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a'thaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: af'thaau [[...]] 

madam of a brothel

老娼

• A'thaau ciuxsi za'bofkefng ee lawpafnniuu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Af'thaau ciu'si zaf'bor'kefng ee lao'parn'niuu. [[...]] 
  An a-thau is the wife of the brothel owner or she herself is the owner.
  老娼就是妓女院的老闆娘。

ang'ar-bor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: afng'ar'bor; afng'ar-bor [[...]] 

husband and wife

夫妻

angbor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: afng'bor [[...]] 

husband and wife

夫婦

angbofzeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: afng'bor'zeeng [[...]] 

feelings that exist between a husband and a wife

夫妻情份

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

second wife after divorce or death of the first

後妻,繼室

baa zabor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: baa'zaf'bor; baa zaf'bor [[...]] 

fool around with women

泡妞

bee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bee [[...]] 

tempt, charm, fascinate

迷,誘惑

• Lie mxthafng ho phvae za'bor bee khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie m'thafng ho phvae zaf'bor bee khix. [[...]] 
  Don't be tempted by an unvirtuous woman.
  你不要被壞女人迷走。

• zaibee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaai'bee [[...]] 
  crazy for wealth
  財迷

• cipbee putgo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cib'bee pud'go [[...]] 
  obstinately foolish
  執迷不悟

• sekbee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: seg'bee [[...]] 
  infatuated with women
  色迷

benggi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: beeng'gi [[...]] 

one's name, the name as opposed to reality or substance, the outward reason for doing something

名義

• eng... ee benggi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng... ee beeng'gi [[...]] 
  under the name of...
  用 ...的名義

• zaisarn voa thaethaix ee benggi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaai'sarn voa thaix'thaix ee beeng'gi [[...]] 
  transfer assets to his wife
  財產換太太的名義

• benggixsiong ee angbor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: beeng'gi'siong ee afng'bor [[...]] 
  man and wife in name only
  名義上的夫妻

bøbor-bøkaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'bor'bøo'kaau; bøo'bor-bøo'kaau [[...]] 

bachelor

單身漢

bor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bor [[...]] 

wife

妻

• angbor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: afng'bor [[...]] 
  husband and wife
  夫妻

• zhoaxbor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhoa'bor [[...]] 
  marry a wife
  娶妻

• Bøo bor bøo kaau, zhexngsvaf phoax kengthaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo bor bøo kaau, zheng'svaf phoax kefng'thaau. [[...]] 
  No wife to mend my clothes, Such is life without a wife
  無妻無子,衣破無人補

bor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bor [[...]] 

certain person or thing (so-and-so, such-and-such), formerly used to avoid giving proper sound to a tabooed character

某

bor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bor [[...]] 

Chinese acre, a "mow" (less than one-sixth of an English acre)

畝

bofbor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bor'bor [[...]] 

certain others, a certain person, so-and-so, what's-his-name

某某

• Taan bofbor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Taan bor'bor [[...]] 
  Mr. Tan what's-his-name, Mr. Tan you-know-who-I-mean
  陳某某

bofboflaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bor'bor'laang; (bor'laang, bor'miq'laang) [[...]] 

so-and-so, what-you-call-him (often said when for some reason if it is undesirable to mention his name)

某人,某某人

bofkviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bor'kviar [[...]] 

wife and children

妻兒

bofloo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bor'loo [[...]] 

be a slave of one's wife, henpecked

妻之奴隸

bofpurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bor'purn [[...]] 

money necessary to marry a wife

娶妻之本錢

bofsii bofjit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bor'sii bor'jit [[...]] 

certain time and certain day

某時某日

bofsofzai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bor'sor'zai [[...]] 

certain place

某地方

boftafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bor'tafn; (bor'tafn'hoef) [[...]] 

tree peony

牡丹

bofthauchyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bor'thaau'chyn [[...]] 

wife's relations

姻親

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

toil, labor hard

勞

• thoaboaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thoaf'boaa [[...]] 
  toil very hard
  勞苦,折磨

• Goar seahaxn ee sii, pexbør cyn thoaboaa. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar sex'haxn ee sii, pe'bør cyn thoaf'boaa.; Goar sex'haxn ee sii, pe'bør/buo cyn thoaf'boaa. [[...]] 
  When I was young, my parents worked very hard.
  我小時候,父母很勞苦。

• tiøh thoaboaa laai chi bofkviar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiøh thoaf'boaa laai chi bor'kviar. [[...]] 
  work very hard to support a wife and kids
  得辛勞來養妻兒。

za'bor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'bor [[...]] 

