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a'hviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: af'hviaf [[...]] 

brother (elder brother)

哥哥

zekpeq-hviati [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeg'peq hviaf'ti; zeg'peq-hviaf'ti [[...]] 

male cousins, male cousins of same surname

堂兄弟

chinhviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chyn'hviaf [[...]] 

real elder brother

親兄

chyn hviati [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chyn'hviaf'ti; chyn hviaf'ti [[...]] 

brothers by the same father

親兄弟

• Phahhor liaqzhat ia tiøh chinhviati. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Phaq'hor liah'zhat ia tiøh chyn'hviaf'ti. [[...]] 
  In hunting tigers or in seizing robbers brothers should be used as assistants.
  打虎捉賊也要親兄弟。

zoadieen [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoat'ieen [[...]] 

sever relations with, insulate (electricity)

斷絕關係,絕緣

• Y kab yn a'hviaf zoadieen cyn kuo ax. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y kab yn af'hviaf zoat'ieen cyn kuo ax. [[...]] 
  He severed relations with his older brother a long time ago.
  他跟他哥哥斷絕關係很久了。

• Cid tiaau tiexnsvoax ee zoadieen bøo symmiq hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid tiaau tien'svoax ee zoat'ieen bøo sirm'miq hør. [[...]] 
  This electric wire is not well insulated.
  這條電線的絕緣不太好。

hefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hefng; (hviaf) [[...]] 

elder brother, a senior (used as a term of respect)

兄

hengte [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hefng'te; (hviaf'ti) [[...]] 

brothers

兄弟

hviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hviaf; (hefng) [[...]] 

elder brother (used as a suffix with names of men)

兄

• khøeahviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khex'hviaf; khøex'hviaf [[...]] 
  paramour
  情夫

hviakøf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hviaf'køf [[...]] 

older brothers

哥哥

hviamoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hviaf'moe; hviaf'moe/be [[...]] 

man and his young sister

兄妹

hviasør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hviaf'sør [[...]] 

elder brother's wife

兄嫂

hviati [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hviaf'ti [[...]] 

brothers

兄弟

hviati'aftai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hviaf'ti'ar'tai [[...]] 

brothers

弟兄關係

• Hviati'aftai nar tiøh hiahnih keakaux? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hviaf'ti'ar'tai nar tiøh hiaq'nih kex'kaux? [[...]] 
  Why are such good friends so miserly?
  弟兄關係怎麼需要那麼計較?

hør-hviati'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør'hviaf'ti'ar; hør-hviaf'ti'ar [[...]] 

good friends, euphemistic name for the ghosts for whom the living prepare a feast on the 15th of the 7th month

好兄弟,無主孤魂

i'piao hviati [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ii'piao hviaf'ti [[...]] 

male maternal cousins

姨表兄弟

iaq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iaq [[...]] 

and (joining two phrases or clauses disjunctively), but, while, still

而,那麼,可是,然而,仍然

• Goar bøo cvii, iaq lie ia bøo, si `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar bøo cvii, iaq lie ia bøo, si `bøo? [[...]] 
  I have no money, and you don't have any either, right?
  我沒錢,而你也沒有嗎?

• Y bøeq lym ka'py, iaq lie bøeq lym symmih? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y boeq lym kaf'py, iaq lie boeq lym sirm'miq?; Y bøeq lym kaf'py, iaq lie bøeq lym sirm'mih? [[...]] 
  He wants to drink coffee, and what about you? What will you have?
  他要喝咖啡,那麼,你要喝什麼?

• Ho løh kaq cyn toa, iaq y ia khix khvoax tiexnviar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ho løh kaq cyn toa, iaq y ia khix khvoax tien'viar. [[...]] 
  It was raining heavily, still he went to see the movies.
  雨下得很大,他仍然去看電影。

• Lirn a'hviaf hiaq kutlat, iaq lie ciaq pixntvoa. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lirn af'hviaf hiaq kud'lat, iaq lie ciaq pin'tvoa. [[...]] 
  Your older brother is diligent, while you are so lazy.
  你哥哥那麼勤勞,然而你卻這麼懶惰。

• Goar khix svoaterng, iaq chitthøo kaq cyn sofngkhoaix. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Goar khix svoaf'terng, iaq chid'thøo kaq cyn sorng'khoaix. [[...]] 
  I went to the mountain, and I had a really good time.
  我去山上,玩得很愉快。

• Lie thafng zhutkhix chitthøo, iaq tiøh khaq zar tngflaai lef. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie thafng zhud'khix chid'thøo, iaq tiøh khaq zar tngr'laai lef. [[...]] 
  You may go out to play, but you must come back earlier.
  你可以出去玩,可是要早點回來。

Iauxhaxn Siøfhviati Hoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Iau'haxn Siør'hviaf'ti Hoe [[...]] 

CSJB: Cong. Sti Joannis-B (Catholic)

耀漢小兄弟會

yn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: yn [[...]] 

they, their

他,他們

• yn-zhux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: yn'zhux; yn-zhux; (yn'taw) [[...]] 
  his (her) or their home
  他家,他們家

• yn-a'hviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: yn'af hviaf; yn-af'hviaf; (yn-af'zea, yn-lau'pe, yn-lau'sw, yn-siør'ti, ...) [[...]] 
  his (her) or their older brother (older sister, father, mother, teacher, younger brother)
  他(她)哥哥(姐姐,爸爸,媽媽,老師,弟弟等等)

jixhviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ji'hviaf; (ji'zea) [[...]] 

second oldest brother (sister)

二哥(姐)

jinhefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jiin'hefng; (jiin'hviaf) [[...]] 

dear elder brother (designation for a friend of the same standing as oneself)

仁兄

kawhviaf kawti [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kao'hviaf kao'ti [[...]] 

