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bøexhiao [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'hiao; bøe'hiao [[...]] 

do not know how to (affirmative form is øexhiao)

不會

• Bøexhiao sayzuun hiaam khøef oafn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Be'hiao sae'zuun hiaam khef oafn.; Bøe'hiao sae'zuun hiaam khøef oafn. [[...]] 
  The person who can't navigate a boat says the river is too winding.
  不會開船嫌溪彎,不怪自己能力差,反而怨天尤人。

• Bøexhiao siuu, khanthoaf laxnphaf toa kiuu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Be'hiao siuu, khafn'thoaf lan'phaf toa khiuu.; Bøe'hiao siuu, khafn'thoaf lan'phaf toa kiuu. [[...]] 
  blame the hammer when you don't drive the nail straight, blame others or other things for personal skills being insufficient (Lit. Don't know how to swim because scrotum is too big.)
  不怪自己能力差,反而怨天尤人。

• Cid kux ee iesux goar bøexhiao. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid kux ee ix'sux goar be'hiao.; Cid kux ee ix'sux goar bøe'hiao. [[...]] 
  I don't know the meaning of this sentence, don't know how to explain it.
  這句的意思我不懂。

• Goar bøexhiao saychiaf. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar be'hiao sae'chiaf.; Goar bøe'hiao sae'chiaf. [[...]] 
  I don't know how to drive a car.
  我不會開車。

• Goar bøexhiao korng Enggie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar be'hiao korng Efng'gie.; Goar bøe'hiao korng Efng'gie. [[...]] 
  I cannot (don't know how to) speak English.
  我不會講英語。

• Goar bøexhiao eng ti ciah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar be'hiao eng ti ciah.; Goar bøe'hiao eng ti ciah. [[...]] 
  I cannot (don't know how to) eat with chopsticks.
  我不會用筷子吃飯。

bøsiøq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'siøq [[...]] 

be ready to go to extreme lengths, do not spare

不惜

• Bøsiøq ka'ti ee sveamia khix kiux padlaang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Bøo'siøq kaf'ti ee svex'mia khix kiux pat'laang.; Bøo'siøq kaf'ti ee svix'mia khix kiux pat'laang. [[...]] 
  Have no regard for one's own life if it is a matter of helping others to help others at the risk of one's own life.
  不惜自己的生命去救別人。

bu'hoad khør ti [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buu'hoad khør ti [[...]] 

there is no remedy for it, there is no way to settle the matter

無法可治

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

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. [[...]] 
  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. [[...]] 
  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。

zawzuyar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zao'zuie'ar [[...]] 

petty businessman who picks up small items to do business on his own account, sometimes smuggling goods on a small scale as a single individual

跑單幫

• Y ka'ti bøo tiaxm, sofie lorng teq zøx zawzuyar senglie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y kaf'ti bøo tiaxm, sor'ie lorng teq zøx zao'zuie'ar sefng'lie. [[...]] 
  He doesn't' have a store so he can only sell goods here and there to do business.
  他自己沒有店,所以都在做流動生意。

zerngkheq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zexng'kheq [[...]] 

politician

政客

• Zerngkheq cyn aix zhab zerngti ee taixcix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zexng'kheq cyn aix zhab zexng'ti ee tai'cix. [[...]] 
  Politicians like to get involved in politics.
  政客很喜歡管政治的事情

zhai ti hiaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhai ti hiaf [[...]] 

always stay at a place without ever going away like an idle fellow or as a petitioner urgently asking and refusing to depart

楞在那兒

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

throw light on, shine on

照

• Goar ee liwar lag cit liap khix, giah chiwtien laai chiø khvoax u ti tøhkhaf `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar ee liuo'ar lag cit liap khix, giah chiuo'tien laai chiø khvoax u ti tøq'khaf `bøo? [[...]] 
  I dropped a button on the floor, bring a flashlight and shine it around to see if it is under the table
  我的扣子掉了一個,拿手電筒來照照看有沒有在桌下 ?

chiwthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuo'thaau [[...]] 

hold, seize, grasp property or authority, have something one's command

手頭,手中

• Zaisarn ti yn lauxpe ee chiwthaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zaai'sarn ti yn lau'pe ee chiuo'thaau. [[...]] 
  The property is under his father's control.
  財產在他父親的手中。

