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aq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

duck, drake

鴨子

• Chitgøeh-pvoax ah'ar mxzay sie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chid'goeh'pvoax'aq'ar m'zay sie.; Chid'gøeh-pvoax aq'ar m'zay sie.; (Chid'goeh'pvoax aq'ar m zay sie'oah.) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  unaware of impending calamity (Refers to a duck in the middle of the seventh month, when ducks are usually offered to the spirits of the dead, yet do not know enough to fear death. — Similar to a turkey just before Thanksgiving), used to scold someone who is without fear in spite of impending calamity (Lit. On fifteenth of the seventh lunar month, the duck does not know it is soon be slaughtered to be eaten during the feast.)
  危在旦夕，還不知。

• ah'afzhuix borng løf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'ar'zhuix borng løf ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  make an attempt or ask a favor with very small hope of success but may just as well make the attempt (like a duck's bill dabbling about in the air while eating)
  姑妄要求

• ah'ar thviaf luii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'ar thviaf luii ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  hear what someone says but cannot understand (like a duck hearing thunder not knowing what all the noise is about)
  鴨子聽打雷，聽不懂

• ahbør-tøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aq'bør'tee; aq'bør/buo-tøee ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  flat footed clumsily gaited person (Lit. sole of a duck's foot), a man whose foot is very broad and flat at the instep instead of having the usual concave)
  平板腳

anlok-sie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: afn'lok'sie; afn'lok-sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

euthanasia

安樂死

angkøchiahchi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aang'køf'chiaq'chi ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

ruddy good health

紅光滿面

• Tefng'e pvi kaq bøeq sie, citmar iuxkøq angkøchiahchih`aq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Terng'e pve kaq boeq sie, cirm'ar iu'køq aang'køf'chiaq'chi af.; Terng'e pvi kaq bøeq sie, cid'mar iu'køq aang'køf'chiaq'chih`aq. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  Formerly he was sick unto death, now he is again in ruddy good health.
  前陣子病得要死，現在又紅光滿面了。

baxnbiin suoboat: syboong, symphvoax, Thientoong, texgak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'biin sux'boat: sie'boong, sirm'phvoax, Thiefn'toong, te'gak; ban'biin sux'boat: sie'boong, sirm'phvoax, Thiefn'toong, tøe'gak ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

four last things, death, judgment, heaven, hell (Catholic)

萬民四末(死亡,審判,天堂,地獄)

baxnheng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'heng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

very lucky (Lit. myriad felicities)

萬幸

• Twtiøh chia'hø bøo sie, sidzai cyn baxnheng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tuo'tiøh chiaf'hø bøo sie, sit'zai cyn ban'heng. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  If have a auto accident and don't get killed, it is very lucky.
  遇到車禍沒死,實在很萬幸。

baxnsie itsefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'sie id'sefng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

very slim chance of keeping oneself alive, very risky, very lucky to escape death

萬死一生

bøexsie bøexbiet ee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'sie be'biet ee; bøe'sie bøe'biet ee ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

immortal

不死不滅的

bi ty lok sie suii chiuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bi ty lok sie suii chiuo ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

unable to predict who will be the winner

未知鹿死誰手

bin peqsysad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bin peh'sie'sad ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

pallor, pale

臉色蒼白

bøzhae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo zhae ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

regrettable, unfortunate, unlucky, too bad, wasteful, unworthy

可惜

• Hid ee laang sykhix, cyn bøo zhae. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid ee laang sie'khix, cyn bøo zhae. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  It was unfortunate that that person died.
  那個人死了,很可惜。

• Hid zhud tiexnviar khvoax bøo tiøh, cyn bøo zhae. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid zhud tien'viar khvoax bøo tiøh, cyn bøo zhae. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  It was unfortunate that I was unable to see that movie.
  那部電影沒看到,很可惜。

• Hid niar svaf theh khix chid thihbea, cyn bøo zhae. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid niar svaf theh khix chid thiq'bea, cyn bøo zhae. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  Too bad you took that shirt to wipe off the bicycle.
  那件衣服拿去擦自行車,很可惜。

bøzhae-kafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'zhae'kafng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

waste of effort, in vain, wasted effort

徒勞,沒用

• Ykefng sie khix ax, khaq zuosia ia bøzhaykafng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ie'kefng sie khix ax, khaq zux'sia ia bøo'zhae'kafng. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  He is already dead, any more injections are a wasted effort.
  已經死了,再打針也沒用。

