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ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
affix to nouns; used after words ending in t; e.g.; pat-la; chhat-la; khut-la
仔
awbaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
dour; arrogant; haughty; break one's promise on some pretext or other; obstinately and injuriously in the wrong; e.g.; unjustly defrauding
拗蠻; 蠻橫
Binkog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
Republic of China (1912-1949); used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911)
民國
boefchiuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
the last hand in ownership; e.g. second hand; third hand; last hand
尾手; 買手; 最後
exieen† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
next generation; the lower layer (e.g.; of a layer cake)
下一代; 下延
giaa`khuy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
move something out of the way (e.g.; chair)
拿開; 抬開
giab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
pinch; to put a thing between (e.g. the leaves of a book)
挾
giap [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
pinch; to put a thing between (e.g. the leaves of a book)
挾; 業
guihiafmbut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
dangerous goods; e.g.; explosives; poisons; inflammables
危險物
hiet'hae chimsiuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
blood feud; e.g.; caused by killing of one's parents
血海深仇
itborng tvafcin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
take the whole at one haul; e.g.; one man taking the whole of what should have been shared with others; make a wholesale arrest of
一網打盡
keg-sinzheng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
vanity; e.g. in dress
講究衣著
kekkud [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
doing or saying something just to be contrary; e.g. by ironical; sneering talk or by walking a road different from others; trying to show one's skill by doing a thing in a way different from the usual; generally making a mess of it
言行故意標新立異; 戲謔; 激骨
khao'iaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
cry for hunger (e.g. a starving child); Shut up!
哭肚子餓; 別吵！
khatbo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
long for (e.g.; an absent friend); to miss very much
渴念; 渴慕
khatliam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
long for (e.g.; an absent friend); to miss very much
渴念; 渴慕
khiaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
outstanding; to raise; cock up; to rise (e.g.; one end of a seesaw)
翹; 撅
khudkhut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
stunted or scraggy (e.g. an ill-formed tree); bare (rocky hill)
禿禿的; 濯濯的
khuithiaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
to explain; to expound; to interpret; elucidation; explain distinctly (e.g. the meaning of a phrase saying; or doctrine)
開拆; 分析; 言教; 破說; 解說; 闡釋; 釋明
kienpaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
to condense; to solidify; to coagulate; clot (of blood); become solid through loss of moisture (e.g.; manure; offal)
堅疤; 結疤
kiernhau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
effective; efficacious; be efficacious (e.g. medicine)
見效
kiet'ieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
to associate on good terms; (in Buddhism) to form a connection; e.g. for future salvaion; form a connection with a person
結緣
koealaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
be stale (e.g.; fish)
不新鮮
kofngtai-bupiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
vast and boundless (e.g.; the mercy of God)
廣大無邊
kosngf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
unneighborly and unfriendly; e.g.; unwilling to lend a hand or do a favor; selfish and disobliging
孤癖吝嗇
kotak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
unneighborly and unfriendly; e.g.; unwilling to lend a hand or do a favor; selfish and disobliging
孤癖吝嗇
kørviu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
physical abnormality e.g. limp; cross-eyes; buck teeth etc
異樣; 毛病; 殘缺
køxek [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
wallow in mud or water (e.g.; buffalo)
牛在泥中或水中打滾沐浴
kuiphviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
whole thick slice; over a considerable surface (e.g.; a skin disease)
整片
kviathaothaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
walk all about (e.g.; through a whole region or country)
走遍
kviatharngthaxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
walk all about (e.g.; through a whole region or country)
走遍
kvisy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
spin a web or filament (e.g.; the spider or silk-worm)
吐絲
laptøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
the bottom having fallen out (of a basket); to give way (e.g.; the bottom of a chair; shoe; bucket)
塌底; 漏底
laux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
fall; shed or let fall (leaves; scabs); open of itself (e.g.; a knot or joint)
落
lefphaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
a gun salute (e.g.1-gun salute); rocket salute
禮炮
liahkhiaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
breaking off and falling in masses (e g banks of a river); a breach; an opening
裂口; 缺口
mikafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
nighttime; evening or night (e.g.; classes)
暝間; 夜間
mxkøeasym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
cannot bear the thought of it (e.g.; of leaving one's family to go abroad); feel very much grieved and dissatisfied with one's self for what one has done (e.g. for injuring one's own child)
過意不去; 不放心
naiq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
concave; dent; having a deep hollow in it (e g; a sunken face); sunken (surface)
凹
noaxsexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
(adj) slow acting; slow to take effect; taking things too easy (e.g. neglecting duty); easy-going
懶性; 慢性; 懶散
oafpiaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
near the wall; leaning on the wall of a room (e g; an article of furniture)
靠牆
osiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
very dark; grayish black (e.g.; dirty face); dark colored (silver)
黑銹
pafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
fall into ruins; to slide down (e.g.; the earth of a dike; dam); to collapse (like a wall); wood
崩; 板
phahzhutlarng [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
phefng† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
fall into ruins; to slide down (e.g.; the earth of a dike; dam); to collapse (like a wall)
崩
phiagphiak thiaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
leap up and down frantically (e.g., a sorcerer)
跳動不停
phiaulaai phiaukhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
tossed about at the mercy of winds and waves (e.g.; disabled vessel)
飄來飄去
phoah`jiblaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
be dashed in (e.g.; rain or waves)
濺進來
phog`khylaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
projecting forth; coming out; rise in large blisters (e.g.; plaster on a wall bulging out and ready to fall; ill fitting wall paper)
凸起來
phvaymia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
bad life; difficult situation; bad fortune (e.g.; a man who earns a poor living)
歹命; 命不好; 苦命
piakkhuy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
burst; crack; burst; to crack; to split up and fall apart (e.g.; things that had been glued or joined together)
逼開; 逼; 爆裂; 裂開; 迸開
piaxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
collapse; fall into ruins; burst (e.g.; a tire); explode
破裂; 崩; 繃
poahcvii heeng laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
make an effort to get money to pay a debt; e.g.; taking money that was set aside for some less urgent purpose
撥款還人
poahlaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
accommodate a person, e.g., by lending money, things
撥讓給人
puttoafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
not correct in conduct; e.g.; given over to gambling; lust; drink; wickedness
不端
puxlaang† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
to fester; to suppurate; suppurate; form pus; come to a head (e.g.; a boil)
化膿; 腫膿
pvoa'oe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
wrangle on violently without stopping (e.g. raking up old quarrels)
盤話; 鬥嘴; 爭論; 搬話
sefng zhutchiuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
be the first to start something (e.g.; to attack his opponent); be the first to lend a hand or have a hand in
先出手
sefngsu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
save trouble; avoid trouble; avoid causing trouble; e.g.; by not insisting too strongly on our rights
省事
senglip [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
establish; found; establish; found; come into existence (e.g.; an organization or society)
成立
siausih [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
gradually diminish or waste away; e g; by evaporation or melting
消蝕; 漸漸減少
siongthofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
having direct communication (e.g.; two rooms or houses connected by a door or short passage)
相通
siøciab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
connect (one thing to another); to piece (strings) together; to meet at a certain place (e.g.; two roads)
連接
siøoar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
lean on or draw near one another; be very close (e.g.; two places); to combine for some purpose
相靠; 相鄰
siøphoah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
crossed or interlaced; e.g.; legs crossed; arms on each other's arms; arms over another's shoulders
交纏
siøq sveamia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
hold one's life dear; be very careful of one's self (often over care); e.g.; taking great care when slightly unwell; afraid to meddle with a matter or travel on a road where there is some danger
愛惜生命
siusog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
close; complete; completion; end; finish; gradually tapering; shrink; gradually reduced (e.g.; the opening of a wound or expenditures)
結束; 收縮
siwzefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
maintain chastity; remain a virgin (e.g.; a girl whose betrothed has died)
守貞
sokkied [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
fruition; hardihood; hardiness; hardy; easy to hold in the hand; e.g.; a neatly fastened box; portable; (a house or room is) small but neat and comfortable
結實; 小巧
sør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
sister-in-law (elder brother's wife); elder brother's wife; it is appended to the personal name of the husband as an appellation of his wife; when we would use hia* for himself; e.g.; Pang-tin-so; wife of a man called Pang-tin-hia*
嫂; 瑣; 鎖
sudkhøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
courses offered in school for vocational training or learning of skills; e.g.; practical mechanics
術科
suhok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
plain clothes; e.g.; detective; mufti; civilian clothes
便衣
suisinpør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
some article counted very precious and always carried with one; e.g.; some rare and valuable ornament; a charm; a keepsake
隨身寶
svi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
sauce bean; salt or pickle; to smart (e.g.; from soap in the eye or alcohol in a wound)
豉; 豉醃; 刺痛; 劇痛
sviupak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
too tight (e.g.; a dress)
太緊
tafm suviaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
to bear honestly the responsibility of defeat; (by paying one's due; e.g.; what is lost in gambling); pay one's subscription faithfully; bear properly some responsibility that falls on us (e.g.; entertaining guests on some special occasion)
有擔當
tauthay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
to be born; get into the cycle of reincarnation; quicken; be reborn into another state of existence; enter into the womb (e.g.; a spirit becoming incarnate)
投胎
terngte svekyn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
rooted like a plant; taking a firm stance from which he cannot be moved; e.g.; a wrestler; said in blaming a child who will not come when called
根深蒂固
thafnpvee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
lying level (e.g.; on the ground); open and level
平 ..
