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ay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ay ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.2]
I : Alas! Oh! (grief, pain, distress)
唉呀
khawthaau-gie/khawthaau-guo 口頭語;口頭話 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khao'thaau'guo/oe ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N : colloquial language
口頭語
khawthaau-gie/khawthaau-guo 口頭語;口頭話 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khao'thaau'guo/oe ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N : cant, empty words, meaningless phrases (words used conventionally without regard for their real meaning including most obscene and vulgar langauge)
口頭語
khawthoaan 口傳 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khao'thoaan ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : hand on by word-of-mouth
口傳
khawthoaan 口傳 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khao'thoaan ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N : oral tradition
口傳
u: khaux ⬆︎ 哭 [wt] [cv] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : lament and weep (mourning)
哭
u: khaux ⬆︎ 哭 [wt] [cv] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : bawl or cry (child)
哭
u: khaux ⬆︎ 扣 [wt] [cv] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : detain (a person), hand-cuff, manacle
扣
u: khaux ⬆︎ 扣 [wt] [cv] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : deduct part of a payment (because goods damaged)
扣
u: khaux ⬆︎ 扣 [wt] [cv] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : take away, seize (goods, or licence, temporarily, cf tau)
扣
khaoliuu 扣留 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaux'liuu ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : detain persons or goods (because of illegal or suspected acts)
扣留
khaotuu 扣除 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khaux'tuu ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : deduct or cut down (numbers, prices, wages, etc)
扣除
u: khaux'thaau ⬆︎ 叩頭 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : kow-tow, do obeisance
叩頭
u: khauq'khauq'liam ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
Vph : mumble, mutter (complaining, grumbling)
喃喃而言
khøef 溪 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khef ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N tiâu : creek, stream
溪
khef 科 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khef ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
M : branch (medical science)
科
khef 科 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khef ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
M : course (of study)
科
khef 科 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khef ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
M : section (second lowest subdivision of a government office) (cf *khøf)
科
khezaf 稽查 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khef'zaf ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : inspect, investigate (cf also khe2-cha)
稽查
khøehaai 詼諧 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khef'haai ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
SV : dandyish, too particular
詼諧
khøehaai 詼諧 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khef'haai ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N : nuisance (of a child who nags or is picky)
詼諧
u: khef'karn'ar ⬆︎ 溪□仔 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N bé : a kind of carp, Zacco platypus
平頜鱲; 平頷鱲
u: khef'kaux ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N bé : carp, Gnathopogon ijimae, Candidia barbata
飯島式麻魚
u: khef'kuu'iexn ⬆︎ 溪鴝燕 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N chiah : Formosan plumbeous water redstart, Chaimarrornis fulginosa affinis
鉛色水鶇
u: khef'ku ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N chiah : Dauriah redstart, Phoenicurus auroreus
北紅尾鴝
khekhør 稽考 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khef'khør ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : do research (by reference to literary materials old documents, etc)
稽考
khøelaau 溪流 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khef'laau ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N : current of a stream
溪流
khøepof 溪埔 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khef'pof ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N : river flats
河灘
khøesvix 葵扇 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khef'svix ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N ki : fan
扇子
khea 啟 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khea ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : be opened by (written after the addressee's name on an envelope)
啟
khefbengchvy 啟明星 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khea'beeng'chvy ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N lia̍p : the morning star, Venus
啟明星
khefboong 啟蒙 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khea'boong ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : teach (children)
啟蒙
khefboong 啟蒙 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khea'boong ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N pún : introductory book
啟蒙
khefzaf 稽查 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khea'zaf ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : inspect, investigate (cf also khe-cha)
稽查
khefzefng-zhux 稽征處 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khea'zefng'zhux ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N keng : tax office, revenue office
稅捐處
khef'exng-buun 啟應文 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khea'exng'buun ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N/Xtn : a responsive reading
啟應文
khefhoad 啟發 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khea'hoad ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : enlighten, illuminate
啟發
khefhoad 啟發 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khea'hoad ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N : enlightenment, illumination
啟發
khefsi 啟示 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khea'si ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : reveal
啟示
khefsi 啟示 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khea'si ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N : revealment
啟示
Khefsixliok 啟示錄 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Khea'si'liok ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N/Bib : The Revelation, The Apocalypse
啟示錄
khefsu 啟事 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khea'su ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N : personal notice, announcement
啟事
khøex 齧 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khex ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : gnaw
哨
khøex 契 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khex ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : give a child a kind of technical adoption (see khøex)
收養
khøex 架 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khex ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : rest (sthg on sthg) temporarily
擱
khøex zabor-kviar 契查某囝 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khex zaf'bor'kviar ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N ê : daughter by "khøex" adoption
乾女兒
kheahap 契合 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khex'hap ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : be united, be of one mind
契合
khøeahviaf 契兄 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khex'hviaf ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N : paramour of a married woman
情夫
khøea'iog 契約 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khex'iog ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N : agreement, bond, contrast, deed
契約
khøea'iog-sw 契約書 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khex'iog'sw ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N : (written) agreement, contrast, etc.