• Bøzhaykafng, maix siulie, bea sin'ee khaq hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo'zhae'kafng, maix siw'lie, bea syn'ee khaq hør. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  It is waste of time, better to buy a new one.
  浪費時間,不要修了,買新的比較好。

bøo goanzoe sythay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo goaan'zoe sie'thay ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

Immaculate Conception of Mary, conceived without sin (catholic term)

無原罪始胎

bøo laang koarn, bøo laang liuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo laang koarn, bøo laang liuu ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

no one takes care

無人管,自由

• Pexbør cide sie, soaq piernzøx bøo laang koarn bøo laang liuu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pe'bør cit'e sie, soaq piexn'zøx bøo laang koarn bøo laang liuu.; Pe'bør/buo cit'e sie, soaq piexn'zøx bøo laang koarn bøo laang liuu. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  After the parents pass away, no one takes care of things.
  父母一死,竟無人管。

bøo simcviaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo sym'cviaa ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

be reluctant to do, absent minded

沒有心情

• Y cit ee kviar sie khix, sofie bøo simcviaa thafng zøx taixcix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y cit ee kviar sie khix, sor'ie bøo sym'cviaa thafng zøx tai'cix. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  A child of his died so he doesn't have the heart to work.
  他一個孩子死了,所以沒有心情做事。

• Khvoax tiexnviar khvoax kaq bøo simcviaa thafng thagzheq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Khvoax tien'viar khvoax kaq bøo sym'cviaa thafng thak'zheq. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  watch movies until there is no heart to study
  看電影看得無心情讀書。

bøtvia-bønii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'tvia'bøo'nii; bøo'tvia-bøo'nii ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

suddenly without reason

無緣無故,忽然

• Za'hngf tøf iao høfhør, kin'afjit bøtvia-bønii soaq sykhix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zaf'hngf tøf iao hør'hør, kyn'ar'jit bøo'tvia'bøo'nii soaq sie'khix.; Zaf'hngf tøf iao hør'hør, kyn'ar'jit bøo'tvia-bøo'nii soaq sie'khix. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  Yesterday he was okay, today he suddenly died.
  昨天還好好的,今天無緣無故忽然死了。

bøeq sie`aq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boeq sie ax; bøeq sie`aq ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

at the point of death

快死了

bøehsie-bøeh'oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boeq'sie'boeq'oah; bøeq'sie-bøeq'oah ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

importune desperately, so sick a person doesn't know whether he will live or die

要死不活的

boong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: boong ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

die, perish, go away, absent or escaped

亡

• biedboong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: biet'boong ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  be destroyed, perish, destruction
  滅亡

• huxbiør songboong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hu'biør sofng'boong ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  both parents are dead
  父母喪亡

• liuboong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liuu'boong ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  be exiled, wander in a strange land, fugitive
  流亡

• liuboong-zernghuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liuu'boong zexng'huo; liuu'boong-zexng'huo ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  government in exile
  流亡政府

• syboong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sie'boong ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  death, die, perished
  死亡

• tixnboong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tin'boong ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  die in battle
  陣亡

busie buciofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buu'sie buu'ciofng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

without beginning without end, eternal

無始無終

zafsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zar'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

early death, die young

早死

zarsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zax'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

kill by bombing, be killed in bombing or explosion

炸死

zarsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zax'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

fake death, pretend to be dead

詐死

zafsie zafhør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zar'sie zar'hør ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

the sooner dead the better (a curse)

早死早好

zaixcid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'cid ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

in office, during one's tenure of office

在職

• zaixcittiofng sie khix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'cid'tiofng sie khix ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  die in office
  在職中去世

• zaixcid zabnii lorng mxbad hiøhkhuxn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zai'cid zap'nii lorng m'bad hiøq'khuxn. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  He has never asked for leave during ten years of service.
  在職十年從未請過假。

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

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. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  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. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  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。

zaisie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zay'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

recognizing the gravity of the situation

自知不妙

zarmsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaxm'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

trample to death

踩死

Zøe kviar gøxsie pe, zøe simpu gøxsie ta'kef. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ze kviar gø'sie pe, ze sym'pu gø'sie taf'kef.; Zøe kviar gø'sie pe, zøe sym'pu gø'sie taf'kef. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

too many workers, nothing gets done (Lit. When there are many children the father starves to death, when there are many daughters in law the mother in law starves to death.)

