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varlaam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: vax'laam; (vax'tafng, vax'say, vax'pag) [[...]] 

structure facing south (east, west, north)

朝南(東,西,北)

• Varlaam ee zhux khaq chiuchixn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Vax'laam ee zhux khaq chiw'chixn. [[...]] 
  A building facing south is cooler.
  朝南的房子較涼快。

baktafng baksay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bag'tafng bag'say [[...]] 

covered with all sorts of filth

沾這沾那

baxntafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'tafng [[...]] 

the second rice harvest

二期作

bongtafng bongsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bofng'tafng bofng'say [[...]] 

always at work at various things, so as to have no leisure

摸東摸西

zaiviar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zay'viar [[...]] 

know for a fact

知道

• Y tangsii e laai, lie zaiviar `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y tafng'sii e laai, lie zay'viar `bøo? [[...]] 
  Do you know when he will come?
  他什麼時候會來,你知道嗎 ?

• Zef si thngg afsi iaam, lie zaiviar `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zef si thngg ar'si iaam, lie zay'viar `bøo? [[...]] 
  Is this sugar or salt?
  這是糖還是鹽,你知道嗎 ?

zaftafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zar'tafng [[...]] 

early summer crop of rice

春耕,早稻,一期稻

zabgøeqtafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zap'goeh'tafng; zap'gøeh'tafng [[...]] 

second rice harvest during the tenth month

二期稻

zawtafng-zawsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zao'tafng'zao'say; zao'tafng-zao'say [[...]] 

traveling all over the place, constantly on the move

跑東跑西

zextafng varsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ze'tafng vax'say [[...]] 

face west with back to east

坐東朝西

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

vegetable, green, food eaten with rice or alcoholic drinks

菜

• angphøezhaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: aang'phoee'zhaix; aang'phøee'zhaix [[...]] 
  eggplant
  茄子

• zarzhaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zax'zhaix; (Sux'zhoafn'zhaix) [[...]] 
  pickled vegetables, a style of cooking, e.g., Szechwan cooking
  榨菜(四川菜)

• chirnzhaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chixn'zhaix [[...]] 
  food left over from a meal
  殘羹冷菜

• ciwzhaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciuo'zhaix [[...]] 
  dishes taken with wine
  下酒菜

• erngzhaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: exng'zhaix [[...]] 
  water convolvulus, vegetables with hollow stems and green leaves
  空心菜

• gøafzhaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gøo'ar'zhaix [[...]] 
  plant that swans eat
  鵝菜

• hexngzhaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: heng'zhaix [[...]] 
  edible red or green amaranth
  莧菜

• hoezhaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoef'zhaix; (hoef'ar'zhaix) [[...]] 
  cauliflower
  花椰菜

• ka'boaqzhaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaf'boah'zhaix; (kau'boah'zhaix) [[...]] 
  thick leaved beet
  茉仔菜

• keana'afzhaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kex'naa'ar'zhaix; (kex'nee'ar'zhaix) [[...]] 
  Chinese kale, a wrinkled leaf cabbage like vegetable
  芥藍菜

• khinzhaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khiin'zhaix [[...]] 
  celery
  芹菜

• kiamzhaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kiaam'zhaix [[...]] 
  pickled mustard green vegetable
  鹹菜

• kietthauzhaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kied'thaau'zhaix [[...]] 
  a vegetable with bulbous root like turnip, kohlrabi
  蕪菁菜,大頭菜

• kølee-zhaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: køf'lee'zhaix; køf'lee-zhaix [[...]] 
  cabbage, and its derivatives the cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, and kale
  甘藍,高麗菜

• koarzhaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koax'zhaix [[...]] 
  mustard, mustard root, often pickled
  芥菜

• kwzhaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kuo'zhaix [[...]] 
  Chinese leek
  韭菜

• pausimpeqzhaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: paw'sym'peh'zhaix; (paw'sym'peh'ar) [[...]] 
  Chinese cabbage
  包心白菜

• peqzhaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: peh'zhaix [[...]] 
  Chinese cabbage
  白菜

• thngsi'afzhaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thngf'sii'ar'zhaix [[...]] 
  kind of cabbage with leaves shaped like a tea spoon
  湯匙菜,青江菜

• phaozhaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaux'zhaix [[...]] 
  Chinese style pickled vegetable, a treated vegetable root from Szechwan
  泡菜

• pøeleng'afzhaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: poef'leeng'ar'zhaix; pøef'leeng'ar'zhaix [[...]] 
  spinach
  菠菜

• tang'øf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng'øf; (tafng'øf'zhaix) [[...]] 
  edible garland chrysanthemum
  茼蒿

• tauxzhaix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tau'zhaix [[...]] 
  bean sprouts
  豆芽

chiensyn baxnkhor [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiefn'syn ban'khor [[...]] 

suffer or undergo all conceivable hardship to accomplish something

千辛萬苦

• Chiensyn baxnkhor uixtiøh kviar kaq bor, zongsay zongtafng uixtiøh thad zhuiekhafng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chiefn'syn ban'khor ui'tiøh kviar kaq bor, zoong'say zoong'tafng ui'tiøh thad zhuix'khafng. [[...]] 
  be in a rut, Life is difficult with no hope of advancement. (Lit. Ten thousand difficulties for the sake of wife and children. Run around all over from east to west just to keep food in the mouth.)
  千辛萬苦為著妻與子,奔東奔西為著渡日子。

• Chiensyn baxnkhor, lorng si uixtiøh cid ee paktor. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Chiefn'syn ban'khor, lorng si ui'tiøh cid ee pag'tor. [[...]] 
  be in a rut, Life is difficult with no hope of advancement. (Lit. Ten thousand hardships, all for the sake of this belly.)
  千辛萬苦,都是為了這個肚子。

chiautafng chiausay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiaw'tafng chiaw'say [[...]] 

turn over everything in a room

亂翻東西

zhunhe chiutafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhwn'he chiw'tafng [[...]] 

spring, summer, autumn, winter

春夏秋冬

zhutzoxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhud'zoxng; (zhud'svoaf) [[...]] 

funeral procession, carry a coffin out to the grave, escort a funeral

出葬,出殯

• Tangsii bøeq zhutsvoaf (zhutzoxng)? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tafng'sii boeq zhud'svoaf (zhud'zoxng)?; Tafng'sii bøeq zhud'svoaf (zhud'zoxng)? [[...]] 
  When will the funeral be?
  什麼時候要出葬 ?

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

departure, to leave

出發

• Lie bøeq khix Hiongkarng, tangsii bøeq zhut'hoad? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie boeq khix Hiofng'karng, tafng'sii boeq zhud'hoad?; Lie bøeq khix Hiofng'karng, tafng'sii bøeq zhud'hoad? [[...]] 
  You are going to Hong Kong, when are you starting out?
  你要去香港,幾時出發 ?

cytafng kofngsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cie'tafng korng'say [[...]] 

irrelevant, mislead with talk, talk nonsense, try to avoid the main theme by talking about something else (Lit. point to east and talk west)

指東話西

ciaqtafng ciaqsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah'tafng ciah'say [[...]] 

eat any ole thing

吃這吃那

zørtafng zørsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx'tafng zøx'say; zøx/zøex'tafng zøx/zøex'say [[...]] 

do any old things

做這做那

zongtafng zongsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoong'tafng zoong'say [[...]] 

work ambitiously

為生計奔波

e pvoartafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: e pvoax'tafng [[...]] 

second half of the year

下半年

extafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: e'tafng [[...]] 

next harvest, next year, fall harvest (generally the tenth month rice harvest)

下一期的作物, 下一年

hafntid [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: harn'tid [[...]] 

rarely, seldom

罕有的,不常的

• hafntid khvoarkvix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: harn'tid khvoax'kvix [[...]] 
  rarely found, rarely met with
  少見的

• hafntid tangsii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: harn'tid tafng'sii [[...]] 
  once in a great while, rarely, occasionally
  偶而,難得

• Hafntid tangsii laai, tvaf tiøh toax lef ciah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Harn'tid tafng'sii laai, tvaf tiøh toax lef ciah. [[...]] 
  You rarely come, you should stay and eat.
  難得來一次,該留下吃飯。

gi'tafng gisay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gii'tafng gii'say [[...]] 

