Taiwanese-English Dictionary

Phrases and combinations for "generation, class, kind, series, rank, grade, denotes the plural":

Taiwanese English Translation
búan-pùe juniors, younger generation
tsiân-pùe seniors, elders
ē-pùe persons lower in genealogy
hīo-pùe (hōo-pùe) later generations, one's junior, the next generation
khah-tūa tsi̍t-pùe one generation higher in the genealogical scale
kāng-pùe same generation
lūn pùe bô lūn hùe consider by the generation, not by the age
pênn-pùe of the same genealogical rank, i.e. e equally distant from the common ancestor
sian-pùe seniors, superiors, elders
tióng-pùe superior in genealogical rank, elders

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