兒子多餓死父親，媳婦多餓死婆婆。

zveasie zveaoah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zvex'sie zvex'oah; zvex/cvix'sie zvex/cvix'oah ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

dispute most doggedly or determinedly, denying what is asserted

強辯

zengboxngkhoxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zefng'bong'khoxng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

elbow one's way, barge about

亂闖,橫衝直撞

• sykao zengboxngkhoxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sie'kao zefng'bong'khoxng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  elbow one's way, barge about
  亂闖

zhar sie laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhar sie laang ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

make someone angry, annoy, bother, disturb, also used as a light swear word with the meaning, "You are driving me nuts." (Lit. You are so disturbing it's killing me.)

吵死人

zhafmsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zharm'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

meet a violent or tragic death

慘死

zhaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaan ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

fierce and cruel, savage

凶殘

• Hid ee laang cyn zhaan, iong tøar tuqsie cit ee laang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid ee laang cyn zhaan, iong tøf'ar tuh'sie cit ee laang. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  That man is very fierce, he used a knife to stab someone.
  那個人很凶殘,用刀子殺死了一個人。

chiørsylaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiøx'sie'laang ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

make one laugh to death, extremely ridiculous

笑死人

Chitgøeh-pvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chid'goeh-pvoax; Chid'gøeh-pvoax; (Tiofng'goaan) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

fifteenth of the seventh lunar month, special day for worship of ancestral tablets

七月十五,中元

• chitgøeh-pvoax ah'ar mxzaisie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chid'goeh-pvoax aq'ar m'zay'sie; chid'gøeh-pvoax aq'ar m'zay'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  said of a person acting foolishly or wickedly in spite of impending calamity (Lit. On fifteenth of the seventh lunar month, the duck does not know it is soon be slaughtered to be eaten during the feast.)
  七月半的鴨子不知死，死到臨頭不知憂。

chviw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chviw ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

rifle, gun, a spear, a lance

槍

• eng chviw tuqsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng chviw tuh'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  stab to death
  用槍刺死

zhørchiuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhøx'chiuo ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

make a slip, injure a person accidentally

錯手,失手

• zhørchiuo phahsie laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhøx'chiuo phaq'sie laang ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  kill a person unintentionally
  失手打死人

zhøe sylo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhoe sie'lo; zhøe sie'lo ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

act so as to bring death and ruin on one's self

找死

zhorngsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhoxng'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

start, begin, commence

創始

zhwsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhuo'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

punish with death

處死

zhuisie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhuy'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

strangle someone or some thing

絞死

zhun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhun ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

at the risk of, run the risk of

冒…險

• Zhun sie, bøeq ka y ciah løqkhix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zhun sie, boeq ka y ciah løh'khix.; Zhun sie, bøeq ka y ciah løh'khix. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  I will eat it at the risk of my life.
  冒死吃下它。

• Zhun ho hauxtviuo me, laai khix khvoax tiexnviar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zhun ho hau'tviuo me, laai khix khvoax tien'viar.; Zhun ho hau'tviuo me/ma, laai khix khvoax tien'viar. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  Let's go to see the movies at the risk of being scolded by the principal.
  冒著被校長罵,去看電影。

• Giah hoxsvoax cyn ma'hoaan, zhun ho taam. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Giah ho'svoax cyn maa'hoaan, zhun ho taam. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  It's very troublesome to carry an umbrella with me, I will run the risk of getting wet.
  拿雨傘很麻煩,讓它溼吧!

zhunpaxnsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhuun'pan'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

prepare for death, go on an expedition that may prove fatal, take unnecessary chances, at the risk of one's life

孤注一擲

zhunsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhuun'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

risk everything on a single venture

孤注一擲

zhutsvef jibsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhud'svef jip'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

expose oneself to great danger

出生入死

ciesie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cix'sie; (cix'suo) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

till death, to the last

至死

ciesie putjuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cix'sie pud'juu ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

remain faithful until death

至死不渝

ciesie putkhud [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cix'sie pud'khud ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

stick to one's principles or faith till one breathes his last

至死不屈

ciesie putgvo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cix'sie pud'gvo ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

hold on to one's wrong belief till death

至死不悟

ciesie putpiexn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cix'sie pud'piexn ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

consistent or unswerving love or faith

至死不變

ciar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

person (equivalent to the 'er' of maker or speaker), final relative particle, who, often used to form an adjective

者

• aehvorciar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aix'hvox'ciar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  lover of sports, art or music
  愛好者

• hagciar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hak'ciar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  man of learning
  學者

• kieciar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kix'ciar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  reporter, newsman, journalist
  記者