• Bøeq zurn, m zurn, ti y ee chiwthaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Boeq zurn, m zurn, ti y ee chiuo'thaau.; Bøeq zurn, m zurn, ti y ee chiuo'thaau. [[...]] 
  He holds the authority to approve or to reject.
  准或不准在他的手中。

• chiwthaau aan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuo'thaau aan [[...]] 
  short of cash
  手頭緊

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

beginning, the first

初

• Goar zhozhof laai Taioaan ee sii, lorng bøexhiao eng ti ciaqpng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar zhof'zhof laai Taai'oaan ee sii, lorng be'hiao eng ti ciah'png.; Goar zhof'zhof laai Taai'oaan ee sii, lorng bøe'hiao eng ti ciah'png. [[...]] 
  When I first came to Taiwan, I did not know how to use chopsticks at all.
  我剛剛到台灣的時候,都不會用筷子吃飯。

zhut'hien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhud'hien [[...]] 

appear

出現

• Tegjiin zhut'hien ee sii. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tek'jiin zhud'hien ee sii. [[...]] 
  appearance of the enemy, when the enemy came into view
  敵人出現的時候。

• Y ti baxngtiofng khvoarkvix thiensiin zhut'hien. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y ti bang'tiofng khvoax'kvix thiefn'siin zhud'hien. [[...]] 
  An angel appeared to him in a dream.
  他在夢中夢見天神出現。

zw'ix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuo'ix [[...]] 

idea, suggestion, resolution, decision, intention, act or determine a matter as we please

主意

• ka'ti zwix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaf'ti zuo'ix [[...]] 
  free to act as we please
  自己作主

• øe zwix`tid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: e zuo'ix tid; øe zuo'ix`tid [[...]] 
  having the power to act and settle the matter as we think best, can act according to his own views
  能作主的

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. [[...]] 

To harm another is to harm oneself.

害人則害己,害別人反害己。

hatti [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: had'ti [[...]] 

govern, to rule, administer

轄治

hukhaf safngchiuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: huu'khaf sarng'chiuo [[...]] 

to serve, attend to comforts of parents, receive guests very graciously (Lit. support by the hand by the foot)

奉侍,誇大的招待,扶腳扶手

• Goar ti ciaf u laang thafng hukhasafngchiuo. Nar tiøh khix hiaf ka'ti zwpng? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar ti ciaf u laang thafng huu'khaf'sarng'chiuo. Nar tiøh khix hiaf kaf'ti zuo'png? [[...]] 
  I have someone here to take care of me, why should I go there and cook for myself.
  我在這兒有人奉侍,怎麼得去那兒自己作飯?

inzeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: yn'zeeng; (wn'zeeng) [[...]] 

favor, grace, debt of gratitude

恩情

• mxbad inzeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m'bad yn'zeeng [[...]] 
  ungrateful
  不知恩情

• bad lie ee inzeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bad lie ee yn'zeeng [[...]] 
  be grateful to you
  知你的恩情

• Y u inzeeng ti goar ciaf. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y u yn'zeeng ti goar ciaf. [[...]] 
  I am indebted to him.
  他有恩於我。

• pørtab inzeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pøx'tab yn'zeeng [[...]] 
  requite a favor
  報答恩情

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

human sentiment, emotion or feeling, favors asked or done, good will (expressed in the form of gifts, invitation to diners)

人情

• bøo jinzeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo jiin'zeeng [[...]] 
  ungrateful, coldhearted, inhuman
  不懂人情

• u jinzeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u jiin'zeeng [[...]] 
  be grateful for or to, humane
  懂人情

• Y u jinzeeng ti goar ciaf. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y u jiin'zeeng ti goar ciaf. [[...]] 
  I owe a debt of gratitude to him.
  我欠他一份人情。

• zøx jinzeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx jiin'zeeng [[...]] 
  grant a favor
  做(送)人情,施恩於人

• putkin jinzeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'kin jiin'zeeng [[...]] 
  unreasonable, ungrateful
  不近人情

jiok iaux jiin putty, ti'huy kie bog'uii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiok iaux jiin pud'ty, tii'huy kie bok'uii [[...]] 

The best way to hide a misdeed is not to commit it.

若要人不知,除非己莫為

Kaq ty kaq kao, mxtadtiøh ka'ti zao. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kaq ty kaq kao, m'tat'tiøh kaf'ti zao. [[...]] 

