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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。

høea siøf ti'thaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hoea siøf ty'thaau; høea siøf ty'thaau [[...]] 

said of a person who is already very familiar (Lit. burnt pig's head, face very well done)

火燒豬頭,很面熟

nyhaxsvoariam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: nie'ha'svoax'iam; (ty'thaau'puii) [[...]] 

mumps, parotitis inflammation of a parotid

耳下腺炎,腮腺腫

pvex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pvex; pvex/pvix; (pvix, pexng) [[...]] 

handle, hilt (of a sword), half (of a dagger), grasp, grip, shaft, (broom) stick

柄

• saociuo-pvex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: saux'ciuo'pvex; saux'ciuo-pvex/pvix [[...]] 
  broomstick
  掃帚柄

• ti'thaupvex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ty'thaau'pvex; ty'thaau'pvex/pvix [[...]] 
  hoe handle
  鋤頭柄

• tøpvex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tøf'pvex [[...]] 
  handle of a knife (sword)
  刀柄

svoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: svoax; (saxn) [[...]] 

gland

腺

• haxnsvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: han'svoax [[...]] 
  sweat glands
  汗腺

• lengsvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: lefng'svoax; lefng/ny'svoax [[...]] 
  mammary glands
  乳腺

• liap'hoxsvoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liab'ho'svoax [[...]] 
  prostate gland
  攝護腺

• pvythøo-svoax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pvie'thøo'svoax; pvie'thøo-svoax; (ty'thaau'puii) [[...]] 
  tonsils
  扁桃腺

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

pig's head

豬頭

tithauzhøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ty'thaau'zhoea; ty'thaau'zhøea [[...]] 

pig's brains

豬腦

ti'thaupeeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ty'thaau'peeng; (ty'thaau'puii) [[...]] 

mumps

腮腺炎

ti'thaau-phøee [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ty'thaau'phoee; ty'thaau-phøee [[...]] 

skin from a pig's head

豬頭皮

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