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armtvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: axm'tvia; (chiuo'cie'ar'tvia) [[...]][i#] [p.]

get engaged to someone

定婚

bøexhux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be hux; bøe'hux [[...]][i#] [p.]

too late to do something

來不及

• Bøe hux sikafn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Be hux sii'kafn.; Bøe hux sii'kafn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  not be on time, to be late
  時間來不及

• Y cyn gaau søo, sofie tviaxtvia bøe hux sikafn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y cyn gaau søo, sor'ie tvia'tvia be hux sii'kafn.; Y cyn gaau søo, sor'ie tvia'tvia bøe hux sii'kafn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He always has so many things to he never can get started so he is never on time.
  他很會拖,所以常常趕不上時間。

bøtektvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'teg'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]

bustling lad, inquietude, restlessness, restless, frolicsome, lively

不穩重

• Cid ee gynnar cyn bøtektvia, lorng ze be tiaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ee girn'nar cyn bøo'teg'tvia, lorng ze be tiaau.; Cid'ee girn'ar cyn bøo'teg'tvia, lorng ze bøe tiaau. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This kid is very restless, he can't stay seated very long.
  這個孩子很不穩重,老坐不穩。

bøtvia-bønii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'tvia'bøo'nii; bøo'tvia-bøo'nii [[...]][i#] [p.]

suddenly without reason

無緣無故,忽然

• Za'hngf tøf iao høfhør, kin'afjit bøtvia-bønii soaq sykhix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zaf'hngf tøf iao hør'hør, kyn'ar'jit bøo'tvia'bøo'nii soaq sie'khix.; Zaf'hngf tøf iao hør'hør, kyn'ar'jit bøo'tvia-bøo'nii soaq sie'khix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Yesterday he was okay, today he suddenly died.
  昨天還好好的,今天無緣無故忽然死了。

bøtvia bøtiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'tvia bøo'tiøh [[...]][i#] [p.]

voluble, vain, fickle, changeable, inconstant, to change at every whim, uncertain and changeable

不一定,沒定性

• zoeakin ee thvikhix bøtvia bøtiøh. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoex'kin ee thvy'khix bøo'tvia bøo'tiøh.; zoex'kin/kun ee thvy'khix bøo'tvia bøo'tiøh. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Recently the weather changes very quickly.
  最近的天氣變幻無常。

• Y kofng'oe bøtvia bøtiøh, be sirntid. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y korng'oe bøo'tvia bøo'tiøh, be sixn'tid.; Y korng'oe bøo'tvia bøo'tiøh, bøe sixn`tid. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He's very fickle, you can't believe him.
  他講話反覆無常,不能相信。

bøtviaxsiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'tvia'siin [[...]][i#] [p.]

capricious, weak-kneed

意志不定

zhaothaau-køe'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaux'thaau kef'ar; zhaux'thaau-køef'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]

be scolded often (Lit. stinky head chicken)

常常被罵

• Y laang tøf bøo loa bae, mxkuo tviaxtvia teq zøx zhaothaau ke'ar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y laang tøf bøo loa bae, m'kuo tvia'tvia teq zøx zhaux'thaau kef'ar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He is not all that bad but people always like to scold him.
  他人也不壞,不過常常被罵。

chielien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chix'lien [[...]][i#] [p.]

test, trials

試煉

• Laang tviaxtvia e siuxtiøh siaxhoe ee chielien. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Laang tvia'tvia e siu'tiøh sia'hoe ee chix'lien.; Laang tvia'tvia øe siu'tiøh sia'hoe ee chix'lien. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  A person will always be tested by society.
  人常常會受到社會的試煉。

cyu...naxtvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cie'u...na'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]

have…only, there is only…

只有 ...而已

zørtuix/zøeatuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx'tuix; zøx/zøex'tuix; (zøx tuix'thaau) [[...]][i#] [p.]

