Taiwanese | English Translation | |
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pòepùebûe | shells (formerly used as currency), cowries, thus: valuables, precious | |
Plaintext: poe3pue3bue3
Taiwanese characters: 貝
Mandarin translation: 貝
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pòepùebûe | back, the rear, behind | |
Plaintext: poe3pue3bue3
Taiwanese characters: 背
Mandarin translation: 背
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pòepùebûe | cloth or paper pasted together, paste (paper), mount (a painting, calligraphy) | |
Plaintext: poe3pue3bue3
Taiwanese characters: 褙
Mandarin translation: 褙,裱褙
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pòepùebûe | generation, class, kind, series, rank, grade, denotes the plural | |
Plaintext: poe3pue3bue3
Taiwanese characters: 輩
Mandarin translation: 輩
Phrases and combinations:
bóan-pòebúan-pùebhuan-bûe juniors, younger generation chiân-pòetsiân-pùeziān-bûe seniors, elders ē-pòeē-pùeê-bûe persons lower in genealogy hīo-pòe (hō·-pòe)hīo-pùe (hōo-pùe)hîor-bùe (hō-bûe) later generations, one's junior, the next generation khah-tōa chi̍t-pòekhah-tūa tsi̍t-pùe(DT unavailable) one generation higher in the genealogical scale kāng-pòekāng-pùegâng-bûe same generation lūn pòe bô lūn hòelūn pùe bô lūn hùe(DT unavailable) consider by the generation, not by the age pêⁿ-pòepênn-pùebēⁿ-bûe of the same genealogical rank, i.e. e equally distant from the common ancestor sian-pòesian-pùesiān-bûe seniors, superiors, elders tióng-pòetióng-pùediong-bûe superior in genealogical rank, elders |