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aezeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aix'zeeng [[...]] 

love, affection

愛情

• Pexbør ee aezeeng pie svoaf khaq koaan, pie hae khaq chym. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pe'bør ee aix'zeeng pie svoaf khaq koaan, pie hae khaq chym.; Pe'bør/buo ee aix'zeeng pie svoaf khaq koaan, pie hae khaq chym. [[...]] 
  A parent's love is higher than a mountain and deeper than the sea.
  父母的愛情比山還高,比海還深。

bør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bør; bør/buo; (buo) [[...]] 

mother, female animals, capital money, yogurt or cheese culture

母

• auxbør, keabør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'bør, kex'bør; au'bør/buo, kex'bør/buo [[...]] 
  stepmother
  繼母

• huxbør, pexbør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hu'bør, pe'bør; hu'bør/buo, pe'bør/buo [[...]] 
  father and mother
  父母

• køebør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'bør; køef'bør/buo [[...]] 
  hen
  母雞

• lengbør/lengbuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lefng'bør [[...]] 
  wet nurse
  奶媽

• svebør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svef'bør; svef/svy'bør/buo [[...]] 
  real mother
  生母

bøo laang koarn, bøo laang liuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo laang koarn, bøo laang liuu [[...]] 

no one takes care

無人管,自由

• Pexbør cide sie, soaq piernzøx bøo laang koarn bøo laang liuu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pe'bør cit'e sie, soaq piexn'zøx bøo laang koarn bøo laang liuu.; Pe'bør/buo cit'e sie, soaq piexn'zøx bøo laang koarn bøo laang liuu. [[...]] 
  After the parents pass away, no one takes care of things.
  父母一死,竟無人管。

boaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boaa [[...]] 

toil, labor hard

勞

• thoaboaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thoaf'boaa [[...]] 
  toil very hard
  勞苦,折磨

• Goar seahaxn ee sii, pexbør cyn thoaboaa. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar sex'haxn ee sii, pe'bør cyn thoaf'boaa.; Goar sex'haxn ee sii, pe'bør/buo cyn thoaf'boaa. [[...]] 
  When I was young, my parents worked very hard.
  我小時候,父母很勞苦。

• tiøh thoaboaa laai chi bofkviar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiøh thoaf'boaa laai chi bor'kviar. [[...]] 
  work very hard to support a wife and kids
  得辛勞來養妻兒。

chi kviar bølun png, chi pexbør ciaux sngrtngx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chi kviar bøo'lun png, chi pe'bør ciaux sngx'tngx.; chi kviar bøo'lun png, chi pe'bør/buo ciaux sngx'tngx. [[...]] 

an expression used to accuse someone of being unfilial (Lit. Children are fed without discussing the amount of rice, when parents are fed the meals need to be counted.)

養兒不計一切,養父母卻斤斤計較。

chinsvef pexbør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chyn'svef pe'bør; chyn'svef/svy pe'bør/buo [[...]] 

one's own parents as distinct from foster parents or step parents

親生父母

zhuun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhuun; (zwn'zhuun) [[...]] 

inform a superior or a friend of what we mean to do, get permission, ask a person's consent

尊

• Na bøeq zhutmngg, tiøh ka pexbør zhuun`cide (tiøh zunzhuun pexbuo). [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Na boeq zhud'mngg, tiøh ka pe'bør zhuun cit e (tiøh zwn'zhuun pe'buo).; Na bøeq zhud'mngg, tiøh ka pe'bør/buo zhuun`cit'e (tiøh zwn'zhuun pe'buo). [[...]] 
  When you are going out, you must inform your parents.
  若要出門,得向父母稟告一聲。

kan'og [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafn'og [[...]] 

treacherous, malicious

奸惡

• Lieen pexbør tøf kvar thaai af, karm bøo kaux kan'og? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lieen pe'bør tøf kvar thaai af, karm bøo kaux kafn'og?; Lieen pe'bør/buo tøf kvar thaai af, karm bøo kaux kafn'og? [[...]] 
  Even the parents dare kill someone, how malicious can a person get?
  連父母都敢殺了,難道不夠奸惡嗎?

lirn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lirn [[...]] 

respectful or intimate form of 你

您

• lirn zhux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lirn zhux [[...]] 
  your house
  你的家

• lirn haghau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lirn hak'hau [[...]] 
  your school
  你的學校

• lirn pexbør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lirn pe'bør; lirn pe'bør/buo [[...]] 
  your parents
  你的父母

pexbør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pe'bør; pe'bør/buo [[...]] 

father and mother, parents

父母

pexbøfkvoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pe'bør'kvoaf; pe'bør/buo'kvoaf [[...]] 

magistrate (popular term for), local official

父母官

pexbør svecviaa`ee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pe'bør svef'cviaa`ee; pe'bør/buo svef/svy'cviaa`ee [[...]] 

I was born so, be born (a cripple, blind)

天生的

• Y zhvemee si pexbør svecviaa ee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y zhvef'mee si pe'bør svef'cviaa ee.; Y zhvef/chvy'mee si pe'bør/buo svef/svy'cviaa`ee. [[...]] 
  He was blind from birth.
  他失明是天生的。

taau yn sixtoa laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taau yn si'toa laang [[...]] 

complain to his parents

向他的父母投訴

• Y na phaq lie, lie mxthafng kab y phaq, khix taau yn sixtoaxlaang (pexbør) [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y na phaq lie, lie m'thafng kab y phaq, khix taau yn si'toa'laang (pe'bør); Y na phaq lie, lie m'thafng kab y phaq, khix taau yn si'toa'laang (pe'bør/buo) [[...]] 
  If he hits you, don't fight with him, go tell his parents.
  要是他打你,不要和他打架,去告訴他父母。

tuix... bøextaxng køex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tuix... be'taxng koex; tuix... bøe'taxng køex [[...]] 

unable to face a person owing to some fault, owe a person an apology

對不起 ...

• Lie na m thagzheq, tuix lirn pexbør bextaxng koex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie na m thak'zheq, tuix lirn pe'bør be'taxng koex.; Lie na m thak'zheq, tuix lirn pe'bør/buo bøe'taxng køex. [[...]] 
  If you do not study, you will be unable to face your parents
  你如果不讀書,會對不起你父母。

pexbør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pe'bør [[...]] 

parents

父母

pexbør 爸母 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pe'bør [[...]] 

父母

pexbør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pe'bør [[...]][i#] [p.197]

N : parents

父母

u: pe'buo'kvoaf pe'bør/buo'kvoaf 父母官 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.B0779] [#45109]

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