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zhaothaau-køe'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaux'thaau kef'ar; zhaux'thaau-køef'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]

be scolded often (Lit. stinky head chicken)

常常被罵

• Y laang tøf bøo loa bae, mxkuo tviaxtvia teq zøx zhaothaau ke'ar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y laang tøf bøo loa bae, m'kuo tvia'tvia teq zøx zhaux'thaau kef'ar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He is not all that bad but people always like to scold him.
  他人也不壞,不過常常被罵。

yzeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ie'zeeng [[...]][i#] [p.]

ago, before, previous to, formerly, in former times

以前

• go lak nii yzeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: go lak nii ie'zeeng; (go lak nii zeeng) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  some years ago
  五六年以前

• kiet'hwn yzeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kied'hwn ie'zeeng; (iao'boe kied'hwn ie'zeeng) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  previous to (before) one's marriage
  結婚以前,未結婚以前

• Yzeeng hid tiaau si cyn lauxjiet ee ke'ar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ie'zeeng hid tiaau si cyn lau'jiet ee kef'ar.; Ie'zeeng hid tiaau si cyn lau'jiet ee køef'ar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  It was once (in former times) a prosperous (flourishing) shopping center
  以前那條是很熱鬧的街。

• Yzeeng bad kvietiøh y. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ie'zeeng bad kvix'tiøh y. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I have met him before
  以前見過他。

• Texjixzhux seakaix taixciexn yzeeng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Te'ji'zhux sex'kaix tai'ciexn ie'zeeng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  before the second world war
  第二次世界大戰以前

• Y bøo chinchviu yzeeng hiaq ciap laai af. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y bøo chyn'chviu ie'zeeng hiaq ciap laai af. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  She does not come to see me as often as she used to.
  他不像以前那麼常來了。

køe'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'ar; køef'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]

downtown, a small town with shops on both sides of the street

街上,小鎮

• Ty hiaf u cit ee ke'ar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ty hiaf u cit ee kef'ar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  There is a small town over there.
  在那兒有一個小鎮。

• Y khix køe'ar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y khix kef'ar.; Y khix køef'ar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  she went downtown.
  她上街。

køe'ar-bak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'ar'bak; køef'ar-bak; (ia'boong'zexng) [[...]][i#] [p.]

night blindness, corn on the foot

夜盲症,雞眼

køe'afkviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'ar'kviar; køef'ar-kviar [[...]][i#] [p.]

baby chicks

小雞

ke'hudar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'hut'ar; køef'hut'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]

chicken testis

雞的睪丸

køekaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'kaxn; køef'kaxn; (laam'seg, koxng'khvaf'ar) [[...]][i#] [p.]

sodomy

雞姦,男色

køekafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'kafng; køef'kafng; (kef'kag'ar) [[...]][i#] [p.]

rooster, cock

公雞

køekui'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'kuy'ar; køef'kuy'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]

balloon (because its shape is like a balloon)

氣球

• puun-køekui'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: puun kef'kuy'ar; puun-køef'kuy'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]
  blow up a balloon
  吹氣球

ke'kui'afsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'kuy'ar'siefn; køef'kuy'ar'siefn; (kef'kuy'siefn) [[...]][i#] [p.]

boast, bragger

誇口者,吹牛大王

køethøar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'thøo'ar; køef'thøo'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]

chicken not yet weighing one pound, fryers

中雞(未成熟的雞)

kogkok-kiøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kok'kok kiøx; kok'kok-kiøx; (kok'kok-hao) [[...]][i#] [p.]

cackling of a hen (said also of a person talking on too much without ever stopping)

喀喀叫,喋喋不休

• Ke'ar teq kogkogkiøx mxzay khvoartiøh symmiq? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kef'ar teq kok'kok'kiøx m'zay khvoax'tiøh sirm'miq?; Køef'ar teq kok'kok-kiøx m'zay khvoax'tiøh sirm'mih? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I wonder what the chickens are cackling about? (The chickens are cackling, I wonder what they see?)
  雞在咯咯叫,不知看到什麼?

puun-køekui'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: puun kef'kuy'ar; puun-køef'kuy'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]

blow up a toy balloon

吹氣球

suxnsoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sun'soax [[...]][i#] [p.]

along with, at one's convenience

順便

• Lie na khix ke'ar, suxnsoax ka goar bea cit ky khybirn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie na khix kef'ar, sun'soax ka goar bea cit ky khie'birn.; Lie na khix køef'ar, sun'soax ka goar bøea cit ky khie'birn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  When you go downtown, buy me a toothbrush.
  你若上街,順便給我買一隻牙刷。

tekkøe'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: teg'kef'ar; teg'køef'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]

woodcock, guinea hen

竹雞

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

birds peck, to earn (slang)

啄,賺

• ho ke'ar thofngtiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ho kef'ar thorng'tiøh; ho køef'ar thorng'tiøh [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be pecked by a chicken
  被雞啄到

• u thorng cidkoar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u thorng cit'koar [[...]][i#] [p.]
  earned some money
  賺了一點

thongke'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thofng'kef'ar; thofng'køef'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]

the whole town

全街

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