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anthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: afn'thor [[...]] 

set down the coffin aside the grave for burial, to perform rites to cure a pregnant woman or a child suffering from the consequences of tang-tho

安土

binhofng thofsiok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: biin'hofng thor'siok [[...]] 

manners and customs of a place

民風土俗

zaukhud [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zaau'khud; (zaau'hied) [[...]] 

lair, den, nest, den of wild beasts or outlaws

巢堀,巢穴

• Thofhuie ee zaukhud khix ho laang hoat'hien tiøh. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thor'huie ee zaau'khud khix ho laang hoad'hien tiøh. [[...]] 
  The hideout of a group of outlaws was discovered.
  土匪的巢穴被人發現到。

zexngthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeng'thor [[...]] 

pure land (Buddhism)

淨土

zhurnthor pitzefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhuxn'thor pid'zefng [[...]] 

Even an inch of land has to be fought for

寸土必爭

zhutthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhud'thor [[...]] 

be unearthed like antiques, be discovered

出土

ciokthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciog'thor [[...]] 

land conferred along with a title of nobility

爵土

zuythor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuie'thor [[...]] 

natural environment

水土

zuythor bøexhah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuie'thor be'hah; zuie'thor bøe'hah [[...]] 

fail to acclimate oneself in a new natural environment, a new climate does not agree with one's system

水土不服

zuythor pøfchii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuie'thor pør'chii [[...]] 

soil conservation

水土保持

hah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hah; (hap) [[...]] 

fit, suit, agreeable climate, custom, food, dress, shoes, temper, opinion, match with, adjust a thing to another

合,符

• iekiexn bøe hah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ix'kiexn be hah; ix'kiexn bøe hah [[...]] 
  have a different opinion or point of view
  意見不合

• Y kab goar e hah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y kab goar e hah. [[...]] 
  He and I get along well together.
  他跟我合得來。

• zuythor øe hah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuie'thor e hah; zuie'thor øe hah [[...]] 
  The climate is agreeable.
  水土適合

• Hid niar svaf kab hid niar kuun bøo hah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid niar svaf kab hid niar kuun bøo hah. [[...]] 
  That coat does not match the skirt.
  那件衣服跟那件裙子不相配。

hiongthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiofng'thor [[...]] 

one's hometown or native place

鄉土

hiongthor gexsut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiofng'thor ge'sut [[...]] 

local art, native art or handicraft, folk craft

鄉土藝術

hiongthor-koanliam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiofng'thor'koafn'liam; hiofng'thor-koafn'liam [[...]] 

provincialism, narrow minded loyalty to one's hometown

鄉土觀念

hoxthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ho'thor [[...]] 

god of the earth (shrine is usually always located by side of the road)

后土(土地公)

hoahthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoaq'thor [[...]] 

perform rites before building, making, repairing a house or grave, (sorcerer) shouts when performing rites to drive away demons

驅邪

høefzhuiear [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoea'zhuix'ar; høea'zhuix'ar [[...]] 

spark plug

火星塞

• Othofbae bøe hoad, taixkhaix si høefzhuiear haixkhix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Of'thor'bae be hoad, tai'khaix si hoea'zhuix'ar hai'khix.; Of'thor'bae bøe hoad, tai'khaix si høea'zhuix'ar hai'khix. [[...]] 
  The scooter won't start because the sparkplugs are probably bad.
  摩托車沒辦法發動,大概是火星塞壞了。

hokteg zerngsiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hog'teg zexng'siin; (thor'ti'kofng) [[...]] 

god of the soil and graves

福德正神,土地公

hongthiefn hoxthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoong'thiefn ho'thor [[...]] 

heaven and earth

皇天后土

hongthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hofng'thor [[...]] 

climate, natural features

風土

hongthofcix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hofng'thor'cix [[...]] 

record of local customs, tradition, etc

風土誌

hongthor jinzeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hofng'thor jiin'zeeng [[...]] 

local customs and practices

風土人情

hongthofpve [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hofng'thor'pve; hofng'thor'pve/pvi [[...]] 

endemic (medical)

風土病

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

bandits, rebels, insurgents, (literary) not

匪

• thofhuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'huie [[...]] 
  bandit
  土匪

huikym juu thor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: huy'kym juu thor [[...]] 

squander money like dirt, spend money like water

揮金如土

huytoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: huie'too; (thor'huie) [[...]] 

bandits, brigands, robbers

匪徒,土匪

jiefnbaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiern'baq; jiernbax [[...]] 

