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armgie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: axm'gie [[...]][i#] [p.]

secret language, code, password

暗語

baxn'gie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'gie (ban'gieen) [[...]][i#] [p.]

words uttered without much thought, unsupported or unfounded remarks

漫語,漫言

be'gie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bee'gie [[...]][i#] [p.]

riddle

謎語

bøexhiao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'hiao bøe'hiao [[...]][i#] [p.]

do not know how to (affirmative form is øexhiao)

不會

• Bexhiao sayzuun hiaam khef oafn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Be'hiao sae'zuun hiaam khef oafn. Bøe'hiao sae'zuun hiaam khøef oafn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The person who can't navigate a boat says the river is too winding.
  不會開船嫌溪彎,不怪自己能力差,反而怨天尤人。

• Bexhiao siuu, khanthoaf laxnphaf toa khiuu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Be'hiao siuu, khafn'thoaf lan'phaf toa khiuu. Bøe'hiao siuu, khafn'thoaf lan'phaf toa kiuu. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  blame the hammer when you don't drive the nail straight, blame others or other things for personal skills being insufficient (Lit. Don't know how to swim because scrotum is too big.)
  不怪自己能力差,反而怨天尤人。

• Cid kux ee iesux goar bexhiao. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid kux ee ix'sux goar be'hiao. Cid kux ee ix'sux goar bøe'hiao. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I don't know the meaning of this sentence, don't know how to explain it.
  這句的意思我不懂。

• Goar bexhiao saychiaf. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar be'hiao sae'chiaf. Goar bøe'hiao sae'chiaf. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I don't know how to drive a car.
  我不會開車。

• Goar bexhiao korng Enggie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar be'hiao korng Efng'gie. Goar bøe'hiao korng Efng'gie. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I cannot (don't know how to) speak English.
  我不會講英語。

• Goar bexhiao eng ti ciah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar be'hiao eng ti ciah. Goar bøe'hiao eng ti ciah. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I cannot (don't know how to) eat with chopsticks.
  我不會用筷子吃飯。

bøfgie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bør'gie [[...]][i#] [p.]

one's mother tongue, native tongue

母語

zexngsied [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeng'sied [[...]][i#] [p.]

add, add on

增設

• Cym'ar kok'hau bøeq zexngsied Taigie-khøx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cirm'ar kog'hau boeq zeng'sied Taai'gie'khøx. Cirm'ar kog'hau bøeq zeng'sied Taai'gie-khøx. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Now the public primary schools are going to add Taiwanese to the curriculum.
  現在國校要增設台語課。

zharmgie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaxm'gie [[...]][i#] [p.]

prophecy

讖語

chiengieen baxn'gie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'gieen ban'gie [[...]][i#] [p.]

many, many words, million words in my heart but don't know where to begin

千言萬語

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