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ah'au [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'au [[...]] 

defer, to delay

延後

ah'au [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'au [[...]] 

last one in a group

壓後

au [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au; (ho, hiø) [[...]] 

next, the one following, after, behind

後,下

• y'au [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ie'au [[...]] 
  after, from now on, hereafter
  以後

au'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aw'ar [[...]] 

cup

杯子

auxbin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'bin; (au'piaq) [[...]] 

behind, at the back of

後面

• Goar khia ti y ee auxbin (auxpiaq). [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar khia ti y ee au'bin (au'piaq). [[...]] 
  I am standing (stood) behind him.
  我站在他的後面。

auxbør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'bør; au'bør/buo; (kex'bør) [[...]] 

stepmother

後母,繼母

auxbøfbaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'bør'baa; au'bør/buo-baa [[...]] 

stepmother harlot, a vile scolding

狠,壞,後娘

auxbøfbin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'bør'bin; au'bør/buo-bin [[...]] 

sour look, as of a stepmother

晚娘臉

• Zhunthvy auxbøfbin. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zhwn'thvy au'bør'bin.; Zhwn'thvy au'bør/buo'bin. [[...]] 
  Spring weather is like a stepmother's face.
  春天晚娘臉,變幻無常。

auxbor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'bor [[...]] 

second wife after divorce or death of the first

後妻,繼室

auxbøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'boea; au'bøea [[...]] 

back, behind

後面

auxbøea-mngg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'boea'mngg; au'bøea-mngg; (au'mngg) [[...]] 

back door

後門

auxzafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'zafn [[...]] 

molars

臼齒

• Goar ee auxzafn teq ciux. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar ee au'zafn teq ciux. [[...]] 
  My molar teeth are decaying.
  我的臼齒蛀著。

auxzeg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'zeg; (au'pe) [[...]] 

stepfather

繼父

auxchiuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'chiuo [[...]] 

what still is owed on an account

殘額,餘額

• auxchiuo khiaxm lie go paq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'chiuo khiaxm lie go paq. [[...]] 
  I owe you one thousand dollars. Here's five hundred, I still owe you five hundred.
  餘款欠你五百。

auxzhutsix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'zhud'six; (au'six) [[...]] 

future life by reincarnation

來世

au Zwjit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au Zuo'jit [[...]] 

next Sunday

下個主日

auxe'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'e'ar [[...]] 

after

以後

au-gøeqjit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'goeh'jit; au-gøeh'jit; (au'kor'goeh) [[...]] 

next month

下個月

Au'hoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Aw'hoax [[...]] 

Europeanize, westernize

歐化

auxhoafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'hoafn [[...]] 

next time

下次

auxhøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'hoee; au'høee [[...]] 

next time

下回

auxhoe'hngg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'hoef'hngg [[...]] 

back yard, garden at the back of a house

後花園

auxiah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'iah [[...]] 

back entrance to railway station

後火車站

• Taipag auxiah ee lysia khaq siok. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Taai'pag au'iah ee lie'sia khaq siok. [[...]] 
  The hotels in back of the Taipei train station are less expensive.
  台北後火車站的旅社較便宜。

au'ym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aau'ym; (naa'aau-ym) [[...]] 

guttural sound, phonetic glottal

喉音

auxjim [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'jim [[...]] 

successor to an office

後任

au`jit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au`jit [[...]] 

day after tomorrow (Note: au doesn't change and jit changes to the third tone)

後天

auxjit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'jit [[...]] 

on some indefinite day in the future

改天,以後

auxkaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'kaix [[...]] 

next term or election

下屆

auxkøef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'kef; au'køef [[...]] 

back street, the street at the back of one's house

後街

auxkex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'kex [[...]] 

back seat or carriage of a motorcycle

後架

• thihbea kaq kichiaf ee auxkex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thiq'bea kaq ky'chiaf ee au'kex [[...]] 
  back seat of a bicycle, motor scooter or motorcycle
  自行車與機車的後架

auxkhaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'khaf [[...]] 