jacket

夾克

• Khiaa othofbae aix zheng jiernbax khaq bøe kvoaa. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Khiaa of'thor'bae aix zheng jiern'baq khaq be kvoaa.; Khiaa of'thor'bae aix zheng jiernbax khaq bøe kvoaa. [[...]] 
  When you ride a scooter you have to wear a jacket, you'll less likely be cold.
  騎摩托車要穿夾克比較不會冷。

jibthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jip'thor [[...]] 

bury, be buried

入土

kaykeg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kae'keg [[...]] 

reformation, improve

改革

• thoftøe kaykeg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'te kae'keg; thor'tøe kae'keg [[...]] 
  land reformation (in Taiwan)
  土地改革

• zongkaux kaykeg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zofng'kaux kae'keg [[...]] 
  The Reformation.
  宗教改革

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

touch, come in contact with, strike against, bump into, to "clip"

接觸,碰

• Tiexnsvoax kab tiexnsvoax na siøkhap, øe zhut'høea. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tien'svoax kab tien'svoax na siøf'khap, e zhud'hoea.; Tien'svoax kab tien'svoax na siøf'khap, øe zhud'høea. [[...]] 
  When an electric wire comes in contact with another electric wire, it gives off a spark.
  電線跟電線如相碰會起火。

• Goar chiwnih phaang cit voar zhaethngf, lie mxthafng ka goar khabtiøh. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar chiuo'nih phaang cit voar zhaix'thngf, lie m'thafng ka goar khap'tiøh. [[...]] 
  I have a bowl of soup in my hands, don't bump into me.
  我手裡端著一碗菜湯,你不要碰我。

• Goar ee othofbae siøfkhoar ka y khabtiøh niaxnia, bøo ka y kauhtiøh, ia bøo ka y poxngtiøh. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar ee of'thor'bae siør'khoar ka y khap'tiøh nia'nia, bøo ka y kauq'tiøh, ia bøo ka y pong'tiøh. [[...]] 
  I barely touched him with my motor-bike, I did not run over him nor did I collide with him.
  我的機車只稍為擦到他,沒有輾到他,也沒有撞到他。

khoktiofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khog'tiofng [[...]] 

extension, expansion, expand, enlarge

擴張

• khoktiofng keaoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khog'tiofng kex'oe [[...]] 
  plans for expansion
  擴張計劃

• khoktiofng suxgiap [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khog'tiofng su'giap [[...]] 
  expand the business
  擴張事業

• khoktiofng lefngthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khog'tiofng lerng'thor [[...]] 
  extend one's territory
  擴張領土

kiongthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiofng'thor [[...]] 

territory

疆土

kokthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kog'thor [[...]] 

territory of a nation

國土

kong'iuo thoftøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kofng'iuo thor'te; kofng'iuo thor'tøe [[...]] 

public land

公有土地

kofng'oe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: korng'oe [[...]] 

make a speech, to talk,

講話

• kofng'oe chiørphoax laang ee paktor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: korng'oe chiøx'phoax laang ee pag'tor [[...]] 
  make the hearer roll with laughter
  講話笑破人的肚皮

• kofng'oe cyn zhof [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: korng'oe cyn zhof; (korng'oe cyn thor) [[...]] 
  speaking in a vulgar way
  講話很粗

• kofng'oe thi'thy thabthap [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: korng'oe thy'thy thap'thap [[...]] 
  incoherent
  講話不連貫

kuithor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kuy'thor [[...]] 

return to dust, die

歸土

lahsab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laq'sab [[...]] 

dirty, unclean

骯髒

• Lahsab ciah, lahsab puii, zhengkhix ciah, bak thofluii (thor bak luii) [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Laq'sab ciah, laq'sab puii, zhefng'khix ciah, bak thor'luii (thor bak luii) [[...]] 
  Eat unclean food, and you get fat, Eat clean food, and your eyes might still bulge out unhealthily, Don't be choosey.
  吃的不必太講究,應隨遇而安。

lefngthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lerng'thor [[...]] 

territory, domain

領土

lefngthor-koaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lerng'thor koaan; lerng'thor-koaan [[...]] 

territorial rights

領土權

logthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lok'thor [[...]] 

land of happiness, place free from sorrow, paradise

樂土

longgiap thofjiofnghak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: loong'giap thor'jiorng'hak [[...]] 

agrology

農業土壤學

gvextit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gve'tit; (thor'tit) [[...]] 

straightforward and not afraid to give offence

剛直

parciaxm thoftøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pax'ciaxm thor'te; pax'ciaxm thor'tøe [[...]] 

