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bøexkviezexng`tid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'kvix'zexng'tid; bøe'kvix'zexng`tid [[...]] 

unfit to be looked at publicly, as man or affair all incorrect, ugly, dirty

見不得人

• Citniar svaf bøe-kviezexng-tid. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid niar svaf be'kvix'zexng'tid.; Cid'niar svaf bøe-kvix'zexng-tid. [[...]] 
  This shirt is terrible looking. (very dirty or out-of-date)
  這件衣服見不得人。

bøo haqsii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo hah'sii [[...]] 

unseasonable, out-of-date

不合時

• Cid niar svaf bøo haqsii. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid niar svaf bøo hah'sii. [[...]] 
  This shirt is old fashioned.
  這件衣服不合時。

chii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chii; (sib) [[...]] 

humid, damp, moist, grimy with moisture

濕

• Cid niar svaf iao chichii. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid niar svaf iao chii'chii. [[...]] 
  This shirt is still damp.
  這件衣服還有點濕潤。

kaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaq [[...]] 

cover oneself with something in order to keep warm

蓋

• Cid niar thafn'ar ho lie kaq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid niar tharn'ar ho lie kaq. [[...]] 
  I'll give you this blanket to cover up with.
  這條毯子給你蓋。

• ka lie kaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ka lie kaq [[...]] 
  cover you (with a quilt or blanket)
  給你蓋被子

kah'ix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaq'ix [[...]] 

have a fancy for, suit a person's fancy

合意,喜歡

• Cid niar svaf goar cyn kah'ix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid niar svaf goar cyn kaq'ix. [[...]] 
  I like this shirt very much. This shirt suits my fancy.
  這件衣服我很合意。

• Y bøo kah'ix yn simpu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y bøo kaq'ix yn sym'pu. [[...]] 
  Her daughter-in-law does not please her.
  他不喜歡他的媳婦。

køex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koex; køex; (kex, køx) [[...]] 

go through, to cross, past, a time (as once, twice etc.), burn away to ashes (as wood, coal, candle), to pass over, sign of passive or of work done on a thing

過,次

• Khix hiaf khix nng koex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Khix hiaf khix nng koex. [[...]] 
  I have been there twice.
  那兒去過兩次。

• Cid khoarn laqzeg (hoefthvoax) cyn khoaix koex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid khoarn lah'zeg (hoea'thvoax) cyn khoaix koex. [[...]] 
  This kind of candle (charcoal) burns down very quickly.
  這種蠟燭(木炭) 很容易燒完。

• Citniar svaf iawbøe søefkøex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid niar svaf iao'boe sea'koex.; Cid'niar svaf iao'bøe søea'køex. [[...]] 
  This shirt has not been washed.
  這件衣服還未洗過。

• bøo koex kurn ee zuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo koex kurn ee zuie; (bøo kurn'koex ee zuie) [[...]] 
  un-boiled water
  未煮開的水

køeazuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koex'zuie; køex'zuie [[...]] 

has been washed, cross the water in a boat, across the water, pass over the water

下過水,過水(過洋)

• Cid niar svaf iao mxbad koeazuie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid niar svaf iao m'bad koex'zuie. [[...]] 
  This clothing has never been washed.
  這件衣服還沒洗過。

• Y si køex kiamzuie ee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y si koex kiaam'zuie ee.; Y si køex kiaam'zuie ee. [[...]] 
  He came from foreign country., He has been abroad.
  他是過鹹水的,他是渡過洋的

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