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an'iofng'vi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: afn'iorng'vi [[...]][i#] [p.]

home for destitute old people

安養院

antuxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: afn'tuxn [[...]][i#] [p.]

put in order, help settle down, make proper arrangement for the family before leaving home for a long period of time

安頓

angkeatøq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aang'kex'tøq [[...]][i#] [p.]

table which holds images of the gods in home or temple

供桌

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

full, satisfied, self-sufficient, the whole of, complete, to fill to complete, abound

滿

• byboarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bie'boarn [[...]][i#] [p.]
  happy, sweet life or home, sweet
  美滿

• oanboarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oaan'boarn [[...]][i#] [p.]
  satisfactory, complete
  圓滿

boafnzaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boarn'zaix [[...]][i#] [p.]

fully laden

滿載

• boafnzaix jii kuy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boarn'zaix jii kuy [[...]][i#] [p.]
  return home fully laden with riches, gifts, etc
  滿載而歸

Zaixkef jidjit afn, zhutgoa tiautiaau laan. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zai'kef jit'jit afn, zhud'goa tiaau'tiaau laan. [[...]][i#] [p.]

At home, every day is peace, go outside and everything is hardship

在家日日安,出外條條難。

zabofkviar-zhat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'bor'kviar'zhat; zaf'bor'kviar-zhat [[...]][i#] [p.]

married daughter returning to the home of her parents and picking up things to take back to the home of her husband

女兒回娘家,將娘家的東西帶回夫家

zeaphirn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zex'phirn [[...]][i#] [p.]

manufactured goods

製品

• Pwnkog ee zeaphirn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Purn'kog ee zex'phirn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  article of home manufacture
  本國的製品

• Goaxkog ee zeaphirn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goa'kog ee zex'phirn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  article of foreign manufacture
  外國的製品

zhau'hofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaw'hofng [[...]][i#] [p.]

seal off a person's home because of debt

抄封

zhawmaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhao'maau [[...]][i#] [p.]

my lowly home

草茅

zhawsiax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhao'siax [[...]][i#] [p.]

my lowly home

草舍,寒舍(客氣話)

• Chviar lie na u sikafn ciaq laai zhawsiax hoxngtee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chviar lie na u sii'kafn ciaq laai zhao'siax hong'tee. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If you have time, come to our house for tea.
  你若有空,請來寒舍奉茶。

chviafpien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chviar'pien [[...]][i#] [p.]

do as you like, make yourself at home

請便

chiaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiaw; (sof) [[...]][i#] [p.]

search for a lost article, ransack, to rummage, search another's pockets or body

搜

• Hengsu chiaw y ee sengkhw (zhuolai). [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Heeng'su chiaw y ee sefng'khw (zhux'lai). [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The detective searched him or his home.
  刑事搜他的身體(屋子)。

chingeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chyn'geeng [[...]][i#] [p.]

receive bride personally, to go to the bride's home to bring her to the groom's home

親自迎娶

zhoaxkex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhoa'kex [[...]][i#] [p.]

accompany bridegroom to the bride's home

伴郎

zhoaxlo-køef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhoa'lo'kef; zhoa'lo-køef [[...]][i#] [p.]

After a bride returns to her parents home for the first time, her parents give a pair of chickens to their son-in-law

新娘首次回娘家送給夫家的一對雞

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

go out, come out, produce, put forth, leave one's home, appear

出

zhutzao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhud'zao [[...]][i#] [p.]

run away from home, desert one's family

出走

zhutgoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhud'goa [[...]][i#] [p.]

leave one's home to conduct some business with the intention of returning

出外

zhutkef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhud'kef [[...]][i#] [p.]

leave home and give himself (herself) to Buddha

出家

zhutphwn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhud'phwn [[...]][i#] [p.]

escape, flee one's home and live in exile

出奔

zhuttviw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhud'tviw; (zhud'zhay) [[...]][i#] [p.]

leave home on business (said of officials)

出差

ciauniar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciaw'niar [[...]][i#] [p.]

take home by presenting oneself as the owner, advertise for owner of lost thing

招領

ciø'huun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciøf'huun; (irn'huun) [[...]][i#] [p.]

call back the souls of those who have died away from home

招魂,引魂

ciøniar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciøf'niar [[...]][i#] [p.]

take home by presenting oneself as the owner, advertise for owner of lost thing

招領

cviuxsvoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cviu'svoaf [[...]][i#] [p.]

ascend a mountain, go ashore (archaic)

上山

• Cviuxsvoaf ia cit jit, løqhae ia cit jit. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cviu'svoaf ia cit jit, løh'hae ia cit jit. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  nice way of saying one should not be in a rush to get things done. Festina lente! (Lit. Going up the mountain is a day, going down to sea is also a day)
  上山也一天,下海也一天,慢慢來,不用急。