woman, female

女人

za'bofee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'bor'ee [[...]] 

female, feminine

女的

za'bofgynnar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'bor'girn'nar [[...]] 

girl

女孩子

• za'bofgynnar zabpeq piexn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'bor'girn'nar zap'peq piexn [[...]] 
  A girl's appearance is constantly changing over the years. (Lit. A girl changes eighteen times.)
  女大十八變

zabor-karn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'bor'karn; zaf'bor-karn [[...]] 

female slave, concubine, (Before 1930 a female slave was traded freely. Today in open society this system is abolished, but in the frivolous society, young girls are still traded under the plea of "ion lid", "adopted daughters")

婢女,丫頭

za'bofkefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'bor'kefng [[...]] 

brothel

妓女戶

za'bofkviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'bor'kviar [[...]] 

daughter

女兒

• Za'bofkviar kax lauxbør tngfzaai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zaf'bor'kviar kax lau'bør tngr'zaai.; Zaf'bor'kviar kax lau'bør/buo tngr'zaai. [[...]] 
  No substitute for experience (Lit. Can a daughter teach her mother how to cut the umbilical cord?)
  女兒教母親接生,班門弄斧

zabofkviar-zhat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'bor'kviar'zhat; zaf'bor'kviar-zhat [[...]] 

married daughter returning to the home of her parents and picking up things to take back to the home of her husband

女兒回娘家,將娘家的東西帶回夫家

za'bofkuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'bor'kuie [[...]] 

female ghost, demoness

女鬼

zabor-laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'bor'laang; zaf'bor-laang [[...]] 

woman

女人

zabor-swn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'bor'swn; zaf'bor-swn [[...]] 

granddaughter

孫女

zabor-sun'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'bor'swn'ar; zaf'bor-swn'ar [[...]] 

niece

姪女

zabofthøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'bor'thea; zaf'bor'thøea [[...]] 

femininity

娘娘腔

zengbor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeeng'bor [[...]] 

former wife of a man who has remarried

前妻

zhaetiaxm za'bor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaix'tiaxm zaf'bor [[...]] 

barmaid, bar girl

酒家女

chi za'bor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chi zaf'bor [[...]] 

keep a concubine

養女人

chiaq-zabor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiaq'zaf'bor; chiaq-zaf'bor [[...]] 

shrew, a termagant

悍婦

chiensyn baxnkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'syn ban'khor [[...]] 

suffer or undergo all conceivable hardship to accomplish something

千辛萬苦

• Chiensyn baxnkhor uixtiøh kviar kaq bor, zongsay zongtafng uixtiøh thad zhuiekhafng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chiefn'syn ban'khor ui'tiøh kviar kaq bor, zoong'say zoong'tafng ui'tiøh thad zhuix'khafng. [[...]] 
  be in a rut, Life is difficult with no hope of advancement. (Lit. Ten thousand difficulties for the sake of wife and children. Run around all over from east to west just to keep food in the mouth.)
  千辛萬苦為著妻與子,奔東奔西為著渡日子。

• Chiensyn baxnkhor, lorng si uixtiøh cid ee paktor. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chiefn'syn ban'khor, lorng si ui'tiøh cid ee pag'tor. [[...]] 
  be in a rut, Life is difficult with no hope of advancement. (Lit. Ten thousand hardships, all for the sake of this belly.)
  千辛萬苦,都是為了這個肚子。

zhoaxbor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhoa'bor [[...]] 

take a wife

娶妻,娶親

zhutsiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhud'siin [[...]] 

be absent minded, absorbed in thought, in mental concentration, in ecstasy, divine or supremely great when speaking of literary or artistic works

出神,入神

• Y khvoax hid ee za'bofgyn'ar khvoax kaq zhutsiin. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y khvoax hid ee zaf'bor'girn'ar khvoax kaq zhud'siin. [[...]] 
  He watched that girl and went into ecstasy.
  他看那個女孩看得入神了(看呆了)。

ciaxm laang ee bor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciaxm laang ee bor [[...]] 

take possession of another man's wife

佔他人妻

ciøfkhøeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciør'khoeq; ciør'khøeq; (ciør'kheq) [[...]] 

quite a few, very abundant, very numerous sometimes said somewhat ironically (Lit. few deficient)

多的是,不缺

• Lie u cvii`bøo? Ciøfkhøeq (Ciøfkhøeq goar ee cvii). [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie u cvii bøo? Ciør'khoeq (Ciør'kheq goar ee cvii).; Lie u cvii`bøo? Ciør'khøeq (Ciør'khøeq goar ee cvii). [[...]] 
  Do you have money? Very much of it.
  你有錢嗎 ? 多的是。

