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- a'phiexn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: af'phiexn [[...]]
- opium
- 鴉片
- bixlør siensoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bi'lør'siefn'soef; bi'lør siefn'soef [[...]]
- prematurely senile
- 未老先衰
- bixpog sienty [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bi'pog siefn'ty [[...]]
- foresee accurately, a seer
- 未卜先知
- bøiuu bøsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'iuu bøo'siefn [[...]]
- quiet, simple, unexciting and placid life, mild flavored food
- 清淡,不油膩
- borngsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boxng'siefn [[...]]
- people who are fond of playing and recreating
- 好玩的人
- zaixzø [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'zø [[...]]
- be present at a gathering
- 在座
- zaixsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'siefn [[...]]
- formerly, in the past, before
- 在先
- zaixtviuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'tviuu [[...]]
- be present, on the spot
- 在場
- zengsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zefng'siefn [[...]]
- strive to be foremost
- 爭先
- zengsiefn khiofnghiø [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zefng'siefn khiorng'hiø [[...]]
- anxious to be ahead of others, afraid to fall behind
- 爭先恐後
- zhvef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhvef; chvy; (chvy, siefn) [[...]]
- fresh like fruits, meat, eggs or vegetables
- 鮮
- chiahkhasien'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiaq'khaf'siefn'ar [[...]]
- uneducated, second rate doctor, quack doctor
- 庸醫
- chviwsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chviuo'siefn [[...]]
- rush ahead, try to be the first, try to beat others in performance
- 搶先
- chviu tangsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chviu taang'siefn [[...]]
- verdigris forming on a thing, get covered with corrosion
- 生銅銹
- zhuiciexn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhuy'ciexn [[...]]
- recommendation, recommend a proposition, propose
- 推薦
- Ciesexng siensw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cix'sexng siefn'sw [[...]]
- Confucius (Lit. greatest sage and teacher)
- 至聖先師
- ciarmsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciaxm'siefn; (lerng'siefn) [[...]]
- lead in a game or contest
- 佔先,領先
- cienho [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cieen'ho; (siefn'ho) [[...]]
- before and after
- 前後,先後
- cienpoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cieen'poex; (siefn'poex) [[...]]
- senior in age, standing or length of service
- 前輩,先輩
- ciedciog sientefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciet'ciog siefn'tefng [[...]]
- nimble man gets there first
- 捷足先登
- ciedciog sientefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciet'ciog siefn'tefng [[...]]
- He who has fast legs will get there first. The early bird catches the worm.
- 捷足先登。
- ciuxsi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciu'si [[...]]
- is, namely, even if
- 就是
- ciwsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciuo'siefn [[...]]
- an alcoholic, drunkard, a nickname of Li Po (Lit. An Immortal with the Bottle.)
- 酒仙,酒鬼
- zørsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx'siefn; zøx/zøex'siefn [[...]]
- become an immortal as some good people are fabled to do
- 做仙,成仙
- zofsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zor'siefn [[...]]
- ancestors
- 祖先
- zoafnkaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoarn'kaw [[...]]
- send or deliver through or in care of another person, pass on to, to forward, c/o
- 轉交
- zuiesiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuix'siefn [[...]]
- drunkard
- 醉漢
- zuysienhoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuie'siefn'hoef [[...]]
- narcissus
- 水仙花
- eeng-siensiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eeng'siefn'siefn; eeng-siefn'siefn [[...]]
- entirely at leisure, not a thing to do
- 很閒
- haysiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hae'siefn [[...]]
- fresh sea food, sea food delicacies
- 海鮮
- hapsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hab'siefn [[...]]
- chat, talk about anything at all, chew the rag or fat
- 聊天
- giernsienkøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giexn'siefn'køf [[...]]
- crave
- 渴望
- goansiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goaan'siefn [[...]]
- originally, in the very beginning
- 原先
- høfhør siensvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør'hør siefn'svy [[...]]
- good natured man, "soft" guy who never quarrels with the world
- 好好先生
- hoankaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoaan'kaw; (zoarn'kaw) [[...]]
