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chviaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chviaa ⬆︎ [[...]]

take care of, manage properly, rear and educate, help out

養育

Gyn'ar bøo laang chviaa karm e seeng laang? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Girn'ar bøo laang chviaa karm e seeng laang? ⬆︎ [[...]]
If no one cares for a child, can it possibly grow up into an adult.
孩子沒人養育能成人嗎?

iauchviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iaw'chviar ⬆︎ [[...]]

invite, invitation

邀請

Laang høfix iauchviar, bøo khix karm bøe phvaysex? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Laang hør'ix iaw'chviar, bøo khix karm be phvae'sex?; Laang hør'ix iaw'chviar, bøo khix karm bøe phvae'sex? ⬆︎ [[...]]
When someone invites with good intentions, how can it not be bad manners not to go?
別人好意邀請,不去怎麼好意思?

karm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: karm ⬆︎ [[...]]

dare, presume, to venture. Is it possible that... (an initial interrogative particle which asks a question meant to be answered in the negative, thus equal to a strong affirmation of the opposite)

豈,難道

Lie karm m zaiviar? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie karm m zay'viar? ⬆︎ [[...]]
You certainly know, don't you? Is it possible that you don't know?
難道你不知道嗎?

Lie karm bøo cvii? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie karm bøo cvii? ⬆︎ [[...]]
You mean to tell me you have no money?
難道你沒錢嗎?

Karm afnny? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Karm arn'ny? ⬆︎ [[...]]
How can it be?
真的嗎?

Lie karm bøo bøeq khix? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie karm bøo boeq khix?; Lie karm bøo bøeq khix? ⬆︎ [[...]]
You certainly are going, aren't you?
難道你不去嗎?

kan'og [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kafn'og ⬆︎ [[...]]

treacherous, malicious

奸惡

Lieen pexbør tøf kvar thaai af, karm bøo kaux kan'og? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lieen pe'bør tøf kvar thaai af, karm bøo kaux kafn'og?; Lieen pe'bør/buo tøf kvar thaai af, karm bøo kaux kafn'og? ⬆︎ [[...]]
Even the parents dare kill someone, how malicious can a person get?
連父母都敢殺了,難道不夠奸惡嗎?

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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)
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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)
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