harbor suspicions

疑神疑鬼

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

find fault with, to blame, object to, dislike

嫌棄

• Lie na bøo hiaam phvae sofzai, ciaq køq laai chitthøo. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Lie na bøo hiaam phvae sor'zai, ciaq køq laai chid'thøo. [[...]] 
  If you have no objections to a poor place, come back for a visit.
  你要是不嫌棄地方不好,請再來玩。

• Y hiaam goar saxn, bøo aix kex goar. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y hiaam goar saxn, bøo aix kex goar. [[...]] 
  She does not want to marry me, because she has an objection to my poverty.
  她嫌我窮,不要嫁我。

• hiaam kuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiaam kuix [[...]] 
  object to the high price of something
  嫌貴

• hiaam tafng hiaam say [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hiaam tafng hiaam say [[...]] 
  be discontented with everything
  吹毛求疵

• bøexhiao sayzuun hiaam khøef oafn. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: be'hiao sae'zuun hiaam khef oafn.; bøe'hiao sae'zuun hiaam khøef oafn. [[...]] 
  A poor skipper blames the winding river.
  不會開船,嫌溪彎,不怪自己能力差,反而怨天尤人。

høfgiah tintafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør'giah'tyn'tafng; hør'giah tyn'tafng [[...]] 

very rich

非常富有

hør-nitafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør'nii'tafng; hør-nii'tafng [[...]] 

year of abundance, a fat year, bumper harvest year

好景,豐年

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。

iuosapsab [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iux'sab'sab [[...]] 

something very very small

很細

• Iuosapsab lie bøeq toax hiaf khiøq kaq tangsii? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Iux'sab'sab lie boeq toax hiaf khiøq kaq tafng'sii?; Iux'sab'sab lie bøeq toax hiaf khiøq kaq tafng'sii? [[...]] 
  That small a thing, how long are you going to stand there trying to pick it up.
  那麼細,你要撿到何時?

viuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: viuu; (ioong) [[...]] 

ocean, foreign, western, imported, vast

洋

• Irntoxviuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Ixn'to'viuu [[...]] 
  Indian Ocean
  印度洋

• Seviuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Sef'viuu [[...]] 
  western countries, the West
  西洋

• Tang'viuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tafng'viuu [[...]] 
  Orient
  東洋

• Thaepeng'viuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Thaix'peeng'viuu [[...]] 
  Pacific Ocean
  太平洋

jibtafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jip'tafng [[...]] 

beginning of winter

入冬

kaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaw [[...]] 

hand over, deliver, associate, to exchange

交

• theh khix kaw y [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: theh khix kaw y [[...]] 
  take it and hand over into his own hands
  拿去交給他

• Tangsii extaxng kaw goar? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tafng'sii e'taxng kaw goar? [[...]] 
  When can you deliver it to me?
  什麼時候能交給我?

• kaw y ee chiuo [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaw y ee chiuo [[...]] 
  hand to him personally
  交給他本人

• zoadkaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zoat'kaw [[...]] 
  sever relations, break off (friendship)
  絕交

• chinkaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chyn'kaw [[...]] 
  close friendship
  親交

• pangkaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pafng'kaw [[...]] 
  diplomatic relations
  邦交

• toaxnkaw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toan'kaw [[...]] 
  break off relations or friendship
  斷交

kautafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaw'tafng [[...]] 

winter season about to begin

進入冬季

kheftheeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khea'theeng [[...]] 

start on a journey

啟程

• Y tangsii bøeq kheftheeng? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Y taang'sii boeq khea'theeng?; Y tafng'sii bøeq khea'theeng? [[...]] 
  When will he start on his journey?
  他何時啟程?

khiatafng khiasay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khiaf'tafng khiaf'say [[...]] 

create difficulties

諸多刁難

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

be fretful or peevish, as a child or mother-in-law, cause constant trouble

刁難,乖張

• Cid ee gyn'ar teq phoarpve, sofie cyn gaau khiaau. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Cid ee girn'ar teq phoax'pve, sor'ie cyn gaau khiaau.; Cid ee girn'ar teq phoax'pve/pvi, sor'ie cyn gaau khiaau. [[...]] 
  This youngster is not well, so he is very peevish.
  這孩子在生病,所以很乖張。

