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angkwn 紅軍 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aang'kwn ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.5]
N/fig : top man in an organization (col)
紅將
bengjiin 名人 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: beeng'jiin ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.11]
N ê, ūi : famous man, one who would be listed in "Who's Who"
名人
bofkviar 某囝 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bor'kviar ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.15]
N : wife and children, a man's family dependents
妻兒
u: boo'zaai hai'beng ⬆︎ 謀財害命 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.15]
Sph : plan to kill for money (the most heinous crime against a fellow-man in Chinese opinion)
謀財害命
bwban 侮慢 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buo'ban ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.17]
V : insult (man), blaspheme (God)
侮辱
bwjiin 武人 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buo'jiin ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.18]
N ê : military man
武人
bunbuo 文武 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buun'buo ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.18]
Nmod/R : both scholar and soldier, (man) of many parts
文武
zaizuo 財主 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaai'zuo ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.20]
N ê : wealthy man
財主
zabzhef 雜差 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zap'zhef ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.21]
N ê : general servant, handy-man
打雜
zawsiux 走獸 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zao'siux ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.22]
N : animals (in contrast with, man, birds, fish)
走獸
cithea 肢體 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cy'thea ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.26]
N : assistant, "right-hand man"
肢體
cviarchiuo 正手 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cviax'chiuo ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.27]
N/fig ê : assistant, right-hand man
幫手
ciaqlaang-kaw 食人鮫 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah'laang'kaw ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.28]
N/Ich bé : white shark, man-eater, Carcharodon carcharias
吃人鮫
ciernsu 戰士 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciexn'su ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.29]
N ê : military man, soldier
戰士
u: cin'zai ⬆︎ 盡在 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.31]
V : wholly depend on <[lang5 e5 seng5-kong chin7-chai7 Siong7-te3 e5 i3-su3]: man's success in wholly dependent on God's will>
全賴
zørlaang 做人 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: *zøx'laang ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.36]
VO l : play the part of a man, play the part of a member of society
做人
zøealaang 做人 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoex'laang ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.39]
VO : play the part of a man, play the part of a member of society
做人
zoex'axn 罪案 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoe'axn ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.39]
N : a court case which would leave a man with a criminal record
罪案
zoklong 作弄 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zog'long ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.40]
V : fool, play tricks on (subj, man)
作弄
zorngtoa 壯大 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoxng'toa ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.40]
SV : lusty, strong (man)
壯大
zuykuie 水鬼 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuie'kuie ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.44]
N ê : frog-man
蛙人
zunkexng 尊敬 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zwn'kexng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.45]
V/N : honor, respect (obj-man not God)
尊敬
zhaigii 猜疑 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhay'gii ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.46]
V : suspect a man or a matter, have suspicions
猜疑
u: zhat'boee ⬆︎ 賊囮 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.48]
N ê : thief's look-out man
把風的人
u: zhexng ⬆︎ 衝 [wt] [cv] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.51]
SV : top (man), top (dog) (very colloquial)
出風頭
chikøf 痴哥 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chy'køf ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.52]
N ê : man who acts rudely in the presence of women (cf chhio-ko)
輕浮
chiøkøf 𪁎哥 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiøf'køf ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.56]
N ê : a man who is sexually stimulated and becomes rude in the presence of women (cf chhi-ko)
色迷
chitthøo-laang 𨑨迌人 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chid'thøo'laang ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.58]
N ê : playboy, man of pleasure
遊盪人
chviw/chviuhii 鯧魚 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chviw(-hii) ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.59]
: any of several man-of-war fishes, family Nemeidae
鯧
u: zhoaq (zhuix-)chiw ⬆︎ 掣嘴鬚 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.60]
VO : insult an old man by criticizing him
刮鬍子
goanzeg 原則 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goaan'zeg ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.72]
N : principle, general rule (man-made and arbitrary, cf goan5-li2)
原則
u: heg'phiexn ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.81]
V : cheat a man by playing upon superstitious fear
恐嚇欺騙
u: heeng'tiong ⬆︎ 刑杖 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.82]
N ê : the man who had the office of beating criminals and persons under examination (obs)
刑杖
u: hieen'jiin ⬆︎ 賢人 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.84]
N ê : wise man
賢人
hioong 雄 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hioong ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.86]
SV : fierce-looking, large and coarse-looking (man)
兇
hvorseg 好色 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hvox'seg ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.90]
SV : promiscuous, lascivious (of a man having an unusually strong desire for women, cf houN3-lam5-sek)
好色
u: hofng'huun jiin'but ⬆︎ 風雲人物 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.98]
N ê : man of the hour, man of the week, central figure in the news (at any given time)
風雲人物
huo'ofng 富翁 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hux'ofng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.100]