• Cviuxsvoaf khvoax svoasix, jibmngg khvoax lang'ix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cviu'svoaf khvoax svoaf'six, jip'mngg khvoax laang'ix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Be aware of the wishes of your host. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. (Lit. In climbing a mountain, look at the mountain contours, if you enter a person's home, consider his feelings.)
  見風轉舵,入鄉隨俗。

zøxheeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zø'heeng [[...]][i#] [p.]

model

造型

• Laang hiaam hid kefng zhux ee zøxheeng bøo hør khvoax. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Laang hiaam hid kefng zhux ee zø'heeng bøo hør khvoax. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  People say that the shape of that home doesn't look good.
  有人嫌那間房子的造型不好看。

zofzek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zor'zek [[...]][i#] [p.]

ancestral home

祖籍

zofzhux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zor'zhux; (zor'kef) [[...]][i#] [p.]

ancestral home, native place

祖家,老家

zofkef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zor'kef [[...]][i#] [p.]

ancestral home

祖家

zofky [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zor'ky [[...]][i#] [p.]

ancestral home

祖居

zoanluytvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoaan'luie'tvar [[...]][i#] [p.]

home run, a homer

全壘打

zofngphof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zorng'phof [[...]][i#] [p.]

bed platform on which tatami's are laid in a Japanese home

大臥舖

zuxzex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zu'zex [[...]][i#] [p.]

home made

自製

zuxiuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zu'iuu [[...]][i#] [p.]

freedom, liberty, free, at ease, (feel) at home, at one's own free will

自由

ee khoarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ee khoarn; (...ee khoarn) [[...]][i#] [p.]

seems, probably (can be used instead of "tai-khai" but always comes at the end of the sentence)

的樣子, 似乎

• Taixkhaix e løqho. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tai'khaix e løh'ho.; Tai'khaix øe løh'ho.; (E løh'ho ee khoarn.) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Maybe it'll rain (It'll rain perhaps.)
  大概會下雨。(會下雨的樣子。)

• Taixkhaix u ti le. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tai'khaix u ti le.; (U ti le ee khoarn.) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Probably he [she] is home [at some place]. (He [she] is home most likely.)
  大概在。(在的樣子。)

engkuy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eeng'kuy [[...]][i#] [p.]

retire in glory (said of a high official), return home with honors

榮歸

gengchyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: geeng'chyn [[...]][i#] [p.]

go to escort one's bride from her home to one's own for the wedding

迎親,迎娶

goaxbu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goa'bu [[...]][i#] [p.]

soliciting for sales (away from the home office), foreign affairs

外務

goaxzhud [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goa'zhud [[...]][i#] [p.]

go out, be out of town, absent from home or office

外出

goaxkag [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goa'kag [[...]][i#] [p.]

exterior angle (in mathematics), (baseball) outside corner (of home plate)

外角

goaxkef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goa'kef; goa'kef [[...]][i#] [p.]

parental home of a married woman

娘家

goaxsiaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goa'siaw [[...]][i#] [p.]

stay outside (one's own home or dormitory) overnight

外銷

goarn/goarn- [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goarn; (gurn) [[...]][i#] [p.]

we (not including the listeners), us, my (as my parents, home, brothers, sisters, wife, etc)

我們,我們的

gu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gu; (uo) [[...]][i#] [p.]

lodge in, to sojourn, dwell in, home, residence, lodging, to borrow (as a metaphor)

寓

hengkoarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: heeng'koarn [[...]][i#] [p.]

high official's home away from home

行館

• zofngthorng ee hengkoarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zorng'thorng ee heeng'koarn [[...]][i#] [p.]
  the president's villa
  總統的行館

hiangchyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiafng'chyn [[...]][i#] [p.]

person from the same home district, fellow citizen of the same district.

鄉親

hionglie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiofng'lie; (hviw'lie) [[...]][i#] [p.]

one's old home, a village

鄉里

hviulie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hviw'lie [[...]][i#] [p.]

one's old home, a village

鄉里

hoafnzuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoarn'zuo [[...]][i#] [p.]

After the burial the memorial tablet is taken home.

