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🗣 aemai 🗣 (u: aix'mai ⬆︎ ) 曖昧 [wt][mo][[MK]] ài-māi [#]

1. (N) || 不明朗、不清白、不光明正大；通常指男女之間有不正常的關係。

🗣le: (u: Yn nng ee laang id'teng u aix'mai.) 🗣 (𪜶兩个人一定有曖昧。) (他們兩個一定有曖昧。)

🗣 chiekhvoax-mai 🗣 (u: chix'khvoax-mai ⬆︎ ) 試看覓 [wt][mo][[MK]] tshì-khuànn-māi [#]

1. (Exp) (CE) to give it a try || 試試看。

🗣le: (u: Bøo chix'khvoax'mai nar e zay.) 🗣 (無試看覓哪會知。) (不試試看怎麼會曉得。)
近義：

chiekhvoax, 試看

🗣 khvoarmai 🗣 (u: khvoax'mai ⬆︎ ) 看覓 [wt][mo][[MK]] khuànn-māi [#]

1. (V) || 看一看、看一下。

🗣le: (u: Lie khix khvoax'mai, ciaq laai ka goar korng.) 🗣 (你去看覓，才來共我講。) (你去看一看，再來告訴我。)

2. () || 動詞後綴，表嘗試之意。

🗣le: (u: ciah khvoax'mai) 🗣 (食看覓) (吃吃看)

🗣le: (u: phvi khvoax'mai) 🗣 (鼻看覓) (聞聞看)

🗣 mai 🗣 (u: mai ⬆︎ ) 邁 [wt][mo][[MK]] māi [#]

🗣 mai 🗣 (u: mai ⬆︎ ) 昧 [wt][mo][[MK]] māi [#]

🗣 mai 🗣 (u: mai ⬆︎ ) 賣^b [wt][mo][[MK]] māi [#]

1. (V) to put goods, property, or labor up for sale in exchange for money || 出售貨品、財物或勞力以換取金錢。

🗣le: (u: mai'kog'zhat) 🗣 (賣國賊) (賣國賊)

🗣 may 🗣 (u: may ⬆︎ ) 哩^t [wt][mo][[MK]] mai [#]

1. (Mw) mile. British and American unit of distance. one mile is equal to 1609 meters || 英美計算長度的單位。一哩等於一千六百零九公尺。借自英語 mile。

🗣 ~mai/mai 🗣 (u: mai ⬆︎ ) 覓^t [wt][mo][[MK]] māi [#]

1. () verb suffix: to sound out; to probe; to feel out; to try out || 動詞後綴。有表示試探的意思。

🗣le: (u: Cid ciorng tee cyn kafm, lie lym khvoax'mai.) 🗣 (這種茶真甘，你啉看覓。) (這種茶很甘甜，你喝喝看。)

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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)
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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.