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🗣 Giam'oong 🗣 (u: Giaam'oong ⬆︎ ) 閻王 [wt][mo][[MK]] Giâm-ông [#]
1. () (CE) (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell; (fig.) cruel and tyrannical person || 閻王
🗣 onglaai 🗣 (u: oong'laai ⬆︎ ) 王梨 [wt][mo][[MK]] ông-lâi [#]
1. (N) pineapple. Originally from South America. Taiwan began cultivating them during the latter part of the Khonghy era (ca. 1700). Produced in all four seasons, but peak production occurs in April through August. In accordance with folk customs, when the company opens market, or candidate runs for office, everybody always brings pineapple out to wish for luck, because besides for eating, it also has the auspicious implication of bringing luck: oxnglaai (旺來) || 鳳梨。瓜果類。原產南美洲，臺灣於清代康熙末年開始栽培。鳳梨一年四季都有生產，但生產旺季在四至八月。依照民間習俗，在商家開市拜拜或候選人競選時，大家總是拿鳳梨來祈福，因為它除了食用外，還存有閩南語「旺來」的吉祥含意。
🗣 ongzuo 🗣 (u: oong'zuo ⬆︎ ) 王子 [wt][mo][[MK]] ông-tsú [#]
1. () (CE) prince; son of a king || 王子
🗣 oong 🗣 (u: oong ⬆︎ ) 王 [wt][mo][[MK]] ông [#]
1. (N) king; monarch; a ruler || 一個國家最高統治的人。
🗣le: (u: kog'oong) 🗣 (國王) (國王)
2. (N) best or strongest of its type || 在同類之中最強、最好的。
🗣le: (u: girn'ar'oong) 🗣 (囡仔王) (孩子王)
🗣le: (u: phafng'oong) 🗣 (蜂王) (蜂王)
🗣le: (u: oong'paai) 🗣 (王牌) (王牌)
近義：
  1. thaau, 頭
3. (N) family name; surname || 姓氏。
🗣le: (u: Oong Ciaw'kwn) 🗣 (王昭君) (王昭君)
4. (N) commander-in-chief, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess || 象棋中的將帥。
🗣le: (u: oong'kiexn'oong) 🗣 (王見王) (死棋)
🗣 Oong`køf-Liuo`køf 🗣 (u: Oong`køf-Liuo`køf ⬆︎ ) 王哥柳哥 [wt][mo][[MK]] Ông--ko-Liú--ko [#]
1. (N) the common run of men; the average Joe || 泛指張三李四。
2. (N) (idiom) dubious; shady; neither one thing nor the other; neither fish nor fowl; nondescript || 指不三不四的人。
🗣le: (u: Kaw peeng'iuo aix sex'ji, m'thafng khix kaw'tiøh Oong`køf-Liuo`køf.) 🗣 (交朋友愛細膩，毋通去交著王哥柳哥。) (交朋友要小心，不要交到不三不四的人。)
🗣 🗣 (u: oong-kiexn-oong ⬆︎ ) 王見王 [wt][mo][[MK]] ông-kiàn-ông [#]
1. (Exp) dead piece (in Chinese chess). at the point where the king can see the other king, it can fly directly over to attack and win. thus this name for 死棋 (dead piece; hopeless case; stupid move), also known as 死期 (sykii, time of death) || 死棋。象棋規則中王不見王，一旦王見王，便可直接飛過去吃掉對方的王，因此稱「王見王」為「死棋」，有時亦引申為「死期」。

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