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cid'e [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit'e [[...]][i#] [p.]

as soon as

晶婚紀念

• Lauxpe cide sykhix, kviar ciu toa sviaf khaux. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lau'pe cit'e sie'khix, kviar ciu toa sviaf khaux. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  As soon as their father died, the children all wailed very loudly.
  爸爸一過世,孩子就大聲哭。

cit'hii tiøx toaxtai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cid'hii tiøx toa'tai [[...]][i#] [p.]

use a minnow to catch a whopper use a little bait to catch a big fish

鯽魚釣鯉魚,以小釣大,以少誘多

eqeh-khehkheq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eh'eh'kheq'kheq; øeh'øeh-khøeq'khøeq [[...]][i#] [p.]

crowded, pushed and squeezed together

擁擠

• Zaokhaf na khaq toaxkefng cidsut'ar, khaq be nng ee ar laang ciu eqeqkhehkheq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zaux'khaf na khaq toa'kefng cit'sud'ar, khaq be nng ee ar laang ciu eh'eh'kheq'kheq.; Zaux'khaf na khaq toa'kefng cit'sud'ar, khaq bøe nng ee ar laang ciu øeh'øeh'khøeq'khøeq. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If the kitchen would be a bit bigger, it wouldn't be so crowded for two people.
  廚房如果大一點, 才不會兩個人就窄窄的.

huxnloan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hun'loan [[...]][i#] [p.]

confusion, disorder, be confused, be thrown into confusion

混亂

• Cit sii toa huxnloan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cit sii toa hun'loan [[...]][i#] [p.]
  There was great confusion for a time.
  一時混亂

kongtvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kofng'tvar [[...]][i#] [p.]

mount an attack, assault

攻打

• Ho cit toaxtin laang kongtvar kaq cyn lixhai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ho cit toa'tin laang kofng'tvar kaq cyn li'hai. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He was beat up by a big bunch of people.
  被一大群人攻打得很利害。

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

generation, class, kind, series, rank, grade, denotes the plural

輩

• boafnpoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boarn'poex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  juniors, younger generation
  晚輩

• cienpoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cieen'poex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  seniors, elders
  前輩

• expoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: e'poex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  persons lower in genealogy
  下輩,下一輩

• hiøxpoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiø'poex; (ho'poex) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  later generations, one's junior, the next generation
  後輩

• khahtoa cidpoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaq'toa cit'poex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  one generation higher in the genealogical scale
  大一輩

• kaxngpoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kang'poex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  same generation
  同輩

• lun poex bøo lun hoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lun poex bøo lun hoex; lun poex bøo lun høex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  consider by the generation, not by the age
  論輩不論歲

• pvepoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pvee'poex; pvee/pvii'poex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  of the same genealogical rank, i.e. equally distant from the common ancestor
  平輩

• sienpoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siefn'poex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  seniors, superiors, elders
  先輩

• tiofngpoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiorng'poex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  superior in genealogical rank, elders
  長輩

tiøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiøx; (tiaux) [[...]][i#] [p.]

to fish (with hook and line), to angle

釣

• ciaqtiøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah'tiøx [[...]][i#] [p.]
  bite the hook
  上釣

• cit'hii tiøx toaxtai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cid'hii tiøx toa'tai [[...]][i#] [p.]
  throw a sprat to catch a whale
  以小釣大

• parngtiøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: paxng'tiøx [[...]][i#] [p.]
  drop a line, put out a line
  放釣

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

heap, pile, mass, heap up, to pile

堆

• cid'toaxtuy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit''toa'tuy [[...]][i#] [p.]
  large quantity or lot, a multitude of people
  一大堆

• cidtuy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit tuy [[...]][i#] [p.]
  one heap, one lot
  一堆

• zøx cit tuy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx cit tuy; zøx/zøex cit tuy [[...]][i#] [p.]
  meet together, become one heap
  做一堆

• purntuy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: puxn'tuy; (puxn'søx'tuy) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  dung heap, dumping ground
  垃圾堆

• sakzørtuy/sakzøeatuy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sag'zøx'tuy; sag'zøx/zøex'tuy [[...]][i#] [p.]
  collect several elements into one whole, consummate a marriage between a son and a "sin-pu-a"
  送做堆,圓房

• thotuy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thoo'tuy [[...]][i#] [p.]
  heap of earth and rubbish gradually formed
  土堆

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