rear leg or legs

後腿,後腳

auxkhiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'khiin [[...]] 

logistics

後勤

au køx gøeh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'kor'goeh; au køx gøeh; (au'goeh'jit) [[...]] 

next month

下個月

auxkøex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'koex; au'køex; (au'pae) [[...]] 

some other time, later, on another occasion, next time, in the future

下次

auxkux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'kux [[...]] 

next sentence

下一句

auxlaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'laai [[...]] 

afterwards, some time at later date when the work first spoken of has been completed

後來

au-lefpaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au lea'paix; au-lea'paix [[...]] 

next week

下星期

auxliuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'liuo [[...]] 

hinge of a door or box

門後扣,門後栓

auxlo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'lo [[...]] 

back road, bribe

後路,後門

• Cit'hang taixcix na bøo kviaa auxlo pan bøe seeng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid hang tai'cix na bøo kviaa au'lo pan be seeng.; Cid'hang tai'cix na bøo kviaa au'lo pan bøe seeng. [[...]] 
  There is no way of getting this done unless we offer a bribe. (Lit. walk the back road)
  這件事若不走後門辦不成。

auxløh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'løh [[...]] 

back part of a house

後院

• Zengløh soex laang, auxløh ka'ti toax. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zeeng'løh soex laang, au'løh kaf'ti toax. [[...]] 
  The front part of the house is rented out and we live in the back.
  前院租給人,後院自己住。

auxmngg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'mngg; (au'boea'mngg) [[...]] 

back door

後門

auxnao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'nao [[...]] 

hind-brain, occiput, posterior brain

後腦

auxnii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'nii [[...]] 

year after next

後年

auxnii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'nii; (ciofng'laai) [[...]] 

in the future

將來

auxoan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'oan [[...]] 

reinforcement from the rear, support

後援

• auxoaxnciar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'oan'ciar [[...]] 
  sponsor, supporter or patron
  後援者

• auxoaxnhoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'oan'hoe [[...]] 
  supporters association
  後援會

auxpae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'pae; (au'koex) [[...]] 

some other time, later, on another occasion, next time, in the future

下次

auxpaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'paai [[...]] 

rear row

後排

auxpafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'pafng [[...]] 

another time, the next train, bus, etc.

下次,下班車

auxpe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'pe; (au'zeg) [[...]] 

stepfather

繼父

auxpi-kunjiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'pi kwn'jiin; au/hiø'pi-kwn'jiin; (hiø'pi-kwn'jiin) [[...]] 

military reservists

後備軍人

auxpiaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'piaq [[...]] 

back wall, rear wall, behind

後面

• Y ze ti goar ee auxpiaq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ze ti goar ee au'piaq. [[...]] 
  He is sitting behind me.
  他坐在我後面

auxpiahsvoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'piaq'svoaf [[...]] 

background, said of powerful influence assisting a man

後山,背景,靠山,後盾

auxpiahsvoaf kia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'piaq'svoaf kia [[...]] 

said of a person with strong backing or powerful connections

靠山大

auxpo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'po [[...]] 

secret plan held in reserve for one's own possible use or protection (after zhuun, laau)

餘地

• laau auxpo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laau au'po [[...]] 
  leave in reserve
  留餘地

auxpvoarjit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'pvoax'jit [[...]] 

latter half of a day

後半天

auxpvoarmee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'pvoax'mee [[...]] 

after midnight, wee hours of the morning

後半夜

auxpoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'poex; (boarn'poex, hiø'poex) [[...]] 

juniors, inferiors

後輩,晚輩

auxsex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'sex; (au'six) [[...]] 

posterity, after ages, the next life, after-life, future life

後世,來世

auxsix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'six; (au'zhud'six) [[...]] 

future life by reincarnation

來世

auxsia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'sia [[...]] 

fee paid when case is successfully ended

後謝

auxsiu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'siu [[...]] 

one's second wife, a new wife (in place of the deceased)

繼室

auxsvoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'svoaf [[...]] 

east coast of Taiwan, financial or social backing

後山,靠山

auxsuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'suu; (ho'suu) [[...]] 

