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

toil, labor hard

勞

• thoaboaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thoaf'boaa [[...]][i#] [p.]
  toil very hard
  勞苦,折磨

• Goar seahaxn ee sii, pexbør cyn thoaboaa. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar sex'haxn ee sii, pe'bør cyn thoaf'boaa.; Goar sex'haxn ee sii, pe'bør/buo cyn thoaf'boaa. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  When I was young, my parents worked very hard.
  我小時候,父母很勞苦。

• tiøh thoaboaa laai chi bofkviar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiøh thoaf'boaa laai chi bor'kviar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  work very hard to support a wife and kids
  得辛勞來養妻兒。

zhamzhaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhafm'zhaf; (zhafm'chy) [[...]][i#] [p.]

unequal, not uniform, confused, irregular, mixed in confusion

參差

• Ciaq ee gynnar zhamzhafm zhazhaf, u ee toaxhaxn, u ee seahaxn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciaq ee girn'nar zhafm'zhafm zhaf'zhaf, u ee toa'haxn, u ee sex'haxn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  These children are not of one size, some are older and some are younger.
  這些孩子參差不齊,有的大,有的小。

giafmgve [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giarm'gve [[...]][i#] [p.]

fortitude, firm, resolute (of strong character)

硬朗,堅忍

• Hid ee huxjinlaang cyn giafmgve (giafmgvi). [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid ee hu'jiin'laang cyn giarm'gve (giarm'gvi). [[...]][i#] [p.]
  That woman is stouthearted.
  那個婦人很堅忍。

• Cid ee seahaxn gynnar khaf cyn giafmgve. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ee sex'haxn girn'nar khaf cyn giarm'gve. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This little child is very sure-footed.
  這個小孩的腿很強壯。

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

also, even, still

也

• Y ia bøo ciaqciuo ia bøo ciaqhwn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ia bøo ciah'ciuo ia bøo ciah'hwn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He neither drinks nor smokes.
  他也不喝酒也不抽煙。

• Y ia u cvii ia u sealek. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ia u cvii ia u sex'lek. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He has both money and power.
  他有錢也有勢。

• ia hør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ia hør [[...]][i#] [p.]
  That will also do. O.K.
  也好

• Lie sor korng ee ia u tøxlie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie sor korng ee ia u tø'lie. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Still there is reason in what you say.
  你所說的也有道理。

• ia si afnny [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ia si arn'ny [[...]][i#] [p.]
  also the same (this way)
  也是這樣

• lieen seahaxn gynnar ia zaiviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lieen sex'haxn girn'nar ia zay'viar [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Even a little child knows it.
  連小孩也知道

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

sweet, pleasant, willingly

甘,甘心,捨得

• Hid ciaq kao lie karm kafm ho laang? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid ciaq kao lie karm kafm ho laang? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Are you really willing to give that dog to somebody else?
  那隻狗你捨得給人嗎?

• Hid ee gyn'ar hiaq seahaxn, lie kafm ho y ka'ti cit ee khix Bykog, si `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid ee girn'ar hiaq sex'haxn, lie kafm ho y kaf'ti cit ee khix Bie'kog, si `bøo? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  That child is so small, are you willing to let him go to the States alone?
  你捨得讓他一個人去美國嗎?

• Goar cid ciaq niauafkviar mxkafm ho laang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar cid ciaq niaw'ar'kviar m'kafm ho laang. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I am unwilling to give this kitten to somebody.
  我這隻小貓捨不得給人。

• Goar ee thihbea ho laang thaukhafn khix, cyn mxkafm. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar ee thiq'bea ho laang thaw'khafn khix, cyn m'kafm. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I got my bicycle stolen, I am still attached to it.
  我的自行車被偷了,實在很捨不得。

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

type of gourd, bottle gourd, calabash

匏

• holoo-puu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoo'loo'puu; hoo'loo-puu [[...]][i#] [p.]
  type of gourd much larger at one end
  葫蘆匏

• Seahaxn thaubarn puu, toaxhaxn thaukhafn guu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sex'haxn thaw'barn puu, toa'haxn thaw'khafn guu.; Søex'haxn thaw'barn puu, toa'haxn thaw'khafn guu. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If a child gets into the habit of stealing trifles, he will steal big things when he grows up.
  小時偷雞摸狗,大時殺人放火。

søeahaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sex'haxn; søex'haxn [[...]][i#] [p.]

short or small (in stature), in childhood

矮小,年少

• seahaxn ee sii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sex'haxn ee sii [[...]][i#] [p.]
  When one was a child
  小的時候

• Seahaxn thaubarn puu, toaxhaxn thaukhafn guu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sex'haxn thaw'barn puu, toa'haxn thaw'khafn guu.; Søex'haxn thaw'barn puu, toa'haxn thaw'khafn guu. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If as a child you steal gourds, as an adult, you'll steal cows. — as the twig is bent, so grows the tree
  小時偷雞摸狗,大時殺人放火。

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