infringe on territory, occupy territory, encroach

霸佔土地

phørthor tiefnlea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phøx'thor tiern'lea [[...]] 

ground breaking ceremony

破土典禮

phoarthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phoax'thor [[...]] 

break ground (for a building project), break a bit of the plaster of a house to be repaired

破土

pi'thor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pii'thor [[...]] 

condition of the stomach, the appetite

脾胃

• pi'thor hør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pii'thor hør [[...]] 
  having a good appetite and able to digest well
  脾胃好

pøfzoaan lefngthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pør'zoaan lerng'thor [[...]] 

preserve territorial integrity

保全領土

pux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pux; (hux) [[...]] 

wealth, wealthy, rich, opulent, enriched, abundant, affluent

富

• siøfpux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siør'pux [[...]] 
  moderately rich
  小富

• thofpux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'pux [[...]] 
  upstart, a parvenu
  土富,暴發戶

• toaxpux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toa'pux [[...]] 
  very rich
  鉅富

pwnthor gygieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: purn'thor gie'gieen [[...]] 

native language

本土語言

samhabthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: safm'hap'thor [[...]] 

mortar

三合土

siaxthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sia'thor [[...]] 

give thanks to "Tho+-ti-kong" after a burial

謝土

siu'hok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siw'hok [[...]] 

recover (lost territory)

收復

• siu'hok høsafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siw'hok høo'safn; (siw'hok kog'thor) [[...]] 
  recover lost territory
  收復河山(國土)

su'iuo thoftøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sw'iuo thor'te; sw'iuo thor'tøe [[...]] 

private land

私有土地

taxngthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tang'thor [[...]] 

begin building or repairing a house without the proper rites or at an inauspicious time, so as to cause pain to a woman with child, break ground (for a building project), start building

動土

tøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: te; tøe; (toe) [[...]] 

the earth, land, soil, ground, region, territory, place, locality, position, situation

地

• zhantøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaan'te; zhaan'tøe [[...]] 
  land used for irrigated fields
  田地

• zhuotøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhux'te; zhux'tøe [[...]] 
  site, building lot
  房地

• khangtøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khafng'te; khaxng'tøe [[...]] 
  waste lands, unoccupied land, vacant land
  空地

• pvitøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pvee'te; pvee/pvii'tøe [[...]] 
  flatland, level ground, a plain
  平地

• svoatøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svoaf'te; svoaf'tøe [[...]] 
  mountainous region
  山地

• thvitøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thvy'te; thvy'tøe [[...]] 
  heaven and earth
  天地

• thoftøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'te; thor'tøe [[...]] 
  land, piece of land
  土地

tøexthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: te'thor; tøe'thor [[...]] 

ground, soil, place, land, locality, territory, earth

地方

tharnkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaxn'khix; (thor'khuix) [[...]] 

to sigh

歎氣

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

rude, unpolished in manner, vulgar, uncouth

土,粗野

• kofng'oe cyn thor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: korng'oe cyn thor [[...]] 
  speaking in a vulgar way
  講話很粗

thoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thoo; (thor) [[...]] 

mud, mire, clay, soil, earth, to daub, to fail, lose completely

土,糟透了

• zhanthoo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaan'thoo [[...]] 
  the soil of rice fields
  田土

• zhaotho'bi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaux'thoo'bi [[...]] 
  having an unpleasant earthy taste or odor
  臭土味

• zhexng thothix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhexng thoo'thix [[...]] 
  affected by the cold damp air of the ground
  沾受地氣

thor'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thox'ar [[...]] 

hare, rabbit

兔子

thofbak [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'bak [[...]] 

protruding eyeball

眼珠凸出

thofbok kangtheeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'bok kafng'theeng [[...]] 

civil engineering, construction projects

土木工程

thofbok kangthengsw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'bok kafng'theeng'sw [[...]] 

civil engineer

土木工程師

thofzhvef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'zhvef [[...]] 

planet Saturn

土星

thor zhutlaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor zhud'laai [[...]] 

protrude, stick out, be forced (pressed) out, to bulge

伸出,凸出,突出

thofcih [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'cih [[...]] 

put out the tongue, stick out the tongue

伸出舌頭

thofgee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'gee [[...]] 

sprout (Lit. fig)

萌芽

thofhngf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'hngf [[...]] 

folk medicine

土方

thofhoafn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'hoafn [[...]] 

primitives, indigenous or original inhabitants of a place or country, uncivilized natives, a species of crossbred duck

