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ak'hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ag'hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]

water flowers

澆花

barn hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: barn'hoef; barn hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]

pick a flower

摘花

bagciw-hoe'hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak'ciw hoef'hoef; bak'ciw-hoef'hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]

blurred vision

眼花

boglaan-hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bok'laan'hoef; bok'laan-hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]

small yellow flower, especially fragrant in the morning

木蘭花

zai'hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zay'hoef; (zexng'hoef) [[...]][i#] [p.]

plant flowers, cultivate flowers

栽花,種花

zhaocien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaux'cien [[...]][i#] [p.]

grows, spreads and flourishes quickly

容易繁殖(植物)

• Hid khoarn hoef cyn zhaocien. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid khoarn hoef cyn zhaux'cien. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  That kind of flower grows very quickly.
  那種花很賤俗,隨意種就能活。

zhve'hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhvef'hoef; zhvef/chvy'hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]

fresh flowers (not artificial)

鮮花

ciorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciorng; (zerng) [[...]][i#] [p.]

seeds of grains, races of human beings, descendants, posterity, species, type, kind or sort

種

• cid ciorng laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cid ciorng laang [[...]][i#] [p.]
  this sort of man
  這種人

• hid ciorng hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hid ciorng hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]
  that type of flower
  那種花

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

weave figures into fabrics

織花

zuylieen-hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuie'lieen'hoef; zuie'lieen-hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]

aquatic plant with violet colored flowers

水蓮花

e [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: e; øe; (be) [[...]][i#] [p.]

expresses interior, inherent or innate capacity or incapacity, a permanent capacity or incapacity, frequently translated in English by "does" or "does not"

會, 不會

• Cid ciaq ciawar e poef, taxnsi cymmar bextaxng poef. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ciaq ciao'ar e poef, tan'si cirm'mar be'taxng poef.; Cid ciaq ciao'ar øe pøef, tan'si cid'mar bøe'taxng pøef. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This bird flies, but it can not fly now (because it is in a cage).
  這隻鳥會飛, 但是現在不能飛.

• Cid ciaq kao e ka laang, taxnsi cymmar bextaxng khix ka laang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ciaq kao e ka laang, tan'si cirm'mar be'taxng khix ka laang.; Cid ciaq kao øe ka laang, tan'si cid'mar bøe'taxng khix ka laang. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This dog bites people, but now he can not go and bite people (because he is tied up).
  這隻狗會咬人, 但是現在不能去咬人.

• Niaw e ka niawchie, kao e kox mngg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Niaw e ka niao'chie, kao e kox mngg.; Niaw øe ka niao'chie/zhuo, kao øe kox mngg. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Cats catch rats, dogs watch the door.
  貓會捉老鼠, 狗會看門.

• Zhunthvy na kaux, hoef e khuy. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zhwn'thvy na kaux, hoef e khuy. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Flowers bloom in the spring. (It's their nature to do so).
  春天一到, 花會開.

• Ciawar e poef, hii e siuu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciao'ar e poef, hii e siuu. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  the inherent permanent capacity or inclination of something (Lit. "Birds gotta fly, fish gotta swim.")
  鳥會飛, 魚會游水.

gioglaan-hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giok'laan; giok'laan-hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]

magnolia conspicua, tree with white flowers and strong fragrance

玉蘭

hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoef; (hoaf) [[...]][i#] [p.]

flowers, blossoms

花

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

distinguished, sophisticated

風流

• Hid ee laang cyn hoef, kaw be ciør lypeng'iuo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid ee laang cyn hoef, kaw be ciør lie'peeng'iuo.; Hid'ee laang cyn hoef, kaw bøe ciør lie/luo'peeng'iuo. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  That person is very distinguished, he has a lot of women friends.
  那個人很風流,交很多女朋友。

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

be unreasonably insistent like a very young child or uncivil person

不講理,講不會聽

hoe'hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoef'hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]

have dim eyesight or blurred vision

眼花

hoef siaxkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoef sia'khix [[...]][i#] [p.]

withered

花謝了

hoefsvoa'hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoea'svoaf'hoef; høea'svoaf'hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]

volcanic ashes

火山灰

Hoef tiøh zhaq thauzeeng, mxthafng zhaq auxpeeng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hoef tiøh zhaq thaau'zeeng, m'thafng zhaq au'peeng. [[...]][i#] [p.]

Put your best foot forward. Don't put your light under a bushel basket. If you want to tip, tip first, don't wait until you are leaving the hotel. (Flowers should be put out front, don't put them in the back.)

花要插面前,不要插後面,要適時為之,不要事後補辦。

iøo khazhngf-hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iøo khaf'zhngf'hoef; iøo khaf'zhngf-hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]

swing one's hips from side to side in walking

扭屁股

khan'gu'hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khafn'guu'hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]

morning glory

牽牛花

khek'hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheg'hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]

carve flowers or ornaments (in wood etc.)