• Maix chiøx goar, ciøfkheq laang kviaf bor. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Maix chiøx goar, ciør'kheq laang kviaf bor. [[...]] 
  Don't laugh at me, there are quite a few who are henpecked.
  不要笑我,怕太太的人多的是。

ciwkvoar za'bor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciuo'kvoar zaf'bor; (kvoar'hu) [[...]] 

widow

寡婦

zngzøex/zngzøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zngf'zøx; zngf'zøx/zøex; (zngf'zoex) [[...]] 

disguise, pretend, assume a false, counterfeit or feigned appearance, to fake merchandise

扮成,偽裝

• Phvaylaang zngzøx høflaang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Phvae'laang zngf'zøx hør'laang. [[...]] 
  bad man putting on a false appearance of goodness
  壞人偽裝成好人。

• Y zngzøx za'bofee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y zngf'zøx zaf'bor'ee. [[...]] 
  He disguised himself as a woman.
  他扮成女人。

zøx`laang/zøex`laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx`laang; zøx/zøex`laang [[...]] 

betroth one's daughter to a man

允親,許配

• Cit'ee za'bor gynnar iawbøe zøx`laang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ee zaf'bor girn'nar iao'boe zøx`laang.; Cid'ee zaf'bor girn'nar iao'bøe zøx`laang. [[...]] 
  This girl is not yet engaged.
  這個女孩還沒許配人。

zørphvoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx'phvoa [[...]] 

be a companion

作伴

• Za'bofgynnar na bøo laang zørphvoa, mxthafng khix khvoax tiexnviar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zaf'bor'girn'nar na bøo laang zøx'phvoa, m'thafng khix khvoax tien'viar. [[...]] 
  If a girl doesn't have a companion she should not go to see a movie.
  女孩子要是沒人作伴,不要去看電影。

• Goar ka'ti cit ee teq korzhux, lie laai kab goar zørphvoa. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar kaf'ti cit ee teq kox'zhux, lie laai kab goar zøx'phvoa. [[...]] 
  I'm taking care of the house all by myself, come keep me company.
  我自己一個人在 看家,你來跟我作伴。

engbor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: efng'bor [[...]] 

acre

英畝

goxngza'bor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gong'zaf'bor [[...]] 

foolish woman

傻女人

haxcien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ha'cien [[...]] 

low, mean, vile

下賤

• haxcien ee za'bor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ha'cien ee zaf'bor [[...]] 
  woman of ill fame
  下賤的女人

• haxcien ee mih [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ha'cien ee mih [[...]] 
  trifle, worthless thing, bauble
  下賤的東西

hofng za'bor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hofng zaf'bor [[...]] 

be drunk or enamored with women

迷於女色

in'aix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: yn'aix [[...]] 

mutual affection, loving (said of a married couple)

恩愛

• angbor ee in'aix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: afng'bor ee yn'aix [[...]] 
  affection between husband and wife
  夫妻的恩愛

iusiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iw'siefn [[...]] 

preferential(ly)

優先

• Tiøh ho gyn'ar kaq za'boflaang iusiefn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tiøh ho girn'ar kaq zaf'bor'laang iw'siefn. [[...]] 
  Women and children first!
  要讓小孩和婦女優先。

Jiar hiim jiar hor, mxthafng jiaftiøh chiahza'bor. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Jiar hiim jiar hor, m'thafng jiar'tiøh chiaq'zaf'bor. [[...]] 

Tease a bear and rouse a tiger, but don't provoke a hot tempered woman.

惹熊惹虎,不要惹到悍婦。

jymsym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jirm'sym [[...]] 

mercilessly, hard-hearted, ruthless

忍心

• jymsym parngsag bofkviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jirm'sym paxng'sag bor'kviar [[...]] 
  mercilessly deserted his wife and children
  忍心丟棄妻兒

jinkef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'kef [[...]] 

ordinary family (non-professional)

良家

• jinkef za'bor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'kef zaf'bor [[...]] 
  girl or woman of ordinary family (not prostitute or bar maid)
  良家婦女

jiog za'bor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiog zaf'bor; jiog/jib zaf'bor [[...]] 

run after women, pursue a woman

追女人

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

female slave

婢,丫頭

• zabor-karn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'bor'karn; zaf'bor-karn [[...]] 
  female slave
  婢女

kex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kex; (kax) [[...]] 

