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ay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

sorrow; oh; dust; be next to; poison; grieve; mourn; lament; to pity; sad; sorrowful; lamentable; pitiful

哀; 唉; 埃; 挨; 毐

bad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

ever; had the experience; know; recognize; discern; know; recognize; be acquainted with; understand

曾; 識; 捌

be [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

see boe, bøe, moe

袂; 賣; 未

biet [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

destroy; disdain; clover; thin bamboo strip; perish; be destroyed; destroy; extinguish

滅; 蔑; 苜; 篾

biq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be hidden; hide oneself; conceal one's self

匿; 躲; 匿藏

chiafm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to sign; a small sharp-pointed stick to be used in divination.; minute; sign one's name; bamboo slips used for drawing lots or divination

簽; 籤; 纖

chiofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to fill; to flush; prosperous; to advocate; a prostitute; to follow; mad; a spear; to aspire; to thrust; to indulge; rifles; a pomfret; a calamus; fill; be full of; to fake; pretend

充; 沖; 昌; 倡; 娼; 猖; 憧; 衝; 縱; 鎗; 鯧; 菖

chioxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to advocate; to sing; to indulge; firearms; lead; introduce; be first

倡; 唱; 縱; 銃; 倡

cih [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

tongue; to break; be broken (a thing with the measure of ki)

舌; 折

ciog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

may; celebrate; invoke; bless; implore; (used in offering various kinds of congratulations); toasts (when drinking wine with friends); Chiok might be translated May heaven bless you with...

祝; 足

goan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

sincere; honest; faithful; virtuous; hope; wish; desire; vow; to be ready; to be willing; be willing

愿; 願

hvox [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

love to; be fond of; be addicted to

好

iax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be tired of; satiated; be wearied with

厭; 煩

iaxm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be tired of; satiated; be wearied with

厭; 煩

iuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

have; be present; exist; there is (are; were)

有; 友; 誘; 莠

jirm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

endure; to bear; forbear; be patient; repress

忍

ka [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

let; put; bite; for; to; from; on. The Taiwanese have a little gimmick in regard to the use of this preposition ka. The direct object of very many verbs can be placed before the verb and preceded by ka

把; 咬; 給; 跟

kad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

cut by drawing the knife along; to wound by cutting; reap; perform an operation; be washed away (by a flood)

割; 結

kag [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

horn; angle; actor; perceive; be conscious of; feel; awaken; realize; discover

角; 覺

kheq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be crowded; push (jostle) one another; to press (oil; sugar)

擠; 搾

kherng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be willing to; consent to; to permit

肯

khi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

fear; a fear (usually superstitious); shun; prohibit or proscribe (usually for superstitious purposes); avoid; be envious of; to hate; (ki means death anniversary)

忌; 柿

khiaxm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

owe; owe (money); deficient; be missing

欠; 缺少

khiaxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

staving; be good (clever) at

能力強; 強; 能幹; 棒; 善於

khoeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be crowded; push (jostle) one another; to press (oil; sugar)

擠; 搾

khøeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

lack; to be tired and to doze off

缺; 瞌; 閉目

ki [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

fear; a fear (usually superstitious); shun; prohibit or proscribe (usually for superstitious purposes); avoid; be envious of; to hate; (ki means death anniversary)

忌

kia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

slope; brae; grade; incline; be steep

斜坡; 坡

kiøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

ghost calling a person to be drowned or to kill himself so as to take the ghost's place

捉替死鬼; 叫

kngr [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

roll (classifier of things that can be rolled up)

卷

koaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

cut by drawing the knife along; to wound by cutting; reap; perform an operation; be washed away (by a flood)

割

koaxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

can; jar; ticket; certificate; first-rate; be superior

罐; 券; 串; 冠; 捲; 眷; 貫; 慣; 盥; 灌; 觀; 悁; 冠

kurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

boil; boiling; ebullition; be boiling; boiled

沸騰; 滾; 開

kviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

fear; be afraid of; lest; to dislike

驚; 怕; 嚇

kvoaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be accustomed to

慣

laau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

detain; obstruct; to keep; to delay; remain; to stay; be at a standstill; leave behind; preserve

留

lauh^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

fall; drop; be missing

落

liet [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

(vt. lix, vi. lih) crack; break; split; rend; rip open; tear; be ripped; be rent; a crack; a rent

裂

lih [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

crack; fissure; crevasse; be cracked; be torn; be split

裂

liuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

detain; obstruct; to keep; to delay; remain; to stay; be at a standstill; leave behind; preserve

留

lix^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

crack; break; split; rend; rip open; tear; be ripped; be rent; a crack; a rent

裂

lof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

burnt; scorched; worried; anxious; coal; Coal smoke; be charred; be burnt black

油煙; 焦; 煤; 煤煙

lok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

fall; drop; be missing

落

lu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

anxiety; concern of mind; doubt; suspicious; thoughts; anxious; solicitous; suspicious; doubtful; thoughtful; be anxious; be concerned about; feel sad; to plan; devise

