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borng... (''plus Verb'') [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng... (''plus Verb'') ⬆︎ [[...]]

content oneself with coarse food, trivial work and valueless books

姑且,將就

bofngkorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'korng ⬆︎ [[...]]
talk at random, sometimes idle jesting, half-joking, half in earnest, well now, just speak
隨便講

bofngkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'khix ⬆︎ [[...]]
tolerable, not very good, but may do
將就

Eng'eeng ku pørzoar borng khvoax. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Eeng'eeng ku pøx'zoar borng khvoax. ⬆︎ [[...]]
nothing to do but read old newspapers
沒事且看看舊報紙。

Na zhøe bøo thaulo, kang'iuo ia tiøh bofngzøx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Na zhoe bøo thaau'lo, kafng'iuo ia tiøh borng'zøx.; Na zhøe bøo thaau'lo, kafng'iuo ia tiøh borng'zøx. ⬆︎ [[...]]
If you can't find a job, workers should do less meaningful work.
如找不著工作,工友也只好將就了。

Phvayciah si phvayciah, paktor na iaw tiøh bofngciah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Phvae'ciah si phvae'ciah, pag'tor na iaw tiøh borng'ciah. ⬆︎ [[...]]
True it is not good tasting, but when you are hungry anything will do.
難吃是難吃,肚子餓了,也只好將就吃了。

bofngkorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'korng ⬆︎ [[...]]

just talk on and on with little purpose

隨便說說

korng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: korng; (karng) ⬆︎ [[...]]

say, to talk, tell, to discourse

講

bofngkorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'korng ⬆︎ [[...]]
talk at random, to say a thing without exactly meaning it or without a definite purpose
隨便講講

cviarkorng tørkorng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cviax'korng tøx'korng ⬆︎ [[...]]
talk this way at one time and soon after talk the opposite way
說一說二,虛實不一

tngbin korng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tngf'bin'korng; tngf'bin korng ⬆︎ [[...]]
talk in one's presence
當面講

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Taiwanese Dictionaries – Sources

HTB: "Hiexntai-buun" Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Modern Taiwanese Language Association. Syllable segmentation in progress.
DFT: 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chinese). Ministry of Education, R.O.C. 2011. (CC BY-ND 3.0 臺灣) (data from MoeDict Desktop For MacOSX / Linux / Windows. 2015. see MoeDict and Taioaan Wiki). We have annotated over 5800 definitions in English for monosyllables (enter any monosyllable to get into monosyllable mode)
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