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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?

yorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ie'orng [[...]][i#] [p.]

bygones, the past, times past

已往

• Yorng ee taixcix maix køq kofngkhie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ie'orng ee tai'cix maix køq korng'khie. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Let bygones be bygones.
  已往的事不要再提起。

khy'mof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khie'mof [[...]][i#] [p.]

frame, state of mind, mood (transliteration of the Japanese word, "kimo")

心情,氣氛(外來語)

• Korng hiaq ee bøiebøsux ee oe, thviaf liao khy'mof cviaa bae. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Korng hiaq ee bøo'ix'bøo'sux ee oe, thviaf liao khie'mof cviaa bae. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  My mood became very bad when I heard all that senseless talk.
  說那些沒意思的話,聽了心情很不好。

køeakhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koex'khix; køex'khix [[...]][i#] [p.]

pass (by) the past, past tense

過去

• køeakhix zap nii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koex'khix zap nii; køex'khix zap nii [[...]][i#] [p.]
  during the past (for the last) ten years
  過去十年

• Koeakhix ee taixcix maix køq kofngkhie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Koex'khix ee tai'cix maix køq korng'khie.; Køex'khix ee tai'cix maix køq korng'khie. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Let bygones be bygones.
  過去的事情不要再提起。

• koeakhix ee kenggiam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koex'khix ee kefng'giam; køex'khix ee kefng'giam [[...]][i#] [p.]
  past experience
  過去的經驗

kofngkhie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: korng'khie [[...]][i#] [p.]

mention, speak of

講起,提起

• Hid hang taixcix goar ittit teq tarn khvoax u laang boeq kofngkhie `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid hang tai'cix goar id'tit teq tarn khvoax u laang boeq korng'khie `bøo?; Hid hang tai'cix goar id'tit teq tarn khvoax u laang bøeq korng'khie `bøo? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I am waiting patiently to see if anyone will mention anything about it.
  那件事情,我一直在等看看有沒有人要提起?

korng khylaai oexthaau tngg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: korng khie'laai oe'thaau tngg [[...]][i#] [p.]

to talk over this matter would take a long time

說來話長

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

choked up, stop up (a pipe or a hole)

塞

• zuykorng sad khylaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuie'korng sad khie'laai [[...]][i#] [p.]
  you plug up the water pipe, the water pipe is plugged up
  水管塞起來

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