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bao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bao [[...]] 

make profit, gain

賺

• Kixnlaai ciafmjieen u bao ee khoarn, zheng kaq kuy sengkhw syn-zhakzhag. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kin'laai ciarm'jieen u bao ee khoarn, zheng kaq kuy sefng'khw syn'zhag'zhag.; Kin/Kun'laai ciarm'jieen u bao ee khoarn, zheng kaq kuy sefng'khw syn-zhag'zhag. [[...]] 
  Recently it looks like he is making money because he is wearing all new clothes.
  近來有賺的樣子,穿得一身新衣服。

boat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boat; (boat'li, boat'thaxn) [[...]] 

little profit

利薄,小利

• Kixnlaai ee senglie cyn boat (boadli, boadthaxn). [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kin'laai ee sefng'lie cyn boat (boat'li, boat'thaxn).; Kin/Kun'laai ee sefng'lie cyn boat (boat'li, boat'thaxn). [[...]] 
  Recently business hasn't been too profitable.
  近來生意難做(利薄,賺少)

• Kangcvii cyn boat. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kafng'cvii cyn boat. [[...]] 
  poor wages
  工資極少

ciaulaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciaau'laai [[...]] 

all have come, all are present

全來

• Kinnafjit hagsefng bøo ciaau laai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kyn'nar'jit hak'sefng bøo ciaau laai. [[...]] 
  Not all the students are present today
  今天學生沒全來。

iwsefng ylaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iuo'sefng ie'laai [[...]] 

since one's birth

有生以來

iuthngthngf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iuu'thngf'thngf [[...]] 

oily

油膩膩的

• Kuy sengkhw iuthngthngf, nar m khix voa khylaai søea? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kuy sefng'khw iuu'thngf'thngf, nar m khix voa khie'laai sea?; Kuy sefng'khw iuu'thngf'thngf, nar m khix voa khie'laai søea? [[...]] 
  Your clothes are all oily, why don't you take them off and wash them.
  全身油膩膩的,怎麼不去換起來洗?

khaq sitlea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaq sid'lea [[...]] 

rather embarrassing

很抱歉

• Khaq sitlea, goar bøeq taixsefng tngflaikhix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Khaq sid'lea, goar boeq tai'sefng tngr'laai'khix.; Khaq sid'lea, goar bøeq tai'sefng tngr'laai'khix. [[...]] 
  I am somewhat embarrassed, (because) I want to go back ahead of time.
  很抱歉,我要先回去 。

khaiky [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khay'ky [[...]] 

establish a beginning

開基

• Goarn siong taixsefng laai ciaf khaiky ee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goarn siong tai'sefng laai ciaf khay'ky ee. [[...]] 
  We came here first to get things started.
  我們最先來這裡開基的。

kofhy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kor'hy [[...]] 

seventy years old

古稀

• Jinsefng chitsip koflaai hy. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Jiin'sefng chid'sip kor'laai hy. [[...]] 
  A man of seventy years has rarely been seen since ancient times
  人生七十古來稀。

laisefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laai'sefng [[...]] 

next life or incarnation

來生

senglaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sefng'laai [[...]] 

come first

先來

Sefng pud taix laai, suo pud taix khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sefng pud taix laai, suo pud taix khix. [[...]] 

We brought nothing into this world, and we shall carry nothing out

生不帶來,死不帶去。

taix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taix; (toax) [[...]] 

girdle, tape, sash or scarf, belt, band, ribbon, tie, zone, region, carry, bring, take or bring along, to lead, to conduct

帶

• hantaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: haan'taix [[...]] 
  Frigid Zone
  寒帶

• ienhae ittaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ieen'hae id'taix [[...]] 
  the region along the seashore
  沿海一帶

• jiedtaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiet'taix [[...]] 
  Torrid Zone
  熱帶

• lientaix zekjim [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lieen'taix zeg'jim [[...]] 
  corresponding responsibility
  連帶責任

• sefng pud taelaai, suo pud taekhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sefng pud taix'laai, suo pud taix'khix [[...]] 
  not brought with us at birth, nor carried away with us at death
  生不帶來,死不帶去

• untaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: wn'taix [[...]] 
  Temperate Zone
  溫帶

taixsefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tai'sefng; (sefng) [[...]] 

in advance, first, beforehand

先,首先

• taixsefng ho y [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tai'sefng ho y [[...]] 
  give him first or beforehand
  先給他

• taixsefng zaiviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tai'sefng zay'viar [[...]] 
  know first or beforehand
  首先知道

• Y pie goar khaq taixsefng laai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y pie goar khaq tai'sefng laai. [[...]] 
  He came before me.
  他比我早來。

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