descendants, posterity

後嗣

auxtaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'taai [[...]] 

backstage, refers to one's backing or backers in politics, good connections

後台

auxtai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'tai; (au'te) [[...]] 

coming or next generation

後代

auxtvef/auxtvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'tvef; (au'tvy) [[...]] 

heel bone, the heel of a shoe or foot

踵,腳後跟

auxthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'thaau [[...]] 

in the future, days to come, wife's family of origin

此後,娘家

auxthaau-zhux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'thaau'zhux; au'thaau-zhux [[...]] 

wife's family of origin

娘家

auxthvex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'thvex; au'thvix [[...]] 

buttress

後撐

auxthuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'thuie [[...]] 

hind legs of an animal

後腿

auxtviaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'tviaa [[...]] 

rear courtyard

後庭

auxtien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'tien [[...]] 

rear court rooms in a temple or palace

後殿

auxtvoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'tvoa [[...]] 

latter part of a writing, musical composition, etc.

後段

baa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: baa [[...]] 

wild cat, harlot, a vile scolding

貍貓,淫婦

• auxbøfbaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'bør'baa; au'bør/buo-baa [[...]] 
  stepmother harlot, a vile scolding
  狠繼母

• iafbaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iar'baa [[...]] 
  wild cat, a harlot, a vile scolding
  野貓

• Kelai na bøo baa, niawchie øe khiaukhaf. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kef'lai na bøo baa, niao'chie e khiaw'khaf.; Kef'lai na bøo baa, niao'chie/zhuo øe khiaw'khaf. [[...]] 
  When the cat's away the mice will play.
  家裏如無貓,老鼠就蹺腿。

baxnsex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'sex; (ban'six) [[...]] 

for all ages, generation after generation

萬世

• baxnsex baxntai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'sex ban'tai [[...]] 
  for all generations, throughout all ages
  萬世萬代

• baxnsex ci'au [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'sex cy'au [[...]] 
  down to endless posterity, after countless generations
  萬世之後

bøef'au [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bea'au; bøea'au [[...]] 

in the end, at the end, at the rear

後面,後來

bin'ar auxjit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: biin'ar au'jit; biin'ar'au`jit [[...]] 

tomorrow or the day after tomorrow

明後天

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

box'au [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bo'au [[...]] 

off-stage, behind the scenes

幕後

boxau kangzokciar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bo'au kafng'zog'ciar [[...]] 

behind-the-scenes workers

幕後工作者

boafnzhafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boarn'zhafn [[...]] 

supper

晚餐

• Zoea'au ee boafnzhafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zoex'au ee boarn'zhafn [[...]] 
  Last Supper
  最後的晚餐

bøef'au [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boea'au; bøea'au; (bea'au) [[...]] 

in the end, at the end, at the rear

後面

• Y ze ti bøefau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ze ti boea'au.; Y ze ti bøea'au. [[...]] 
  He is sitting way in back.
  他坐在後面。

• Y iao ti bøefau teq kviaa. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y iao ti boea'au teq kviaa.; Y iao ti bøea'au teq kviaa. [[...]] 
  He is still walking way in the back.
  他還在後面走著。

zaixsvef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'svef [[...]] 

be among the living, be living, be in the world, not dead

在世

• Zaixsvef ciah cit liap tau, khahhør syau haux ti'thaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zai'svef ciah cit liap tau, khaq'hør sie'au haux ty'thaau.; Zai'svef/svy ciah cit liap tau, khaq'hør sie'au haux ty'thaau. [[...]] 
  It's better to take care of parents while they are alive rather than make a show of being filial at their funeral. (Lit. Better to give parents one bean when living rather than to offer them a pig's head after they die.)
  在生吃一粒豆,勝過死後孝豬頭。父母在世時好好孝敬,比在身後才大事祭拜有意義。