Call a pig or a dog (to do something), is not as good as doing it yourself. If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

差豬遣狗,還不如自己走。

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

sweet, pleasant, willingly

甘,甘心,捨得

• Hid ciaq kao lie karm kafm ho laang? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid ciaq kao lie karm kafm ho laang? [[...]] 
  Are you really willing to give that dog to somebody else?
  那隻狗你捨得給人嗎?

• Hid ee gyn'ar hiaq seahaxn, lie kafm ho y ka'ti cit ee khix Bykog, si `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid ee girn'ar hiaq sex'haxn, lie kafm ho y kaf'ti cit ee khix Bie'kog, si `bøo? [[...]] 
  That child is so small, are you willing to let him go to the States alone?
  你捨得讓他一個人去美國嗎?

• Goar cid ciaq niauafkviar mxkafm ho laang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar cid ciaq niaw'ar'kviar m'kafm ho laang. [[...]] 
  I am unwilling to give this kitten to somebody.
  我這隻小貓捨不得給人。

• Goar ee thihbea ho laang thaukhafn khix, cyn mxkafm. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar ee thiq'bea ho laang thaw'khafn khix, cyn m'kafm. [[...]] 
  I got my bicycle stolen, I am still attached to it.
  我的自行車被偷了,實在很捨不得。

kienchii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiefn'chii [[...]] 

hold fast to, stick to

堅持

• kienchii ka'ti ee iekiexn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiefn'chii kaf'ti ee ix'kiexn [[...]] 
  stick to one's opinion
  堅持自己的意見

• kienchii taotøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiefn'chii taux'tea; kiefn'chii taux'tøea [[...]] 
  hold on to the very end
  堅持到底

køf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: køf [[...]] 

elder brother, respectful or familiar title suffix to another's given name (either older or younger than oneself, e.g., "Pang-ti-ko" or "Gi-hiong-ko")

哥

lanti [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: laan'ti [[...]] 

incurable, hard to cure

難治

lengti [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: leeng'ti [[...]] 

annoy, to bully, treat harshly, to tease

折騰,凌虐

• lengti laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: leeng'ti laang [[...]] 
  annoy people very much
  折磨人,整人

gvofjieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gvor'jieen; (giør'jieen) [[...]] 

by chance (accident), accidentally, unexpectedly)

偶然

• Hid ee sii goar giøfjieen ti hiaf. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid ee sii goar giør'jieen ti hiaf. [[...]] 
  I happened to be there at that time.
  那時我正巧在那兒。

• Ti pørzoar giøfjieen khvoartiøh lie ee miaa. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ti pøx'zoar giør'jieen khvoax'tiøh lie ee miaa. [[...]] 
  I came across your name in the newspaper.
  在報上偶然看到你的名字。

• giøfjieen ee suxkox [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giør'jieen ee su'kox [[...]] 
  unexpected accident
  偶然的事故

`nih [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: nih [[...]] 

be in or at, on (used only with one syllable nouns). very much like a preposition, but is used more for euphony than to add any real meaning to a prepositional phrase, (more an enclitic, which when used with "ti" plus a noun, indicates that something is in a place in a very indefinite and general way, without specifying, inside, on top of, in front of, under etc.) This word becomes so much a part of the noun to which it is joined that it loses its own tone. It is assimilated or absorbed into the tone of the word before it. When "niq" is pronounced correctly, it is hardly heard. It should never be emphasized.

裡

• bin`nih [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bin`nih; (ti bin`nih) [[...]] 
  on one's face ("nih" changes to seventh tone)
  在臉上

• zhøef`nih [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhef`nih; zhøef`nih [[...]] 
  in the first ten days of a month ("nih" changes to same tone as zhef)
  上旬

• køef`nih [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kef`nih; køef`nih; (ti kef`nih) [[...]] 
  on the street ("nih" changes to the same tone as kef)
  在街上

• zuie`nih [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zuie`nih; (ti zuie`nih) [[...]] 
  in the water ("nih" changes to the third tone)
  在水裏

niu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: niu; (jiong) [[...]] 

yield, give way, give place, concede to a person

讓

• Lie tiøh niu siøfti. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie tiøh niu siør'ti. [[...]] 
  You should give in to your younger brother.
  你要讓弟弟。

• niu lauxlaang ze [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: niu lau'laang ze [[...]] 
  offer one's seat to an old man
  讓老人坐

• siøniu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siøf'niu [[...]] 
  yield, give way to one another
  相讓

oaqoaqbea pak ti sie zhengchiu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oah'oah'bea pak ti sie zheeng'chiu [[...]] 

