female cousins, "a-ko's" daughters

姑表姊妹

ko'piao hviati [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kof'piao hviaf'ti [[...]][i#] [p.]

paternal male cousins, "a-ko's" sons

姑表兄弟

kof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kof [[...]][i#] [p.]

paternal aunt, maiden, tolerate, for the time being, meanwhile

姑

• a'kof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: af'kof [[...]][i#] [p.]
  one's father's sisters
  姑媽

• ko'pøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kof'pøo [[...]][i#] [p.]
  one's grandfather's sisters or one's mother's "a-ko".
  姑婆

• toaxkof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toa'kof [[...]][i#] [p.]
  father's eldest sister
  大姑媽

• jixkof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ji'kof [[...]][i#] [p.]
  father's second oldest sister
  二姑

• nikof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: nii'kof [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Buddhist nuns
  尼姑

• siøfkof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siør'kof [[...]][i#] [p.]
  husband's younger sisters
  小姑(丈夫之妹)

• toax'niukof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toa'niuu'kof [[...]][i#] [p.]
  husband's elder sisters
  大姑(丈夫之姊)

koniuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kof'niuu [[...]][i#] [p.]

unmarried girls, Miss

姑娘

ko'pøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kof'pøo [[...]][i#] [p.]

paternal grandfather's sister or any old woman of same clan and same genealogical rank, respectful address to old woman of same surname, a dedicated church woman similar to a Sister

姑婆

kotviu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kof'tviu [[...]][i#] [p.]

husband of father's sisters, "a-ko's" husband

姑丈

lurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lurn; (jirm) [[...]][i#] [p.]

endure, to bear, forbear, be patient, repress

忍

• bofnglurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'lurn [[...]][i#] [p.]
  just bear it as well as one can
  姑且忍之

• thunlurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thwn'lurn [[...]][i#] [p.]
  tolerate, endure
  忍受

niuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: niuu; (liaang) [[...]][i#] [p.]

lady, woman, mother, mistress, title of some goddesses

娘

• gøeqniuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goeh'niuu; gøeh'niuu [[...]][i#] [p.]
  the goddess of the moon, the moon
  月亮

• koniuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kof'niuu [[...]][i#] [p.]
  unmarried girls
  姑娘

• lawpafnniuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lao'parn'niuu [[...]][i#] [p.]
  the boss' wife
  老闆娘

• sinsveniuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: syn'svef'niuu [[...]][i#] [p.]
  teacher's wife
  師母

• sinniuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: syn'niuu [[...]][i#] [p.]
  bride
  新娘

• thaukeniuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaau'kef'niuu [[...]][i#] [p.]
  wife of the head of a firm
  老闆娘

pøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pøo [[...]][i#] [p.]

old woman

婆

• a'pøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: af'pøo [[...]][i#] [p.]
  old woman
  阿婆

• cympøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cirm'pøo [[...]][i#] [p.]
  wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother, grand aunt
  嬸婆,叔祖母

• hmlaang-pøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hmm'laang'pøo; hmm'laang-pøo; (moee'laang-pøo) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  professional (female) match maker
  媒婆

• i'pøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ii'pøo [[...]][i#] [p.]
  grandmother's sister, grand aunt
  姨婆,姨祖母

• kepøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'pøo [[...]][i#] [p.]
  meddlesome, officious, meddler
  好管閒事

• kixmpøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kim'pøo [[...]][i#] [p.]
  wife of grandmother's brother, grand aunt
  舅祖母

• ko'pøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kof'pøo [[...]][i#] [p.]
  paternal grandfather's sister, grand aunt
  姑婆,姑祖母

thøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thøf; (løf) [[...]][i#] [p.]

to peck, suck or gobble up like a duck

鴨(鵝)用嘴取食的動作

• ahbøfzhuix borng thøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'bør'zhuix borng thøf; aq'bør/buo'zhuix borng thøf [[...]][i#] [p.]
  the duck just feeling about for something, make a request or attempt without much expectation of success, but might as well try it
  姑妄要之

tviu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tviu; (tiong) [[...]][i#] [p.]

elder, senior, husband of aunt

丈

• i'tviu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ii'tviu [[...]][i#] [p.]
  husband of maternal aunt, or of mother's cousin
  姨丈

• kotviu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kof'tviu [[...]][i#] [p.]
  husband of paternal aunt
  姑丈

tviuxkofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tviu'kofng [[...]][i#] [p.]

the husbands of sisters of the grandfather on the father's side of the family

姑婆之丈夫

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