oppose, be at enmity with, act against, be someone's rival or opponent

作對,作對頭

• Y tviaxtvia aix kab goar zøx tuiethaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y tvia'tvia aix kab goar zøx tuix'thaau. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He always wants me to be his opponent.
  他常喜歡與我作對。

zwsimtvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuo'sym'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]

be one's own master, take initiative

自主

zuoteng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zux'teng; (zux'tvia) [[...]][i#] [p.]

destined, predestined, to ordain (as Heaven or fate)

註定

• Thvy zuotvia larn tiøh sie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thvy zux'tvia larn tiøh sie. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Heaven has ordained that we die.
  老天爺註定我們該死。

• Baxnsu lorng si thvy zuotvia ee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ban'su lorng si thvy zux'tvia ee. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Everything is ordained by Heaven.
  萬事都是老天爺決定的。

zuotvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zux'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]

to determine by divine decree or fate, destined, predestined

註定

haxnteng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: han'teng; (han'tvia) [[...]][i#] [p.]

limitation, restriction, set limit to

限定

• Bøo haxntvia kaoiuo ciaq exexngtid jibkhix serngtngg. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo han'tvia kaux'iuo ciaq e'eng'tid jip'khix sexng'tngg. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  It isn't only Christians who are allowed to enter the church.
  沒有限定只有教友才能進入聖堂。

haxntvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: han'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]

limit

限定

• m haxntvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m han'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]
  not only
  不只

heng'viar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: heeng'viar [[...]][i#] [p.]

its shadow

形影

• Tviaxtvia khvoartiøh yn nng ee heng'viar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tvia'tvia khvoax'tiøh yn nng ee heeng'viar. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Those two are always together.
  常常看到他們兩個人的形影。

hvoaxtvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hvoa'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]

take firm hold of, grasp, make up one's mind

拿定

hoafnkhie-hoafntør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoarn'khie'hoarn'tør; hoarn'khie-hoarn'tør [[...]][i#] [p.]

not dependable, always changing, fickle, capricious, can't determine things

反覆無常,時好時壞,沒主見,沒定性

• Lie kofng'oe hoafnkhyhoafntør, goar nar kvar siongsixn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie korng'oe hoarn'khie'hoarn'tør, goar nar kvar siofng'sixn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  You are very fickle, how can I believe what you say.
  你說話反覆無常,我怎敢相信?

• Tviaxtvia teq hoafnkhie-hoafntør mxzay øe hør aq bøe? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tvia'tvia teq hoarn'khie'hoarn'tør m'zay e hør ar be?; Tvia'tvia teq hoarn'khie-hoarn'tør m'zay øe hør aq bøe? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If your health is always changing, do you think you'll recover?
  常常時好時壞,不知會不會好?

iauky sittngx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iaw'ky sid'tngx [[...]][i#] [p.]

starve

三餐不繼,饑餓

• Cit e thaxn bøo ciah, cit tin gyn'ar tviaxtvia ma teq iauky sittngx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cit e thaxn bøo ciah, cit tin girn'ar tvia'tvia ma teq iaw'ky sid'tngx. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  As soon as you don't make enough money to eat, there are also children who will starve.
  一沒有賺錢,一群孩子常常三餐不繼。

in'ieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: yn'ieen [[...]][i#] [p.]

fate or influence which brings lovers together

姻緣

• hør in'ieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør yn'ieen [[...]][i#] [p.]
  good match
  好姻緣

• In'ieen thvy zuotvia. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Yn'ieen thvy zux'tvia. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Matches are ordained by God.
  姻緣天註定

• In'ieen thvy zuotvia, mxsi moelaang khaf gaau kviaa. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Yn'ieen thvy zux'tvia, m'si moee'laang khaf gaau kviaa. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Marriage are made in heaven, not by the match maker's efforts.
  姻緣天註定 不是媒人一線牽。

iuthaau katbin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iw'thaau kad'bin [[...]][i#] [p.]

