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zhutkafng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhud'kafng ⬆︎ [[...]]

do work, to contribute labor

出力,義工

U cvii ee laang zhud cvii, bøo cvii ee laang zhud kafng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U cvii ee laang zhud cvii, bøo cvii ee laang zhud kafng. ⬆︎ [[...]]
Those who have money donate money, and those who have no money contribute labor.
有錢的出錢,沒錢的出力。

cvii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cvii ⬆︎ [[...]]

money, cash

錢

uxcvilaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u'cvii'laang ⬆︎ [[...]]
wealthy man
有錢人

U cvii sae kuie ia e ebø. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U cvii sae kuie ia e ef'bø. ⬆︎ [[...]]
Money talks. (Lit. If you have money, you can make a devil turn the mill for you.)
有錢能使鬼推磨。

cvii siekhaf, laang nng khaf [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: cvii six'khaf, laang nng khaf ⬆︎ [[...]]
Don't run after it, you can't catch it. (Lit. Money has four legs to your two.)
錢四腳,人只有兩腳,賺錢不易。

hegciax [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hek'ciax ⬆︎ [[...]]

or else, it may be that

或者,或許

Hegciax u laang bøo aix cvii. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hek'ciax u laang bøo aix cvii. ⬆︎ [[...]]
May be someone does not want money.
或許有人不要錢。

Hegciax y teq phoarpve. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Hek'ciax y teq phoax'pve.; Hek'ciax y teq phoax'pve/pvi. ⬆︎ [[...]]
He might be sick.
他或許在生病。

u cvii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u cvii ⬆︎ [[...]]

have money, be wealthy, rich

有錢

uxcvilaang [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: u'cvii'laang ⬆︎ [[...]]
wealthy man
富翁

U cvii `bøo? [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U cvii `bøo? ⬆︎ [[...]]
Have you any money? Is there any money?
有錢嗎?

U cvii zhutcvii, u lat zhutlat. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U cvii zhud'cvii, u lat zhud'lat. ⬆︎ [[...]]
If you have money, give money. If you have strength, give your strength. — Give what you can.
有錢出錢,有力出力

Uxcvii hoaq zuie e kientaxng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U'cvii hoaq zuie e kiefn'taxng. ⬆︎ [[...]]
If you have money, you can call water to become hard. — Money talks. Anything can be done with money.
有錢能使鬼推磨。

U cvii sae kuie ia e ebø. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: U cvii sae kuie ia e ef'bø. ⬆︎ [[...]]
If you have money, you can hire the devil to grind rice. — Money makes everything possible.
有錢能使鬼推磨。

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Taiwanese Dictionaries – Sources

HTB: "Hiexntai-buun" Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Modern Taiwanese Language Association. Syllable segmentation in progress.
DFT: 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chinese). Ministry of Education, R.O.C. 2011. (CC BY-ND 3.0 臺灣) (data from MoeDict Desktop For MacOSX / Linux / Windows. 2015. see MoeDict and Taioaan Wiki). We have annotated over 5800 definitions in English for monosyllables (enter any monosyllable to get into monosyllable mode)
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