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ciah kaux... hoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah kaux... hoex; ciah kaux... høex [[...]][i#] [p.]

live to the age of… years

活到 …歲

• Ho lie ciah kaux (kaq) pahji hoex. (Ho lie ciah pahji) [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ho lie ciah kaux (kaq) paq'ji hoex. (Ho lie ciah paq'ji); Ho lie ciah kaux (kaq) paq'ji høex.; (Ho lie ciah paq'ji.) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  May you live to a hundred and twenty.
  祝你活到一百二十歲。

kaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaux; (tøx) [[...]][i#] [p.]

arrive, to reach (a place, time, quantity), come to an end (a finish) — at games of cards etc.

到

• iawboe kaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iao'boe kaux; iao'bøe kaux [[...]][i#] [p.]
  has not arrived yet
  還沒到

• tuix Taitiofng kaux Taipag [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tuix Taai'tiofng kaux Taai'pag [[...]][i#] [p.]
  from Taichung to Taipei
  從台中到台北

• Lie kaux kuie moar (pae)`af? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie kaux kuie moar (pae)`af? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  How many games (of cards, mah-jongg etc.) have you won?
  你和了(贏了) 幾把?

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

look at, observe, to watch, attend, look at with the determined purpose or intention of seeing, examine (as a doctor), inquire after, find out or determine, depend on

看

• khvoax tiexnviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax tien'viar [[...]][i#] [p.]
  watch a movie
  看電影

• khvoax pvexlaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax pve'laang [[...]][i#] [p.]
  examine a patient
  看病人

• ho isefng khvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ho y'sefng khvoax [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be examined by a doctor
  給醫生看, 看醫生

• Tuix Taitiofng kaux Taipag aix loa kuo? Hef tiøqaix khvoax lie boeq ze symmiq chiaf? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tuix Taai'tiofng kaux Taai'pag aix loa kuo? Hef tiøh'aix khvoax lie boeq ze sirm'miq chiaf?; Tuix Taai'tiofng kaux Taai'pag aix joa'kuo? Hef tiøh'aix khvoax lie bøeq ze sirm'mih chiaf? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  How long does it take to get from Taichung to Taipei? That depends on what kind of transportation you use. When "khoa*" follows certain other verb, it also has the meaning "to find out" or "to determine"
  從台中到台北要多久? 那得看你要坐什麼車?

• Sngx khvoax tiøh `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sngx khvoax tiøh `bøo? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Count it and see if it is correct.
  算算看對不對?

• Ciah khvoax u høfciah `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciah khvoax u hør'ciah `bøo? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Taste it and see if it is good.
  吃吃看好不好吃?

• Lie khix mng khvoax y boeq laai `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie khix mng khvoax y boeq laai `bøo?; Lie khix mng khvoax y bøeq laai `bøo? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Go and ask whether he is coming or not? Go and ask if he is coming. When used with the verb "mng" to ask, the word "khoa*" sometimes has the meaning of "whether...or", sometimes it has the meaning of "if" at other time "mng khoa*" means "to fi
  你去問問看他要不要來?

• Lie khix khvoax y laai boe? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie khix khvoax y laai boe?; Lie khix khvoax y laai`bøe? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Go and see whether he has arrived yet. Sometimes the word "khoa*" alone, when followed by a question, has the meaning of "whether or not"
  你去看他來了嗎?

kunkay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kwn'kay [[...]][i#] [p.]

military rank, grade

軍階

• Lie zøx kunkvoaf zøx kaux symmiq kunkay af? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie zøx kwn'kvoaf zøx kaux sirm'miq kwn'kay af? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  What military rank did you attain?
  你當軍官當到什麼軍階?

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