• sysiongciar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sie'siofng'ciar ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  the dead and injured
  死傷者

ciaqengbie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah'eeng'bie; (ciah'sie'png) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

live on other people, idler, good for nothing fellow

吃閒飯,吃死飯

ciah sypng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah sie'png; (ciah sie'bie) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

loafer sometimes because of physical disability

只吃不做

ciernsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciexn'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

die in battle

戰死

cynzay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cirn'zay ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

earthquake disaster

震災

• Cid pae ee cynzay sysiongciar u paq goa laang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid pae ee cirn'zay sie'siofng'ciar u paq goa laang. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  In this earthquake there were over a hundred dead and injured
  這次的震災死傷者有一百多個人。

cip'heeng syheeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cib'heeng sie'heeng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

execute a convict

執行死刑

cipsykoad [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cib'sie'koad ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

very obstinate

固執,頑固

cid'e [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit'e ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

as soon as

晶婚紀念

• Lauxpe cide sykhix, kviar ciu toa sviaf khaux. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lau'pe cit'e sie'khix, kviar ciu toa sviaf khaux. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  As soon as their father died, the children all wailed very loudly.
  爸爸一過世,孩子就大聲哭。

cit viu svef, paq viu sie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit viu svef, paq viu sie; cit'viu svef/svy, paq'viu sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

Death comes in many forms. All are born in the same fashion but thereafter life takes an infinite variety of courses.

一種生,百種死。

ciux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciux ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

curse, swear, incantations

咒

• ciux syzeqzoa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciux sie'zeh'zoa ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  imprecate death on one's self and one's whole family if what is sworn to be false
  詛死咒

Ciuozoa ho padlaang sie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciux'zoa ho pat laang sie.; Ciux'zoa ho pat'laang sie. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

to harm someone by association, (because I make a promise difficult to fulfill it also hurts other people who are involved with me or who work with me to complete the promise.)

詛咒別人

• Y ciuozoa ho padlaang sie, ka'ti ciaq khia koansvoaf khvoax bea siøthad. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ciux'zoa ho pat'laang sie, kaf'ti ciaq khia koaan'svoaf khvoax bea siøf'thad. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  He made a rash promise and then stood back and watched without lifting a finger.
  他詛咒別人死,自己袖手旁觀。

ciuxsi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciu'si ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

is, namely, even if

就是

• Cid ui ciuxsi Lie siensvy. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ui ciu'si Lie siefn'svy. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  This is Mr. Li.
  這位就是李先生。

• Ciuxsi lie ka goar phahsie, goar ia m korng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ciu'si lie ka goar phaq'sie, goar ia m korng. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  Even if you kill me, I won't tell you.
  就是把我打死了,我也不講。

zoe kay baxnsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoe kay ban'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

The crime deserves ten thousand deaths.

罪該萬死

zuosie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zux'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

decree the fated time of death, be destined to die, unfortunately, by chance, by coincidence

註定該死,倒霉,湊巧

• Cyn zuosie, laikaux pvoarlo twtiøh toaxho. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cyn zux'sie, laai'kaux pvoax'lo tuo'tiøh toa'ho. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  Unfortunately I was caught in a heavy rain on the way
  真倒霉, 來到半路遇到大雨。

• Hiaq ee cvii zuosie ho lie khiøhtiøh. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hiaq ee cvii zux'sie ho lie khiøq'tiøh. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  You found that money by chance.
  那些錢湊巧被你撿到。

zuoteng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zux'teng; (zux'tvia) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

destined, predestined, to ordain (as Heaven or fate)

註定

• Thvy zuotvia larn tiøh sie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thvy zux'tvia larn tiøh sie. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  Heaven has ordained that we die.
  老天爺註定我們該死。

• Baxnsu lorng si thvy zuotvia ee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ban'su lorng si thvy zux'tvia ee. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  Everything is ordained by Heaven.
  萬事都是老天爺決定的。

efkao`ee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ea'kao`ee ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

mute person

啞吧

• Efkao`ee ho phafng terngtiøh. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ea'kao`ee ho phafng texng'tiøh. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  be speechless or not allowed to complain after suffering a loss or being unjustly blamed (Lit. a mute is stung by a bee)
  啞吧吃黃蓮.

• efkao`ee tehsie kviar (bøo oe thafng korng). [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ea'kao`ee teq'sie kviar (bøo oe thafng korng). ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  to be in a bad situation but unable to explain oneself, to be perplexed (Lit. a mute crushes his child).
  啞吧壓死自己的孩子(無話可說).