• Zaixsvef m haux na'aau, syau ciaq haux kvoazha'thaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zai'svef m haux naa'aau, sie'au ciaq haux kvoaf'zhaa'thaau.; Zai'svef/svy m haux naa'aau, sie'au ciaq haux kvoaf'zhaa'thaau. [[...]] 
  to pay respect to parents after they die after not taking care of them while they were living, unfilial
  父母在生不養,死後才想孝敬。

zao-kaq zengkhuix ciapbøextiøh auxkhuix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zao kaq zeeng'khuix ciab'be'tiøh au'khuix.; zao-kaq zeeng'khuix ciab'bøe'tiøh au'khuix. [[...]] 

run till quite out of breath

跑得上氣接不到下氣。

zeng'au [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeeng'au [[...]] 

front and rear, before and after, thereabouts (indicating time)

前後

• zeng'au mauturn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeeng'au maau'turn [[...]] 
  inconsistent, contradictory
  前後矛盾

zeeng khog au khog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeeng khog au khog [[...]] 

protruding forehead and back of the head

前額後額都突出

chiwauxtvef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuo'au'tvef; chiuo'au'tvef/tvy [[...]] 

elbow,

肘

chiuo iap'au [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuo iab'au [[...]] 

cross the hands behind the back, hand(s) behind the back

手藏在背後

chiwtvoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuo'tvoa [[...]] 

means, way, measure, steps, expedient

手段

• kiongpeg ee chiwtvoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kioong'peg ee chiuo'tvoa [[...]] 
  violent methods
  強迫的手段

• køab ee chiwtvoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: køf'ab ee chiuo'tvoa [[...]] 
  high handed methods
  高壓的手段

• ui'hiap ee chiwtvoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: uy'hiap ee chiuo'tvoa [[...]] 
  threatening, over bearing methods
  威脅的手段

• bogteg kaq chiwtvoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bok'teg kaq chiuo'tvoa [[...]] 
  end and means
  目的與手段

• zhayzhuo... chiwtvoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhae'zhuo... chiuo'tvoa [[...]] 
  take means, steps or measures to...
  採取 ...手段

• zoea'au ee chiwtvoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoex'au ee chiuo'tvoa [[...]] 
  last resort
  最後的手段

• huisioong chiwtvoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: huy'sioong chiuo'tvoa [[...]] 
  emergency measures
  非常的手段

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

time, the next in order, secondary, inferior, vice or deputy minister, grading

次

• auxzhux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'zhux [[...]] 
  next time
  下次

• cidzhux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit'zhux [[...]] 
  once
  一次

• sorzhux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sox'zhux [[...]] 
  several times
  數次

zhwau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhuo'au [[...]] 

from now on, henceforth

從此以後

• Zhwau ee taixcix symmihlaang e zay? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zhuo'au ee tai'cix sirm'miq'laang e zay? [[...]] 
  Who knows what will happen from now on?
  以後的事情什麼人知道?

zhuozeng'auxpiaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhux'zeeng'au'piaq [[...]] 

the front and back of the house

住家的前後

zhuun-auxpo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhuun'au'po; zhuun-au'po [[...]] 

leave ground for retreat, not to press one's advantage

留後步

zhunthvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhwn'thvy [[...]] 

Spring

春天

• Zhunthvy auxbøfbin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zhwn'thvy au'bør'bin; Zhwn'thvy au'bør/buo'bin [[...]] 
  Spring weather is as changeable as a stepmother's face.
  春天晚娘臉。

ciern'au [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciexn'au [[...]] 

after the war, postwar

戰後

ciongkym yau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cioong'kym ie'au [[...]] 

from now on, from this day on

從今以後

ciwau sitgieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciuo'au sid'gieen [[...]] 

say something wrong when drunk

酒後失言

zørzeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx'zeeng [[...]] 

go first, lead the way

領先,先走

• Ciaqpng ee sii y lorng zørzeeng, zøx khangkhoex ee sii lorng zørau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciah'png ee sii y lorng zøx'zeeng, zøx khafng'khoex ee sii lorng zøx'au. [[...]] 
  He always strives to be first at the table and last to work.
  吃飯的時候,他都領先,工作時他都殿後。

• Chviar lie zørzeeng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chviar lie zøx'zeeng. [[...]] 
  After you, please.
  你先請。

