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bae 䆀 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bae ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.8]
SV : bad (character, quality), ugly (appearance, ant [sui2])
壞, 醜
bad 捌 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bad ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.9]
V : know, know about
知道
u: bad ⬆︎ 捌 [wt] [cv] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.9]
AV : have (aux), have experienced <[i bat lai5 chia]: He's been here before>
曾經
u: bad ⬆︎ 捌 [wt] [cv] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.9]
AV : there was <[bat u7 chit8 pai2]: there was a time, once upon a time>
曾經
batji 捌字 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bad'ji ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.9]
VO : recognize a character or word
識字
batji 捌字 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bad'ji ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.9]
VO : be literate
識字
bøexbad 未捌 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'bad ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.10]
AV : never, never happened
從未
bøo-tvafkirn 無打緊 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'tvar'kirn ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.15]
Ccl : (after the clause in which speaker mentions actions of which he mildly disapproves, and before the clause in which he mentions further actions of which he greatly disapproves):…is bad enough, but…, …is conceivable, but…, … would not be too bad, but… (the previous cl is introduced by [m7-na])
不但…並且
bøexbad 未捌 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: *boe'bad ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.16]
AV : never, never have/has
從未
bofngbofng'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: borng'borng'ar ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.17]
IE : barely adequate, not too bad
可以
zaibad 知捌 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zay'bad ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.20]
N : knowledge
知識
zøgu 遭遇 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøf'gu ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.36]
V : meet with (fortune, usually bad)
遭遇
zøgu 遭遇 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøf'gu ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.36]
N : fortune (usually bad)
遭遇
zøxhoax 造化 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zø'hoax ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.37]
N : fortune, luck (good or bad)
造化
zøxseeng 造成 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zø'seeng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.37]
V 2 : cause (bad effect)
造成
u: zhab'lab ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.48]
V : mix with (bad company)
交損友
zhaux 臭 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaux ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.49]
SV : bad-smelling, stinking
臭
zhaobi 臭味 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaux'bi ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.49]
N ê : bad odor
臭味
zhaocien 臭賤 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaux'cien ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.49]
SV : cheep and easily available, common (commodities, bad women, etc)
賊
zhaohviw 臭香 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaux'hviw ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.49]
Nmod : bad-tasting (of sun-burned sweet potatoes or potatoes)
臭味
zhaolaang 臭人 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaux'laang ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.49]
N ê : person with a bad reputation
卑鄙的人
u: zhaux'mia ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.49]
N ê : bad reputation
臭名
zhek'ox 觸惡 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zheg'ox ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.51]
V : cause bad luck to another by improper (ceremonial or moral) conduct
褻慢
chixbarng 飼蠓 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chi'barng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.52]
V : feed mosquitoes (a. by failing to put up a net, or letting part of the body protrude under the net. b. by sitting around idle because business is bad)
被蚊子咬
eh'un 厄運 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eq'un ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.66]
N : bad luck, ill fortune
厄運
u: giaam'kvoaf'huo'zhud'kau'zhat ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.70]
aphorism : "a severe Mandarin makes robbers abound", a severe father may have bad children
實得其反
u: hie chiofng'hie ⬆︎ 喜衝喜 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.83]
Sph : "happiness conflicts with happiness" (eg, Should a person on his way to his wedding meet another wedding procession, both parties would take it as a bad omen for their marriages because hi2 chhiong-hi2.)
喜衝喜
hiofng 凶 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiofng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.86]
N : bad luck, ill fate
凶
hiongnii 凶年 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiofng'nii ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.86]
N : year of famine, a bad year
凶年
u: hør'afm'phvae ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.87]
Sph : a mixed lot, good and bad together
好壞都有
hø 禍 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hø ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.88]
N : calamity, bad fortune
禍
hoafnheeng 反形 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoarn'heeng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.92]
VO : become bad, change for the worse
變壞
ym 陰 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ym ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.109]
N : the female or negative principle in nature, the Yin (often signifies bad luck, illness, darkness, or decay, cf iong5)
陰
u: iuu'chiuo buu'nai ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.113]
Sph : bums, bad characters, loafers
遊蕩者
jixun 字運 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ji'un ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.116]
N : one's fate or fortune (good or bad)
命運
jiarm 染 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiarm ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.116]
V : acquire (bad habit)
染
jixmbad 認捌 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jim'bad ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.117]
V : know (a person), understand (a situation)
認識
jixmbad 認捌 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jim'bad ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.117]
N : understanding, recognition
認識
jixnbad 認捌 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jin'bad ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.118]
V : know (a person), understand (a situation)
認識
jixnbad 認捌 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jin'bad ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.118]
N : understanding
認識
kae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kae ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.122]
V : abstain from, avoid, stop (a bad habit)
戒
kayzexng 改正 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kae'zexng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.122]
V : correct (an exercise, printer's proofs, bad habit, etc)
改正
kaycviax 改正 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kae'cviax ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.122]
V : correct (an exercise, printer's proofs, bad habit, etc)
改正
kay'eq 解厄 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kae'eq ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.122]
VO : ward off bad luck
消災
kaix 戒 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaix ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.122]
V : avoid (bad habit, especially of priest taking vow of abstinence, celibacy, etc), abstain from
戒
kanhiarm 奸險 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafn'hiarm ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.124]
SV : bad, dishonest, malicious
陰險