• khiautafng khiausay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khiaau'tafng khiaau'say [[...]] 
  fret about this and that
  嫌這嫌那,故意刁難

khvoartafng khvoarsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax'tafng khvoax'say [[...]] 

look all around, gawk around

東張西望

• Teq thagzheq esii, mxthafng khvoartafng khvoarsay. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Teq thak'zheq ee'sii, m'thafng khvoax'tafng khvoax'say. [[...]] 
  When studying, don't be distracted. (Lit. Don't look east and west.)
  讀書時,不要東張西望。

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

metropolis

京

• cviuxkviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cviu'kviaf [[...]] 
  go to the metropolis
  上京

• Lamkviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Laam'kviaf [[...]] 
  Nanking (Nanjing)
  南京

• Tangkviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tafng'kviaf [[...]] 
  Tokyo
  東京

Kngftafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kngr'tafng [[...]] 

Canton, Kwang-tung

廣東

køeatafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koex'tafng; køex'tafng [[...]] 

pass the winter

過冬

kofngtafng kofngsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: korng'tafng korng'say [[...]] 

chat, talk about many things or about everything and anything, to gossip about others' faults (often falsely)

談天說地,閒聊,背後批評

laggøeqtafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lak'goeh'tafng; lak'gøeh'tafng [[...]] 

harvest of the sixth moon, the first harvest

第一期作

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

south, southward

南

• cylaam-ciafm [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cie'laam'ciafm; cie'laam-ciafm [[...]] 
  compass
  指南針

• høelaam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoee'laam; høee'laam [[...]] 
  change to a south wind
  轉南風

• løqlaam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: løh'laam [[...]] 
  go south
  南下

• tanglaam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng'laam [[...]] 
  south-east
  東南

libtafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lip'tafng [[...]] 

beginning of Winter (between Nov. 7-21)

立冬

mngxtafng-mngxsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: mng'tafng'mng'say; mng'tafng-mng'say [[...]] 

ask many questions about other people's affairs

問東問西

• Gyn'ar kuijit lorng teq mngxtangmngxsay. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Girn'ar kuy'jit lorng teq mng'tafng'mng'say. [[...]] 
  Children like to ask all sorts of questions all day long.
  孩子整天都在問東問西。

ni'tafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: nii'tafng [[...]] 

harvest

收穫

• hør ni'tafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør nii'tafng [[...]] 
  good harvest
  豐收

• phvae-nitafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvae'nii'tafng; phvae-nii'tafng [[...]] 
  poor harvest
  欠收成,收穫不好

ni'tafng-nisay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ny'tafng ny'say; ny'tafng-ny'say [[...]] 

take up small quantities of things in the fingers, to pick at this and that

拿這拿那

ni'taw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: nii'taw [[...]] 

end of the year

年終

• tangzeq ti goeqthaau, o'kvoaa ti ni'taw. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng'zeq ti goeh'thaau, of'kvoaa ti nii'taw.; tafng'zøeq ti gøeh'thaau, of'kvoaa ti nii'taw. [[...]] 
  When the winter solstice is at the beginning of the month, cold weather will come before the end of the year.
  冬至值月頭,烏寒值年終

oay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oay [[...]] 

crooked, awry, off the straight, aslant, wicked, evil

歪

• siong putzexng, ha zeg oay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siong pud'zexng, ha zeg oay [[...]] 
  When superiors are wicked, then inferiors are crooked and bad.
  上不正,下即歪。上樑不正,下樑歪。

• tangtør saioay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng'tør say'oay [[...]] 
  tumbling about like a drunken man, all awry, in disorder
  東倒西歪

pvephvi [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pvee'phvi; pvee/pvii'phvi [[...]] 

snub nose

扁鼻

• Tang'viulaang khaq pvephvi. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tafng'viuu'laang khaq pvee'phvi.; Tafng'viuu'laang khaq pvee/pvii'phvi. [[...]] 
  Oriental people have a flatter nose.
  東洋人比較扁鼻。

phvayzhaan bang auxtafng , phvaybor cidsielaang. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvae'zhaan bang au'tafng , phvae'bor cit'six'laang. [[...]] 