N ê : rich man
富翁
huun 魂 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: huun ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.103]
N : soul, spirit (possessed by all animal life, but of a lower order than leng5, which is possessed only by man and God, cf leng5, the2)
魂
isy 移屍 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ii'sy ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.105]
V : move a corpse (to another man's house, so as to involve him in responsibility)
移屍
u: vii'kaf'lak'kø ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.106]
SV : round and smooth, difficult to get hold of, (a man) alone in the world
圓溜溜的
iaxmhog 艷福 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iam'hog ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.107]
N : (a man who has) good fortune in love
艶福
u: iefn'ar'soaf'ku ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.107]
N bé : white shark, man-eater, Carcharodon carcharias
食人鮫
ienhun 緣份 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ieen'hun ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.108]
N : affinity, relationship between a man and a woman (attraction between persons of opposite sex)
緣分
ientaau 緣投 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ieen'taau ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.108]
AD : handsome (young man)
英俊
iofngsu 勇士 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iorng'su ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.111]
N ê : strong man, brave warrior
勇士
jiawgee 爪牙 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiao'gee ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.116]
N ê : agent (who does the dirty work), informer, hatchet man, minion
爪牙
jiin 人 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.117]
N/R : man, person
人
jinzø 人造 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'zø ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.117]
Nmod : man-made, artificial
人造
Jinzuo 人子 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Jiin'zuo ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.117]
N/Bib : The Son of Man
人子
jinlui 人類 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'lui ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.117]
N : man (kind), homo sapiens
人類
jinphirn 人品 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'phirn ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.117]
N : behavior, conduct, manner (by which a man is judged by his peers)
人品
jiogkoafn 弱冠 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiok'koafn ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.118]
N : young man who has reached physical maturity but is not yet experienced and wise (about 20 years of age)
弱冠
u: kae'thaau voa'bin ⬆︎ 改頭換面 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.122]
Sph : put on the "new man", change one's character
改頭換面
u: kex`laang ⬆︎ 嫁人 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.128]
VO : be married to a man
嫁人
kviløo 更鑼 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kvy'løo ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.132]
N : gong beaten by watch-man (obs)
打更用鑼
kø'afpviar 糕仔餅 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: køf'ar'pviar ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.140]
N : cakes or biscuits (presented by the man's family to the woman's on the occasion of their engagement)
訂婚禮餅
koaekiet 怪傑 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koaix'kiet ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.143]
N ê : able but dangerous man
怪傑
kunzuo 君子 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kwn'zuo ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.150]
N ê : a true gentlemen, a man of noble character
君子
u: kwn'lam'ciao ⬆︎ 軍艦鳥 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.150]
N chiah : frigate bird, man-o-war, in Taiwan represented by Fregata minor minor and Fregata ariel ariel
軍艦鳥
lamzuo 男子 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laam'zuo ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.164]
n ê : man, male person
男子
u: laam'kaix ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.164]
n : menfolk, man's world
男人的天下
lamluo 男女 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laam'luo ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.164]
n : male and female, man and woman
男女
laang 人 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laang ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.165]
pn : one (used impersonally like French on, German man, English they, even when speaking of oneself <lang5 chin sian7:I am very weary>,<lang5 kong2:they say>), others
人
lawparn 老板 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lao'parn ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.165]
n ê : boss, head man
老闆
lauxun 老運 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lau'un ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.166]
n : last part of an old man's life
老運
leeng 靈 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: leeng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.167]
n : spirit (possessed by both God and man, but not by animals, cf hun5, the2)
靈
u: lie'seg ⬆︎ 女色 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.168]
n : feminine beauty (as attractive to a man)
女性美
u: liaang'lok'kuie ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.170]
N : a man fond of amusing himself, a playboy
紈褲子弟
løhaxn 羅漢 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: løo'haxn ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.173]
N : 1: saint or perfect man (Hīnayāna)
羅漢
loantoong 孌童 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: loaan'toong ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.174]
N ê : catamite, effeminate man or boy who takes the place of the female in homesexual relationships
孌童
lwseg 女色 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: luo'seg ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.176]
N : feminine beauty (as attractive to a man)
女色
lwsexng 女性 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: luo'sexng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.176]
N : 1: woman (as distinct from man)
女性
moxbeeng 冒名 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mo beeng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.180]
VO : assume a man's name falsely
冒名
o'af-kiøx-pay'Sui [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: of'af'kiøx'pae'Sui ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.188]
idiom : "the crow called lame Sui to his ruin." Agood man has gone wrong.
