Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/goi

by Adele Marion Fielde

gōi

• 藝gōi2834015
• A craft; a calling; an accomplishment.

chíu-gōi;

handicraft.

kang-hu chíu gōi;

good workmanship.

kĭ gōi;

skilled work.

ô̤h sĭm-mih gōi?

What trade is he learning?

hó̤ bú-gōi;

a good trade.

hâk-sîp bú-gōi;

learn a trade.

ô̤h ŭ cêk kĭaⁿ gōi tŏ̤ sin-tèng cū m̄-ùi;

one who knows a trade need not fear.

lṳ́ sĭm-mih chíu gōi?

What craft do you follow?

choiⁿ châng bw̄n tī put jû pô̤h gōi sûi sin;

much land is not so good as a trade even half learned.