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🗣 befthaau 🗣 (u: bea'thaau ⬆︎ ) 馬頭 [wt][mo][[MK]] bé-thâu [#]
1. (N) || 魚名。身體呈現長紡錘狀，頭部下側截平，上面則是呈現圓錐形，因為形狀很像馬的頭，所以才稱為「馬頭魚」。
🗣 ciaqchirnthaau 🗣 (u: ciah'chixn'thaau ⬆︎ ) 食秤頭 [wt][mo][[MK]] tsia̍h-tshìn-thâu [#]
1. (V) to skimp on catty and stint on tael. when selling things, to use less report more, deceiving the customer || 偷斤減兩。賣東西時，以少報多，欺騙顧客。
🗣le: (u: Zøx'sefng'lie m'thafng ka laang ciah'chixn'thaau.) 🗣 (做生理毋通共人食秤頭。) (做生意不可以偷斤減兩欺騙顧客。)
近義：
  1. hor-chirnthaau, 唬秤頭
🗣 hor-chirnthaau 🗣 (u: hor-chixn'thaau ⬆︎ ) 唬秤頭 [wt][mo][[MK]] hóo-tshìn-thâu [#]
1. (V) to skimp weight. refers to doing business "skimping on catty and stinting on tael". to benefit at customer expense; to take unfair advantage of customer || 偷斤兩。指做生意偷斤減兩，占顧客便宜。
🗣le: (u: U ee sefng'lie'laang zøx'sefng'lie e hor'chixn'thaau, sor'ie bea mih'kvia aix sex'ji.) 🗣 (有的生理人做生理會唬秤頭，所以買物件愛細膩。) (有的生意人做生意會偷斤減兩，所以買東西要小心謹慎。)
近義：
  1. ciaqchirnthaau, 食秤頭
🗣 kuythautøf 🗣 (u: kuie'thaau'tøf ⬆︎ ) 鬼頭刀 [wt][mo][[MK]] kuí-thâu-to [#]
1. (N) || 鯕鰍。魚類。屬遠洋魚類，常活動在溫暖水域表層，體長可達一公尺多，是食用魚，肉白色，味道較淡，可做成生魚片、魚丸、魚鬆等加工食品。常追逐獵食飛魚，故有「飛烏虎」(pue-oo-hóo)的別名。
2. (N) || 一種古代的兵器。刀體沉重，相當鋒利，適合用來斬首。
🗣 oadthaau 🗣 (u: oat'thaau ⬆︎ ) 越頭 [wt][mo][[MK]] ua̍t-thâu [#]
1. (V) to turn round; to turn one's head || 頭向後轉。
🗣le: (u: Goar oat'thaau ciaq khvoax'tiøh y khia ti au'piaq.) 🗣 (我越頭才看著伊徛佇後壁。) (我回頭才看到他站在後面。)
2. (Tw) later; in a moment || 回頭、待會兒。
🗣le: (u: Zef khngx ti ciaf, oat'thaau ciaq laai theh.) 🗣 (這囥佇遮，越頭才來提。) (這東西放在這裡，待會兒再來拿。)
3. (V) to turn on one's heel: to suddenly turn away from someone or something in order to depart rapidly, especially as expressive of haughtiness, disapproval, or evasiveness || 掉頭，生氣不理睬的樣子。
🗣le: (u: Y cit'e siu'khix, oat'thaau zøx y kviaa`zhud'khix.) 🗣 (伊一下受氣，越頭做伊行出去。) (他一生氣，掉頭就走了。)
🗣 paw-sitthaau 🗣 (u: paw-sid'thaau ⬆︎ ) 包穡頭 [wt][mo][[MK]] pau-sit-thâu [#]
1. (V) to undertake to perform (engineering) project (within a time limit and according to specifications) || 包工程。
近義：
  1. bauqkafng, 貿工
🗣 thiethaau-tøf/thie'thaau-tøf 🗣 (u: thix'thaau-tøf ⬆︎ ) 剃頭刀 [wt][mo][[MK]] thì-thâu-to [#]
1. (N) || 專門用來削剪頭髮的刀。
🗣 tngxthaau 🗣 (u: tng'thaau ⬆︎ ) 斷頭 [wt][mo][[MK]] tn̄g-thâu [#]
1. () to be beheaded; to be decapitated; to behead; to decapitate; broken end || 斷頭
🗣 toxthaau 🗣 (u: to'thaau ⬆︎ ) 渡頭 [wt][mo][[MK]] tōo-thâu [#]
1. (N) || 渡口。渡船的碼頭。
近義：
  1. pai'afthaau, 棑仔頭
  2. toxkhao, 渡口
  3. befthaau, 碼頭
🗣 tørthaau-kviaa 🗣 (u: tøx'thaau-kviaa ⬆︎ ) 倒頭行 [wt][mo][[MK]] tò-thâu-kiânn [#]
1. (V) to go or walk in the opposite direction || 往反方向走。
🗣le: (u: Lie tøx'thaau'kviaa liao'au, tuix cviax'chiuo'peeng hid tiaau lo zhud`khix, tø kaux'ui`aq.) 🗣 (你倒頭行了後，對正手爿彼條路出去，就到位矣。) (你往反方向走之後，從右手邊那條路出去，就到了。)
🗣 tørthaau-zay 🗣 (u: tøx'thaau-zay ⬆︎ ) 倒頭栽 [wt][mo][[MK]] tò-thâu-tsai [#]
1. (V) || 倒栽蔥、四腳朝天。人摔倒的時候，雙腳朝天的動作。
🗣le: (u: Y siag cit'e tøx'thaau'zay.) 🗣 (伊摔一下倒頭栽。) (他跌個四腳朝天。)
近義：
  1. tørhviax, 倒向
  2. tørsiarnghviax, 倒摔向
🗣 zhutthaau 🗣 (u: zhud'thaau ⬆︎ ) 出頭 [wt][mo][[MK]] tshut-thâu [#]
1. (V) to free oneself from difficult circumstances || 使自己脫離困苦的環境。
🗣le: (u: Lie tiøh'aix jin'cyn phaq'pviax, ciaq u zhud'thaau ee cit jit.) 🗣 (你著愛認真拍拚，才有出頭的一日。) (你要認真努力，才會有出人頭地的一天。)
2. (V) to step forth and take the lead handling affairs || 出面帶頭辦事。
🗣le: (u: Hør'kaf'zaix u lie zhud'thaau, na'bøo, cid kvia tai'cix tø pan be seeng`aq.) 🗣 (好佳哉有你出頭，若無，這件代誌就辦袂成矣。) (幸好有你出面，否則這件事情就做不成了。)
3. (Adj) (used after whole number/integer) in excess of || 用於整數後，表示有零餘。
🗣le: (u: Yn kviar kyn'nii ji'zap zhud'thaau`aq.) 🗣 (𪜶囝今年二十出頭矣。) (他兒子今年二十多歲了。)

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