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bø'oe thang'ixn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'oe thafng'ixn; (buu'gieen khør'tab) [[...]][i#] [p.]

nothing to say in reply, speechless

無言可答

• Mng kaq bø'oe thang'ixn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Mng kaq bøo'oe thafng'ixn. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  repeatedly ask till he doesn't have an alibi left
  問得無話可答

bunchixpo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buun'chi'po; (mng'chi'po) [[...]][i#] [p.]

retail section

門市部

buncirn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buun'cirn; (mng'cirn) [[...]][i#] [p.]

treat patients at the OPD: outpatient service

門診

buncynpo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buun'cirn'po; (mng'cirn'po) [[...]][i#] [p.]

outpatient department (OPD)

門診部

buxnzoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bun'zoe; (mng'zoe) [[...]][i#] [p.]

call a person to account, rebuke, reprimand, reprove, condemn

問罪

za'mng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'mng [[...]][i#] [p.]

investigate

查問

zekbun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeg'bun; (zeg'mng) [[...]][i#] [p.]

interrogate under torture or by flogging, blame and demand an explanation

責問

chviafmng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chviar'mng [[...]][i#] [p.]

May I ask you?, Please tell me…

請問

• Chviafmng (lie), konghngg ti tøh'ui? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chviar'mng (lie), kofng'hngg ti tøq'ui? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Excuse me, where is the park?
  請問你,公園在那兒 ?

ciah laang png, hoan laang mng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah laang png, hoan laang mng. [[...]][i#] [p.]

To be employed by another is to be at his beck and call

拿人手短,吃人嘴軟。

ciøhmng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciøq'mng; (ciøq'mng`cit'e?) [[...]][i#] [p.]

May I ask you? Will you please tell me…?

請問?

hoafnmng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoarn'mng [[...]][i#] [p.]

respond with a question

反問

hongmiaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hofng'miaa [[...]][i#] [p.]

polite respectful way to ask a girl's name

芳名

• Bøeq mng siøfciar ee miaa ee sii aix korng chviar mng hongmiaa. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Boeq mng siør'ciar ee miaa ee sii aix korng chviar mng hofng'miaa.; Bøeq mng siør'ciar ee miaa ee sii aix korng chviar mng hofng'miaa. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  When asking a girl's name you must say, "May I ask your name?"
  要問小姐的名字的時候要說請問芳名?

kvafmng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kvar'mng [[...]][i#] [p.]

venture to ask

敢問

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

comparative particle. The meaning of this particle is usually given as "more", but in translating this word into English we very often must use a circumlocution on account of its idiomatic use. The chief reason for this is that it is joined not only to adjectives and adverbs to form the comparative degree, but it is also joined to VERBS.

更,較

• zøx khaq u khangkhoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx khaq u khafng'khoex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  get more done
  工作效率高

• Ciør laang zøx khaq u khangkhoex, ze laang tientøx zøx khaq bøo khangkhoex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciør laang zøx khaq u khafng'khoex, ze laang tiefn'tøx zøx khaq bøo khafng'khoex. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  A few people get more work done, on the contrary many people accomplish very little.
  人少工作效率高,人多反而工作效率低。

• e khaq iorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: e khaq iorng; øe khaq iorng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  will get stronger
  會較強壯

• Tagjit uxntong, sengkhw e khaq iorng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tak'jit un'tong, sefng'khw e khaq iorng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If a person takes some physical exercise every day, his body will get stronger.
  每天運動,身體會較強壯。

• øe khaq sitlea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: e khaq sid'lea; øe khaq sid'lea [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be somewhat rude or impolite
  會失禮

• Goar boeq mng lie cit kux oe, mxzay e khaq sitlea be? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar boeq mng lie cit kux oe, m'zay e khaq sid'lea be?; Goar bøeq mng lie cit kux oe, m'zay øe khaq sid'lea bøe? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I want to ask you a question, I wonder if this will be a little impolite.
  我想問你一句話,不知會失禮嗎?