marry a husband, give a daughter in marriage, implicate

嫁

• Y bin'afzaix bøeq kex za'bofkviar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y biin'ar'zaix boeq kex zaf'bor'kviar.; Y biin'ar'zaix bøeq kex zaf'bor'kviar. [[...]] 
  He is going to marry his daughter off tomorrow.
  他明天要嫁女兒。

• Y bin'afzaix bøeq kex (keaafng). [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y biin'ar'zaix boeq kex (kex'afng).; Y biin'ar'zaix bøeq kex (kex'afng). [[...]] 
  She is going to be married tomorrow.
  她明天要出嫁。

ke'khao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'khao [[...]] 

family

家庭

• Cit ke'khao go ee, u six ee za'bofee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cit kef'khao go ee, u six ee zaf'bor'ee. [[...]] 
  One family has five person, four of them are female.
  一家五口,有四個女的。

kea'oe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kex'oe [[...]] 

plan, arrange, map out, sketch devise

計劃

• Lie u teq keaoe bøeq zhoaxbor `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie u teq kex'oe boeq zhoa'bor `bøo?; Lie u teq kex'oe bøeq zhoa'bor `bøo? [[...]] 
  Do you plan to get married?
  你有計劃要娶太太嗎?

kefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kefng; (kafn) [[...]] 

room, classifier for houses or rooms

間

• nng kefng zhux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: nng kefng zhux [[...]] 
  two houses
  兩間房子

• svaf kefng pangkefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svaf kefng paang'kefng [[...]] 
  three bed-rooms
  三間臥室

• za'bofkefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'bor'kefng [[...]] 
  brothel
  妓院

• khangkefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khafng'kefng [[...]] 
  empty room
  空房

• kiawkefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiao'kefng [[...]] 
  gambling house
  賭場

• langkhehkefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laang'kheq'kefng [[...]] 
  guest room
  客房

khay za'bor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khay zaf'bor [[...]] 

go whoring

嫖妓

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

hectare, a hundred "bor" (about 15.13 acres), an instant

頃

kviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kviar; (zuo) [[...]] 

child, youngster

子,兒女

• bofkviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bor'kviar [[...]] 
  wife and children
  妻兒

• za'bofkviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'bor'kviar [[...]] 
  daughter
  女兒

• gu'ar-kviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: guu'ar'kviar; guu'ar-kviar [[...]] 
  calf
  小牛

• kawafkviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kao'ar'kviar [[...]] 
  puppy
  小狗

• toaxkviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toa'kviar [[...]] 
  eldest son
  長子

kviabor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kviaf'bor [[...]] 

henpecked

懼內

• Y si kviabor taixoong, sofie aix kab yn thaethaix zhamsioong khaq uxhau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y si kviaf'bor tai'oong, sor'ie aix kab yn thaix'thaix zhafm'sioong khaq u'hau. [[...]] 
  He is very henpecked so if you want to determine things you have to arrange matters with his wife.
  他是怕太太大王,所以要跟他太太商量比較有用。

Kviabor taixtioxnghw, phahbor tikawguu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kviaf'bor tai'tiong'hw, phaq'bor ty'kao'guu. [[...]] 

Fear your wife and you are a real man, beat your wife and you are a pig, dog, ox.

懼內是大丈夫,毆妻是豬狗牛。

kietzøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kied'zøx [[...]] 

become, to form, coagulate

結為,結成

• kietzøx angbor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kied'zøx afng'bor [[...]] 
  become husband and wife
  結為夫妻

• kietzøx peng'iuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kied'zøx peeng'iuo [[...]] 
  become friends
  結為朋友

• kietzøx cit tex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kied'zøx cit tex [[...]] 
  meld into one mass, coagulate
  結成一塊

koarmiaa ee angbor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koax'miaa ee afng'bor [[...]] 

husband and wife only in name

掛名的夫妻

kongbor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kofng'bor [[...]] 

an area, an area of 100 meters square

公畝

li'bor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lii'bor; (hiw'zhef) [[...]] 

divorce one's wife

休妻

lyiuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lie'iuo; (zaf'bor peeng'iuo) [[...]] 

lady friend, girl friend

女友,女朋友

mxcviaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m'cviaa [[...]] 

not seem to be, not appear to be

不像

• Mxcviaa za'pof, mxcviaa za'bor. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: M'cviaa zaf'pof, m'cviaa zaf'bor. [[...]] 
  Doesn't appear to be a boy or a girl.
  不男不女

peh-boftafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peh'bor'tafn; peh-bor'tafn [[...]] 

white peony

白牡丹

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

streamlined, dapper, chic (slang)

流線,帥,罩馬子

• Y kinnafjit zheng kaq cyn phva. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y kyn'nar'jit zheng kaq cyn phva. [[...]] 
  He looks very dapper today.
  他今天穿得很帥。

• Cyn gaau phva za'bor gynnar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cyn gaau phva zaf'bor girn'nar. [[...]] 
  have a way with the ladies
  很會罩馬子。

phaq bor tikawguu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq bor ty'kao'guu [[...]] 

man beat his wife be like a beast

打老婆者如禽獸

phvaybor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvae'bor [[...]] 

bad wife

惡妻

phvayzhaan bang auxtafng , phvaybor cidsielaang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvae'zhaan bang au'tafng , phvae'bor cit'six'laang. [[...]] 