慮

lurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

endure; to bear; forbear; be patient; repress

忍

mau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

face; profile; outline; emit; give off; petty; slight; face; appearance; countenance; figure; form; manner; appear or pretend to be like

貌; 冒; 藐

moe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

younger sister; Tp: be

妹

øe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to be able to; to possibly; will; capable; can

會; 能

pai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be defeated; go wrong; be ruined; ruin; decline (power); defeat an army; destroy; to ruin; to spoil; be defeated; go bad (meat); rotten; decayed destroyed; spoiled; beaten

敗

pef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be fastidious about food; finicky eater; picky eater

挑食者

peng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to be side by side; to be in a row; Used before a negative for emphasis; actually; in fact

並

perng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

inverted; jolt; top; turn over; turn down; invert; be upset

反; 翻; 顛

phoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to wear; to become untwisted; to match; chip; pair; to mate; to match; to fit; to fit; to suit; be a match for; to equal; dispense (medicines); prepare (according to a demand); to exile; spouse; partner; subordinate; supplementary; supporting; attached; be eaten along with (as a condiment)

佩; 紕; 配; 碎片; 薄麻皮; 配

phuxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to instruct; to spray; ; sprinkle; spatter; be spattered

吩; 噴; 濆; 潑

phvax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

fear; to dread; be afraid of; apprehend; maybe; perhaps

怕

sexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

clan (family name): may be used as a verb

姓

sid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

go out or die out like a fire or light; be blown out

熄

svef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

live; alive; life; livelihood; be born; come into existence (being); to breed; beget; to produce; create; to cause; uncooked; raw; unripe; unfamiliar; strange; untamed; uncultured; a pupil; a student

生

svex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

clan (family name): may be used as a verb

姓

sviux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

an appearance; animal signs used in the twelve year cycle; be born in a particular year of the twelve year cycle; represented by one of twelve animals.

相; 屬; 生肖

svy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

live; life; living; alive; be born; come into being; to breed; to bear; beget; produce; to cause; to have (as boils)

生

taam^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

damp; moist; tranquil; talk; placid; quiet; (surname); damp; moist; wet; get wet; be drenched

潮濕; 澹; 談; 濕

tan^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

give birth to; be born

誕

tarm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

gall (said to be the seat of courage); bravery; courage; audacity

膽

tea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

short; be deficient; to want; shortcomings; faults; mistakes

短

texng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

hit the center; accomplish; be hit; exact

中

thae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

how can it be? an interrogative particle which implies a dissenting opinion; why; how come

豈; 怎

tharng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be eliminated from the basket (e.g.; rotten fruit) ─ omit; be left out; count for nothing

被淘汰; 不中用之人

thiarm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

very tired; avail oneself of; very severe (disease; beating); very thoroughly cooked; get tired; grow weary; be tired out; be exhausted

殄; 趁; 累

thoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to drag; to pull; draw along; procrastinate; (diseases) are chronic; be in constant sickness or pain; involve; implicate

拖; 拉

thoxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be pained; ache painfully; painful; sore; to love; be sparing of; to spare

痛; 疼

thut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

bald; be dislocated or put out of gear; have a miscarriage; be put out of joint

禿; 滑脫

thviax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be pained; ache painfully; painful; sore; to love; be sparing of; to spare

痛; 疼

tiaam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

sink; be drawn deep into; submerge; perish; deeply

沉

tiim [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

sink; be drawn deep into; submerge; perish; deeply

沉

toarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

short; be deficient; to want; shortcoming; faults; mistakes; errors

短

tvi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be full; well filled; crowded; flood tide

滿

tvii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be entangled; be worried by; troublesome; dysentery; to twine; entwine; entangle; to wind (thread); to bother persistently

糾纏; 糾纏不清; 麻煩; 纏

tw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

pig; to be damned by heaven and earth (usually used in swearing)

豬,天誅地滅

ty [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

pig; knowledge; know; understand; to feel; recognize; be aware of; acquaint; be familiar with; to control; direct

豬;知

u [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

have; be present; exist; there is (are; were)

有

zarng^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

plait; braid; pigtail; a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent; handle

束; 捉; 捉把; 辮子

zay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

knowledge; know; understand; to feel; recognize; be aware of; acquaint; be familiar with; to control; direct

知; 災; 栽; 齋

zee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

even; neat; uniform; in good order; equal; uniform; become complete; be arranged in order

齊

zek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

book; register; census register; domicile; be registered as a native of

籍

zhe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

sit; be seated

坐

zhoaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be ready for; prepare; to fasten; select or choose people or things; usually means to prepare materials

準備; 拴

zox [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

make; do; use as; use for; be; serve as; play the part of; be

奏

zø [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

sit; travel by; be situated (like a house)

坐

zøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

equal; uniform; become complete; be arranged in order

齊

zøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

gloomy; depressed; anguish; dregs; to waste; spoil; meet with; incur; be victimized

煩悶; 糟; 鬱悶; 遭

zu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

dwell; inhabit; stay in a place; to contain (inhabitants); to work for; be employed

住

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