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

loiter

閒坐

• Bøo aix zøx khangkhoex tiaxmtiam zhai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo aix zøx khafng'khoex tiam'tiam zhai. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He doesn't want to work so he quietly loiters.
  不工作只閒坐著。

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

set, to place, to plant as a pillar

立,豎

zhaixzveaoong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhai'zvex'oong; zhai'zvex/cvix'oong [[...]][i#] [p.]

people who argue fallaciously

強辯者

• Y si cit ee zhaixzveaoong, lie nar zvex e viaa y? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y si cit ee zhai'zvex'oong, lie nar zvex e viaa y?; Y si cit'ee zhai'zvex/cvix'oong, lie nar zvex/cvix øe viaa y? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He's always arguing with people, how can you possibly win an argument with him.
  他是強辯者,你怎麼辯得過他?

zhai'hoong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaai'hoong [[...]][i#] [p.]

needlework, tailoring, tailor or seamstress

裁縫

zhai'hoong pofsibpafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaai'hoong por'sip'pafn [[...]][i#] [p.]

training class for tailoring

裁縫補習班

zhai'hongsai'hu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaai'hoong'say'hu [[...]][i#] [p.]

tailor or seamstress

裁縫師

zhai'hongtiaxm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaai'hoong'tiaxm [[...]][i#] [p.]

tailor shop, dress maker's shop

裁縫店

zhaixlip [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhai'lip [[...]][i#] [p.]

pillar, to set, to place, to plant

豎立

zhai pudar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhai put'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]

set up and idol, have an idol in the house

立神像

zhai sinbeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhai siin'beeng [[...]][i#] [p.]

erect the idol

立神像

zhai sinzuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhai siin'zuo [[...]][i#] [p.]

set up ancestral tables

立祖先牌位

zhai-terngheng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhai'texng'heng; zhai-texng'heng [[...]][i#] [p.]

become angry don't like to move

使性子坐著不動

• Høfphvae m tø korng, kannaf toax hiaf zhai-terngheng, ciaa zaiviar lie ee iesux? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hør'phvae m tø korng, kafn'naf toax hiaf zhai'texng'heng, ciaa zay'viar lie ee ix'sux?; Hør'phvae m tø korng, kafn'naf toax hiaf zhai-texng'heng, ciaa zay'viar lie ee ix'sux? [[...]][i#] [p.]
  You should say what's okay or not okay, if you just stand there and get angry who knows what you think.
  好或壞要講,只在那兒使性子坐著不動,誰知道你的意思?

zhai thiauar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhai thiau'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]

plant a pillar

豎柱子,豎桿子

zhai ti hiaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhai ti hiaf [[...]][i#] [p.]

always stay at a place without ever going away like an idle fellow or as a petitioner urgently asking and refusing to depart

楞在那兒

Cit laang cit kef tai, kongmar suii laang zhai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cit laang cit kef tai, kofng'mar suii laang zhai. [[...]][i#] [p.]

Don't stick your nose into other people's affairs. (Lit. Each person has his own family affairs.)

自掃門前雪,不管他人瓦上霜。

hoong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoong; (thvi) [[...]][i#] [p.]

sew

縫

• zhai'hoong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaai'hoong [[...]][i#] [p.]
  tailoring, tailor, seamstress
  裁縫

• zhai'hoong sai'hu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaai'hoong say'hu [[...]][i#] [p.]
  tailor, dressmaker
  裁縫師

viafbak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: viar'bak [[...]][i#] [p.]

conspicuous, showy

顯眼

• Iaokirn ee pai'ar aix zhai toax khaq viafbak ee sofzai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Iaux'kirn ee paai'ar aix zhai toax khaq viar'bak ee sor'zai. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  Important signs have to be put up in more conspicuous places.
  要緊的牌子要豎在比較顯眼的地方。

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

alternate, leave a space

隔

• laxng go chiøq zhai cit ky thiauar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laxng go chiøq zhai cit ky thiau'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]
  plant stakes five feet apart
  隔五尺豎一根柱子

Put [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Put; (Hut) [[...]][i#] [p.]

Buddha, Buddhist idol, Buddhism

佛

• zhai pudar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhai put'ar [[...]][i#] [p.]
  set up an idol and worship it
  立佛像

• liaxmput [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liam'put [[...]][i#] [p.]
  repeat the name of Buddha
  念佛

• sinput [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siin'put [[...]][i#] [p.]
  spirits and idols
  神佛

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

master workman, suffix to a skilled workman's name to show respect, as "a-shiong-sai"

師,匠人

• bagchviuxsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak'chviu'say [[...]][i#] [p.]
  carpenter
  木匠

• zhai'hongsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaai'hoong'say [[...]][i#] [p.]
  tailor
  裁縫師

• thie'thausay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thix'thaau'say [[...]][i#] [p.]
  barber
  理髮師

• thozuysay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thoo'zuie'say [[...]][i#] [p.]
  mason
  泥水匠

• zhutsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhud'say [[...]][i#] [p.]
  become a journeyman (after being an apprentice)
  出師,藝成

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