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aix hi'eeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aix hy'eeng [[...]][i#] [p.]

vainglorious

愛虛榮

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

hope, prospect, to hope, expect

望

• Goar teq bang y laai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar teq bang y laai. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I hope he comes.
  我望著他來。

• bøbang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'bang [[...]][i#] [p.]
  hopeless
  沒有希望

• uxbang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u'bang [[...]][i#] [p.]
  hopeful, promising
  有希望

• hi'bang, hi'bong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'bang; (hy'bong) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  hope, a hope
  希望

• sitbang, sitbong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sid'bang; (sid'bong) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  disappointment, be disappointed
  失望

beeng pud hi'thoaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: beeng pud hy'thoaan [[...]][i#] [p.]

one's reputation well-deserved

名不虛傳

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

small, minute, diminutive, trifling, little, low, mean, humble, weak, sickly, feeble, hidden, obscure

微

• hi'bii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'bii [[...]][i#] [p.]
  few and scanty, solitary
  稀微,淒涼

• soebii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: soef'bii [[...]][i#] [p.]
  lose prosperity, decline in fortune
  衰微

biefnkiorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: biern'kiorng [[...]][i#] [p.]

involuntarily, compel, constrain, forced (as an interpretation), to study, diligence, industry

勉強,用功

• Na bøo goaxn'ix, mxbiern biefnkiorng zøx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Na bøo goan'ix, m'biern biern'kiorng zøx. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If you are unwilling to act, don't do it unwillingly.
  如不願意,不必勉強做。

• Hid ee gynnar cyn biefnkiorng, cionglaai cyn u hi'bong. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid ee girn'nar cyn biern'kiorng, ciofng'laai cyn u hy'bong. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  That child is very diligent, he'll go a long way.
  那個孩子很用功,將來很有希望。

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

young tree, sprouts, shoots, descendant, progeny

苗

• loswnbiaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: loo'surn'biaau [[...]][i#] [p.]
  young asparagus plant
  蘆筍苗

• hi'biaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'biaau [[...]][i#] [p.]
  young fish fry
  魚苗

ciexn buu hi'hoad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciexn buu hy'hoad; (ciexn buu khafng'hoad) [[...]][i#] [p.]

excellent marksmanship (Lit. No arrow is wasted.)

箭無虛發,空發

ciu'uii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciw'uii [[...]][i#] [p.]

circumference, all around

周圍

• hi'tii ee ciu'uii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'tii ee ciw'uii [[...]][i#] [p.]
  the circumference of the pond
  魚池的周圍

• ciu'uii ee laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciw'uii ee laang [[...]][i#] [p.]
  attendants, neighbors, the people around us, associates
  周圍的人

hahhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: haq'hix; (haq'hi) [[...]][i#] [p.]

yawn

打哈欠

harhi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hax'hi [[...]][i#] [p.]

yawn

呵欠

hi'baq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'baq [[...]][i#] [p.]

fish prepared to eat, fish and meat

魚肉

hi'bang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'bang [[...]][i#] [p.]

fish net

魚網

hi'bii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'bii [[...]][i#] [p.]

few and scanty, solitary

淒涼,孤單

hi'biaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'biaau; (hii'zay) [[...]][i#] [p.]

fry, baby fish

魚苗

hi'bøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'boea; hii'bøea; (hii'boea'liw) [[...]][i#] [p.]

fish's tail

魚尾

hi'boefzhef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'boea'zhef; hii'bøea'zhef [[...]][i#] [p.]

shaped like a fish's forked tail

魚尾叉

hi'bok huxnzw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'bok hun'zw [[...]][i#] [p.]

pass off something bogus as the real thing (offer a fish eye as a pearl)

魚目混珠

hi'bong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'bong [[...]][i#] [p.]

showing wild imagination, preposterously fantastic

希望

hi'buu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'buu [[...]][i#] [p.]

hope, wish, expectations, to hope, to desire, look forward to

虛無

hi'eeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'eeng [[...]][i#] [p.]

