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bai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bai [[...]] 

try, make polite inquiries

試試看,探

• zhaa khvoax bai`leq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa khvoax bai lex; zhaa khvoax bai`leq [[...]] 
  make minute inquiries
  查查看

• chix khvoax bai`leq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chix khvoax bai lex; chix khvoax bai`leq [[...]] 
  try, Try it!
  試試看

• ciah khvoax bai`leq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah khvoax bai lex; ciah khvoax bai`leq [[...]] 
  taste
  吃吃看

• zøx khvoax bai`leq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx khvoax bai lex; zøx/zøex khvoax bai`leq [[...]] 
  try to do it
  做做看

• khix khvoax bai`leq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khix khvoax bai lex; khix khvoax bai`leq [[...]] 
  go and take a look
  去看看

• phvi khvoax bai`leq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvi khvoax bai lex; phvi khvoax bai`leq [[...]] 
  smell it
  聞聞看

bak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak [[...]] 

knot in wood, knuckles, bamboo joint

節

• zha'bak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'bak [[...]] 
  knot in wood
  樹木的節

• zngfthauafbak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zngr'thaau'ar'bak [[...]] 
  the knuckles at middle of finger
  指關節

• tekbak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: teg'bak [[...]] 
  bamboo joint
  竹節

bagkiah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak'kiah; (zhaa'kiah) [[...]] 

wooden clogs or wooden shoes worn in Taiwan

木屐

bogkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bok'khix; (zhaa'liau) [[...]] 

wood vessels, furniture

木器

zaf jixtiern [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaf ji'tiern; (zhaa/zhoe/perng-jixtiern) [[...]] 

look up in a dictionary

查字典

zaixsvef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'svef [[...]] 

be among the living, be living, be in the world, not dead

在世

• Zaixsvef ciah cit liap tau, khahhør syau haux ti'thaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zai'svef ciah cit liap tau, khaq'hør sie'au haux ty'thaau.; Zai'svef/svy ciah cit liap tau, khaq'hør sie'au haux ty'thaau. [[...]] 
  It's better to take care of parents while they are alive rather than make a show of being filial at their funeral. (Lit. Better to give parents one bean when living rather than to offer them a pig's head after they die.)
  在生吃一粒豆,勝過死後孝豬頭。父母在世時好好孝敬,比在身後才大事祭拜有意義。

• Zaixsvef m haux na'aau, syau ciaq haux kvoazha'thaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zai'svef m haux naa'aau, sie'au ciaq haux kvoaf'zhaa'thaau.; Zai'svef/svy m haux naa'aau, sie'au ciaq haux kvoaf'zhaa'thaau. [[...]] 
  to pay respect to parents after they die after not taking care of them while they were living, unfilial
  父母在生不養,死後才想孝敬。

zaxmzhaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zam'zhaa [[...]] 

cut wood

砍柴

zhaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa; (zaf) [[...]] 

investigate, to check, seek out, look into

查

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

firewood, brushwood, wooden

柴

• zhaa, bie, iuu, iaam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa, bie, iuu, iaam [[...]] 
  necessities of life (Lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt)
  柴米油鹽

zha'axn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'axn [[...]] 

examine the case from a legal standpoint

查案

zha'ab'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'ap'ar [[...]] 

small wooden case or box

木盒子

zha'bak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'bak [[...]] 

knot in a log or piece of wood

木節

zha'bea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'bea [[...]] 

wooden horse used in gymnastics, hobbyhorse

木馬

zhazhaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'zhaa [[...]] 

not lively, not to gesticulate, no gestures

不靈活

zhacvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'cvy; (zhaa'cvy'ar) [[...]] 

wooden wedge

木楔(樁)

• Phaq (cvy) zhacvi'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Phaq (cvy) zhaa'cvy'ar [[...]] 
  drive in a wedge
  打木楔(樁)

zha'hii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'hii [[...]] 

kind of dried fish called bonito (a mackerel like fish usually sliced into dried strips)

鰹魚干

zha'iuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'iuu [[...]] 

diesel

柴油

zhaa iuo'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa iux'ar [[...]] 

small pieces of wood, chips, fine pieces of firewood

碎木片

zha'kangsvef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'kafng'svef; zhaa'kafng'svef/svy [[...]] 

coarse and awkward looking (as a large boned person)

高大而遲鈍

zha'kex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'kex [[...]] 

wooden framework

木架

zhaa kheg`ee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa kheg ee; zhaa kheg`ee [[...]] 