group of good-for-nothings

狗兄狗弟,狐群狗黨

khøeahviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khex'hviaf; khøex'hviaf [[...]] 

male paramour

情夫

kietgi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kied'gi; (kied'paix, kied'gi hviaf'ti, kied'paix hviaf'ti) [[...]] 

pledge in sworn brotherhood, sworn brothers or sisters

結義,結拜,結義兄弟,結拜兄弟

kietpaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kied'paix [[...]] 

pledge in sworn brotherhood or sisterhood

結拜

• kietpaix hviati [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kied'paix hviaf'ti [[...]] 
  sworn brothers
  結拜兄弟

• kietpaix-cy'moe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kied'paix cie'moe; kied'paix-cie'moe/be [[...]] 
  sworn sisters
  結拜姊妹

ko'piao hviati [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kof'piao hviaf'ti [[...]] 

paternal male cousins, "a-ko's" sons

姑表兄弟

moe/møe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: moe; moe/be; (be, mai) [[...]] 

younger sister

妹

• cy'moe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cie'moe [[...]] 
  sisters, elder and younger
  姊妹

• hviamoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hviaf'moe; hviaf'moe/be [[...]] 
  man and his younger sister
  兄妹

• piawmoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: piao'moe; piao'moe/be [[...]] 
  younger female cousin on mother's side
  表妹

• siøfmoe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siør'moe [[...]] 
  younger sister
  妹妹

gvofluun (kunsiin, huxzuo, hu'hu, hviati, peng'iuo) [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gvor'luun (kwn'siin, hu'zuo, hw'hu, hviaf'ti, peeng'iuo) [[...]] 

moral obligations, the five human relationships: between prince and minister, father and son, husband and wife, brothers, friends

五倫(君臣,父子,夫婦,兄弟,朋友)。

onghviaf liwti [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oong'hviaf liuo'ti [[...]] 

dubious friend

不三不四的朋友

pangthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: paang'thaau [[...]] 

family tribe or clan

家族

• Yn u zabgoa hviati, sofie sngrsi toa pangthaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Yn u zap'goa hviaf'ti, sor'ie sngx'si toa paang'thaau. [[...]] 
  They have over ten brothers so they are considered a large family clan.
  他們有十多個兄弟,所以算是大家族。

peq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peq; (peg) [[...]] 

father's elder brothers, uncle

伯

• a'peq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: af'peq [[...]] 
  father's elder brother(s), uncle
  伯父

• zekpeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeg'peq [[...]] 
  paternal uncles in general
  堂親

• zekpeq cy'moe [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeg'peq cie'moe [[...]] 
  first cousin (daughter of paternal uncle)
  堂姊妹

• zekpeq hviati [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeg'peq hviaf'ti [[...]] 
  first cousins (sons of paternal uncle)
  堂兄弟

• toaxpeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toa'peq [[...]] 
  father's eldest brother, husband's eldest brother
  大伯父,大伯

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。

phahputbok [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq'pud'bok [[...]] 

help victims of injustice, fall out, suddenly turn hostile

打抱不平,翻臉

• Yn pwnlaai si nar hviati lef, mxkuo cym'ar ykefng phahputbok af. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Yn purn'laai si nar hviaf'ti lef, m'kuo cirm'ar ie'kefng phaq'pud'bok af. [[...]] 
  Formerly they were like brothers but now they have turned hostile.
  他們本來是像兄弟似的,不過現在已經翻臉了。

piawhviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: piao'hviaf; (piao'køf) [[...]] 

male cousin of different surname

表兄,表哥

piao-hviati [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: piao'hviaf'ti; piao-hviaf'ti [[...]] 

male first cousins of another surname

表兄弟

sai'hviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: say'hviaf; (sw'hviaf) [[...]] 

elder apprentice (said by younger ones)

師兄

sai'hviati, su'hviati [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: say'hviaf'ti; (sw'hviaf'ti) [[...]] 

workmen who studied and worked under the same master

師兄弟

sør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sør [[...]] 

elder brother's wife, it is appended to the personal name of the husband as an appellation of his wife, when we would use "hviaf" for himself, e.g., "Pang-tin-sør", wife of a man called "Pang-tin-hviaf"

嫂

• asør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: af'sør [[...]] 
  elder brother's wife, the appellation for elder brother's wife
  嫂嫂

• hviasør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hviaf'sør [[...]] 
  elder brother's wife
  大嫂

• jixsør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ji'sør [[...]] 
  wife of second oldest brother
  二嫂

su'hviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sw'hviaf; (say'hviaf) [[...]] 

elder (male) fellow student under the same master or tutor

師兄

su'hviati [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sw'hviaf'ti [[...]] 

fellow students under the same master or tutor

師兄弟

thør-khøeahviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thør khex'hviaf; thør-khøex'hviaf [[...]] 

(woman) to seek a paramour

紅杏出牆

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

younger brother

弟

• zekpeq hviati [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zeg'peq hviaf'ti [[...]] 
  male first cousins on the father's side
  堂兄弟

• hviati [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hviaf'ti [[...]] 
  brothers, brethren
  兄弟

• kietpaix hviati [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kied'paix hviaf'ti [[...]] 
  sworn brothers, brothers by covenant
  結拜兄弟

• piao-hviati [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: piao hviaf'ti; piao-hviaf'ti [[...]] 
  male first cousins (sons of maternal uncles and aunts and of father's sisters)
  表兄弟

• piao-siøfti [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: piao siør'ti; piao-siør'ti [[...]] 
  a son of father's sister or of mother's brother or sister who is younger than oneself
  表弟

• siøfti [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siør'ti [[...]] 
  younger brother, said in speaking for the first personal pronoun, "I"
  弟弟

toaxhviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toa'hviaf [[...]] 

eldest brother

大哥

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