Taiwanese-English dictionary full-text search

Searched Maryknoll for u: goeh u:gøeh, found 248, display thaau-100-zoa:

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

duck, drake

鴨子

Chitgøeh-pvoax ah'ar mxzay sie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chid'goeh'pvoax'aq'ar m'zay sie.; Chid'gøeh-pvoax aq'ar m'zay sie.; (Chid'goeh'pvoax aq'ar m zay sie'oah.) [[...]][i#] [p.]
unaware of impending calamity (Refers to a duck in the middle of the seventh month, when ducks are usually offered to the spirits of the dead, yet do not know enough to fear death. — Similar to a turkey just before Thanksgiving), used to scold someone who is without fear in spite of impending calamity (Lit. On fifteenth of the seventh lunar month, the duck does not know it is soon be slaughtered to be eaten during the feast.)
危在旦夕,還不知。

ah'afzhuix borng løf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'ar'zhuix borng løf [[...]][i#] [p.]
make an attempt or ask a favor with very small hope of success but may just as well make the attempt (like a duck's bill dabbling about in the air while eating)
姑妄要求

ah'ar thviaf luii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'ar thviaf luii [[...]][i#] [p.]
hear what someone says but cannot understand (like a duck hearing thunder not knowing what all the noise is about)
鴨子聽打雷,聽不懂

ahbør-tøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'bør'tee; aq'bør/buo-tøee [[...]][i#] [p.]
flat footed clumsily gaited person (Lit. sole of a duck's foot), a man whose foot is very broad and flat at the instep instead of having the usual concave)
平板腳

arngøeh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: axn'goeh; axn'gøeh [[...]][i#] [p.]

monthly, by the month

按月

arn'gøeh huokhoarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: axn'goeh hux'khoarn; axn'gøeh hux'khoarn [[...]][i#] [p.]

monthly installment

按月付款

au-gøeqjit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'goeh'jit; au-gøeh'jit; (au'kor'goeh) [[...]][i#] [p.]

next month

下個月

au køx gøeh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'kor'goeh; au køx gøeh; (au'goeh'jit) [[...]][i#] [p.]

next month

下個月

boadjit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boat'jit [[...]][i#] [p.]

last day, the end of

末日

goxgøeh boadjit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: go'goeh boat'jit; go'gøeh boat'jit [[...]][i#] [p.]
end of May
五月底

seakaix boadjit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sex'kaix boat'jit [[...]][i#] [p.]
end of the world, doomsday
世界末日

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

screen off, to hinder

遮,擋,欄

Gøeqniuu ho huun zah`leq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goeh'niuu ho huun zah'le.; Gøeh'niuu ho huun zah`leq. [[...]][i#] [p.]
The moon is obscured by clouds.
月亮被雲遮住。

zabcix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zap'cix [[...]][i#] [p.]

magazines

雜誌

ciukhafn zabcix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciw'khafn zap'cix [[...]][i#] [p.]
weekly magazines
週刊雜誌

gøeqkhafn zabcix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goeh'khafn zap'cix; gøeh'khafn zap'cix [[...]][i#] [p.]
monthly magazines
月刊雜誌

zabgøeh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zap'goeh; zap'gøeh [[...]][i#] [p.]

October

十月

zabgøeh zhøezap [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zap'goeh zhef'zap; zap'gøeh zhøef'zap [[...]][i#] [p.]

October 10, the Double Tenth, the National Day of the Republic of China

十月十日

zabgøeqtafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zap'goeh'tafng; zap'gøeh'tafng [[...]][i#] [p.]

second rice harvest during the tenth month

二期稻

zab'id-gøeh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zap'id'goeh; zap'id'gøeh [[...]][i#] [p.]

November

十一月

zabji-gøeh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zap'ji'goeh; zap'ji'gøeh [[...]][i#] [p.]

December

十二月

zad teq eng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zad teq eng [[...]][i#] [p.]

economize

省著用

Goeqkib iawboe niar, cvii tiøh zad teq eng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goeh'kib iao'boe niar, cvii tiøh zad teq eng.; Gøeh'kib iao'bøe niar, cvii tiøh zad teq eng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
Economize until we are paid this month's salary.
薪水還未領, 錢得省著用。

zøeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeq; zøeq; (zoeq, cied) [[...]][i#] [p.]

festival, holiday, season

節

zørzøeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx'zeq; zøx'zøeq; (koex'zeq) [[...]][i#] [p.]
keep a festival day
過節

Goxgøeh-zøeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Go'goeh'zeq; Go'gøeh-zøeq; (Go'jit'zeq) [[...]][i#] [p.]
the dragonboat festival on the fifth of the fifth moon
端午節

nizøeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: nii'zeq; nii'zøeq [[...]][i#] [p.]
the sections or festivals of the year
年節

bønii bøzøeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'nii bøo'zeq; bøo'nii bøo'zøeq [[...]][i#] [p.]
not observing the annual divisions and festivals
不守年節

saxng nizeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: saxng nii'zeq [[...]][i#] [p.]
give presents at the feast days
過節送禮

Tiongchiuzøeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tiofng'chiw'zeq; Tiofng'chiw'zøeq [[...]][i#] [p.]
Mid-autumn Festival
中秋節

chieiong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chix'iong [[...]][i#] [p.]

make a trial of, put a thing or a person to the test

試用

chieiong svaf kofgoeh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chix'iong svaf kor'goeh; chix'iong svaf kør'gøeh [[...]][i#] [p.]
machine or new employee on probation for three months
試用三個月

chitgøeh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chid'goeh; chid'gøeh; (chid'geh) [[...]][i#] [p.]

July, the seventh month of lunar year, when the spirits of the dead are let out of the underworld and are specially worshipped

七月

chitgoeh cit luii, kao thay laai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chid'goeh cit luii, kao thay laai.; chid'gøeh cit luii, kao thay laai. [[...]][i#] [p.]
thunder in the 7th month brings typhoons
七月一雷, 九颱來。

Chitgøeh-pvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chid'goeh-pvoax; Chid'gøeh-pvoax; (Tiofng'goaan) [[...]][i#] [p.]

fifteenth of the seventh lunar month, special day for worship of ancestral tablets

七月十五,中元

chitgøeh-pvoax ah'ar mxzaisie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chid'goeh-pvoax aq'ar m'zay'sie; chid'gøeh-pvoax aq'ar m'zay'sie [[...]][i#] [p.]
said of a person acting foolishly or wickedly in spite of impending calamity (Lit. On fifteenth of the seventh lunar month, the duck does not know it is soon be slaughtered to be eaten during the feast.)
七月半的鴨子不知死,死到臨頭不知憂。

zhutgøeh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhud'goeh; zhud'gøeh [[...]][i#] [p.]