wood carving, carved of wood

木雕的

zha'khidar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'khit'ar [[...]] 

wooden stake, pile or post

木樁

• texng khidar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng khit'ar [[...]] 
  drive a stake into the ground with a hammer
  打木樁

• zhaq khidar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaq khit'ar [[...]] 
  push in a stake
  插木樁

zha'khof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'khof [[...]] 

large diameter log whether long or short

木頭

zha'kiah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'kiah; (bak'kiah) [[...]] 

wooden shoes

木屐

zha'kiøo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'kiøo [[...]] 

wooden bridge

木橋

zha'kof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'kof [[...]] 

useless and poisonous mushrooms growing on trees

木菇

zha'kvoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'kvoaf [[...]] 

pork liver

豬肝之質粗硬

zhaliau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'liau [[...]] 

timber, lumber, furniture

木料

zha'mngg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'mngg [[...]] 

wooden door

木門

zha'pee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'pee [[...]] 

a wooden rake, a termagant

木耙,悍婦

zha'phøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'phoee; zhaa'phøee [[...]] 

bark of a tree

木皮

zha'phoea'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'phoex'ar [[...]] 

chips of wood

木片

zha'pudar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'put'ar [[...]] 

wooden idol

木雕神像

zhasap'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'sab'ar [[...]] 

chips of wood

木片,木屑

zhasøef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'sef; zhaa'søef [[...]] 

coarse wooden comb

梳子

zhasiong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'siong [[...]] 

wooden image

木像

zhasviw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'sviw [[...]] 

wooden box

木箱

zhasngf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'sngf [[...]] 

wooden wedge or pin

木栓

zha'teng'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'tefng'ar [[...]] 

wooden peg

木釘

zha'tharng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'tharng [[...]] 

wooden pail

木桶

zha'thaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'thaau [[...]] 

curse or scolding meaning a stupid ignorant person, also a curse against an idol calling it a useless block of wood because it doesn't answer requests (Lit. a block of wood, or stump, or trunk of wood)

木頭

zha'thauang'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'thaau'afng'ar [[...]] 

wooden idol, wooden figure, people who have no feeling

木頭人,無感情的人

zha'thuii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'thuii [[...]] 

wooden pestle, beetle, heavy stick for beating things

木槌

zha'tiafm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'tiafm [[...]] 

wooden block for cutting things upon

木砧

zha'tøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'tøf [[...]] 

large cleaver for splitting wood, hatchet

柴刀

zha'tuy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'tuy [[...]] 

wood pile

柴堆

chiazhaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiaf'zhaa [[...]] 

transport timber

運木材

zhørzhaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhøx'zhaa [[...]] 

fell trees for fire wood

砍柴

cviuzhaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cviw'zhaa [[...]] 

camphor wood

樟木

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

take up, hold in the hand, lift up, elevate something which has the classifier "ki"

拿

• Giah zha'ar tong ka'ti ee bagciw. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Giah zhaa'ar tong kaf'ti ee bak'ciw. [[...]] 
  go looking for trouble (Lit. inflict wounds or injuries on oneself)
  跟自己過不去,自找麻煩。

• giah hoxsvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giah ho'svoax [[...]] 
  carry, hold and umbrella
  拿雨傘

• giah koayar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giah koae'ar [[...]] 
  hold or carry a stick or cane
  拿拐杖

hviazhaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hviaa'zhaa [[...]] 

burn fire wood

燒木柴

hviuzhaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hviw'zhaa [[...]] 

wood incense, sandal wood

檀木,香柴

hvoaizhaa giaa jip zaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hvoaai'zhaa giaa jip zaux [[...]] 

argue irrationally, do things the way they won't work (to put sticks of wood into the stove sideways, contrary to the way they fit)

強詞奪理

hoan'afhøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoafn'ar'hoea; hoafn'ar'høea; (hoea'zhaa) [[...]] 

matches

火柴

høefzhaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoea'zhaa; høea'zhaa [[...]] 

matches, fire wood

火柴

hwnkvoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hurn'kvoaf [[...]] 

soft part of the pig's liver

豬肝之肉質幼細者

• zha'kvoaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'kvoaf [[...]] 
  hard part of the pig's liver
  豬肝之肉質較硬者

khiøhzhaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khiøq'zhaa [[...]] 

collect firewood

撿柴

khit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khit; (khit'ar) [[...]] 

stake, post, piles

樁,札

• texng khidar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng khit'ar [[...]] 
  put up a post, to drive in a piles, stake (poles) into the ground
  打木樁

