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HTB (2)

zørzhat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [p.]: steal; be a thief; 做賊
zørzhat sym hy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] [p.]: A thief has a guilty conscience. One who has done something bad secretly cannot look others in the eye; 做賊心虛

Maryknoll (10)

zørzhat [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx'zhat; zøx/zøex'zhat ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

steal, be a thief

做賊

Zørzhat cidkvef, ciwzhat cidmee. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zøx'zhat cit'kvef, ciuo'zhat cit'mee.; Zøx/Zøex'zhat cit'kvef, ciuo'zhat cit'mee. ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
Though the thief comes only in one watch, we must be on guard all night.
做賊一更，守賊一夜，防不勝防。

Zørzhat cioxnggoaan zaai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Zøx'zhat ciong'goaan zaai.; Zøx/Zøex'zhat ciong'goaan zaai. ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
be clever at thievery, be a thief with the ability of one who could pass the highest tests to become a government official
做賊狀元才。

zørzhat sym hy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx'zhat sym hy; zøx/zøex'zhat sym hy ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

A thief has a guilty conscience. One who has done something bad secretly cannot look others in the eye.

做賊心虛

Poaqkiao hamkhag khie, zørzhat thaumef bie. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Poah'kiao hafm'khag khie, zøx'zhat thaw'mef bie.; Poah'kiao hafm'khag khie, zøx'zhat thaw'mef/my bie. ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

Gambling begins with shekels and stealing with a little rice

大錯先由小賭起,越陷越深。

putjuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'juu; (pud'jii) ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

there is no better way than to..., cannot be better than, not equal to, would rather... than...

不如

putjuu maix khix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: pud'juu maix khix ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
You had better not go.
不如不去

Na bøeq zørzhat, putjuu sie khaq hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Na boeq zøx'zhat, pud'juu sie khaq hør.; Na bøeq zøx/zøex'zhat, pud'juu sie khaq hør. ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
I would rather die than to steal.
若要做賊，不如去死。

uisefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: uii'sefng ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]

as a living

為生

zørzhat uisefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zøx'zhat uii'sefng ⬆︎ [[...]] [p.]
thievery as an occupation
偷竊為生

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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)
Maryknoll: Taiwanese—English Dictionary (in Taiwanese Hokkien, English and Chinese). Maryknoll Language Service Center, Taichung, Taiwan. 2001 [1976]. (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 TW)
TC/TH: Iûⁿ Ún-giân. 台語文/中文辭典 Taiwanese — Chinese Dictionary & 台文/華文線頂辭典 [Taihoa Online Dictionary] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Chinese).
EDUTECH: Liim Keahioong (2001-2003). EDUTECH: Taiwanese—English Dictionary Searched with Concise Atonal Spelling. Edited and cross-referenced to EDUTECH General Taiwanese Words (正確台語拼字辭和漢字辭), Embree (1973), Maryknoll (2001), and other dictionaries.
Embree: Embree, Bernard L. M. (1973). A Dictionary of Southern Min: based on current usage in Taiwan and checked against the earlier works of Carstairs Douglas, Thomas Barclay, and Ernest Tipson. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Language Institute. (OCLC 2491446. Data from GitHub - ChhoeTaigiDatabase. See NY Times article)
Lim08: 台語辭典(台日大辭典台語譯本)查詢 [Taiwanese Dictionary (translation of Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten (TDJ)) search] (in Taiwanese Hokkien). Sìn Bōng Ài [Faith Hope Love]. 2008. We make updates and corrections, and refer to Lim19: 台語辭典(台日大辭典台語譯本)查詢2019 [Taiwanese Dictionary (translation of TDJ) search] (in Taiwanese Hokkien). Sìn Bōng Ài [Faith Hope Love]. 2019.
TDJ: Ogawa Naoyoshi, ed. (1931, 1932). 臺日大辭典 Tai—Nichi Dai Jiten [Taiwanese—Japanese Dictionary] (in Taiwanese Hokkien and Japanese). Volume 1 & Volume 2. Taihoku: Governor-General of Taiwan.