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aezeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aix'zeeng [[...]][i#] [p.]

love, affection

愛情

• Pexbør ee aezeeng pie svoaf khaq koaan, pie hae khaq chym. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pe'bør ee aix'zeeng pie svoaf khaq koaan, pie hae khaq chym. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  A parent's love is higher than a mountain and deeper than the sea.
  父母的愛情比山還高,比海還深。

bør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bør (buo) [[...]][i#] [p.]

mother, female animals, capital money, yogurt or cheese culture

母

• auxbør, keabør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'bør, kex'bør [[...]][i#] [p.]
  stepmother
  繼母

• huxbør, pexbør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hu'bør, pe'bør [[...]][i#] [p.]
  father and mother
  父母

• køebør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'bør køef'bør [[...]][i#] [p.]
  hen
  母雞

• lengbør/lengbuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lefng'bør [[...]][i#] [p.]
  wet nurse
  奶媽

• svebør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svef'bør [[...]][i#] [p.]
  real mother
  生母

bøo laang koarn, bøo laang liuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo laang koarn, bøo laang liuu [[...]][i#] [p.]

no one takes care

無人管,自由

• Pexbør cide sie, soaq piernzøx bøo laang koarn bøo laang liuu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pe'bør cit'e sie, soaq piexn'zøx bøo laang koarn bøo laang liuu. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  After the parents pass away, no one takes care of things.
  父母一死,竟無人管。

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

toil, labor hard

勞

• thoaboaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thoaf'boaa [[...]][i#] [p.]
  toil very hard
  勞苦,折磨

• Goar seahaxn ee sii, pexbør cyn thoaboaa. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar sex'haxn ee sii, pe'bør cyn thoaf'boaa. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  When I was young, my parents worked very hard.
  我小時候,父母很勞苦。

• tiøh thoaboaa laai chi bofkviar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiøh thoaf'boaa laai chi bor'kviar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  work very hard to support a wife and kids
  得辛勞來養妻兒。

chi kviar bølun png, chi pexbør ciaux sngrtngx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chi kviar bøo'lun png, chi pe'bør ciaux sngx'tngx. [[...]][i#] [p.]

an expression used to accuse someone of being unfilial (Lit. Children are fed without discussing the amount of rice, when parents are fed the meals need to be counted.)

養兒不計一切,養父母卻斤斤計較。

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