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efkao`ee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ea'kao`ee [[...]][i#] [p.]

mute person

啞吧

• Efkao`ee ho phafng terngtiøh. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ea'kao`ee ho phafng texng'tiøh. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be speechless or not allowed to complain after suffering a loss or being unjustly blamed (Lit. a mute is stung by a bee)
  啞吧吃黃蓮.

• efkao`ee tehsie kviar (bøo oe thafng korng). [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ea'kao`ee teq'sie kviar (bøo oe thafng korng). [[...]][i#] [p.]
  to be in a bad situation but unable to explain oneself, to be perplexed (Lit. a mute crushes his child).
  啞吧壓死自己的孩子(無話可說).

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

rumor

謠傳

• Laang teq harn korng y sie khix af. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Laang teq harn korng y sie khix af. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  It is rumored that he is dead.
  有人在謠傳他死了。

• o'peqharn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: of'peh'harn [[...]][i#] [p.]
  start a rumor
  造謠

kefsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kea'sie [[...]][i#] [p.]

pretended death, play dead, feign death

裝死

• Y teq kefsie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y teq kea'sie. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He only pretends that he is sick. He does not know.
  他在裝死。

kefsie kaf-lie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kea'sie kaf'lie; kea'sie kaf-lie; (kea'sie laf'lie) [[...]][i#] [p.]

won't have anything to do with anyone (Lit. pretend to be dead)

裝死

• Y na teq bøo hvoa'hie, lorng ma kefsie kalie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y na teq bøo hvoaf'hie, lorng ma kea'sie kaf'lie. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If he is not happy, he won't have anything to do with anyone.
  他如果不高興,都裝死。

tehbøeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: teq'boeq; teq'bøeq [[...]][i#] [p.]

be about to, be going to, be on the point of

將要,快要

• Cid ee khangkhoex tehboeq hør ax. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ee khafng'khoex teq'boeq hør ax.; Cid ee khafng'khoex teq'bøeq hør ax. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This work is about completed
  這項工作快要好了。

• tehbøeq khix`aq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: teq'boeq khix ax; teq'bøeq khix`aq [[...]][i#] [p.]
  about to go
  快要去了

• tehbøeq sie`aq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: teq'boeq sie ax; teq'bøeq sie`aq [[...]][i#] [p.]
  at the point of death
  快要死了

• tehbøeq kaux`aq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: teq'boeq kaux ax; teq'bøeq kaux`aq [[...]][i#] [p.]
  about to arrive
  快要到了

tehsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: teq'sie [[...]][i#] [p.]

crush to death with a great weight

壓死

tehsie laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: teq'sie laang [[...]][i#] [p.]

crush a man to death

壓死人

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