empty glory, vanity

虛榮

hi'eeng-sym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'eeng'sym; hy'eeng-sym [[...]][i#] [p.]

desire for glory and wealth, vanity

虛榮心

• hi'eeng-sym cyn tang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'eeng'sym cyn tang; hy'eeng-sym cyn tang [[...]][i#] [p.]
  vain, vainglorious, ostentatious
  虛榮心很重

hi'harn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'harn [[...]][i#] [p.]

rare, scarce, hold as precious

稀罕

• hi'harn ee mih [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'harn ee mih [[...]][i#] [p.]
  rare articles
  稀罕的東西

• bøo hi'harn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo hy'harn [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be not uncommon
  不稀罕

hi'hafnkviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'harn'kviar [[...]][i#] [p.]

only son, a spoilt child

寶貝兒子,寵溺獨子

hi'hii bahbaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'hii baq'baq [[...]][i#] [p.]

sumptuous meal

豐盛的菜餚

hi'hy sidsit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'hy sit'sit [[...]][i#] [p.]

abstract and concrete, hollow and solid, military strategy: tactics seemingly false but workable at the same time

虛虛實實

hi'hoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'hoaf [[...]][i#] [p.]

vain, vainglorious, ostentatious, flashy

虛華

hi'hoaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'hoaxn [[...]][i#] [p.]

empty, fleeting, void, illusory, unreal, visionary,

虛幻

hi'høex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'hoex; hy'høex [[...]][i#] [p.]

age according to Chinese calculation, i.e., a person is one year old at birth

虛歲

hi'hw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'hw [[...]][i#] [p.]

fisherman

漁夫

hi'huo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'huo [[...]][i#] [p.]

dried shredded port fish

魚鬆

hi'iuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'iuo [[...]][i#] [p.]

rare, one in a million

稀有

• hi'iuo (hafn'iuo) ee taixcix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'iuo (harn'iuo) ee tai'cix [[...]][i#] [p.]
  something that is of rare occurrence
  稀有(罕有) 之事

hi'iuo-toxngbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'iuo'tong'but; hy'iuo-tong'but [[...]][i#] [p.]

rare animals

稀有動物

hi'miaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'miaa [[...]][i#] [p.]

an empty title

虛名

hi'nng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'nng [[...]][i#] [p.]

roe or spawn

魚卵

hi'oaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'oaan [[...]][i#] [p.]

fish ball

魚丸

hi'oe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'oe [[...]][i#] [p.]

empty talk, unfounded statement, lie

虛話

hi'ofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'ofng [[...]][i#] [p.]

old fisherman

漁翁

• hi'ofng tid li [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'ofng tid li; (hii'hw cy li) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The fisherman makes his profit." (while the snipe and the cram are locked in a fight), or, (while two dogs fight over the bone, a third runs away with it)
  漁翁得利(漁夫之利)

Hi'peklaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hy'peg'laai [[...]][i#] [p.]

Hebrew

希伯來

Hi'peklaai Sw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hy'peg'laai Sw [[...]][i#] [p.]

Epistle to the Hebrews

希伯來書

hi'piøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'piøf [[...]][i#] [p.]

fish air bladder

魚鰾

hi'pøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'pøx [[...]][i#] [p.]

false report, to report falsely

虛報

hi'por [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'por [[...]][i#] [p.]

small dried salty fish

小魚干

hi'thaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'thaau [[...]][i#] [p.]

fish head

魚頭

hi'tii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'tii [[...]][i#] [p.]

fish pond

魚池

hi'tiørar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'tiøx'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]

fishing rod

釣魚竿

hi'to [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'to [[...]][i#] [p.]

pass the years in vain

虛度

• hi'to lagzabhoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'to lak'zap'hoex; hy'to lak'zap'høex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I have lived in vain for 60 years. (conventional way of stating one's age)
  虛度六十歲

hi'to [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'to [[...]][i#] [p.]