If you have poor harvest, there is still hope for the next harvest. If you have a bad wife, it is for life.

瘠田望下季,惡妻無希望。

phvae ni'tafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvae nii'tafng [[...]] 

bad harvest

收成不好

phvaytafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phvae'tafng [[...]] 

disastrous year

凶年

poftafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: por'tafng [[...]] 

take nourishing food and medicine against the winter

補冬

pvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pvoax; (poaxn) [[...]] 

half, to halve, to divide

半

• bøo pvoax laang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bøo pvoax laang [[...]] 
  not a single person
  沒有人

• cit pvoax cit pvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit pvoax cit pvoax [[...]] 
  half and half
  一半一半

• tafng-pvoarkiuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng'pvoax'kiuu; tafng-pvoax'kiuu [[...]] 
  the Eastern hemisphere
  東半球

• toaxpvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: toa'pvoax [[...]] 
  the greater half, majority
  大半

• tuiepvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tuix'pvoax [[...]] 
  half and half, half each
  對半

• tuiepvoarpwn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tuix'pvoax'pwn [[...]] 
  divide in equal shares, divide equally
  平分

pvoartafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pvoax'tafng [[...]] 

half a year

半年

putty putkag [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'ty pud'kag [[...]] 

unconsciously, gradually, involuntarily

不知不覺

• Putty putkag (ee tiongkafn) siuxtiøh y ee efnghiorng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pud'ty pud'kag (ee tiofng'kafn) siu'tiøh y ee erng'hiorng. [[...]] 
  Gradually we were influenced by him
  不知不覺之間受到他的影響。

• Putty putkag (ee tiongkafn) tangthvy kaux`ax. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Pud'ty pud'kag (ee tiofng'kafn) tafng'thvy kaux`ax. [[...]] 
  The winter has stolen upon us.
  不知不覺之間冬天到了。

say [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: say; (sef) [[...]] 

west

西

• baktafng baksay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bag'tafng bag'say [[...]] 
  soiled all over, to be soiled by many things
  沾這沾那

• ciaqtafng ciaqsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciah'tafng ciah'say [[...]] 
  eat all kinds of things
  吃這個吃那個

• gi'tafng gisay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: gii'tafng gii'say [[...]] 
  very suspicious
  疑神疑鬼

• khvoartafng-khvoarsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khvoax'tafng khvoax'say; khvoax'tafng-khvoax'say [[...]] 
  look in every direction
  東瞻西望

• kofngtafng kofngsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: korng'tafng korng'say [[...]] 
  talk about many things, about everything and anything, to gossip about other's faults, often falsely
  談天說地

sviaf-tafng keg-say [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sviaf'tafng keg'say; sviaf-tafng keg-say [[...]] 

Lit. to make noise in the east while striking in the west, feigning tactics

聲東擊西

sierntanghofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siexn'tafng'hofng [[...]] 

invite snub

面頰吃盡冬天的冷風,比喻自找苦吃

symmih sii? tangsii? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sirm'mih sii? tafng'sii? [[...]] 

At what time? When?

何時?

siutafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siw'tafng [[...]] 

harvest

收成

sviuxtangsviuxsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sviu'tafng'sviu'say [[...]] 

fantasize

胡思亂想

Svoatafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Svoaf'tafng [[...]] 

Shantung

山東

svoatangpeh [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svoaf'tafng'peh [[...]] 

superior type of cabbage

山東白菜

suie-tangtafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: suie'tafng'tafng; suie-tafng'tafng [[...]] 

very beautiful, very pretty

很美

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

bamboo shoot, young edible shoots of bamboo and some other plants

筍

• losurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: loo'surn [[...]] 
  asparagus
  蘆筍

• sngsurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sngf'surn [[...]] 
  pickled bamboo shoots
  酸筍

• tangsurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng'surn [[...]] 
  winter bamboo shoots
  冬筍

• teksurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: teg'surn [[...]] 
  bamboo shoots
  竹筍

tafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng; (tofng) [[...]] 

east, eastern

東

• Kngftafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Kngr'tafng [[...]] 
  Canton, Kwang-tung
  廣東

• Svoatafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Svoaf'tafng [[...]] 
  Shantung
  山東

tafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng; (tofng) [[...]] 