契約書
khøeakviar 契囝 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khex'kviar ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N ê : son by "khøex" adoption
乾兒子
khøee 瘸 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khee ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
SV : crippled, impaired
瘸
khee □ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khee ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : entangled, jam, hinder
糾纏
khekhafng 㧎空 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khee'khafng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
SV : at variance (persons)
找麻煩
u: *khvef ⬆︎ 坑 [wt] [cv] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N : chasm, crater, crevasse, pit, pitfall, sheer drop
坑
khvikaw 坑溝 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: *khvef'kaw ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N : gorge (with a stream at the bottom), canyon
坑溝
kheq 客 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheq ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N ê : guest
客
khøeq 𤲍 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: *kheq ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
SV : crowded
擁擠
khøeq 𤲍 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: *kheq ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : squeeze (sugar cane)
榨擠
khøeq 𤲍 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: *kheq ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : squeeze through (a crowd)
榨擠
khøeq 瞌 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: *kheq ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : close (eyes), be dead <bak8-chiu khah-khi3: he is dead>
闔
khøeh'ar 篋仔 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: *kheq'ar ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N ê : small box
篋子
khehzaxn 客棧 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheq'zaxn ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N keng : lodging house (arch, cf kheh-tiam3)
客棧
u: kheq'ciao ⬆︎ 客鳥 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N chiah : magpie, Formosan blue magpie, Kitta caerulea
臺灣藍鵲
khehzngf 客庄 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheq'zngf ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N chng : a Hakka village
客家莊
khehzuun 客船 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheq'zuun ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N chiah : passenger-ship
客船
khehchiaf 客車 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheq'chiaf ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N : passenger train
客車
khehky 客機 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheq'ky ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N chiah : passenger airplane
客機
khehkoafn 客觀 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheq'koafn ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
SV : objective
客觀
khehkoafn 客觀 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheq'koafn ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N : objectivity (ant chu2-kown)
客觀
u: kheq'koarn ⬆︎ 客館 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N keng : hotel (arch, cf lu2-koan2)
旅館
khehkhix 客氣 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheq'khix ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
SV : formal, proper, polite
客氣
khehkhix 客氣 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheq'khix ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N : etiquette, formality, politeness
客氣
khøehkhiaxm 缺欠 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheq'khiaxm ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : be in want
欠缺
khøehkhiaxm 缺欠 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheq'khiaxm ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N : want, need
欠缺
Khehlaang 客人 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheq'laang ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N ê : Hakka person (or people)
客家人
khehmoar 客滿 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheq'moar ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : filled to capacity (with guest, patrons, passengers)
客滿
Kheh'oe 客話 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheq'oe ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N : Hakka language (spoken)
客家話
khehpaang 客房 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheq'paang ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N keng : guest room
客房
khehsiofng 客商 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheq'siofng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N ê : traveling merchant, foreign businessman
客商
khehtiaxm 客店 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheq'tiaxm ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N keng : inn
客棧
khehthviaf 客廳 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheq'thviaf ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N keng : living-room (private dwelling)
客廳
khehthviaf 客廳 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheq'thviaf ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N keng : reception room (business, school, etc)
客廳
khehthøx 客套 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheq'thøx ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N : complimentary language (used in greetings, congratulations, etc)
客套
kheh'un 客運 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheq'un ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N : private company operating bus service for public use
客運
kheg 刻 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheg ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
M : quarter (hour)
刻
kheg 刻 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheg ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : carve, engrave
刻