- send in care of or by way of someone else
- 煩交,轉交
- honglaai sienkerng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoong'laai siefn'kerng [[...]]
- fairyland, paradise
- 蓬萊仙境
- hongsuie siensvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hofng'suie siefn'svy [[...]]
- geomancer
- 風水先生
- hunsu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hwn'su [[...]]
- marriage, wedding
- 婚事
- ixsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: i'siefn [[...]]
- beforehand, in advance
- 預先
- iauiaau lefngsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iaau'iaau lerng'siefn [[...]]
- far ahead, enjoy a commanding lead
- 遙遙領先
- itmar tongsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: id'mar tofng'siefn [[...]]
- be the first to take on the enemy or do a work
- 一馬當先
- iuo gieen zai siefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iuo gieen zai siefn [[...]]
- have agreed beforehand, have said previously, have made the promise beforehand
- 有言在先
- iuo le zai siefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iuo le zai siefn [[...]]
- There are precedents for that.
- 有例在先
- iusiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iw'siefn [[...]]
- preferential(ly)
- 優先
- iusiefn-koaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iw'siefn'koaan; iw'siefn-koaan [[...]]
- preferential right
- 優先權
- kaesiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaix'siefn [[...]]
- person who likes to boast
- 蓋仙
- kaesiau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaix'siau; (siau'kaix) [[...]]
- introduce, introduction
- 介紹
- køekui'afsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef'kuy'ar'siefn; køef'kuy'ar'siefn; (kef'kuy'siefn) [[...]]
- boast, bragger
- 誇口者,吹牛大王
- kefsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kea'siefn [[...]]
- pretend to be naive or stupid
- 裝傻
- kefsienty [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kea'siefn'ty [[...]]
- false prophet
- 假先知
- khva'afsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvaf'ar'siefn [[...]]
- catamite, male prostitute
- 相公
- khailo sienhofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khay'lo siefn'hofng [[...]]
- vanguard, pioneer
- 開路先鋒
- khysiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khie'siefn [[...]]
- at first, in the beginning
- 起先
- khimzhat siefn khim'oong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khiim'zhat siefn khiim'oong [[...]]
- If you want to capture a group of bandits, capture the ringleader first. — Stress what should be done first. First things first.
- 擒賊先擒王
- khvoarmia siensvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax'mia siefn'svy; (khvoax'mia'siefn'ar) [[...]]
- fortune-teller
- 命相師
- khoesiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khoef'siefn [[...]]
- blandishment, tease someone
- 用花言巧語來佔人便宜
- kiarmsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiaxm'siefn [[...]]
- shrewd man, man of outstanding ability
- 翹楚,精通者
- kiet'hiofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kied'hiofng [[...]]
- fate, good luck or bad, lucky and unlucky
- 吉凶
- kiawkuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiao'kuie; (kiao'siefn) [[...]]
- confirmed gambler
- 賭鬼
- kiawsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiao'siefn [[...]]
- inveterate gambler
- 賭仙,賭鬼
- kox [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kox [[...]]
- reason, cause, old, ancient, the late, deceased, on purpose, for this reason
- 故
- koaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koaan; (khoaan) [[...]]
- power, influence, authority
- 權
- kofngkor-siefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: korng'kor'siefn; korng'kor-siefn [[...]]
- man who makes his living by reading or reciting histories or historical novels
- 說書的
- kuisiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kuy'siefn; (kuy sef'thiefn) [[...]]
- go to the Buddhist heaven, die
- 歸仙,歸西天
- kunzuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kwn'zuo [[...]]
- a true gentleman, man of noble character
- 君子
- lau siensvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lau siefn'svy [[...]]
- venerable sir
- 老先生
- lefngsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lerng'siefn [[...]]
- lead, walk ahead
- 領先
- lie sienty [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lie siefn'ty [[...]]
- prophetess
- 女先知
- lirn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lirn [[...]]
- your, yours
- 你們的
- lutsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lud'siefn [[...]]
- wash off the dirt
- 搓身垢
- osiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: of'siefn [[...]]
- grayish black (e.g., dirty face), dark colored (silver)
- 烏黑
- oaikøsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oay'køf'siefn [[...]]
