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bø'høee-bøphøef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'hoee'bøo'phoef; bøo'høee-bøo'phøef [[...]] 

didn't communicate by letter, didn't correspond

沒來信

• In'ui bø'høee-bøphøef, bøeq nar øe zaiviar y ti tøh'ui? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Yn'ui bøo'hoee'bøo'phoef, boeq nar e zay'viar y ti tøq'ui?; Yn'ui bøo'høee-bøo'phøef, bøeq nar øe zay'viar y ti tøq'ui? [[...]] 
  Because he hasn't, who knows where he is?
  因為沒來信,怎麼知道他在哪裏?

zaiui [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zay'ui [[...]] 

know where it is situated

知道何處

• m zaiui [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m zay'ui [[...]] 
  don't know where the place is
  不知何處

• Jidgoadthaam ti tøh'ui, lie zaiui `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Jit'goat'thaam ti tøq'ui, lie zay'ui `bøo? [[...]] 
  Do you know where Sun-moon Lake is?
  日月潭在何處,你知道嗎?

zhefngkaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zherng'kaux [[...]] 

a polite term used before asking a question (Lit. I beg you to instruct me.)

請教

• Goar bøeq zhefngkaux lie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar boeq zherng'kaux lie.; Goar bøeq zherng'kaux lie. [[...]] 
  May I ask you about…
  我要請教你。

• Zhefngkaux lie cide, hoefchiathaau ti tøh'ui? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zherng'kaux lie cit'e, hoea'chiaf'thaau ti tøq'ui? [[...]] 
  Excuse me, where is the railway station?
  請教你,火車站在哪兒 ?

• Na u m zaiviar ee taixcix, goar bøeq laai zhefngkaux lie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Na u m zay'viar ee tai'cix, goar boeq laai zherng'kaux lie.; Na u m zay'viar ee tai'cix, goar bøeq laai zherng'kaux lie. [[...]] 
  If there is anything which I don't know, I'll come and ask you about it.
  如有不明瞭的事, 我要來請教你。

chviafmng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chviar'mng [[...]] 

May I ask you?, Please tell me…

請問

• Chviafmng (lie), konghngg ti tøh'ui? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chviar'mng (lie), kofng'hngg ti tøq'ui? [[...]] 
  Excuse me, where is the park?
  請問你,公園在那兒 ?

ciah-thaulo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah thaau'lo; ciah-thaau'lo [[...]] 

be employed

就業,就職

• Lie ti tøh'ui teq ciah thaulo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie ti tøq'ui teq ciah thaau'lo? [[...]] 
  Where are you working?
  你在那兒工作 ?

hongsuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hofng'suie [[...]] 

Chinese geomantic system by means of which sites are determined for graves, which sites are said to have an influence on the people (wind and water, "feng shwei")

風水,墳墓

• hongsuie hør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hofng'suie hør [[...]] 
  good locality in geomantic sense, good "feng-shwei"
  風水好

• Y ee hongsuie ti tøh'ui? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ee hofng'suie ti tøq'ui? [[...]] 
  Where is his grave?
  他的墳墓在那兒?

iaotiarm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iaux'tiarm [[...]] 

gist, main (essential) point

要點

• Y ee iaotiarm ti tøh'ui, goar thviaf bøo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ee iaux'tiarm ti tøq'ui, goar thviaf bøo. [[...]] 
  I can't catch the point of his remarks.
  他的要點在哪兒,我聽不懂。

• liah iaotiarm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liah iaux'tiarm [[...]] 
  grasp the point of a subject
  捉要點

• Iaotiarm ciuxsi ti ciaf. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Iaux'tiarm ciu'si ti ciaf. [[...]] 
  This is the main thing. This is the point.
  要點就在這兒。

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

stand, stand upright, set upright, to erect (a pole or tablet), perpendicular, perpendicular stroke, dwell

豎,站,立,住

• Lie khia ti tøh'ui? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie khia ti tøq'ui? [[...]] 
  Where do you live?
  你住在那兒?

• cit khia [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit khia [[...]] 
  perpendicular stroke without any hook (calligraphy)
  一豎

• cit khia cit oeh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit khia cit oeh; cit khia cit oeh/uih [[...]] 
  one perpendicular stroke and one horizontal stroke (as 十 = ten)
  一豎一橫

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

deceive, fool, hoodwink, stolen

騙,偷

• Bøeq kiax tngfkhix ee miqkvia mxzay ti tøh'ui ho laang khiafng khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Boeq kiax tngr'khix ee mih'kvia m'zay ti tøq'ui ho laang khiafng khix.; Bøeq kiax tngr'khix ee mih'kvia m'zay ti tøq'ui ho laang khiafng khix. [[...]] 
  I don't know where someone stole the things I was sending home.
  要寄回去的東西不知在哪兒被人偷了。

• Khix ho khiang'ar khiafng khix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Khix ho khiafng'ar khiafng khix. [[...]] 
  to be hoodwinked by a thief
  給騙子騙走了。

køciu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: køf'ciu [[...]] 

high position

高就

• Lie ti tøh'ui teq køciu? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie ti tøq'ui teq køf'ciu? [[...]] 
  What office are you engaged in? (a polite expression), What's your occupation?
  你在那兒高就?

u: ti'tøh 在何 [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]][i#] [p.B0267] [#61858]

在何處 。 <∼∼ 做 。 >

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