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arngphvixsviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: axng'phvi'sviaf [[...]][i#] [p.]

nasal voice, talk nasally and indistinctly

塞鼻音

• Lie kofng'oe arngphvixsviaf, si kvoatiøh ar mxsi? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie korng'oe axng'phvi'sviaf, si kvoaa'tiøh ar m'si? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Your voice is nasal. Do you have a cold?
  你講話塞鼻音,是著涼了嗎 ?

cioksuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciog'suu [[...]][i#] [p.]

congratulatory address or message

祝詞(辭)

• Chviar sinhu korng kuykuo'ar cioksuu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chviar siin'hu korng kuie'kux'ar ciog'suu. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Father will you please say a few words of congratulation
  請神父講幾句祝詞。

lioxngki'iog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liong'kii'iog [[...]][i#] [p.]

about (the quantity), random, vague

大約,隨便

• lioxngki'iok'ar korng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liong'kii'iog'ar korng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  talk at random, talk in a vague way
  隨便講

oexsae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oe'sae; oe'sae [[...]][i#] [p.]

things better left unsaid (irrelevancies, excessive detail, private matters)

多餘的話,沒用的話

• Y ee oexsae cyn ze, cidsut'ar taixcix korng kuy pvoarpof. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ee oe'sae cyn ze, cit'sud'ar tai'cix korng kuy pvoax'pof. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  His many private matters that he can explain in excessive detail all afternoon.
  他話很多,一點點事情講了半天。

• Iaokirn ee korng tø hør, mxbiern hiaq kau oexsae. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Iaux'kirn ee korng tø hør, m'biern hiaq kau oe'sae. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Say the important things, no need to go into excessive detail.
  要緊的說就好,不用那麼多話。

pau'urn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: paw'urn [[...]][i#] [p.]

guarantee, certainly

保証

• Lie karm kvar korng kin'afjit pau'urn e løqho? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie karm kvar korng kyn'ar'jit paw'urn e løh'ho? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Can you possibly dare guarantee it will rain today?
  你敢說今天一定會下雨嗎?

• Thvy hiahnih of, pau'urn e løqho. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thvy hiaq'nih of, paw'urn e løh'ho. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The sky is so dark it certainly will rain.
  天那麼黑,保証會下雨。

phoephoe'ar korng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoee'phoee'ar korng; phøee'phøee'ar korng [[...]][i#] [p.]

allude to a matter without giving much explanation, give only a hint

說點皮毛

tangkofng'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taang'korng'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]

an empty tin can

空鐵罐

un'un'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: uun'uun'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]

slowly, carefully, take your time to...

慢慢的

• un'un'ar ciah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: uun'uun'ar ciah [[...]][i#] [p.]
  take your time eating
  慢慢吃

• un'un'ar kviaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: uun'uun'ar kviaa [[...]][i#] [p.]
  walk slowly
  慢慢走

• un'un'ar korng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: uun'uun'ar korng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  speak slowly, tell bit by bit
  慢慢講

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