Thài (ē) - Why / for what earthly reason
Thàn…ki-hōe / Sūn…ki-hoe - Take (advantage of)…opportunity
Thang - For [verb]-ing / to [verb]
Thang-hó - So that / in order to / with a view to
Thàu-kòe - Through / by means of
Thâu-seng…chiah koh lâi… - First….and following that…
Thâu-seng… sòa–lo̍h-lâi… - First….and following that…
Why; for what earthly reason
Lí nā tùi Tâi-ôan chiah-ni̍h put-bóan, thài m̄ lī-khui?
If you’re so dissatisfied with Taiwan, why don’t you leave?
Thài khó-sioh, lí thài ē chiah pháiⁿ-ūn.
That’s just too bad. Why are you you so unlucky?
Take (advantage of) the opportunity to
Related: Sūn…ki-hōe
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Kun-hong thàn chóng-lí chhut-kok ê ki-hōe, hoat-tōng chèng-piàn.
The military took advantage of the prime minister being out of the country to stage a coup.
I siūⁿ beh thàn chit ê ki-hōe, sūn-sòa pài-hóng chin kú bô kìⁿ ê pêng-iú.
While he’s here, he’d like to take advantage of this opportunity to visit some friends that he hasn’t seen in a long time.
Tong-sî i kā hóan-tùi-chiá pí-lû chò tùi Nah-chhùi ê ko·-sek-chiá.
At the same time he compared his opponents to Nazi sympathizers.
To, in order to; for [verb]-ing
Ū i thang khò, góa sim-koaⁿ-thâu ke chin chāi.
With her to rely on, my heart was even more at ease.
Bô chîⁿ thang bóe mi̍h-kiāⁿ.
I have no money to buy things.
Góa siūⁿ-beh thàn chit ê ki-hōe kā saⁿ pha̍k hō∙ ta thang hō∙ lí chhēng.
I’d like to take advantage of this opportunity to dry the clothes in the sun for you to wear.
So that; in order to; with a view to
Khui hōe ê sî tāi-ke m̄ thang tî-tò, lán thang hó chún-sî khai-sí.
Nobody should be late when we have the meeting so that we can start on time.
Chhiáⁿ kā lí ê ì-kiàn kóng hō· chheng-chhó, gún thang-hó koat-tēng beh tâu lí ê phió bô.
Please state your ideas clearly, so that we can decide if we want to vote for you or not.
Kiò i khah chá lâi, thang-hó kā góa tàu saⁿ-kāng.
Tell him to come earlier so that he can give us a hand.
Thàn siàu-liân iáu ē-tàng thàn chîⁿ ê sî-chūn kín khiām chi̍t kóa chîⁿ thang-hó ióng-ló.
Take advantage of the time when you’re young and still able to make money to save up some money so you can support yourself when you’re old.
Through; by means of
Tâi-ôan, Bí -kok beh thàu-kòe TIFA thêng-sū kái-chìn siang-piⁿ tâu-chu ê ki-hōe.
Through the TIFA process, Taiwan and the United States will improve bilateral investment opportunities.
Kūn-lâi tùi Hui-lu̍t-pin, Lâm-hân, O̍at-lâm chìn-kháu ê bīn-kun-liōng tāi-hok-tō cheng-ka, kok-lāi bīn-kun gia̍p-chiá hôai-gî sī Tāi-lio̍k thàu-kòe tē-saⁿ-tōe chóan-chìn Tâi-ôan.
Recently the amount of towels imported from the Philippines, South Korea, and Vietnam as increased significantly, and domestic towel makers suspect that it’s because the Mainland is trans-shipping towels to Taiwan through third countries.
First….and following that…
[Related: .Siú-sian...chiah koh lâi / thâu-seng... sòa--lo̍h-lâi]
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First….(and following that…)
Related: Siú-sian…chiah koh lâi ; thâu-seng…chiah koh lâi…
Góa thâu-seng beh kóng chôan-kiû-hòa ê pōe-kéng, sóa–lo̍h-lâi beh kóng chôan-kiû-hòa ê iu-tiám.
I’ll first discuss globalization’s background, and then I’ll talk about globalization’s advantages.
Take … for instance
Tâi-ôan múi-nî chi̍t kàu jo̍ah-thiⁿ tio̍h ē ū hong-thai; the̍h kin-nî lâi kóng tio̍h hó, Tâi-ôan í-keng tú tio̍h la̍k ê hong-thai ah.
Every year as soon as summer comes Taiwan has typhoons; take this year for instance: Taiwan has already had six typhoons.
I understand that; it is said that
Thiaⁿ kóng chi̍t lia̍p soaⁿ ê téng-thâu ū chin chōe to̍k-chôa, sī chin ê sī-bô?
I’ve heard that the peak of this mountain has a lot of venomous snakes. Is this true?
Thiaⁿ kóng chháo-soaⁿ ê un-chôaⁿ lóng sī Ji̍t-pún-lâng só· khai-hoat ê.
I heard that Yangmingshan’s hot springs were developed by the Japanese.