• tiøh khaq toa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiøh khaq toa [[...]][i#] [p.]
  must get bigger, must grow more
  得大些

• Cid khoarn ee koefcychiu tiøh khaq toa zaang, ciaq e svef. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid khoarn ee koea'cie'chiu tiøh khaq toa zaang, ciaq e svef.; Cid'khoarn ee køea'cie'chiu tiøh khaq toa zaang, ciaq øe svef/svy. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  This type of a fruit tree must get a bit bigger before it bears fruit.
  這種果樹得大些才能結果子。

• Khaq siok lex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Khaq siok lex. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Make it cheaper!
  算便宜點!

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

look at, observe, to watch, attend, look at with the determined purpose or intention of seeing, examine (as a doctor), inquire after, find out or determine, depend on

看

• khvoax tiexnviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax tien'viar [[...]][i#] [p.]
  watch a movie
  看電影

• khvoax pvexlaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax pve'laang [[...]][i#] [p.]
  examine a patient
  看病人

• ho isefng khvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ho y'sefng khvoax [[...]][i#] [p.]
  be examined by a doctor
  給醫生看, 看醫生

• Tuix Taitiofng kaux Taipag aix loa kuo? Hef tiøqaix khvoax lie boeq ze symmiq chiaf? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tuix Taai'tiofng kaux Taai'pag aix loa kuo? Hef tiøh'aix khvoax lie boeq ze sirm'miq chiaf?; Tuix Taai'tiofng kaux Taai'pag aix joa'kuo? Hef tiøh'aix khvoax lie bøeq ze sirm'mih chiaf? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  How long does it take to get from Taichung to Taipei? That depends on what kind of transportation you use. When "khoa*" follows certain other verb, it also has the meaning "to find out" or "to determine"
  從台中到台北要多久? 那得看你要坐什麼車?

• Sngx khvoax tiøh `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sngx khvoax tiøh `bøo? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Count it and see if it is correct.
  算算看對不對?

• Ciah khvoax u høfciah `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciah khvoax u hør'ciah `bøo? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Taste it and see if it is good.
  吃吃看好不好吃?

• Lie khix mng khvoax y boeq laai `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie khix mng khvoax y boeq laai `bøo?; Lie khix mng khvoax y bøeq laai `bøo? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Go and ask whether he is coming or not? Go and ask if he is coming. When used with the verb "mng" to ask, the word "khoa*" sometimes has the meaning of "whether...or", sometimes it has the meaning of "if" at other time "mng khoa*" means "to fi
  你去問問看他要不要來?

• Lie khix khvoax y laai boe? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie khix khvoax y laai boe?; Lie khix khvoax y laai`bøe? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Go and see whether he has arrived yet. Sometimes the word "khoa*" alone, when followed by a question, has the meaning of "whether or not"
  你去看他來了嗎?

mxzay soef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m'zay soef [[...]][i#] [p.]

shameless, have no sense of shame

不知恥

• Goar kar mxzay soef, goar e sefng khix mng y? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar kar m'zay soef, goar e sefng khix mng y?; Goar kar m'zay soef, goar øe sefng khix mng y? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Why would I be so shameless as to go ask him first?
  我怎麼不知恥會先去問他?

mng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mng; (bun) [[...]][i#] [p.]

ask a question (never to ask for a thing), interrogate

問

• za'mng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'mng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  investigate
  查問

• chviafmng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chviar'mng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  May I ask … about something?
  請問

• ciøhmng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciøq'mng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  permit me to ask, May I make inquiries?
  借問

• symmng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sirm'mng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  interrogate (in court)
  審問

• siøf ciøhmng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siøf ciøq'mng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  to greet, to say hello
  打招呼

mngxafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mng'afn [[...]][i#] [p.]

greet, to ask for someone, pay one's respects (use to elders), wish somebody good health

問安

mngxaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mng'axn [[...]][i#] [p.]

examine and judge

問案

mng ciaqpar`bøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mng ciah'par boe; mng ciah'par`bøe [[...]][i#] [p.]

