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aesuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aix'suie [[...]][i#] [p.]

want to be beautiful, desire for beauty, love of excellence

愛美

• Y cyn aesuie, siongsioong teq ciørkviax. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y cyn aix'suie, sioong'sioong teq ciøx'kviax. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  She likes to be pretty. She is always looking in a mirror.
  她真愛美,常常在照鏡子。

ansioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: afn'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

undisturbed, in a composed manner

安祥

baxnkor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'kor [[...]][i#] [p.]

extremely ancient times

萬古

• baxnkor liu'hofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'kor liuu'hofng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  good name that will last forever
  萬古流芳

• baxnkor liuthoaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'kor liuu'thoaan [[...]][i#] [p.]
  tradition which flows or comes down from antiquity, a matter which will be handed down forever
  萬古流傳

• baxnkofsiongsyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'kor'sioong'syn [[...]][i#] [p.]
  from ancient times always new
  萬古常新

bixsioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bi'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

not known, not clear

未詳

busioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buu'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

inconstant, irregular

無常

• Y ee iekiexn hoafnhok busioong. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ee ix'kiexn hoarn'hok buu'sioong. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  His opinion is unstable.
  他的意見反覆無常。

za'beeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'beeng [[...]][i#] [p.]

investigate and clarify, examine, search into

查明

• siongsex za'beeng...ee goan'yn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sioong'sex zaf'beeng...ee goaan'yn.; sioong'søex zaf'beeng...ee goaan'yn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  carefully examine the cause of
  詳細查明 ...的原因。

zengsiin zerngsioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zefng'siin zexng'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

sane

精神正常

zengsiin sitsioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zefng'siin sid'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

mental disorder, out of one's mind

精神失常

zerngsioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zexng'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

normal, normally

正常

zerngsionghoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zexng'sioong'hoax [[...]][i#] [p.]

normalize, normalization

正常化

zhamsioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhafm'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

consult with

商量

• kab... zhamsioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kab... zhafm'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]
  consult with
  與 ...商量

zhekgiam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zheg'giam [[...]][i#] [p.]

test, examine, a test or quiz

測驗

• simlie zhekgiam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sym'lie zheg'giam [[...]][i#] [p.]
  psychological tests
  心理測驗

• siongseg zhekgiam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sioong'seg zheg'giam [[...]][i#] [p.]
  general knowledge tests
  常識測驗

• thefkeq zhekgiam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thea'keq zheg'giam [[...]][i#] [p.]
  physical tests
  體格測驗

• tielek zhekgiam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tix'lek zheg'giam [[...]][i#] [p.]
  intellectual tests
  智力測驗

zheeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zheeng; (sioong) [[...]][i#] [p.]

pine tree

松

zhefngkiuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zherng'kiuu [[...]][i#] [p.]

claim, to demand, to request

請求

• zhefngkiuu pøesioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zherng'kiuu poee'sioong; zherng'kiuu pøee'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]
  claim damages
  請求賠償

zhengsioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhefng'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

pay back

清償

chiausioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiaw'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

above the average, uncommon

超常

chiwtvoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuo'tvoa [[...]][i#] [p.]

means, way, measure, steps, expedient

手段

• kiongpeg ee chiwtvoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kioong'peg ee chiuo'tvoa [[...]][i#] [p.]
  violent methods
  強迫的手段

• køab ee chiwtvoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: køf'ab ee chiuo'tvoa [[...]][i#] [p.]
  high handed methods
  高壓的手段

• ui'hiap ee chiwtvoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: uy'hiap ee chiuo'tvoa [[...]][i#] [p.]
  threatening, over bearing methods
  威脅的手段

• bogteg kaq chiwtvoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bok'teg kaq chiuo'tvoa [[...]][i#] [p.]
  end and means
  目的與手段

• zhayzhuo... chiwtvoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhae'zhuo... chiuo'tvoa [[...]][i#] [p.]
  take means, steps or measures to...
  採取 ...手段

• zoea'au ee chiwtvoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoex'au ee chiuo'tvoa [[...]][i#] [p.]
  last resort
  最後的手段

• huisioong chiwtvoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: huy'sioong chiuo'tvoa [[...]][i#] [p.]
  emergency measures
  非常的手段

zhørkag [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhøx'kag [[...]][i#] [p.]