fish tripe

魚肚

hi'to kong'ym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hy'to kofng'ym [[...]][i#] [p.]

idle away time, waste one's time

虛度光陰

hi'wn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'wn [[...]][i#] [p.]

fish farm

魚塭

huix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: huix; (hix) [[...]][i#] [p.]

lung (see "hi")

肺

iuoji [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iux'ji [[...]][i#] [p.]

delicate, tender

細嫩

• Cid khoarn hi'afbaq cyn iuoji. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid khoarn hii'ar'baq cyn iux'ji. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This kind of fish is very tender.
  這種魚肉很嫩。

jintefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'tefng [[...]][i#] [p.]

male persons (said in counting sons or descendants of a family, inhabitants of a village, members of a clan)

人丁

• jintefng hi'bii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'tefng hy'bii [[...]][i#] [p.]
  small population
  人丁稀少,不興旺

• jintefng heng'ong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'tefng hefng'ong [[...]][i#] [p.]
  numerous posterity
  人丁興旺

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

have sexual intercourse, fornicate

姦

• Kaxn lirn lauxbuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kaxn lirn lau'buo; (Kaxn lirn niuu'lea) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  vulgar and vile expression meaning "I lay your mother". Many men of the lower classes use this expression among friends without considering the meaning. "Kan lin niu-le, boeh khi tah?" is like saying "Hi, where are you going?" They even "curse" animals, their children, and wives this way.
  操你媽

• siøkaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siøf'kaxn [[...]][i#] [p.]
  have sexual intercourse — (a vulgar expression)
  性交

kee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kee; køee; (koee) [[...]][i#] [p.]

salted or pickled meat, fish or shellfish (the name of the fish or shell-fish is prefixed)

醬

• he'afkee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hee'ar'kee [[...]][i#] [p.]
  pickled shrimp
  蝦醬

• hi'afkee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'ar'kee [[...]][i#] [p.]
  pickled fish
  魚醬

• svixkøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svi'kee; svi'køee [[...]][i#] [p.]
  pickle fish or shell-fish
  醃醬(魚蝦)

khør hi'tii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khør hii'tii [[...]][i#] [p.]

drain a pond (in order to harvest the fish)

排乾池水以捕魚

lienhoaa hi'to [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lieen'hoaa hy'to [[...]][i#] [p.]

spent one's best years without any achievements, wasted the best years of one's life

年華虛度

Ni'hi'bie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Nii'hy'bie [[...]][i#] [p.]

Nehemiah (Protestant)

尼希米

nng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: nng; (tan) [[...]][i#] [p.]

egg

蛋,卵

• ahnng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'nng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  duck egg
  鴨蛋

• hi'nng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'nng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  fish spawn, roe
  魚卵

• køe'nng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'nng; køef'nng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  hen's egg
  雞蛋

• svenng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svef'nng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  lay eggs
  下蛋

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

meat ball, medical pill

丸子

• Oan'ar ia u hi'oaan ia u bah'oaan, afsi korng'oaan. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Oaan'ar ia u hii'oaan ia u baq'oaan, ar'si koxng'oaan. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  There are many kinds of balls, fish balls, meat balls, and pork balls.
  丸子也有魚丸,也有肉丸,或是貢丸。

oafntai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oarn'tai [[...]][i#] [p.]

far reaching, far sighted, vast

遠大

• oafntai ee keahek (keaoe) [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oarn'tai ee kex'hek (kex'oe) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  grand scheme
  遠大的計劃

• oafntai ee hi'bong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oarn'tai ee hy'bong [[...]][i#] [p.]
  great ambition
  遠大的希望

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

old man, title of respect, one's husband's father

翁

• zwlang'ofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuo'laang'ofng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  master, respectful term for host
  主人翁

• zuieofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuix'ofng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  old drunkard
  醉翁

• hi'ofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'ofng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  old fisherman
  漁翁

• huoofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hux'ofng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  rich man
  富翁

paxnsex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pan'sex [[...]][i#] [p.]

situation, circumstance, trend of events

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