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Htb (cache) (2)

giaqthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

to raise one's head; to gain ground; lift up or elevate the head

舉頭; 抬頭

Giaqthaau svachiøq u sinbeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

The gods are always near you. (Lit. Raise your head three feet and there is a spirit.)

舉頭三尺有神明

DFT (3)

🗣 giaqthaau 🗣 (u: giah'thaau) 攑頭 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

舉頭 、 抬頭 。

🗣 Giaqthaau svaf chiøq u sinbeeng. 🗣 (u: Giah'thaau svaf chiøq u siin'beeng.) 攑頭三尺有神明。 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

抬起頭三尺高處就有神明察看著 。 告誡人們做事前要三思 ， 因為冥冥之中都有神在監督著我們的一言一行 ， 千萬別做虧心事 ， 否則將招致報應 。

🗣 giaqthau'hviw 🗣 (u: giah'thaau'hviw) 攑頭香 [wt][mo] [h] [[m]] [[u]] [d#]

燒頭香 。 在農曆大年初一或是其他重要的節慶時 ， 信徒們爭相禮神拜佛並在香爐中插下第一柱香 ， 以示虔誠和祈求賜福 。 拔頭籌 、 捷足先登 。 原意是指信徒爭燒第一柱香 ， 後來比喻為搶先一步得到先機 。

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• (u) giah thaau = giah8-thau5 [[DFT]] [[MK]] [[TC]] [[Lim19]] [[IT講]] [[CT]][CT]

Taiwanese Dictionaries – Sources

• HTB: "Hiexntai-buun" Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Modern Taiwanese Language Association. Syllable segmentation in progress.

• DFT: 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chinese). Ministry of Education, R.O.C. 2011. (CC BY-ND 3.0 臺灣) (data from MoeDict Desktop For MacOSX / Linux / Windows. 2015. see MoeDict and Taioaan Wiki). We have annotated over 5800 definitions in English for monosyllables (enter any monosyllable to get into monosyllable mode)

• MK: Taiwanese—English Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Maryknoll Language Service Center, Taichung, Taiwan. 2001 [1976]. (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 TW)

• TC/TH: Iûⁿ Ún-giân. 台語文/中文辭典 Taiwanese — Chinese Dictionary & 台文/華文線頂辭典 [Taihoa Online Dictionary] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chinese).

• EDUTECH: Liim Keahioong (2001-2003). EDUTECH: Taiwanese—English Dictionary Searched with Concise Atonal Spelling. Edited and cross-referenced to EDUTECH General Taiwanese Words (正確台語拼字辭和漢字辭), Embree (1973), Maryknoll (2001), and other dictionaries.

• Embree: Embree, Bernard L. M. (1973). A Dictionary of Southern Min: based on current usage in Taiwan and checked against the earlier works of Carstairs Douglas, Thomas Barclay, and Ernest Tipson. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Language Institute. (OCLC 2491446. Data from GitHub - ChhoeTaigiDatabase. See NY Times article)

• Lim19: 台語辭典(台日大辭典台語譯本)查詢 [Taiwanese Dictionary (translation of Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten) search] (in Taiwanese Hokkien). Sìn Bōng Ài [Faith Hope Love]. 2019. (Lim08 data: GitHub - Lim-Chun-iok_2008_Tai-jip-Tua-su-tian)

• TDJ: Ogawa Naoyoshi, ed. (1931, 1932). 臺日大辭典 Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten [Taiwanese—Japanese Dictionary] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Japanese). Volume 1 & Volume 2. Taihoku: Governor-General of Taiwan.