false impression (by error due to the senses), false perception, illusion

錯覺

• Goar siongsioong khie zhørkag, sviuxzøx goar iao ti Bykog. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar sioong'sioong khie zhøx'kag, sviu'zøx goar iao ti Bie'kog. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Very often I have an illusion, I think I am still in the States.
  我常常有錯覺,以為還在美國。

ciaosioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciaux'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

as usual

照常

• Binnafzaix bøo hiøhkhuxn, aix ciaosioong sioxngkhøx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Biin'nar'zaix bøo hiøq'khuxn, aix ciaux'sioong siong'khøx. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Tomorrow is not a free day, there will be class as usual.
  明天沒有休假,要照常上課。

ciusioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciw'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

complete and perfect, nothing left out

周詳

zusioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuu'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

benevolent, kind, benign, benignant (said of elderly persons)

慈祥

gøxsyn siongtvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gø'syn sioong'tvar [[...]][i#] [p.]

endure hardships to accomplish some ambition, determination for revenge (Lit. an allusion to the King of Yueh (越王勾踐) who slept on firewood for a mattress and had a gall bladder hung over his bed to remind him of the bitterness (gall) of his defeat so

臥薪嘗膽

goadlie sionggvoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goat'lie sioong'gvoo; (goat'gvoo) [[...]][i#] [p.]

fairy who is supposed to dwell in the moon

月裏嫦娥,月娥

Hengzex Siongtiern [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Heeng'zex Sioong'tiern [[...]][i#] [p.]

Canon of Mass (Catholic)

行祭常典

hylo busioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hie'lo buu'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

having an unpredictable temper

喜怒無常

hoafnbin busioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoarn'bin buu'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

always changing

反面無常

hoafnhok busioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoarn'hok buu'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

unstable in mind, inconsistent or changeable (said a person)

反覆無常

hoafnsioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoarn'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

abnormal, not normal, against common practice, abnormality

反常

hoatsioong-tøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoad'sioong'te; hoad'sioong'tøe [[...]][i#] [p.]

place of a thing's beginning or early development, cradle, birthplace

發祥地

hofnghud [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: horng'hud [[...]][i#] [p.]

similar to or like, at first glance or carelessly, absent mindedly, unconsciously

彷彿,匆匆地一看,疏忽

• Hofnghud khvoax khylaai chinchviu si cyn ee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Horng'hud khvoax khie'laai chyn'chviu si cyn ee. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  At first glance it seems to be genuine.
  匆匆地一看像似真的,疏忽(台語)

• Hofnghud korng zhutlaai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Horng'hud korng zhud'laai. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  let a fact slip out
  說溜了嘴。

• Hofnghud thviaf bøo siongsex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Horng'hud thviaf bøo sioong'sex. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I was not paying attention so I did not hear it clearly.
  一疏忽沒聽清楚。

huisioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: huy'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

extraordinary, unusual

非常

• huisioong hør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: huy'sioong hør [[...]][i#] [p.]
  very, very good
  非常好

• huisioong tioxng'iaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: huy'sioong tiong'iaux [[...]][i#] [p.]
  unusually important
  非常重要

huisioong chiwtvoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: huy'sioong chiuo'tvoa [[...]][i#] [p.]

emergency measures

非常手段

huy siongseg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: huy sioong'seg [[...]][i#] [p.]

silly, absurd, nonsensical, lack of common sense

非常識

huisioong sikii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: huy'sioong sii'kii [[...]][i#] [p.]

time of emergency

非常時期

huisioong sioxngsox [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: huy'sioong siong'sox [[...]][i#] [p.]

extraordinary appeal initiated by the procurator general of the Supreme Court

非常上訴

ixsioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: i'sioong; (bøo zexng'sioong) [[...]][i#] [p.]

abnormal, unusual, uncommon

異常,不正常

iaokiuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iaux'kiuu; (iaw'kiuu) [[...]][i#] [p.]

demand, claim, to demand, to claim, to request

要求

• iaokiuu pøesioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iaux'kiuu poee'sioong; iaux'kiuu pøee'sioong; (iaux'kiuu pee'sioong) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  claim compensation (reparation, recompense)
  要求賠償

jisioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jii'sioong; (juu'sioong) [[...]][i#] [p.]