- swindler, grafter, wicked person
- 貪污的人
- oexsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oe'siefn [[...]]
- big talker, faker, talks a good game
- 話多,亂蓋
- onglog'afsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oong'lok'ar'siefn [[...]]
- traveling doctor, quack, or fortune teller, (also said in scolding) a liar, You quack!
- 庸醫,江湖術士
- paix siensvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: paix siefn'svy [[...]]
- study under the guidance of a preceptor, teacher, special instructor
- 拜先生,拜師
- paix zofsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: paix zor'siefn; (paix zor'kofng) [[...]]
- worship ancestors
- 拜祖宗,拜祖先
- paxnsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pan'siefn [[...]]
- preliminary performance before a play, in honor of the genii
- 扮仙,開場戲
- patsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pad'siefn [[...]]
- the eight Taoist immortals, the eight genii or fairies
- 八仙
- patsientøq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pad'siefn'tøq [[...]]
- table for eight persons, square dining table for eight
- 八仙桌
- peksien haux uisiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peg'sien haux uii'siefn [[...]]
- of all virtues filial piety is chief
- 百善孝為先
- phiernsien'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phiexn'siefn'ar [[...]]
- swindler, a cheat
- 騙子
- phiauphiaw iogsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phiaw'phiaw iok'siefn [[...]]
- light, airy, comfortable, complacent
- 飄飄欲仙
- pie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pie [[...]]
- deceased mother
- 妣
- piefnsien'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: piern'siefn'ar [[...]]
- swindler, a cheat
- 騙人者
- poaqkiao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: poah'kiao [[...]]
- gamble
- 賭博
- poarnsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: poaxn'siefn [[...]]
- fortune tellers or medical quacks (who claim the ability to work wonders as immortals are supposed to be able to do)
- 半仙
- poex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: poex [[...]]
- generation, class, kind, series, rank, grade, denotes the plural
- 輩
- pog [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pog [[...]]
- divine, to foretell, to prophesy, anticipate, to divine with tortoise shells
- 卜
- pudar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: put'ar [[...]]
- idols, small idol
- 偶像,神像
- se [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: se [[...]]
- pass away, die, depart
- 逝
- svisiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svef'siefn [[...]]
- become rusty
- 生銹
- svesiefn lahkae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svef'siefn laq'kae; svef/svy'siefn laq'kae [[...]]
- be red with rust
- 生銹污穢
- sefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sefng; (siefn) [[...]]
- in advance, first
- 先
- sexng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sexng [[...]]
- holy, sacred, divine, make holy, bless, consecrate, imperial, royal, sage, saint
- 聖
- sengkhw lorng si siefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sefng'khw lorng si siefn [[...]]
- the body covered with hardened dust
- 全身都是體垢
- sengsiefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: seeng'siefn [[...]]
- become a genie, to die
- 成仙
- sviax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sviax [[...]]
- powerful and efficacious, miraculous
- 靈
- siefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siefn [[...]]
- first, previous, former, the late, deceased, before, ahead
- 先
- siefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siefn [[...]]
- genie, fairy, an immortal
- 仙
- siefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siefn; (syn) [[...]]
- body, classifier for idols dolls, statues
- 尊
- siefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siefn [[...]]
- rust, patina
- 銹
- siefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siefn [[...]]
- no matter how
- 不論怎樣
- siefn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siefn; (siern) [[...]]
- fresh, new, pure
- 鮮
- sienbeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siefn'beeng [[...]]
- sharp, distinct, bright colored
- 鮮明
- sienbiør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siefn'biør; (siefn'bør, siefn'zuu) [[...]]
- my deceased mother
- 先母,先慈
- sienzarm hiøxzaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siefn'zarm hiø'zaux [[...]]
- in old China order the execution of criminals before reporting the case to the emperor, (in modern sense) take action before reporting to one's superior
- 先斬後奏
- sienzhao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siefn'zhao [[...]]
- plant from which a cooling jelly is made
- 仙草
- siencieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siefn'cieen; (goaan'siefn, khaq'zar) [[...]]
- formerly
- 先前,原先