øexsie-øexoah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: e'sie e'oah; øe'sie-øe'oah ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

very serious, to importune desperately

會死會活的

hvar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hvar; (harng) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

intimidate, browbeat, frighten, threaten, to bully

哄,威嚇,嚇唬

• hvar (harng) bøeq ka y phaq. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hvar (harng) boeq ka y phaq.; hvar (harng) bøeq ka y phaq. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  threaten to spank him
  威嚇要打他

• hvar bøeq ka y thaisie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hvar boeq ka y thaai'sie; hvar bøeq ka y thaai'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  threaten to kill
  威嚇要殺死他

• hvaflaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hvar'laang ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  browbeat others
  嚇唬人

hae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hae ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

sea, ocean, vast, large, extensive

海

• Hek'hae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Heg'hae ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  the Black Sea
  黑海

• Anghae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Aang'hae ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  the Red Sea
  紅海

• Jidpurn-Hae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Jit'purn'hae; Jit'purn-Hae ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  the Japan Sea
  日本海

• Syhae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sie'hae ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  the Dead Sea
  死海

• Tøextionghae [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Te'tiofng'hae; Tøe'tiofng'hae ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  The Mediterranean
  地中海

Hai jiin zeg hai kie, hai padlaang ka'ti sie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hai jiin zeg hai kie, hai pat'laang kaf'ti sie. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

To harm another is to harm oneself.

害人則害己,害別人反害己。

haixsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hai'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

cause some one's death with poison, plots etc

害死

haixsie laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hai'sie laang ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

bring great trouble to others, kill a person

害死人

harn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: harn ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

rumor

謠傳

• Laang teq harn korng y sie khix af. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Laang teq harn korng y sie khix af. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  It is rumored that he is dead.
  有人在謠傳他死了。

• o'peqharn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: of'peh'harn ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  start a rumor
  造謠

giexn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giexn ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

strong craving

渴望

• bøgiexn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'giexn; (be'giexn) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  do not wish for, will not (rather a rude way of refusing)
  不幹

• giexn kaq bøeq sykhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giexn kaq boeq sie'khix; giexn kaq bøeq sie'khix ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  be dying for...
  渴望得要死

gø bøe sie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gø be sie; gø bøe sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

won't starve, cannot be starved to death

餓不死

gøxsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gø'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

starved to death

餓死

goansie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goaan'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

source, origin, original, primitive, backward

原始,元始

goansie binzok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goaan'sie biin'zok ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

primitive races

原始民族

goansie gexsut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goaan'sie ge'sut ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

primitive arts

原始藝術

goansie-jiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goaan'sie'jiin; goaan'sie-jiin ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

primitive man

原始人

goansie seng'oah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goaan'sie sefng'oah ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

primitive life

原始生活

goansie si'tai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goaan'sie sii'tai ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

primeval times or ages

原始時代

goansie siaxhoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goaan'sie sia'hoe ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

primitive society

原始社會

goansie somliim [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: goaan'sie sofm'liim ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

virgin forest

原始森林

hiarm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiarm ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

dangerous, a strategic pass, almost, nearly, cunning, mean and crafty

險,差一點

• hiarm (hiafmhiarm) ho chiaf kauhsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiarm (hiarm'hiarm) ho chiaf kauq'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  just miss being run over by a car
  險些兒被車子輾死。

• hiarm bøexkix`tid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiarm be'kix'tid; hiarm bøe'kix`tid ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  almost forget
  差一點忘記

• hiarm bøe hux sikafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiarm be hux sii'kafn; hiarm bøe hux sii'kafn ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  was almost late
  差一點就遲到

hiafmsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiarm'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

near death event or accident

差一點死

hiexnsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hien'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

immediate death

即死

hiongsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiofng'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

death by violence

凶死

hiongsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiofng'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

live, act or do something like as if you are not afraid of being killed

不怕死

hipsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hib'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

choke, suffocate, suffocation, be choked

悶死

• U cyn zøe ang've'ar ho phøe hipsie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U cyn ze aang'vef'ar ho phoe hib'sie.; U cyn zøe aang'vef'ar ho phøe hib'sie. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  Many infants are smothered in bed clothing.
  有很多嬰兒被棉被悶死。

høfsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

an easy death without pain or mental discomfort

好死,形容忽然間安詳地死去

hvoaisie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hvoaai'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

untimely death by accident

橫死,橫禍

hoafnsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoarn'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

covert, in disguised form

變相

hoansie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoaan'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

worried to death

煩死人

hoan syzoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoan sie'zoe ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

commit a crime punishable by death

犯死罪

hoesefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoee'sefng; hoee'sefng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

return to life

回生

• Khysie hoesefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Khie'sie hoee'sefng; Khie'sie hoee'sefng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  raise the dead to life (said of curing a man almost dying)
  起死回生

huosie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hux'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

go to die

赴死

huun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: huun ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

mark, a trace, a scar

痕

• cihhuun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciq'huun ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  marks of folding
  摺痕

