Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/loi
lói
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- A step or act, particularly acts of worship, which will bring happiness; propriety, etiquette, ceremony, rites; the decent and decorous in worship and in social life; decorum, manners; official obeisance, worship, courtesy; offerings, gifts required by usage, vails,
- lói huap; lói sìo;
- etiquette, the rules of good society; politeness; ceremonies; courtesies.
- lói măuⁿ;
- good manners.
- lói ngî;
- a gift which custom requires one to offer.
- ēng sĭm-mûeh lâi hôk i kâi lói?
- What would be a suitable return for his courtesy?
- pōiⁿ lói mûeh;
- prepare the customary offerings.
- kŭi lô̤h khṳ̀ hôiⁿ lói;
- kneel in respectful homage.
- lói to̤, nâng put kùai;
- no one is offended by much politeness.
- ke bô̤ sîeⁿ lói;
- in domestic life one is not formal.
- kio i kìⁿ lói;
- salute him on meeting him.
- sàng lói;
- make a present.
- sīa lói;
- gifts returned for gifts received.
- hâh lói;
- polite; in accordance with the rules of etiquette.
- mín ēng kìaⁿ tōa lói;
- need not be obsequious.
- hē tōa lói;
- make a vow to bring the largest of the customary offerings.
- bô̤ lói;
- rude, uncivil.
- lói-pài-jît;
- Sunday.
- lói-pài-tn̂g;
- a chapel or church.
- lói-pài hiah;
- at the close of the service.
- chit jît cêk kâi lói-pài;
- Sunday comes once in seven days.
- lói gâuh;
- a salute given with musical instruments.
- tîeh kîaⁿ sĭm-mih lói?
- What rites must be observed?
- pô̤h lói;
- scant courtesy.
- tòa nâng khṳ̀ lòi i kâi tīn;
- lead men to the attack on their ranks.
- lòi-phùa i kâi îaⁿ;
- storm their camp.
- lòi kàu i chap-chap-chùi;
- made an onslanght upon and dispersed them.
- lòi tit jîp a lòi m̄ jîp?
- Did they capture the place they assailed or not?
- lôi-thâu;
- a plow.
- lôi-thâu-seⁿ;
- the plowshare.
- àu cêk ki lôi;
- carry a plow on the shoulder.
- lôi châng;
- to plow a field.
- lôi pèⁿ;
- plow-handle.
- tó̤ lôi, àiⁿ hūaⁿ hṳ́ kâi pèⁿ;
- in plowing, will lean on the handle.
- lôi pê;
- plows and harrows.
- lôi bó̤; lôi jîn;
- the aborigines in Hainan Island.
- cheⁿ lôi, sêk lôi;
- the wild, and the half civilized tribes of aborigines in Hainan.
- cin chó̤ lŏi tw̆n, sì īeⁿ jī;
- four styles of Chinese letters, that generally used in printing, the running hand used for rapid writing, the plain square text, and the seal characters.
- cáu-lōi;
- an openwork ladle, made of osiers, wire, or bamboo.
- pn̄g lōi;
- a skimmer used to take rice from the pot.
- cang pn̄g lōi tè ta;
- take the rice skimmer and drain it dry.
- thih lōi;
- an iron skimmer.
- khṳ̀ cwn cò̤ kâi lōi ío tōa kâi kâi;
- go and have a rather large skimmer made to order.