thafnpvii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
lying level (e.g.; on the ground); open and level
平 ..
tham [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
somewhat concave (e.g.; a hand net; the bottom of chair long used)
凹陷
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
thiaotong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
to pulsate; to throb; to throb; pulsate; to beat (e.g.; the heart; pulse)
跳動
thøx phvaylaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
engage a bold; bad man to assist in some wickedness; e.g.; robbery; false lawsuits
串通壞人
thuq`khylaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
to support with a prop; e.g.; to support an awning with a pole or bamboo
托起來
tiafmmiaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
to call the roll; to mention somebody by name; mark the names on a roll; e.g.; those who are present or absent; call the roll; make a roll call
點名
tiaothuy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
hanging ladder of ropes; e.g.; on a vessel
吊梯
tii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
divide; division (in Math); remove; rid of; wipe out; subtract; deduct; aside from; besides; except; unless; to change or turn; e.g.; a new year
除
tintyn-iwbi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
mouth watering ─ very tasty; very agreeable to the palate; intensely interesting; more and more enjoyed e.g.; food; stories; books; do something with great relish
津津有味
tngftør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
be in constant and profitable circulation; e.g.; money always invested to good purpose and rapidly making profit over and over; employ capital
運用資金
toaxgoeh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
month in which much business is done; e.g.; the 7th or the 12th
大月; 旺季
tør-thafnhvoaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
lying crosswise; e.g.; across a bed
橫躺
tuo-kangcvii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
deduct so much from wages; e.g.; to make up for a debt
抵工錢
tuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
divide; division (in Math); remove; rid of; wipe out; subtract; deduct; aside from; besides; except; unless; to change or turn; e.g.; a new year
除
tviuohofng† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
belly swollen as with gas; e.g.; after eating peas; sweet potato etc; very full of wind
脹風
tviuolaang† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
abscess; full of matter and about to burst; e.g.; a boil or carbuncle
鼓膿; 膿腫
tviuu† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
place; open space; piece of level ground; yard; arena for drill; play ground; site or place for a special purpose; e.g.; examination; meeting
場
uielerng† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
have an aguish chill; be afraid of eating things considered too cooling; e.g.; ice; have a cold fit
覺冷; 畏寒
uikhix† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
abandon; desert; desertion; worn away by rubbing: e.g.; a tire
遺棄; 磨損
voaxchiuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
change hands (e.g.; house or land); to change from one hand to the other (when carrying a heavy basket)
換手
zabsex† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
miscellaneous items for women (e.g.; talcum powder; needle; threads)
婦女用之花粉; 針線等
zuii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
cut off using a knife; cut off by cutting all round (e.g.; sugar cane; the neck; a limb); cut off with a knife; not by one cut but with a sawing motion; beat down the price
切下; 截; 殺價
zuoparn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
cast a plate (e.g.; for printing)
鑄版
zuxzoarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 
self turning (bicycle); revolving on its own axis (e.g.; the planets)
自轉