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Searched Maryknoll for pøeq, found 62,
- zabpøeq-lø'haxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zap'peq løo'haxn; zap'pøeq-løo'haxn [[...]][i#] [p.]
- the eighteen saints or disciples of Buddha
- 十八羅漢
- zabpøeq-tøexgak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zap'peq te'gak; zap'pøeq-tøe'gak [[...]][i#] [p.]
- the eighteen hells where the souls of evil persons are tortured (Buddhism)
- 十八地獄
- chid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chid [[...]][i#] [p.]
- number seven, seventh
- 七
- Chitze, pehpee, kawhoatgee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chid'ze, peq'pee, kao'hoad'gee; Chid'ze, pøeq'pee, kao'hoad'gee [[...]][i#] [p.]
- A child at seven months can sit, at eight months can crawl, at nine months cuts his teeth.
- 七坐,八爬,九長牙
- chitzar-pøehzar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chid'zar peq'zar; chid'zar-pøeq'zar [[...]][i#] [p.]
- very early in the morning
- 一大早
- chitcied-pøehkhaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chid'cied peq'khaux; chid'cied pøeq'khaux [[...]][i#] [p.]
- big discounts in bargain sales, make allowance for inaccuracy, exaggeration in a statement or report
- 七折八扣
- chitzøx peq mxtiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chid'zøx peq m'tiøh; chid'zøx/zøex pøeq m'tiøh [[...]][i#] [p.]
- make a mess of things (Lit. Do seven things, eight are wrong.)
- 七做八錯,屢做屢錯
- chitkhaux-pøehtii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chid'khaux-peq'tii; chid'khaux-pøeq'tii [[...]][i#] [p.]
- various discounts, deductions
- 七扣八除
- chitlau-pøehlau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chid'lau peq'lau; chid'lau-pøeq'lau [[...]][i#] [p.]
- very old
- 年事太高
- chid loong pøeq poe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chid loong peq poe; chid loong pøeq poe [[...]][i#] [p.]
- very troubled, distressed
- 七狼八狽,亂七八糟
- chid tiefn pøehtør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chid tiefn peq'tør; chid tiefn pøeq'tør [[...]][i#] [p.]
- constantly stumbling and falling, in constant trouble and calamity, topsy-turvy, all in confusion
- 七顛八倒
- gøeh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goeh; gøeh; (geh, goat) [[...]][i#] [p.]
- moon, month
- 月
- hiafngnii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiarng'nii; (hiarng'siu) [[...]][i#] [p.]
- natural span of life of one who dies old
- 享年,享壽
- Jinsefng putju'ix ee su, zap u peq kao. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Jiin'sefng pud'juu'ix ee su, zap u peq kao.; Jiin'sefng pud'juu'ix ee su, zap u pøeq kao. [[...]][i#] [p.]
- Life is full of difficulties, everything doesn't go the way we want it to. (Lit. Man's life is not as the heart desires, ten things include eight things and nine things.)
- 人生不如意的事,十有八九。
- kawoafn zabpeh'oad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kao'oafn zap'peq'oad; kao'oafn zap'pøeq'oad [[...]][i#] [p.]
- very crooked, zigzag
- 彎彎曲曲
- khaotii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaux'tii [[...]][i#] [p.]
- subtract, deduct
- 扣除
- khiøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khiøx; (khaux) [[...]][i#] [p.]
- deduct from (wages), subtract. cf. "khau"
- 扣
- lie toa zabpeq piexn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lie toa zap'peq piexn; lie toa zap'pøeq piexn [[...]][i#] [p.]
- As a girl grows, her appearance changes all the time. A girl changes fast in physical appearance from childhood to adulthood
- 女大十八變
- liam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liam; (ban) [[...]][i#] [p.]
- segment (of tangerine, orange, or shaddock)
- 瓣
- lø'haxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: løo'haxn [[...]][i#] [p.]
- five hundred disciples of Buddha (often used of those who enjoy an easy life)
- 羅漢
- niuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: niuo; (liorng) [[...]][i#] [p.]
- one-sixteenth of a "kin", Chinese ounce, tael
- 兩
- paai pehji [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: paai peq'ji; paai pøeq'ji [[...]][i#] [p.]
- combine the 8 letters of the horoscope (as the geomancer does when telling fortunes)
- 排八字
- pøeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peq; pøeq; (poeq, pad) [[...]][i#] [p.]
- eight, eighth
- 八
- pøehgøeh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peq'goeh; pøeq'gøeh [[...]][i#] [p.]
- August
- 八月
- peq goeqjit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peq goeh'jit; pøeq gøeh'jit [[...]][i#] [p.]
- eight months
- 八個月
- pøehji [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peq'ji; pøeq'ji; (poeq'ji) [[...]][i#] [p.]
- eight words of a man's horoscope: year, month, day, and hour of birth, each one of them determines a man's fate through life
- 八字
- pøehji bøe hah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peq'ji be hah; pøeq'ji bøe hah [[...]][i#] [p.]
- horoscopes do not agree
- 八字不合
- pehji tang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peq'ji tang; pøeq'ji tang [[...]][i#] [p.]
- horoscope very good, no grounds for fear
- 八字重
- pøehjit kernglea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peq'jit kexng'lea; pøeq'jit kexng'lea [[...]][i#] [p.]
- octave (Catholic)
- 八日敬禮
- pøehkag [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peq'kag; pøeq'kag [[...]][i#] [p.]
- octagonal, eight corners
- 八角
- pehkak'heeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peq'kag'heeng; pøeq'kag'heeng [[...]][i#] [p.]
- octagonal (figure)
- 八角形
- pøehsviaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peq'sviaa; pøeq'sviaa [[...]][i#] [p.]
- eight-tenths, 80%
- 八成
- pvoax kyn pøeq niuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pvoax kyn peq niuo; pvoax kyn pøeq niuo [[...]][i#] [p.]
- eight ounces and half a catty — six of one and half a dozen of the other, half and half, equal, no difference
- 半斤八兩
- tiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiefn [[...]][i#] [p.]
- stagger, to reel, to upset, turn over, to fall
- 顛
- tuxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tuxn [[...]][i#] [p.]
- ton (mere imitation of the foreign sound)
- 噸