• zha'khidar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'khit'ar [[...]] 
  wooden peg (stake)
  木樁

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

dollar, the measure for bars, wooden logs. When "chit kho" is used in place of "chit ki" it gives the impression of "big"

塊(錢), 根

• cidkhof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit'khof; (cit'khof'giin) [[...]] 
  Lit. one piece of silver — one dollar
  一塊錢

• Hid khof ka goar phaq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid khof ka goar phaq. [[...]] 
  That guy hit me.
  那傢伙打我。

• khoid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khof'id; khof'id; (khof'ji, khof'svaf) [[...]] 
  one dollar and ten cents (twenty cents, thirty cents)
  一塊一(一塊二,一塊三)

• kuie khof? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kuie khof? [[...]] 
  How many dollars?
  幾塊錢?

• khof kuie? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khof kuie? [[...]] 
  One dollar and how many cents?
  一塊幾?

• zha'khof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'khof [[...]] 
  bog of firewood
  木頭

kof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kof [[...]] 

mushrooms, fungus, mould

菰,菇

• zha'kof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'kof [[...]] 
  poisonous mushrooms growing on trees, toadstools
  柴菇,菰

• zhawkof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhao'kof [[...]] 
  cultivated edible mushrooms
  草菰

• hviukof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hviw'kof [[...]] 
  edible mushrooms (esp. dried)
  香菇

• svekof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svef'kof; (hoad'kof) [[...]] 
  go moldy, get musty
  發霉

kvoazhaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kvoaf'zhaa; (koafn'bok) [[...]] 

coffin

棺木

kvoaiqkvoaih-kiøx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kvoaih'kvoaih'kiøx; kvoaih'kvoaih-kiøx [[...]] 

squeaky sound, sound of a goose when quacking, sound of a squeaky chair, sound when eating certain foods

吱吱叫

• Thaang teq gex zhaa gex kaq kvoaiqkvoaiqkiøx. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thaang teq gex zhaa gex kaq kvoaih'kvoaih'kiøx. [[...]] 
  The termites are biting wood and making a squeaky sound.
  蟲在啃木頭,啃得吱吱叫。

koanbok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koafn'bok; (kvoaf'zhaa) [[...]] 

coffin

棺木(棺材)

lam'afzhaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laam'ar'zhaa [[...]] 

a type of hard lumber

楠木

liauzhaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liaau'zhaa [[...]] 

saw up timber longitudinally

鋸木料,裁木材

pafntiaxm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: parn'tiaxm; (kvoaf'zhaa'tiaxm) [[...]] 

coffin shop

棺木店

phvarzhaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvax'zhaa [[...]] 

soft or porous wood

脆木

phoax zhaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoax'zhaa [[...]] 

split firewood

劈柴

pid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pid [[...]] 

crevice, rift, crack, fissure

裂,破

• pit'huun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pid'huun [[...]] 
  crack or split in a cup or plank
  裂痕(紋)

• Kvoathvisii chiuo e pid. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kvoaa'thvy'sii chiuo e pid. [[...]] 
  In cold weather one's hands will crack (chap)
  冬天手會裂。

• Zhaa na phagjit phak sviw kuo e pid (khix). [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zhaa na phak'jit phak sviw kuo e pid (khix).; Zhaa na phak'jit phak sviw kuo øe pid (khix). [[...]] 
  Wood will crack if left too long in the sun.
  木材要是晒太久會裂開。

• Cid tex tepoef u pid (pit'huun), mxkuo be lau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid tex tee'poef u pid (pid'huun), m'kuo be lau.; Cid'tex tee'poef u pid (pid'huun), m'kuo bøe lau. [[...]] 
  This teacup is cracked, but it doesn't leak.
  這個茶杯有裂痕,可是不會漏。

• Tøe-tang liawau piaq u cyn ze pit'huun. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Te-tang liao'au piaq u cyn ze pid'huun.; Tøe-tang liao'au piaq u cyn ze pid'huun. [[...]] 
  After an earthquake, there are many cracks in the walls.
  地震後牆有很多裂痕。

• Na texng sviw toa ky ee thihtefng, zhaa e pid khuy. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Na texng sviw toa ky ee thiq'tefng, zhaa e pid khuy. [[...]] 
  If you use too thick a nail, the wood will split.
  要是釘太大的釘子,木頭會裂開。

sab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sab [[...]] 

scraps, crumbs, chips

屑

• zhasap'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'sab'ar [[...]] 
  wood chips
  木屑

