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bøzhae-kafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'zhae'kafng [[...]][i#] [p.]

waste of effort, in vain, wasted effort

徒勞,沒用

• Ykefng sie khix ax, khaq zuosia ia bøzhaykafng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ie'kefng sie khix ax, khaq zux'sia ia bøo'zhae'kafng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He is already dead, any more injections are a wasted effort.
  已經死了,再打針也沒用。

• Bøzhaykafng, maix siulie, bea sin'ee khaq hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo'zhae'kafng, maix siw'lie, bea syn'ee khaq hør. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  It is waste of time, better to buy a new one.
  浪費時間,不要修了,買新的比較好。

zhu poaqtør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhu poah'tør; (zhu'tør) [[...]][i#] [p.]

slip and fall

滑倒

• Kengciøphoee na hied toax hiaf, e hai laang zhu poaqtør (zhuxtør, zhuxtøfkhix). [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kefng'ciøf'phoee na hied toax hiaf, e hai laang zhu poah'tør (zhu'tør, zhu'tør'khix).; Kefng'ciøf'phøee na hied toax hiaf, øe hai laang zhu poah'tør (zhu'tør, zhu'tør'khix). [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If you throw banana peels there, you will cause someone to slip and fall.
  香蕉皮如丟在那兒,會害人滑倒。

ykefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ie'kefng [[...]][i#] [p.]

already, This word is always used together with the final particle "a" to mean something has been or had been completed or finished. (The tone of "a" is always the same as the tone of the word which precedes it.)

已經

• Y ykefng laai af. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ie'kefng laai af. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He has already come.
  他已經來了。

• Y ykefng sykhix af. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ie'kefng sie'khix af. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He is dead. He has been dead.
  他已經死了。

• Ykefng sviw ban af. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ie'kefng sviw ban af. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  already too late
  已經太晚了。

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

pull, attract, to guide, introduce, to quote, retire

引,介紹

• Irn y jibkhix hid kefng kongsy. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Irn y jip'khix hid kefng kofng'sy. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  introduce him into that company
  介紹他進入那家公司

kiukefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiuu'kefng [[...]][i#] [p.]

billiards saloon, or poolroom

撞球間

• Khix kiukefng loxng kiuu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Khix kiuu'kefng loxng kiuu. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  go to the pool hall to shoot pool
  去球間撞球。

køeakhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koex'khix; køex'khix [[...]][i#] [p.]

pass (by) the past, past tense

過去

• køeakhix zap nii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koex'khix zap nii; køex'khix zap nii [[...]][i#] [p.]
  during the past (for the last) ten years
  過去十年

• Koeakhix ee taixcix maix køq kofngkhie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Koex'khix ee tai'cix maix køq korng'khie.; Køex'khix ee tai'cix maix køq korng'khie. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Let bygones be bygones.
  過去的事情不要再提起。

• koeakhix ee kenggiam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koex'khix ee kefng'giam; køex'khix ee kefng'giam [[...]][i#] [p.]
  past experience
  過去的經驗

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