• Lirn na mxzay lo, goar zørzeeng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lirn na m'zay lo, goar zøx'zeeng. [[...]] 
  If you don't know the way, I will lead the way.
  你們要是不知道在那兒,我來帶路。

zoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoa [[...]] 

line, a row, time, next time or this time

行,趟

• auxzoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: au'zoa [[...]] 
  next time or next visit, next departure
  下一趟,下一班

• khix cit zoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khix cit zoa [[...]] 
  go once
  走一趟

• laai nng zoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laai nng zoa [[...]] 
  came twice
  來兩趟

• te ji phvy, te svaf zoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: te ji phvy, te svaf zoa [[...]] 
  page two, line three
  第二頁第三行

zoat auxtai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoat au'tai [[...]] 

take revenge on a man by killing all his children

絕後代,絕嗣

zoea'au [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoex'au [[...]] 

the last, ultimate, final

最後

zoea'au ee bogteg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoex'au ee bok'teg [[...]] 

ultimate objective

最後的目的

zoea'au ee chiwtvoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoex'au ee chiuo'tvoa [[...]] 

last resort

最後的手段

zoea'au ee cidtiq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoex'au ee cit'tiq [[...]] 

the last drop

最後的一滴

zoea'au ee iaukiuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoex'au ee iaw'kiuu [[...]] 

final demands

最後的要求

zoea'au ee ki'hoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoex'au ee ky'hoe [[...]] 

last chance, final opportunity

最後的機會

zoea'au ee serngli [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoex'au ee sexng'li [[...]] 

final victory

最後的勝利

zoea'au ee symphvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoex'au ee sirm'phvoax [[...]] 

the Last Judgment

最後的審判

zoea'au-thongtiap [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoex'au thofng'tiap; zoex'au-thofng'tiap [[...]] 

ultimatum

最後通牒

zoklong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zog'long [[...]] 

annoy or possessed by a demon), play tricks on, to fool, instigate

作弄,搗蛋

• U laang ti khazhng'au teq zoklong. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U laang ti khaf'zhngf'au teq zog'long. [[...]] 
  There is someone playing tricks on you behind your back.
  有人在背後搗蛋。

zu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zu [[...]] 

self, personal, private, in person, personally, from, since, natural, naturally

自,從

• zu cymmar khie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zu cirm'mar khie [[...]] 
  from now on
  從現在起

• zu thaau kaux bøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zu thaau kaux boea; zu thaau kaux bøea [[...]] 
  from the beginning to the end
  從頭到尾

• zu goar laai Taioaan liawau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zu goar laai Taai'oaan liao'au [[...]] 
  since I came to Taiwan...
  從我來臺灣以後…

Zwau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zuo'au [[...]] 

A.D., ANNO DOMINI

主後

zuxkym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zu'kym [[...]] 

from now on

自今

• Zuxkym yau, goar lorng bøo aix køq ciaqhwn af. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zu'kym ie'au, goar lorng bøo aix køq ciah'hwn af. [[...]] 
  From now on I don't want to smoke any more.
  從今以後我都不要再抽煙了。

zun'au [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuun'au [[...]] 

save money for future use

存著備用(錢財)

exkaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: e'kaix; (au'kaix) [[...]] 

nest (term, election, etc)

下屆

haxkaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ha'kaix; (au'kaix) [[...]] 

next term or election

下屆

giwauxkhaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giuo'au'khaf [[...]] 

expose another's defects

扯後腿

haxzhux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ha'zhux; (e'zhux, au'pae) [[...]] 

next time

下次

hiarng'au [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiaxng'au [[...]] 

in the future, turn around

向後

hau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiø; (ho, au) [[...]] 

behind, the back of, afterwards, come after, descendants (see "ho")

後

hiøh'auxgie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiøq'au'gie [[...]] 

have the last word of a well-known phrase understood and not spoken

歇後語

hiorng'au [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hioxng'au [[...]] 

turn around

向後

høfbixnzengkhia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør'bin'zeeng'khia [[...]] 