If you have poor harvest, there is still hope for the next harvest. If you have a bad wife, it is for life.

瘠田望下季,惡妻無希望。

siawza'bor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siao'zaf'bor; (siao'baa) [[...]] 

madwoman

瘋女人(粗話)

swn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: swn [[...]] 

grandchild, descendant

孫

• zabor-swn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf'bor'swn; zaf'bor-swn [[...]] 
  granddaughter
  孫女

• goaxswn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goa'swn [[...]] 
  children of a daughter
  外孫

• kviafswn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kviar'swn [[...]] 
  posterity, descendants
  子孫

• laixswn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lai'swn [[...]] 
  son's children
  內孫

• toaxswn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toa'swn [[...]] 
  eldest son of eldest son
  大孫,長孫

sunlie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: swn'lie; (zaf'bor'swn) [[...]] 

granddaughter

孫女

tai-tioxnghw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tai'tiong'hw; tai-tiong'hw [[...]] 

real man, man of fortitude and courage

大丈夫

• Thviax bor taixtioxnghw, phaq bor tikawguu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thviax bor tai'tiong'hw, phaq bor ty'kao'guu. [[...]] 
  The man who loves his wife is a real man, one who beats his wife in an animal
  疼妻是大丈夫,打妻禽獸不如。

tharnciah za'bor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaxn'ciah zaf'bor [[...]] 

prostitute

妓女,煙花女

Thviaf bor beng, khahhør paix sinbeeng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thviaf bor beng, khaq'hør paix siin'beeng. [[...]] 

To obey one's wife's commands is better than worshipping gods

聽妻命,勝過拜神明。

Thviax bor taixtioxnghw, phaq bor tikawguu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thviax bor tai'tiong'hw, phaq bor ty'kao'guu. [[...]] 

Love your wife and you are a real man, beat your wife, and you are a pig

疼妻大丈夫,打妻禽獸不如。

thitthøo za'bor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thid'thøo zaf'bor [[...]] 

commit fornication

玩女人

toaxbor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toa'bor [[...]] 

legal wife

元配

tøex-zabor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toex zaf'bor; tøex-zaf'bor [[...]] 

have an illicit connection with a woman, womanize

玩女人

tuo`tiøh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tuo'tiøh [[...]] 

to meet with

碰到,遇到

• Y ti pvoarlo twtiøh saipak'ho. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ti pvoax'lo tuo'tiøh say'pag'ho. [[...]] 
  He was caught in a shower on his way.
  他在途中碰到陣雨。

• Twtiøh phvaytafng ngx auxtafng, zhoaxtiøh phvaybor kuisielaang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tuo'tiøh phvae'tafng ngx au'tafng, zhoa'tiøh phvae'bor kuy'six'laang. [[...]] 
  If you meet a bad harvest, you can hope for the next, marry a bad wife and it's for life.
  收成不好,望下季,娶了惡妻全無望。

u angbor miaa, bøo angbor kviaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u afng'bor miaa, bøo afng'bor kviaa [[...]] 

husband and wife in name only

掛名夫妻

wn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: wn; (un) [[...]] 

sit, lounge or lie down, so as to soil or crease one's clothes, go about spending one's time in pursuit of low, vile pleasures

蹲下,倒下,賴在,住在

• siekex wn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: six'kex wn [[...]] 
  sit or lie down here and there, so as to soil, crumple, or spoil one's garment, to go about in a lazy and disorderly way, spending one's time in improper places
  隨便躺坐

• wn ti za'bofkefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: wn ti zaf'bor'kefng [[...]] 
  frequent a whorehouse for a long time
  窩在妓女戶

• wn ti kiawkefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: wn ti kiao'kefng [[...]] 
  constantly mad about gambling for days and weeks or for a longer time, so that he will not give it up
  窩在賭場裏

• wn ti tho'khaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: wn ti thoo'khaf [[...]] 
  sit or lie down carelessly on the ground
  坐或倒在地上

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