出葬後神主牌奉回家中

høekaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoee'kaf; høee'kaf [[...]][i#] [p.]

return home

回家

hoefkhaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoea'khaw [[...]][i#] [p.]

parents in their old age moving from home to home of their children so that their children can support them

輪流侍養父母

hoekhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoee'khix; hoee'khix [[...]][i#] [p.]

go back, to return home or to where one came from

回去

y'au [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ie'au; (liao'au) [[...]][i#] [p.]

afterwards, hereafter, after — in a temporal clause, this word always follows a noun, and never a verb. As in the following:

以後

• sie'tiarm yau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: six'tiarm ie'au [[...]][i#] [p.]
  after four o'clock
  四點以後

• paesvaf yau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: paix'svaf ie'au [[...]][i#] [p.]
  after Wednesday
  禮拜三以後

• ciaqpar yau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah'par ie'au [[...]][i#] [p.]
  after a meal
  吃飽以後

• Y khix yau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y khix ie'au [[...]][i#] [p.]
  after he has left
  他去了以後

• Yau tiøh khaq zuoix lef. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ie'au tiøh khaq zux'ix lef. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  From now on you have to be more careful
  以後要注意點。

• Kawgoeh zheid yau goar u ti zhuonih. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kao'goeh zhef'id ie'au goar u ti zhux'nih.; Kao'gøeh zhøef'id ie'au goar u ti zhux`nih. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I shall be at home on and after Sept. 1st.
  九月初一以後我在家裏。

igirm hoanhiofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: y'girm hoaan'hiofng [[...]][i#] [p.]

return home in glory

衣錦還鄉

ixhiofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: i'hiofng [[...]][i#] [p.]

strange community, strange land, away from home

異鄉

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

they, their

他,他們

• yn-zhux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: yn'zhux; yn-zhux; (yn'taw) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  his (her) or their home
  他家,他們家

• yn-a'hviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: yn'af hviaf; yn-af'hviaf; (yn-af'zea, yn-lau'pe, yn-lau'sw, yn-siør'ti, ...) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  his (her) or their older brother (older sister, father, mother, teacher, younger brother)
  他(她)哥哥(姐姐,爸爸,媽媽,老師,弟弟等等)

yn kuie jip theh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: yn kuie jip theh [[...]][i#] [p.]

invite ghosts into one's home — employ a person who afterwards proves very injurious

引狼入室

yn taw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: yn taw; (yn zhux) [[...]][i#] [p.]

his (her) or their home

他家,他們家

iofngka'huix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iorng'kaf'huix [[...]][i#] [p.]

family support allowance given to an employee sent away for an assignment which calls for his long absence from home

養家費

iofnglør-vi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iorng'lør'vi; iorng'lør-vi; (iorng'nor'vi) [[...]][i#] [p.]

old folk's home

養老院

jikym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jii'kym [[...]][i#] [p.]

now, used as the following:

而今,如今

• Y khahzar u cvii u sex, jikym bøo zhux thafng toax, bøo png thafng ciah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y khaq'zar u cvii u sex, jii'kym bøo zhux thafng toax, bøo png thafng ciah. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He had money and power before, but now he has no home to live in and no rice to eat.
  他以前有錢有勢,如今無屋可住,無飯可吃。

jibmngg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jip'mngg [[...]][i#] [p.]

enter the door

入門

• Thaozar zhutmngg, cyn axm ciaq jibmngg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thaux'zar zhud'mngg, cyn axm ciaq jip'mngg. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  go out very early in the morning and come back very late
  早出晚歸

• Cit e jibmngg, ciu khvoartiøh y teq limciuo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cit e jip'mngg, ciu khvoax'tiøh y teq lym'ciuo. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  As soon as I entered his home, I saw he was drinking.
  一進門就看到他在喝酒。

kaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaf; (kef) [[...]][i#] [p.]

home, house, household, family, of a household, at home, domestic, specialist (in any branch of art or science)

家

kazexng citgiap haghau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaf'zexng cid'giap hak'hau [[...]][i#] [p.]

vocational school for home economics

家政職業學校

kazernghak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaf'zexng'hak [[...]][i#] [p.]

home economics, domestic science

家政學

ka'hngg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaf'hngg; (kaf'oaan) [[...]][i#] [p.]

home town, native district

家園

ka'hoad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaf'hoad [[...]][i#] [p.]

law of the home, domestic discipline, domestic regulations

家法

ka'kaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaf'kaux [[...]][i#] [p.]

home education, training at home, a tutor

家教

• hør-kakaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør kaf'kaux; hør-kaf'kaux [[...]][i#] [p.]
  well-bred, well-disciplined
  好家教

• phvae ka'kaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvae kaf'kaux [[...]][i#] [p.]
  ill-bred, ill-disciplined
  家教不好

kaf phøx jiin boong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaf phøx jiin boong [[...]][i#] [p.]

home in ruins and family members dead or scattered (referring to situations resulting from great disasters)

家破人亡

kasixn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaf'sixn; (kaf'sw) [[...]][i#] [p.]

letter from home or addressed to a member of the family

家信,家書

kasioong piexnpng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaf'sioong pien'png [[...]][i#] [p.]

ordinary plain food, such as one gets at home

家常便飯

kasw tie baxnkym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaf'sw tie ban'kym [[...]][i#] [p.]

letter from home is worth ten thousand pieces of gold

家書抵萬金

ka'teeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaf'teeng [[...]][i#] [p.]

home, family, household

家庭

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