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bøtapsab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo'tab'sab [[...]] 

not enough

不夠

• Six go ee laang ciah svaf liap kam'ar, bøtapbøsab goar bøo aix ciah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Six go ee laang ciah svaf liap kafm'ar, bøo'tab'bøo'sab goar bøo aix ciah. [[...]] 
  Four or five people ate three bananas, there wasn't enough for me to eat.
  四五個人吃三個橘子不夠吃,我不要吃。

eh-cvicvy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eh'cvy'cvy; øeh-cvy'cvy [[...]] 

confined (space), very narrow

很狹小

• Hitterng binzhngg na khuxn svaf ee laang tø øeqcvicvy af. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hid terng biin'zhngg na khuxn svaf ee laang tø eh'cvy'cvy af.; Hid'terng biin'zhngg na khuxn svaf ee laang tø øeh'cvy'cvy af. [[...]] 
  That bed is very narrow for three people to sleep on.
  那張床如果睡三個人就很窄了.

giuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giuo; (khiuo) [[...]] 

pull, to haul, to draw, to tow, solicit (as buyers)

拉,曳

• giuo chiwngr [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giuo chiuo'ngr [[...]] 
  pull a person by the sleeve
  拉人的袖子

• giuo khylaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giuo khie'laai [[...]] 
  pull out (as weeds, etc), pull up
  拉(拔) 起來

• giwlaai giwkhix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giuo'laai giuo'khix [[...]] 
  tug a thing from both sides
  拉來拉去

• giuo laang ee sva'afky [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giuo laang ee svaf'ar'ky [[...]] 
  have a share in other's profits, follow others to partake of a feast without being invited
  拉人的衣角,托他人之福

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

in a flash

晃

• Hvoar leq tø køex. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hvoar lef tø koex.; Hvoar leq tø køex. [[...]] 
  pass in a flash
  一晃就過去

• Cidhvoar køex svatafng, sva'hvoar cidsielaang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cit hvoar koex svaf tafng, svaf hvoar cit'six'laang.; Cit'hvoar køex svaf'tafng, svaf'hvoar cit'six'laang. [[...]] 
  time passes very fast (Lit. Three years passed in a flash. Three flashes and a lifetime takes place.)
  一晃過三冬,三晃過一生。

paipien [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: paai'pien [[...]] 

have a bowel movement, defecate

排便

• Cid ee pvexlaang ykefng nngxsvajit bøo paipien af. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ee pve'laang ie'kefng nng'svaf'jit bøo paai'pien af.; Cid'ee pve/pvi'laang ie'kefng nng'svaf'jit bøo paai'pien`aq. [[...]] 
  This sick person has had a bowel movement in two or three days.
  這個病人已經兩三天沒排便了。

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