Taiwanese-English dictionary full-text search

zadbak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zat'bak [[...]][i#] [p.]

very close together (of bamboo or sugar cane)

節很密(有節植物)

• Tek'ar cyn zadbak. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Teg'ar cyn zat'bak. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The bamboo sections are very close together.
  竹子的節很密。

eng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng (iong) [[...]][i#] [p.]

use, spend, with (an instrument)

用

• Eng padlaang ee kunthaubør zefng ciøqsay. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Eng pat'laang ee kuun'thaau'bør zefng ciøh'say. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  benefit oneself (get a free ride) at the expense of another, be generous at another's expense, rob Peter to pay Paul
  用別人的拳頭打石獅, 損人利己, 慷人之慨.

• eng sva'afky phex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng svaf'ar'ky phex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  carry some something in the fold of one's dress
  用衣服的下擺兜

• eng siøf ang'aang ee thiq ux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng siøf aang'aang ee thiq ux [[...]][i#] [p.]
  make the iron red-hot and burn with it (to make a hole or mark)
  用燒紅的鐵烙

• eng tek'ar sud [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng teg'ar sud [[...]][i#] [p.]
  beat or switch with a thin bamboo
  用竹子抽打

• eng tefng'ar terng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng terng'ar terng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  weigh with a small steelyard
  用戥子戥

iør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iør (or) [[...]][i#] [p.]

hit sideways with a stick

毆

• Eng tek'ar iør (or) kha'kud. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Eng teg'ar iør (or) khaf'kud. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  hit someone's leg (sideways) with a bamboo stick
  用竹子毆打腿。

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

bind, to bundle, batch

綑,捆

• Hiaq ee tek'ar khurn khylaai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hiaq ee teg'ar khurn khie'laai. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Tie those bamboo sticks up into a bundle.
  那些竹子綑起來。

• cit khurn tiuxzhao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit khurn tiu'zhao [[...]][i#] [p.]
  bundle of rice-straw
  一綑稻草

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

branch, classifier of long thing which can be held in the hand (pencils, sticks etc.)

枝,隻,支

• cit ky ienpid (tek'ar, hoxsvoax) [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit ky ieen'pid (teg'ar, ho'svoax) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  one pencil (bamboo stick, umbrella)
  一枝鉛筆(竹子,雨傘)

plus 12 more ...

• dictionary: Maryknoll (55902 rows)
• columns: idx, x, M, u, en, zh, ns
• you may specify column(s): m:too, or e:too
• About MTL Toolbox | LearnTaiwanese.org
• time: 7