土番,土番鴨

thofhoong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'hoong [[...]] 

plant buds, shoot up

萌芽

thofhongbuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'hofng'buo [[...]] 

folk dance

土風舞

thofhuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'huie [[...]] 

local robbers, ruffians, rebels, banditti

土匪

thofvie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'vie [[...]] 

begin to bud, to sprout

發芽

thofym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'ym [[...]] 

colloquial dialect, vernacular, patois, local accent

土音

thofkhuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'khuix [[...]] 

give vent to feelings

吐氣

thofkhuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'khuix; (thor toa'khuix) [[...]] 

to sigh

歎氣

thofkong'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'kofng'ar [[...]] 

grave diggers (put the body in the coffin and bury it), a rowdy, a roughneck, unpolished and unlettered, vulgar, clownish

撿骨的,挖墓穴或抬棺的人

thoflaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'laang [[...]] 

native, aborigines, a rowdy, a roughneck

土人,粗人

thoflat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'lat [[...]] 

manual labor, without machinery or cattle, unskilled labor

蠻力

thofluii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'luii [[...]] 

blind person (slang)

瞎眼(罵人)

• bagciw thofluii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak'ciw thor'luii [[...]] 
  blind person (slang)
  瞎眼(罵人)

thof'miaa [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'miaa [[...]] 

nickname, common colloquial name of a man or place when it differs totally from the literary name, having different characters

綽號

Thofnykii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thor'nie'kii [[...]] 

Turkey

土耳其

thofoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'oe [[...]] 

vulgar language or words, expressions which do not have corresponding Chinese characters

土話,粗話

thofpax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'pax [[...]] 

local bully

土霸

thofpau'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'paw'ar [[...]] 

rustic or countrified person, hillbilly, country bumpkin

土包子

thofpux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'pux [[...]] 

rich, but ignorant, without culture or rank

土富,暴發戶

thofsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'say [[...]] 

self-taught technician

無師自通的技術工

thofsarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'sarn [[...]] 

agricultural products, crops, fruits, local products

土產

thofsve'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'svef'ar; thor'svef/svy'ar [[...]] 

Animal or plant indigenous to a particular region

土生的

thofsiok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'siok [[...]] 

local customs, provincial

土俗

thofsviu... [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'sviu... [[...]] 

know intuitively, no need to think it over

簡單的想 ...

• thofsviu ma zaiviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'sviu ma zay'viar [[...]] 
  You'll know it intuitively
  淺而易見

thofsngx [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'sngx [[...]] 

reckon without using any formulas to gauge a measure or amount only from past experience

直算(憑經驗算)

thofsoaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'soaq [[...]] 

hurtful demons that cause injury when a house or grave is being built or repaired on an unlucky day

犯沖

thofsoong [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'soong [[...]] 

too much, too many, excessive

過多

thoftøe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'te; thor'tøe [[...]] 

land, piece of land, locality, region, a lot, a plot

土地

thofte zengtadsoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'te zefng'tat'soex; thor'tøe zefng'tat'søex [[...]] 

land value increment tax, tax levied on increment of land value

土地增值稅

Thoftøe ginhaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thor'te giin'haang; Thor'tøe giin'haang [[...]] 

The Land Bank

土地銀行

thoftøe kaykeg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'te kae'keg; thor'tøe kae'keg [[...]] 

land reform

土地改革

thoftøe tioxng'oeh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'te tiong'oeh; thor'tøe tiong'oeh/uih [[...]] 

land consolidation

土地重劃

thofthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'thaau [[...]] 

a slight overrun, slightly more than...

超過(預定數目)一點

thofthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'thor [[...]] 

vulgar, clownish, unpolished and unlettered, protrude

粗魯,微突的

• bagciw thofthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak'ciw thor'thor; (bak'ciw thox'thox) [[...]] 
  the eyes protrude
  眼睛突出

Thofti-kofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thor'ti'kofng; thor'ti-kofng [[...]] 

god of agriculture

土地公

thoftit [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor'tit [[...]] 

simple and straightforward

憨直

thor tngthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor tngg'thaau [[...]] 

have internal piles protruding down, prolapsed rectum, proctocele

脫肛

thor toaxkhuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thor toa'khuix [[...]] 

heave a sigh of relief

嘆氣

thokkoarn lefngthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thog'koarn lerng'thor [[...]] 

trust territories, mandate territories

託管領土

tiexnthor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tien'thor [[...]] 

offer a libation to the god of the earth

奠土

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