• zngfkahhuun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zngr'kaq'huun ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  scratch
  指甲痕

• zhuiekhie-huun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhuix'khie'huun; zhuix'khie-huun ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  teeth marks
  牙痕

• pit'huun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pid'huun ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  flaw, crack
  裂痕

• syhuun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sie'huun ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  crease in paper or clothing
  永久性的摺痕

hunsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hwn'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

suffocated to death because of fumes

燻死

y'au [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ie'au; (liao'au) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

afterwards, hereafter, after — in a temporal clause, this word always follows a noun, and never a verb. As in the following:

以後

• sie'tiarm yau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: six'tiarm ie'au ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  after four o'clock
  四點以後

• paesvaf yau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: paix'svaf ie'au ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  after Wednesday
  禮拜三以後

• ciaqpar yau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah'par ie'au ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  after a meal
  吃飽以後

• Y khix yau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y khix ie'au ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  after he has left
  他去了以後

• Yau tiøh khaq zuoix lef. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ie'au tiøh khaq zux'ix lef. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  From now on you have to be more careful
  以後要注意點。

• Kawgøeh zhøeid yau goar u ti zhux`nih. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kao'goeh zhef'id ie'au goar u ti zhux'nih.; Kao'gøeh zhøef'id ie'au goar u ti zhux`nih. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  I shall be at home on and after Sept. 1st.
  九月初一以後我在家裏。

ykefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ie'kefng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

already, This word is always used together with the final particle "a" to mean something has been or had been completed or finished. (The tone of "a" is always the same as the tone of the word which precedes it.)

已經

• Y ykefng laai af. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ie'kefng laai af. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  He has already come.
  他已經來了。

• Y ykefng sykhix af. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ie'kefng sie'khix af. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  He is dead. He has been dead.
  他已經死了。

• Ykefng sviw ban af. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ie'kefng sviw ban af. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  already too late
  已經太晚了。

isie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: y'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

kill instead of curing

醫死

ysie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ie'sie; (ie'suo, ie'boong) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

already dead

已死

iaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iaw; (gø) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

hungry, hunger

餓

• iaw-kaq bøeq sie khix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iaw kaq boeq sie khix; iaw-kaq bøeq sie khix ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  very hungry
  餓得要命

iausie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iaw'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

starve to death

餓死

iawsiu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iao'siu ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

short-lived, die young, wicked

夭壽,短命,缺德

• Hid ee laang cyn iawsiu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid ee laang cyn iao'siu. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  short-lived, die young, wicked
  那個人很缺德。

• iawsiuar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iao'siu'ar; (iao'siu sie'girn'ar) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  You short-lived wretch! (said in scolding a lad)
  短命的小鬼(罵人)

ym`sie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ym'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

be drowned, plants suffocated by water

淹死

• Imsie zap goa ee laang, Zap goa ee laang imsie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ym'sie zap goa ee laang, Zap goa ee laang ym'sie. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  More than ten persons were drowned.
  淹死十多個人,十多個人淹死

inkofng syboong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: yn'kofng sie'boong ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

suffer death in the line of duty

因公死亡

iwsie buciofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iuo'sie buu'ciofng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

give up halfway, leave an undertaking unfinished

有始無終

iwsie iwciofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iuo'sie iuo'ciofng ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

carry out an undertaking from start to finish, not give up halfway

有始有終

• Zøx kaoiuo tiøh iwsie iwciofng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zøx kaux'iuo tiøh iuo'sie iuo'ciofng. ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  You must live and die a Christian.
  當教友要有始有終。

jøee`sie/jøesie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: joee'sie; jøee`sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

crush to death (as a worm) by hand or by rotating foot on the ground

揉死

kaxcih [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ka'cih; (ka zhuix'cih) ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

bite one's tongue

咬舌(頭)

• kaxcih sie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ka'cih sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]
  kill oneself by biting off the tongue
  咬舌自盡

kafsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kar'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

kill by hanging, death by hanging

絞死

kaxsie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ka'sie ⬆︎ [[...]]  [p.]

bite to death

咬死

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