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

or (conjunction), introduces an alternative or a word that explains or means the same

或,亦

• Lie si hagsefng ar m si? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie si hak'sefng ar m si? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Are you a student?
  你是不是學生?

• Lie u cvii ar bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie u cvii ar bøo? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Do you have money?
  你有沒有錢?

• Lie boeq khix ar m? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie boeq khix ar m? Lie bøeq khix ar m? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Do you want to go?
  你要不要去?

acirm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: af'cirm [[...]][i#] [p.]

aunt, wife of an uncle on the father's side of the family

嬸母,嬸嬸

a'kim [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: af'kim [[...]][i#] [p.]

aunt (wife of an uncle on the mother's side of the family)

舅母,舅媽

a'pøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: af'pøo [[...]][i#] [p.]

term of respect for an old woman

阿婆

a'thaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: af'thaau [[...]][i#] [p.]

madam of a brothel

老娼

• A'thaau ciuxsi za'bofkefng ee lawpafnniuu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Af'thaau ciu'si zaf'bor'kefng ee lao'parn'niuu. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  An a-thau is the wife of the brothel owner or she herself is the owner.
  老娼就是妓女院的老闆娘。

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

duck, drake

鴨子

• Chitgøeh-pvoax ah'ar mxzay sie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chid'goeh'pvoax'aq'ar m'zay sie. Chid'gøeh-pvoax aq'ar m'zay sie. (Chid'goeh'pvoax aq'ar m zay sie'oah.) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  unaware of impending calamity (Refers to a duck in the middle of the seventh month, when ducks are usually offered to the spirits of the dead, yet do not know enough to fear death. — Similar to a turkey just before Thanksgiving), used to scold someone who is without fear in spite of impending calamity (Lit. On fifteenth of the seventh lunar month, the duck does not know it is soon be slaughtered to be eaten during the feast.)
  危在旦夕,還不知。

• ah'afzhuix borng løf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'ar'zhuix borng løf [[...]][i#] [p.]
  make an attempt or ask a favor with very small hope of success but may just as well make the attempt (like a duck's bill dabbling about in the air while eating)
  姑妄要求

• ah'ar thviaf luii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'ar thviaf luii [[...]][i#] [p.]
  hear what someone says but cannot understand (like a duck hearing thunder not knowing what all the noise is about)
  鴨子聽打雷,聽不懂

• ahbør-tøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'bør'tee aq'bør-tøee [[...]][i#] [p.]
  flat footed clumsily gaited person (Lit. sole of a duck's foot), a man whose foot is very broad and flat at the instep instead of having the usual concave)
  平板腳

aemai heng'uii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aix'mai heeng'uii [[...]][i#] [p.]

scandal (especially an illicit affair)

曖昧行為

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