倒霉
ohaxn 烏漢 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: of'haxn ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.188]
N ê : swarthy big man
黑漢
olaang 烏人 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: of'laang ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.189]
N ê : black man, negro
黑人
opeqjie 烏白子 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: of'peh'jie ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.189]
N lia̍p : marked disc used in playing Chinese chess, chess-man
圍棋子
parngzerng 放種 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: paxng'zerng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.196]
V : breed indiscriminately (of a dissolute man)
放種
u: paw'løo ban'siong ⬆︎ 包羅萬象 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.197]
Sph : all-embracing (said of a man with wide learning)
包羅萬象
piautix 標緻 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: piaw'tix ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.204]
SV : good-looking, handsome (man)
標緻
pirnhu 姘婦 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pixn'hu ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.204]
N ê : married man's lover or paramour
情婦
phaopefng 炮兵 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaux'pefng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.213]
N ê : artillery man, gunner
炮兵
samzaai 三才 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'zaai ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.220]
N : the three powers, heaven, earth and man
天地人
u: sef bie'løq ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.222]
N niá, su : man's (western-style) suit
西裝
seakafn 世間 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sex'kafn ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.222]
N : the world of man (mankind)
世界
søehlaang 雪人 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: seq'laang ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.223]
N : snow-man
雪人
u: seeng'jiin cy bie ⬆︎ 成人之美 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.225]
Sph : assist a man in achieving his good objects
成人之美
siepafng 四方 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: six'pafng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.226]
SV : well proportioned (man's body)
勻稱
si'un 時運 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sii'un ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.227]
N : man's fate
時運
siaxtviuo 社長 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sia'tviuo ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.228]
: village head man (arch)
社長
sienkag 先覺 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siefn'kag ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.229]
N ê : man of foresight and vision
先覺
sirntiong 信重 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sixn'tiong ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.233]
V : place great confidence in a man
信任
u: siin'jiin ⬆︎ 神人 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.233]
N : god and man
神人
u: siin'jiin ⬆︎ 神人 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.233]
N : man of God
神人
u: siør'zng ⬆︎ 小臟 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.234]
N : small intestine (man, animals)
小腸
sidgiabkaf 實業家 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sit'giap'kaf ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.238]
N ê : business man, industrialist
實業家
soseg 搜索 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sof'seg ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.241]
V : search for (hidden man or property)
搜索
suozux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sux'zux ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.247]
N su : dress suit (man's or woman's)
一套衣服
suilaang 隨人 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: suii'laang ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.248]
Pmod : independently, every man for himself
各管個的
u: sud'au'phaux ⬆︎ 摔後炮 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.249]
V : act behind a man's back, do sthg secretly or underhandedly
偷襲
tvaf 擔 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvaf ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.250]
V/(pVmod oe7/boe7-khi2) : 1: carry on a shoulder pole (one man, two loads balanced)
擔
tvax 擔 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tvax ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.250]
M, N 1 : load (carried by one man using a pole), burden
擔
tai-tioxnghw 大丈夫 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tai'tiong'hw ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.253]
N : big or brave man <cho3/choe3 tai7-tiong7-hu: act in a manly fashion>
大丈夫
u: tafm ⬆︎ 擔 [wt] [cv] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.253]
V : 1: carry on a shoulder pole (one man, two loads balanced)
擔
tikøf 豬哥 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ty'køf ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.260]
N ê : lecherous man
公豬(種豬)
u: ty'kofng ⬆︎ 豬公 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.260]
N ê : lecherous man
公豬
tiaosofng 弔喪 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tiaux'sofng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.263]
VO : make offerings to a dead man's spirit
弔喪
tviuxlaang 丈人 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tviu'laang ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.266]
N ê : man's father-in-law
岳父
tviux'mr 丈姆 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tviu'mr ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.266]
N ê : man's mother-in -law
岳母
tngf`laang 當人 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tngf'laang ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.267]
VO : lay a trap for a man
以陷阱害人
toaxzhux 大厝 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toa'zhux ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.270]
N khū : rich man's coffin
富家之棺木
u: toa'thaau'buo'laang ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.272]
N ê : influential man, V.I.P.
大人物
tonghiofng 同鄉 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toong'hiofng ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.274]
N : fellow country-man (from the same locality)
同鄉
u: toong'toong laam'zuo'haxn ⬆︎ [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#]  [p.275]
Sph : Be a man (act like a man, not like a woman)
男子漢
thaekhongjiin 太空人 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaix'khofng'jiin ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.278]
N ê : Astronaut, space-man
太空人
thaithaau 刣頭 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaai'thaau ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.278]
VO : behead a man
殺頭
thaulaang 頭人 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaau'laang ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.280]
N ê : chief, head man
領袖
thihjiin 鐵人 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thiq'jiin ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.284]
N ê : strong man
鐵人
thihlaang 鐵人 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thiq'laang ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.284]
N ê : strong man (physically)
鐵人
thin 伨 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thin ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.285]
V : match (a girl to a man, in betrothal, or two articles)
勻
thitthøo-laang 𨑨迌人 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thid'thøo'laang ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.285]
N ê : playboy, man of pleasure
遊蕩人
thøfhii-laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thør'hii'laang ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.286]
N ê : fisher-man
漁夫
thør-khehhviaf 討客兄 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thør kheq'hviaf ⬆︎ [[...]][i#]  [p.286]
VO : look for a man, seek a paramour
找情夫

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