Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/hoi
hoi
- mâk hoi-hoi;
- squint-eyed.
- mâk hoi-hoi, kap-pô̤ thóiⁿ-cò̤ lău cúi-koi;
- so squint eyed that he would mistake a toad for an edible frog.
- hŏi keⁿ;
- crab soup.
- hŏi kha;
- crab's claws.
- hŏi khak;
- a crab's shell.
- hŏi-íⁿ;
- a crab's belly.
- hŏi ko̤;
- the yellow juices of a crab.
- pêh hŏi nêk;
- the white meat of a crab.
- lŏ kîam hŏi;
- to pickle crabs.
- hŏi mâk cúi;
- the bubbles on boiling water.
- hŏi nih tîeh i;
- the crab pinched him.
- hŏi hûeⁿ kîaⁿ;
- crabs walk sidewise.
- poiⁿ kùe hóⁿ-hŏi;
- more spotted than the spotted crab.
- thim chiah hŏi;
- to keep large brown crabs in water.
- kong-phûa hŏng hŏi kâi;
- he is one whose parents offered crabs to the god of the bedstead; his hands and feet are always in mischief.
- khi-hŭ i bô̤ kha hŏi;
- impose upon him as one can upon a clawless crab.