winter, (in lunar calendar) the period from the 10th to the 12th moon

冬

• jibtafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: jip'tafng [[...]] 
  the term at the beginning of winter, on or about Nov. 7th
  入冬

• køeatafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koex'tafng; køex'tafng [[...]] 
  pass the winter, survive the winter
  過冬

• poftafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: por'tafng [[...]] 
  take nourishing food and medicine for strength in winter
  冬天進補

• pvoartafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pvoax'tafng [[...]] 
  half a year
  半年

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

harvest, crop, year

收穫

• zaftafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zar'tafng [[...]] 
  first rice harvest, about the sixth month
  一期作

• zabgøeqtafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zap'goeh'tafng; zap'gøeh'tafng [[...]] 
  second rice harvest, about the tenth month
  二期作

• cidtafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cit tafng; cit'tafng [[...]] 
  crop, year
  一年,一期

• hør ni'tafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hør nii'tafng [[...]] 
  harvest good
  收穫好

• laggøeqtafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lak'goeh'tafng; lak'gøeh'tafng [[...]] 
  the first rice harvest, about the sixth month
  一期作

• siutafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: siw'tafng [[...]] 
  to take in the harvest, to harvest, to reap
  收成

tafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng; (taan) [[...]] 

a type of large tree, sandalwood, ebony

檀,苳

• cytafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cie'tafng [[...]] 
  red sandalwood
  紫檀

• ka'tafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kaf'tafng [[...]] 
  a very precious hard wood for furniture
  茄苳

• otafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: of'tafng [[...]] 
  ebony
  黑檀

Tang'Af [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tafng'af [[...]] 

East Asia

東亞

Tang'aw [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tafng'aw [[...]] 

Eastern Europe

東歐

tangbøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng'boea; tafng'bøea [[...]] 

end of harvest, end of the year

年底,年尾

tangzøeq [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng'zeq; tafng'zøeq [[...]] 

the winter solstice, Dec. 22 (according to the solar calendar)

冬至

tanghngf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng'hngf [[...]] 

the east, oriental

東方

tanghofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng'hofng [[...]] 

east wind

東風

tanghurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng'hurn [[...]] 

a type of "glass" vermicelli made from beans

冬粉

Tang'viuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tafng'viuu [[...]] 

East Asia, the Orient

東洋

Tang'viulaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tafng'viuu'laang [[...]] 

Orientals

東方人

Tangkviaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tafng'kviaf [[...]] 

Tokyo

東京

tangkoef [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng'koef [[...]] 

a very big, long, green melon, which looks very much like a watermelon

冬瓜

tangkuix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng'kuix [[...]] 

winter season

冬季

tanglaam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng'laam [[...]] 

southeast

東南

Tanglaam-Af [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tafng'laam'af; tafng'laam-af [[...]] 

Southeast Asia

東南亞

tanglamhofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng'laam'hofng [[...]] 

southeast wind

東南風

tanglaam saipag [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng'laam say'pag [[...]] 

east, south, west and north — all directions

東南西北

tangmngg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng'mngg [[...]] 

east gate (of a city wall)

東門

tang'øf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng'øf; (tafng'øf'zhaix) [[...]] 

parsley, one species of parsley with black leaves, garland chrysanthemum

茼蒿菜

tangpag [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng'pag [[...]] 

northeast, Manchuria

東北

tangpeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng'peeng [[...]] 

eastern, eastern side

東方

tafng-pvoarkiuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng pvoax'kiuu; tafng-pvoax'kiuu [[...]] 

eastern hemisphere

東半球

tangsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng'say [[...]] 

east and west

東西

tangsii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng'sii? [[...]] 

when, what time

何時?

• ti tangsii? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ti tafng'sii? [[...]] 
  at what time
  在何時?

• u tangsi'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u tafng'sii'ar [[...]] 
  sometimes
  有時候

tangsurn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng'surn [[...]] 

variety of bamboo shoot that sprouts in winter

冬筍

Tangteg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Tafng'teg [[...]] 

East Germany

東德

tangthaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tafng'thaau [[...]] 

early spring

春初

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