• mixpausap'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mi'paw'sab'ar [[...]] 
  bread crumbs
  麵包屑

• pviafsap'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pviar'sab'ar [[...]] 
  scraps of cake
  餅屑

søef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sef; søef; (soef) [[...]] 

comb, coarse comb

梳

• zhasøef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'sef; zhaa'søef [[...]] 
  wooden coarse comb
  木梳子

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

like, likeness, picture, image

像

• zhasiong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'siong [[...]] 
  wooden image
  木像

• hiexnsiong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hien'siong [[...]] 
  phenomenon
  現象

• gvofsiong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gvor'siong [[...]] 
  image, idol
  偶像

• tangsiong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: taang'siong [[...]] 
  bronze statue
  銅像

• uisiong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: uii'siong [[...]] 
  portrait of the deceased
  遺像

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

box, chest, trunk, case, casket

箱

• zhasviw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'sviw [[...]] 
  wooden box (case)
  木箱

• chiasviw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiaf'sviw [[...]] 
  body of a cart, compartment, car body
  車箱

• zuysviw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuie'sviw [[...]] 
  automobile radiator
  水箱

• phøesviw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoee'sviw; phøee'sviw [[...]] 
  trunk, suitcase
  皮箱

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

linchpin, small pin for holding anything in its place, small bolt or pin for door or window, put into a crack a small pin or wedge in order to make something firm

轄,栓,楔

• zhasngf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'sngf [[...]] 
  wooden wedge or pin
  木栓,木楔

• iøqsngf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iøh'sngf [[...]] 
  suppository
  坐藥,酸劑

• thihsngf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thiq'sngf [[...]] 
  small iron pin or wedge for keeping something in its place
  鐵栓

• sngf løqkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sngf løh'khix [[...]] 
  screw down, to drive in a wedge or pin
  栓下去,栓緊

sokzhaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sog'zhaa [[...]] 

sandalwood, wood incense

香木片,淨香

tee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tee; (zhaa) [[...]] 

tea, the tea plant, the Camellia

茶

• angtee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aang'tee [[...]] 
  black tea
  紅茶

• ciah tee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah'tee [[...]] 
  drink tea
  喝茶

• kviubøftee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kviw'bør'tee; kviw'bør/buo'tee [[...]] 
  tea ginger root
  薑茶

• legtee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lek'tee [[...]] 
  green tea
  綠茶

• olioong-tee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: of'lioong'tee; of'lioong-tee [[...]] 
  oolong (a variety of semi-fermented brown or amber tea)
  烏龍茶

• phaotee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaux'tee [[...]] 
  brew tea
  泡茶

• thintee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thiin'tee [[...]] 
  pour tea
  倒茶

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

nail, spike

釘

• zha'tefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'tefng [[...]] 
  wooden peg
  木釘

• gafntiongtefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: garn'tiofng'tefng [[...]] 
  nail in the eye — objectionable person or thing
  眼中釘

• kngrtefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kngx'tefng [[...]] 
  steel nail
  鋼釘

• losy-tefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: loo'sy'tefng; loo'sy-tefng [[...]] 
  screw nail, bolt
  螺絲釘

• tektefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: teg'tefng [[...]] 
  bamboo pin used as a nail
  竹釘

• texng teng'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: texng tefng'ar [[...]] 
  to hammer in a nail
  釘釘子

texngzhaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: teng'zhaa [[...]] 

firm wood material

硬的木料

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

pillar, column, to support

柱

• zha'thiau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'thiau [[...]] 
  wooden pillar
  木柱

• zhuothiau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhux'thiau [[...]] 
  pillar of a house
  房子的柱子

• ciøqthiau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciøh'thiau [[...]] 
  stone pillar
  石柱

• lengthiau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: leeng'thiau [[...]] 
  pillars having dragons carved on them
  龍柱

• mngthiau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mngg'thiau [[...]] 
  door jamb
  門柱

tøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tøf [[...]] 

knife, blade, sword, large quantity of paper, somewhat like a ream

刀

• zha'tøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaa'tøf [[...]] 
  large cleaver for splitting wood
  劈柴刀

• zhaetøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaix'tøf [[...]] 
  kitchen chopper
  菜刀

• giaqtøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giah'tøf [[...]] 
  take or carry in the hand a sword or knife
  拿刀

• ka'tøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaf'tøf [[...]] 
  scissors
  剪刀

• thiethaau-tøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thix'thaau'tøf; thix'thaau-tøf [[...]] 
  razor
  剃刀

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