kheg 剋 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheg ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : be at variance so as to cause bad luck (horoscopes of two persons)
剋
kheg 曲 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheg ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N : song tune to which different words may by sung
曲
khekzex 克制 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheg'zex ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : subdue, bring under control (one's desires, emotions, etc)
克制
u: kheg'ciøh say'hu ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N ê : stone-engraver
石匠
khek'hok 克復 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheg'hok ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : recapture (a fallen city), recover (property)
克復
khek'hok 克服 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheg'hok ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : overcome (difficulty)
克服
khekji 刻字 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheg'ji ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
VO : inscribe, engrave letters
刻字
khekkie 克己 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheg'kie ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : discipline oneself, stint oneself
克己
khekkie 克己 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheg'kie ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
SV : scrimping, skimping
克己
u: kheg'kie thai'jiin ⬆︎ 克己待人 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
Sph : stint oneself for the sake of others
克己待人
khekkof 客鴣 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheg'kof ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N chiah : eastern cuckoo, Cuculus canorus telephonus
杜鵑
khekkoafn 客觀 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheg'koafn ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
SV/R : objective
客觀
khekkoafn 客觀 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheg'koafn ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
SV/R : objectivity (ant zwkoafn)
客觀
u: kheg'*khiin kheg'khor ⬆︎ 刻勤刻苦 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
Sph : work hard and endure hardship
刻勤刻苦
khekkhor 刻苦 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheg'khor ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
VO : endure hardship, overcome hardship
刻苦
khekkhor 刻苦 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheg'khor ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
SV : enduring, long-suffering (in the face of hardship)
刻苦
khekkhuy 克虧 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheg'khuy ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
Ve : be wronged, suffer loss (money matters, status, etc)
吃虧
u: kheg'khuun kheg'khor ⬆︎ 刻勤刻苦 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
Sph : work hard and endure hardship
刻勤刻苦
u: kheg'laan ⬆︎ 克難 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
VO : overcome (difficulties)
克難
u: kheg'pvoaf ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N tè : phonograph record
唱片
khekpok 刻薄 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheg'pok ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
SV : stingy
刻薄
u: kheg'si'liaau ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N/Ich bé : a kind of carp, Hemiculter kneri
克氏魚喬
khektiau 曲調 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kheg'tiau ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N : song tune to which different words may be sung
曲調
u: kheg'thog'lek'sw'phiaw'thaang ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N/Ent chiah : an Australian coccinellid beetle ised to control citrus mealybugs, Cryptolaenus montrouzieri
克托勒斯瓢蟲
khefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khefng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N ê : hoop (barrel, bucket)
圈子
khefng 框 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khefng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N ê : frame (picture)
框
khefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khefng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N ki : long-necked mandolin
阬
u: khefng ⬆︎ 氫 [wt] [cv] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N : hydrogen, H
氫
khengban 輕慢 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khefng'ban ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : slight, treat with contempt
輕蔑
khengbiet 輕蔑 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khefng'biet ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : despise, disdain
輕蔑
khengbiet 輕蔑 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khefng'biet ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N : contempt, disdain
輕蔑
khenghioxng 傾向 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khefng'hioxng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V : tend, incline towards
傾向
khenghioxng 傾向 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khefng'hioxng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N : tendency, inclination, trend
傾向
khenghwn 窮分 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khefng'hwn ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
V/N : (complain about) unfair treatment
歧視
u: khefng'kaf tong'sarn ⬆︎ 傾家蕩產 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
Sph : lose one's whole fortune
傾家蕩產
khengkanggiap 輕工業 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khefng'kafng'giap ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N : light industry
輕工業
u: khefng'kof ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N/Bot lúi : an edible fungus, Lenzites betulina
瓊菰
u: khefng'khix'kiuu ⬆︎ 氫氣球;輕氣球 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.154]
N lia̍p : hydrogen-filled balloon
氫氣球
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N : (var of kheng5-moa5) sisal; Agave sisalana
瓊麻

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