A live horse tied to a dead banyan tree — to tie up resources and (personnel) in a useless project

活馬綁在死榕樹,埋沒人才

okzhef gegzuo, buu iøh khør ti. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: og'zhef gek'zuo, buu iøh khør ti. [[...]] 

There is no medicine to heal a wicked wife or a disobedient son.

惡妻逆子,無藥可治。

phahhor liaqzhat ia tiøh chyn hviati. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq'hor liah'zhat ia tiøh chyn hviaf'ti. [[...]] 

strike a tiger, to catch a thief, you should have your own brother to help you In emergencies only a brother will help

打虎捉賊須靠親兄弟。

pintø [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: piin'tø [[...]] 

I, your humble servant, a term used by Buddhist and Taoist priests and religious to refer to oneself instead of "goa"

貧道(僧道自稱)

• Pintø si tøxsu zuxzhefng ka'ti ee oe. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Piin'tø si tø'su zu'zhefng kaf'ti ee oe. [[...]] 
  Pin-to" is the name a Buddhist or Taoist priest and religious use to refer to oneself.
  貧道是道士自稱的話。

poaq cit pvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: poaq cit pvy [[...]] 

put it aside

擺一邊

• ciofng ka'ti ee taixcix poaq cit pvy laai pangzo padlaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciofng kaf'ti ee tai'cix poaq cit pvy laai pafng'zo pat'laang [[...]] 
  put aside one's work to help someone else
  把自己的事情擺一邊來幫助別人

saipeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: say'peeng [[...]] 

west (Lit. west side)

西方,西邊

• Goarn taw ti haghau ee saipeeng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goarn taw ti hak'hau ee say'peeng. [[...]] 
  My home lies to the west of the school.
  我家在學校的西邊。

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

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

謝土

siog'uu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siok'ii; (siok'ti) [[...]] 

belong to

屬於

thaxn ka'ti ciah [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaxn kaf'ti ciah [[...]] 

earn just enough for one's own food, having nothing to spare for any one else

賺自己吃

thofngti [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thorng'ti [[...]] 

reign, to rule, govern

統治

ti [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ti [[...]] 

administrate, to control, to direct, put in order, govern, regulate, to cure, treat (a disease), to research, peaceful and orderly

治

• buu hoad khør ti [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: buu hoad khør ti [[...]] 
  there is no way of dealing with it
  無法可治

• zerngti [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zexng'ti [[...]] 
  politics, government administration
  政治

• zuxti [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zu'ti [[...]] 
  autonomy
  自治

• i'ti [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: y'ti [[...]] 
  heal disease
  醫治

tixzoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ti'zoe [[...]] 

punish a criminal according to law, bring to justice

治罪

tixzuie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ti'zuie; (ti'suie) [[...]] 

regulate waterways, rivers to prevent flooding, flood control

治水

ti'miato [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ty'miaa'to [[...]] 

celebrity rating

知名度

ti'thaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tii'thaau [[...]] 

to hoe, a hoe

鋤頭

ti'tii-khaokhaux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tii'tii'khaux'khaux; tii'tii-khaux'khaux [[...]] 

to continually cut back

又扣又除

ti'to [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ty'to [[...]] 

pig's stomach, pork tripe

豬肚

to [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: to [[...]] 

belly, stomach, abdomen, paunch

肚

• gu'to [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: guu'to [[...]] 
  beef tripe
  牛肚

• hi'to [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hii'to [[...]] 
  edible part of fish entrails
  魚肚

• siøfto [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siør'to [[...]] 
  bladder of a quadruped, especially , of a pig
  小肚

• ti'to [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ty'to [[...]] 
  pig tripe
  豬肚

• tng'afto [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tngg'ar'to [[...]] 
  bowels and belly, entrails
  腸肚

U viu khvoax viu, bøo viu ka'ti sviu. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U viu khvoax viu, bøo viu kaf'ti sviu. [[...]] 

If there is a model or pattern, look to the model. If there isn't work it out yourself.

有樣學樣,無樣自己想。

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