have worried look, pull long face, having a displeased look

愁眉苦臉

• Tviaxtvia iuthaau katbin ee laang, itteng mxsi khoaelok ee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tvia'tvia iw'thaau kad'bin ee laang, id'teng m'si khoaix'lok ee. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  People who always have long faces definitely are not happy.
  常常愁眉苦臉的人,一定不快樂。

koeatvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koex'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]

make a contract and pay the deposit, engage oneself to a girl

訂婚

kofngbøtvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: korng'bøo'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]

discuss but cannot agree

沒說好

kofng'uxtvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: korng'u'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]

determined

說好

kusuy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kw'suy; (kw'mof) [[...]][i#] [p.]

evasive, secretive

不乾脆

• Hid ee laang cyn kusuy, tviaxtvia bøo siuo ioksog. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid ee laang cyn kw'suy, tvia'tvia bøo siuo iog'sog. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  That man is very evasive, he never keeps his promises.
  那個人很不乾脆,常常不守信用。

kuie (''measure'') ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kuie (''measure'') ar [[...]][i#] [p.]

little, a small quantity of something. May be used together with cyu kuie+(measure)+ar naxtvia

幾 ...

• cyu kuie (''measure'') ar naxtvia (niaxnia) [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cie'u kuie (''measure'') ar na'tvia (nia'nia) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  little, a small quantity of something.
  只有 ...而已

• Goar cyu kuykho'ar naxtvia. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar cie'u kuie'khof'ar na'tvia. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I have only a little money.
  我只有幾塊錢而已。

lauxee lau poxtvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lau'ee lau po'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]

Older people have their own views and are not moved by every wind that blows. — the voice of experience An old man takes a prudent attitude in very thing

老的做事穩重

m-haxntvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m'han'tvia; m-han'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]

not only

不只,不但

naxtvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: na'tvia; (nia'tvia, nia'nia) [[...]][i#] [p.]

only (used at the end of the clause)

而已

• six khof naxtvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: six khof na'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]
  only four dollars
  四塊錢而已

• nng ee laang naxtvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: nng ee laang na'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]
  only two persons
  兩個人而已

ng'ngf iap'iab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ngf'ngf'iab'iab; ngf'ngf iab'iab [[...]][i#] [p.]

furtively, stealthily, surreptitiously (to do something in this manner)

偷偷摸摸

• Tviaxtvia khvoax y ng'ng'iap'iab mxzay lorng iab symmiq? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tvia'tvia khvoax y ngf'ngf'iab'iab m'zay lorng iab sirm'miq? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He always acts so furtively, I wonder what he is hiding?
  常常看他偷偷摸摸,不知在藏什麼?

• Zef si zerngtofng ee taixcix, nar tiøh ng'ng'iap'iab? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zef si zexng'tofng ee tai'cix, nar tiøh ngf'ngf'iab'iab? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  What we are doing is legal, why are you so secretive?
  這是正當的事情,何必偷偷摸摸?

paktngg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pag'tngg [[...]][i#] [p.]

disposition of the heart (good-hearted or bad-hearted)

度量,腹

• Y ee paktngg cyn hør, tviaxtvia teq pangzo laang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ee pag'tngg cyn hør, tvia'tvia teq pafng'zo laang. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  His heart is very good, he is always helping people.
  他的度量很好,常常幫助別人。

phøxtvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phø'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]

make a decision

抱定

sarngtvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: saxng'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]

to give the earnest money to certify the betrothal contract, to present betrothal gifts, engage

下聘禮,送訂婚禮物,訂婚

sien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sien; (larn) [[...]][i#] [p.]

be tired, be tired of, feel ill

厭倦,疲倦,累,不舒服

• Goar sien kaq boeq sykhix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar sien kaq boeq sie'khix.; Goar sien kaq bøeq sie'khix. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I am dead tired.
  我累得要死。

• Tviaxtvia zøx kaxngkhoarn ee taixcix, goar cyn sien. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tvia'tvia zøx kang'khoarn ee tai'cix, goar cyn sien. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I am tired of doing the same thing.
  常做同樣的事,我真厭煩。