to trap a person into admitting guilt, ask a person if guilty or not (Lit. ask if finished eating yet)

興師問罪的套詞

mngxzoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mng'zoe [[...]][i#] [p.]

call a person to account, to reprimand, to rebuke, to ask about a crime

問罪

• Kefngzhad laai teq mngxzoe. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kerng'zhad laai teq mng'zoe. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The police came to inquire about a crime.
  警察來問罪。

mngxhør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mng'hør [[...]][i#] [p.]

give regards to

問好

mngxhø [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mng'hø [[...]][i#] [p.]

question mark

問號

mngxkoaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mng'koaxn [[...]][i#] [p.]

interrogative

問卷

mngxlo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mng'lo [[...]][i#] [p.]

ask the way

問路

mngxput [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mng'put; (mng'hut) [[...]][i#] [p.]

seek divine advice

問佛

mngxsiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mng'siin [[...]][i#] [p.]

seek divine advice

問神

mngxtafng-mngxsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mng'tafng'mng'say; mng'tafng-mng'say [[...]][i#] [p.]

ask many questions about other people's affairs

問東問西

• Gyn'ar kuijit lorng teq mngxtangmngxsay. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Girn'ar kuy'jit lorng teq mng'tafng'mng'say. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Children like to ask all sorts of questions all day long.
  孩子整天都在問東問西。

mngxtngg mngxtea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mng'tngg mng'tea [[...]][i#] [p.]

ask many questions about other people's affairs, be inquisitive

問長問短

pekmng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peg'mng [[...]][i#] [p.]

interrogate, demand an answer

逼問

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

cooked rice, food, a meal, provisions

飯

• zafpng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zar'png [[...]][i#] [p.]
  breakfast
  早飯

• zhafpng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhar'png [[...]][i#] [p.]
  fry rice, fried rice
  炒飯

• chirnpng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chixn'png [[...]][i#] [p.]
  cold rice
  冷飯

• cypng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cie'png; (zuo'png) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  cook rice, food
  煮飯

• Ciah laang ee png, hoan laang mng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciah laang ee png, hoan laang mng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  When in a man's service one should do as he is told.
  受雇於人,聽命於他。

• ciah sypng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah sie'png [[...]][i#] [p.]
  eat merely to live (e.g., an idle man), be of no use to the world
  吃閒飯

• phoeapng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoex'png [[...]][i#] [p.]
  eat (other food) along with rice
  佐飯

• tøefpng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tea'png; tøea'png; (thvy'png) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  fill the bowl with rice
  盛飯

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

divine, to foretell, to prophesy, anticipate, to divine with tortoise shells

卜

• bixpog sienty [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bi'pog siefn'ty [[...]][i#] [p.]
  to know before someone tells you (Lit. before divining)
  未卜先知

• mngxpog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mng'pog; (bun'pog) [[...]][i#] [p.]
  consult a diviner who divines by tortoise shell
  問卜

symbun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sirm'bun; (sirm'mng) [[...]][i#] [p.]

investigate, to try, judicial inquiry, trial

審問

symmng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sirm'mng; (sirm'bun) [[...]][i#] [p.]

interrogate (in court)

審問

siøciøhmng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siøf'ciøq'mng [[...]][i#] [p.]

greet (on meeting), greeting

打招呼

siøtwthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siøf'tuo'thaau [[...]][i#] [p.]

meet with each other coming from different directions

相遇

• Y siøtwthaau ee sii, lorng bøo siøciøhmng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y siøf'tuo'thaau ee sii, lorng bøo siøf'ciøq'mng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  If he meets you, he doesn't greet you.
  跟他相遇時,他都沒打招呼。

tharmmng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaxm'mng [[...]][i#] [p.]

inquire about, pick up information

探問

tiaomng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiaux'mng [[...]][i#] [p.]

summon and examine

召問

tuimng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tuy'mng [[...]][i#] [p.]

question insistently, examine minutely

追問

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