do something superficially or only for looks, two faced

做表面,外表和善,嘴巴很甜

• Y si kannaf høfbixnzengkhia niaxnia, auxbin hiaam kaq e noa khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y si kafn'naf hør'bin'zeeng'khia nia'nia, au'bin hiaam kaq e noa khix. [[...]] 
  He takes part only for looks, when no one is around he continually criticizes.
  他只是做表面而已,背後怨言很多。

ho [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ho; (au) [[...]] 

behind, the back of, afterwards, come after, descendants, posterity, an auxiliary word to indicate "then" or " afterwards"

後

hoxoan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ho'oan; (au'oan) [[...]] 

reinforcement from the rear, support

後援

• hoxoaxnciar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ho'oan'ciar; (au'oan'ciar) [[...]] 
  sponsor, supporter or patron
  後援者

• hoxoan-hoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ho'oan'hoe; ho'oan-hoe; (au'oan'hoe) [[...]] 
  supporters' association
  後援會

Hoef tiøh zhaq thauzeeng, mxthafng zhaq auxpeeng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hoef tiøh zhaq thaau'zeeng, m'thafng zhaq au'peeng. [[...]] 

Put your best foot forward. Don't put your light under a bushel basket. If you want to tip, tip first, don't wait until you are leaving the hotel. (Flowers should be put out front, don't put them in the back.)

花要插面前,不要插後面,要適時為之,不要事後補辦。

hun'au [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hwn'au [[...]] 

after marriage

婚後

hunhiø [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hwn'hiø; (hwn'au) [[...]] 

after marriage

婚後

y'au [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ie'au; (liao'au) [[...]] 

afterwards, hereafter, after — in a temporal clause, this word always follows a noun, and never a verb. As in the following:

以後

• sie'tiarm yau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: six'tiarm ie'au [[...]] 
  after four o'clock
  四點以後

• paesvaf yau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: paix'svaf ie'au [[...]] 
  after Wednesday
  禮拜三以後

• ciaqpar yau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah'par ie'au [[...]] 
  after a meal
  吃飽以後

• Y khix yau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y khix ie'au [[...]] 
  after he has left
  他去了以後

• Yau tiøh khaq zuoix lef. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ie'au tiøh khaq zux'ix lef. [[...]] 
  From now on you have to be more careful
  以後要注意點。

• Kawgøeh zhøeid yau goar u ti zhux`nih. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kao'goeh zhef'id ie'au goar u ti zhux'nih.; Kao'gøeh zhøef'id ie'au goar u ti zhux`nih. [[...]] 
  I shall be at home on and after Sept. 1st.
  九月初一以後我在家裏。

ienkii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ieen'kii [[...]] 

be postponed, defer, extend a time-limit, adjourn

延期

• Khui'hoe ienkii kaux auxlefpaelak. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Khuy'hoe ieen'kii kaux au'lea'paix'lak. [[...]] 
  The meeting was adjourned (postponed) until Saturday next.
  開會延期到下禮拜六。

• bukii ienkii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buu'kii ieen'kii [[...]] 
  postponed until as yet to be determined date
  無期延期

iab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iab [[...]] 

hide, tuck away, conceal on one's person, put behind the back (as one's hands), do (something) stealthily

藏,隱藏,偷

• Goar ee ienpid y ka goar iapkhix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar ee ieen'pid y ka goar iab'khix. [[...]] 
  He sneaked away with my pencil.
  他偷了我的鉛筆。

• Yn thaethaix iab cyn ze cvii khylaai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Yn thaix'thaix iab cyn ze cvii khie'laai. [[...]] 
  His wife has a lot of secret savings.
  他太太私蓄很多錢。

• iab toax khazhng'au [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iab toax khaf'zhngf'au [[...]] 
  hide something behind the back
  藏在背後

• chiuo iap'au [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuo iab'au [[...]] 
  with one's hand(s) behind one's back
  手藏在背後

• ng'iab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ngf'iab [[...]] 
  conceal behind the back or in one's clothing
  隱藏

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