as usual

如常

jidsioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jit'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

daily, ordinary, usual

日常

• jidsioong hoexoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jit'sioong hoe'oe [[...]][i#] [p.]
  daily conversation
  日常會話

• jidsioong seng'oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jit'sioong sefng'oah [[...]][i#] [p.]
  daily life
  日常生活

jugoan ysioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: juu'goan ie'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

have one's wish fulfilled

如願以償

jusioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: juu'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

as usual, like always

如常

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

glue, gum, resin, sticky, some sort of jelly made from animals

膠

• zuykaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuie'kaf [[...]][i#] [p.]
  common glue
  膠水

• hofkutkaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hor'kud'kaf [[...]][i#] [p.]
  strengthening gelatin from tiger's bones
  虎骨膠

• kaukaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaau'kaf [[...]][i#] [p.]
  glue (jelly) made from monkey bones
  猴膠

• logkag-kaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lok'kag'kaf; lok'kag-kaf [[...]][i#] [p.]
  strengthening gelatin from deer-horn
  鹿角膠

• siongkaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sioong'kaf [[...]][i#] [p.]
  resin from the fir-tree
  松膠

• sokkaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sog'kaf [[...]][i#] [p.]
  plastic
  塑膠

kasioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaf'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

common, usual, ordinary

家常

kasiong'oe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaf'sioong'oe [[...]][i#] [p.]

informal talk, conversation about domestic routine

家常話

kasioong piexnpng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaf'sioong pien'png [[...]][i#] [p.]

ordinary plain food, such as one gets at home

家常便飯

kamkhor pixsioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafm'khor pi'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

have tasted both sweetness and bitterness — have known both happiness and suffering

甘苦備嘗

kankhor pixsioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafn'khor pi'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

have experienced all sorts of hardships

艱苦備嘗

kengsioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kefng'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

what is regular and necessary, moral basis of society, frequently, often

經常

• Zef si kengsioong ee taixcix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zef si kefng'sioong ee tai'cix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This is just an ordinary matter.
  這是經常的事情。

khysioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khie'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

tartar on the teeth, plaque

牙垢

kviabor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kviaf'bor [[...]][i#] [p.]

henpecked

懼內

• Y si kviabor taixoong, sofie aix kab yn thaethaix zhamsioong khaq uxhau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y si kviaf'bor tai'oong, sor'ie aix kab yn thaix'thaix zhafm'sioong khaq u'hau. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He is very henpecked so if you want to determine things you have to arrange matters with his wife.
  他是怕太太大王,所以要跟他太太商量比較有用。

kietsioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kied'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

good fortune, auspicious

吉祥

• kietsioong ju'ix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kied'sioong juu'ix [[...]][i#] [p.]
  May you have good fortune according to your desires
  吉祥如意

lenghong thengsioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: leeng'hong theeng'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

prosperity brought by the dragon and phoenix — excellent good fortune

龍鳳呈祥

lionghong thengsioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lioong'hong theeng'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

prosperity brought by the dragon and the phoenix — excellent good fortune

龍鳳呈祥

Misad Siong'ioxngkefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Mii'sad Sioong'iong'kefng [[...]][i#] [p.]

Ordinary of the Mass (Catholic)

彌撒常用經

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

good, beautiful

娥

• Sionggvoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sioong'gvoo [[...]][i#] [p.]
  beautiful lady in the moon, a beauty
  嫦娥

gvoxsyn siongtvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gvo'syn sioong'tvar [[...]][i#] [p.]

goad oneself ahead by depriving oneself all daily comfort and subjecting oneself to life's bitterness, nurse vengeance (Lit. lie on faggots and taste gall)

臥薪嘗膽

gvofsioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gvor'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

five constant virtues: benevolence, righteousness, propriety, knowledge, faith

五常

pengsioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peeng'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

usually, ordinarily, at ordinary times, always, daily, commonly, constantly, normal, usual, as usual

平常

pofsioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: por'sioong; (por'siorng) [[...]][i#] [p.]

compensation

補償

pofsioong swnsid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: por'sioong surn'sid [[...]][i#] [p.]

compensate for damage, loss

補償損失

pøesioong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: poee'sioong; pøee'sioong [[...]][i#] [p.]

recompense, compensate

賠償

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