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arpax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ax'pax [[...]][i#] [p.]

selfish, covetous, tyrannical, usurp

霸道,專橫

• Y cyn arpax, lorng bøo sviu padlaang ee libtviuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y cyn ax'pax, lorng bøo sviu pat'laang ee lip'tviuu [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He thinks of no one but himself.
  他很霸道,都不想別人的立場。

• Y bad arpax laang ee zhanhngg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y bad ax'pax laang ee zhaan'hngg. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He encroached on other people's land.
  他曾霸佔人的田園。

ahtøfthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'tør'thaau [[...]][i#] [p.]

crush

壓得死死

• Y ho laang ahtøfthaau af, bøo hoatto thafng hoafnkhoxng af. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ho laang aq'tør'thaau af, bøo hoad'to thafng hoarn'khoxng af. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He was crushed to death, there is no way to revive him.
  他被人壓得死死,沒辦法反抗了。

aioaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ay'oaxn [[...]][i#] [p.]

sigh and moan

哀怨

• Aioaxn bøo cvii thafng thagzheq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ay'oaxn bøo cvii thafng thak'zheq. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He is sad about not having enough money to finish his education.
  哀怨沒錢求學。

armtiofng thezhvea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: axm'tiofng thee'zhvea [[...]][i#] [p.]

quietly or secretly alert someone like with a tug on the sleeve or a wink of the eye

暗中提醒

• Y armtiofng thezhvea goar, goar ciaq sviuxtiøh. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y axm'tiofng thee'zhvea goar, goar ciaq sviu'tiøh. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He tugged on my sleeve so I remembered.
  他暗中提醒我,我才想到。

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

request for postponement of payment, delivery or completion

延,拖延,限

• Hid tiaau cvii (hid niar svaf) y køq an svaf jit. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid tiaau cvii (hid niar svaf) y køq an svaf jit. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He asked for three more days to return the money (to return the shirt).
  那筆錢(那件衣服)他又拖三天。

• Y an cit pae koex cit pae iao m heeng goar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y an cit pae koex cit pae iao m heeng goar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Again and again he put off returning it.
  他一拖再拖還不還我。

• be axntid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be an'tid bøe an'tid [[...]][i#] [p.]
  can't be put off
  不能拖延。

• ho goar an cide [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ho goar an cit'e [[...]][i#] [p.]
  give me a little time to get something done
  讓我拖延一下。

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

red, at the height of one's career, very popular

紅

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