• Goar laang siexnsien. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar laang sien'sien. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I am not feeling well.
  我有點不舒服。

• iarsien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iax'sien [[...]][i#] [p.]
  weary, tired
  厭倦

siautvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siaw'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]

keep the deposit as a forfeit when a bargain is broken off

消定金

simkvoaf hvoaxtvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sym'kvoaf hvoa'tvia; (sym'kvoaf liah'zai) [[...]][i#] [p.]

keep one's mind at ease, make up one's mind on

拿定主意

simsiin bøtvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sym'siin bøo'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]

unsettled in mind

心神不定

simthaau bøtvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sym'thaau bøo'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]

slightly deranged, out of one's mind

心意不定

simthaau hvoa ho tvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sym'thaau hvoa ho tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]

set determinedly to a task

心意立定

siutvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siw'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]

receive the down payment, (a girl) accepts betrothal gifts

收定金,收訂婚禮物

tehtvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: teq'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]

to pay a small earnest at beginning of betrothals, give presents to a girl as the symbol of betrothal

訂婚

tektvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: teg'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]

firm, steady, take care, be careful

穩健

teng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: teng; (tvia) [[...]][i#] [p.]

silver or gold ingot, spindle, (medical) tablet

錠

• ginteng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giin'teng; (giin'tvia) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  ingot of silver
  銀錠

• kimteng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kym'teng; (kym'tvia) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  gold ingot
  金錠

teng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: teng; (tvia) [[...]][i#] [p.]

decide, settle, to fix, arrange, really, absolutely, surely, certainly, fixed, firm, stable, steady

定

• bøo texngsexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo teng'sexng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  fickle, changeable
  沒定性

• itteng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'teng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  certainly, assuredly it is
  一定

• koatteng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koad'teng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  decide, determine, settle, resolved to
  決定

• kuiteng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kuy'teng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  fixed rule, regulations, to rule
  規定

• simsiin putteng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sym'siin pud'teng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  in a state of discomposure
  心神不定

theqtvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: theh'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]

engage, to get engaged to someone

訂婚

thvy zuotvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thvy zux'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]

Heaven decrees it, preordained, fixed by heaven

天註定

tvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvia; (teng) [[...]][i#] [p.]

fixed, firm, stable, steady, decide, settle on, to fix, arrange

訂,定

• bøo tektvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo teg'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]
  not behaving well, e.g., an idle boy playing about, not correct in conduct, e.g., woman whose behavior raises suspicion about her character
  不穩重

• zuotvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zux'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be fixed by divine decree or fate
  註定

• haxntvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: han'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]
  to limit
  限定

• sarngtvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: saxng'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]
  make a deposit, give a girl presents as the symbol of betrothal
  送訂金,訂婚

tviaxcvii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvia'cvii [[...]][i#] [p.]

deposit, down payment

定金

tviaxzøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvia'zøx [[...]][i#] [p.]

made to order

定做

tviaxkym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvia'kym [[...]][i#] [p.]

deposit, down payment

定金

tviaxtvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvia'tvia; (tiam'tiam) [[...]][i#] [p.]

still, quiet, motionless

不動,停頓

tviaxtvia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvia'tvia [[...]][i#] [p.]

always, at all times, usually, customarily

常常

tviaxtiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvia'tiøh [[...]][i#] [p.]

fixed, settled, firm (plan, purpose or arrangement)

一定,確定

• bøo-tviaxtiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo tvia'tiøh; bøo-tvia'tiøh [[...]][i#] [p.]
  not yet fixed or determined (plan, purpose or settlement of affair), perhaps I will, perhaps not, unsteady (person)
  不一定

• bøtvia bøtiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'tvia bøo'tiøh [[...]][i#] [p.]
  very unsteady or unsettled (person or purpose)
  不一定的

tuiekeh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tuix'keh [[...]][i#] [p.]

conflict of views, in direct opposition to one's wishes or plans

作對

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