kauq 𩛩 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kauq ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.127]
V : 1: become bad, moldy, rotten
腐爛
køea 改 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kea ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.128]
V : abstain from, avoid, stop (a bad habit)
戒
køefphvae 改歹 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: *kea'phvae ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.128]
VO : reform a bad (character), change a bad (habit)
改除惡習
kiab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiab ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.134]
M/N : bad luck, misfortune
惡運
kiet'hiofng 吉凶 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kied'hiofng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.135]
N : one's future fate (good or bad)
吉兇
kiettorng 結黨 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kied'torng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.135]
VO : form a gang (for bad purposes)
結黨
kvoaftuu 趕鋤;趕除 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kvoar'tuu ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.143]
RV : drive out and get rid of (bad person or bad habit)
除掉
køea 改 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koea ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.145]
V : abstain from, avoid, stop (a bad habit)
戒
køefphvae 改歹 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koea'phvae ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.145]
VO : reform a bad (character), change a bad (habit)
改除惡習
khangthaau-ciphiøx 空頭支票 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khafng'thaau cy'phiøx ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.153]
N : bad check, rubber check
空頭支票
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
u: khy'un ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.156]
N : fortune (good or bad)
運氣
laumiaa 留名 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laau'miaa ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.166]
vo : leave a (good or bad) name (when one dies)
留名
lixhai 厲害 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: li'hai ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.169]
sv : bad, serious
厲害
loaxnsiin 亂神 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: loan'siin ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.174]
SV : confused and distracted (from anxiety, fear, bad news, etc)
心神不安
loadzeg 劣則 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: loat'zeg ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.174]
N : bad behavior
壞行為
mxzay thvy tøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m'zay thvy toe ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.178]
Vph : be unconscious of a (bad) situation, be in ignorance of
不知天高地厚
mo 冒 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mo ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.180]
V : face (danger, bad weather, etc)
冒
okgieen 惡言 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: og'gieen ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.193]
N : bad language, profane language
惡言
ok'hoad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: og'hoad ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.193]
N : bad method
壞方法
oksip 惡習 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: og'sip ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.193]
N : bad habit, vice
惡習
parsexng 霸性 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pax'sexng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.194]
SV : bad-tempered, violent
性情殘暴
parngli 放離 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: paxng'li ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.196]
V : shake off (bad habit)
放棄
putkhafm 不堪 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'khafm ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.210]
Pmod/pVmod : cannot bear or endure to (because the situation is very bad, cf put-jim2)
不堪
putlioong 不良 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'lioong ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.210]
SV : bad, delinquent, unscrupulous
不良
phvae 歹 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvae ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.212]
SV : bad, wicked (ant ho2)
惡
phvae-zekteg 歹積德 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvae'zeg'teg ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.212]
Predicate (with No expressed subject) : be the bad result of demerit accumulated in previous existences
沒有好的積德
phvayzhux 歹處 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvae'zhux ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.212]
N : bad points, disadvantage
壞處
phvayzhuix 歹喙 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvae'zhuix ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.212]
N : bad language
髒話
phvae-zhuietao 歹喙斗 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvae'zhuix'tao ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.212]
N : bad language
挑食
phvay'e 歹下 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvae'e ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.212]
SV : in a bad state, unlucky
不幸的
phvayviu 歹樣 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvae'viu ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.213]
N : bad example
壞榜樣
phvaykhoarn 歹款 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvae'khoarn ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.213]
SV : bad (table manners)
壞樣子
phvay'oe 歹話 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvae'oe ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.213]
N : bad language
壞話
phvaytorng 歹黨 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvae'torng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.213]
Nph : bad group, evil gang
惡黨
phvaythvy 歹天 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvae'thvy ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.213]
N : bad weather
天氣不好
phvay'un 歹運 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvae'un ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.213]
N : bad luck
惡運
phoarkeq 破格 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoax'keq ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.216]
SV : inauspicious, ominous (of inadvertent speech or acts that may bring bad luck)
凶兆
svabad 相捌 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svaf'bad ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.219]
V : be acquainted with, know
相識
siexn'og 善惡 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sien'og ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.229]
N : good and bad
善惡
siin-kuie 神鬼 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siin'kuie ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.233]
N : spirits (good and bad)
神鬼
siøbad 相捌 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siøf'bad ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.233]
V : be acquainted
相識
siøh 液 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siøh ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.235]
V : go bad, spoil (food)
變壞
siukhaf 收跤 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siw'khaf ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.239]
VO : give up a bad practice
棄邪歸正
suybae 媠䆀 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: suie'bae ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.248]
N : the beautiful and the ugly, the good and the bad
美醜
u: tngg'tea ⬆︎ 長短 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.267]
N/fig : good or bad points
長短
toaxsaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toa'saux ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.272]
V/N : (have) a bad cough
重咳
tonglui 同類 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toong'lui ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.274]
VO : be an associate (usually for bad purposes)
同類
thøx 套 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thøx ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.286]
V : plot (with a bad person)
套

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