刻花

khvoax ki'hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax ky'hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]

look for a chance, opportunity

看機會

khui'hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khuy'hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]

bloom

開花

khuithaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khuy'thaux [[...]][i#] [p.]

remove obstacles from

開通,完結

• Cid tiaau lo khuithaux ax. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid tiaau lo khuy'thaux ax. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This road is open for use.
  這條路開通了。

• Cid zaang hoef khuithaux ax. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid zaang hoef khuy'thaux ax. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This flower is in full bloom.
  這棵樹花全開完了。

kiok'hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiog'hoef; (kiog'ar'hoef) [[...]][i#] [p.]

chrysanthemum

菊花

kok'hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kog'hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]

national flower

國花

• Boe'afhoef si Taioaan ee kok'hoef. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Boee'ar'hoef si Taai'oaan ee kog'hoef. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The plum flower is the national flower of Taiwan.
  梅花是台灣的國花。

kukhak'hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kw'khag'hoef; (guu'kag'hoef) [[...]][i#] [p.]

name of poisonous snake (viper)

龜殼花(毒蛇名)

lak'hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lag'hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]

flowers falling (so as not to produce fruit)

落花

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

epidendrum or used figuratively in the sense of fragrant, elegant, refined, numerous, orchids

蘭

• viulaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: viuu'laan [[...]][i#] [p.]
  foreign orchid
  洋蘭

• otiap-laan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oo'tiap'laan; oo'tiap-laan [[...]][i#] [p.]
  butterfly orchid
  蝴蝶蘭

• gioglaan-hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giok'laan; giok'laan-hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]
  magnolia conspicua
  玉蘭

Laang bøo zhengjit hør, hoef bøo pahjit aang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Laang bøo zhefng'jit hør, hoef bøo paq'jit aang. [[...]][i#] [p.]

people aren't good for 1000 days, flower aren't red for 100 days — Life is transitory, Nothing is certain in this world

人無千日好,花無百日紅。

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

stamen or pistil of a flower, buds, unopened flowers, classifying particle used with flowers and eyes

蕊,朵

• bøfluie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bør'luie; bør/buo'luie [[...]][i#] [p.]
  pistils
  雌蕊

• kangluie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafng'luie [[...]][i#] [p.]
  stamens
  雄蕊

• nng luie hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: nng luie hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]
  two flowers
  兩朵花

• nng luie bagciw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: nng luie bak'ciw [[...]][i#] [p.]
  two eyes
  兩隻眼睛

mi'hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mii'hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]

raw cotton

棉花

mui'hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: muii'hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]

plum flower

梅花

peh kiok'hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peh kiog'hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]

feverfew

白菊花

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

corolla of a flower, bunch of flowers, bunch of fruit, classifier for tails, queues, flames and lights etc

葩,束,盞,撮,串

• cit phaf boea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit phaf boea; cit phaf bøea [[...]][i#] [p.]
  large tail of an animal
  一撮尾毛

• cit phaf hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit phaf hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]
  bunch of flowers
  一束花

• nng phaf hoea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: nng phaf hoea [[...]][i#] [p.]
  two lamps burning
  二盞燈

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

basin, tub, pot, bowl

盆

• bixnphuun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bin'phuun [[...]][i#] [p.]
  wash basin
  面盆,臉盆

• cit phuun hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit phuun hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]
  pot of flowers
  一盆花

• egphuun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ek'phuun [[...]][i#] [p.]
  bath tub
  浴盆

• limphuun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liim'phuun [[...]][i#] [p.]
  nearing her confinement
  臨盆

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

thank, to decline, to fade, wither

謝

• Hoef sia khix ax. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hoef sia khix ax. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The flowers have withered
  花謝了。

• kafmsia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: karm'sia [[...]][i#] [p.]
  feel grateful, thank you
  感謝

• søehsia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: soeq'sia; søeq'sia [[...]][i#] [p.]
  give thanks
  道謝

• tapsia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tab'sia [[...]][i#] [p.]
  express thanks for a favor (by returning or repaying it)
  答謝

• tøsia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tøf'sia [[...]][i#] [p.]
  many thanks
  多謝

sym hoef ix lerng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sym hoef ix lerng [[...]][i#] [p.]

pessimistic and dejected due to repeated failures and frustrations

心灰意冷

taethø'hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taix'thøo'hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]

a woman with a lustful looking face

女人好淫之相

tao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tao; (to) [[...]][i#] [p.]

the belly

肚

• zai'hoef voaxtao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zay'hoef voa'tao [[...]][i#] [p.]
  superstitious rites for curing a woman's barrenness or for enabling her to have male children when she had only daughters before
  栽花換斗(乩童或王六的名堂,能使婦女生男)

te'hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tee'hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]

camellia (botany)

茶花

tenghviw-hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tefng'hviw'hoef; tefng'hviw-hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]

lilac

丁香花

thihchiu khui'hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thiq'chiu khuy'hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]

literally, the blooming of an iron tree — an impossibility, something that very rarely happens

鐵樹開花

thø'hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thøo'hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]

peach blossom

桃花

tiau'hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiaw'hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]

dress flowering shrubs into various fanciful shapes, engrave figures or pictures

雕花

toxkoafn-hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: to'koafn'hoef; to'koafn-hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]

azalea

杜鵑花

toax thø'hoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toax thøo'hoef [[...]][i#] [p.]

a woman fated to lead a licentious life

帶桃花

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