Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/oi
oi
[edit]- oi kŭn i sin-piⁿ;
- snuggles up to her.
- oi kàu bûa-bûa;
- to hug close, (as a mother her child).
- i cŏ̤ pàng kò̤ oi-oi úa-úa;
- he lounges about when he sits.
- i kiaⁿ-ùi nâng oi-khoi tîeh i;
- he is afraid some one may lean on him; he is afraid he may have to spend something for some body.
- oi-úa tŏ̤ i koiⁿ thâu;
- leaning on his shoulder.
- sie oi sie léng;
- to jostle each other.
- oi-oi cìⁿ-cìⁿ;
- push and crowd.
- oi tit kùe;
- can crowd through.
- oi bŏi tit kùe;
- cannot shoulder my way through.
- oi ke mn̂g-hŏ khṳ̀ chê;
- go from door to door examining (as in taking a census).
- oi tîeh kòng;
- a selected sìu-châi, not yet a kṳ́-jîn.
- oi chṳ̀ sŭ;
- the next in regular sequence.
- ói kíaⁿ;
- a pigmy.
- ói-jîn;
- dwarfs.
- ói-kha lô̤;
- to waddle.
- ói nâng thóiⁿ sṳ̄;
- a dwarf beholding a play.
- ói nâng to̤ sim sṳ̄;
- small people are full of projects.
- kìe kâi a-ói lâi thèⁿ;
- get a dwarf to prop it up. (said in derision of inefficiency).
- m̄ kûiⁿ, m̄ ói;
- medium sized.
- kûiⁿ kâi khah kûiⁿ, ói kâi khah ói;
- they are all too tall or too short.
- chn̂g khah ói;
- the table is too squat.
- màiⁿ teh ói khṳ̀;
- do not crush him into a dwarf.
- ói pûh chîak;
- pursy.
- ói sòi;
- stumpy.
- i li-li òi-bûa khṳ̀;
- he kept pressing on toward it.
- òi kàu hṳ́ piⁿ-piⁿ kò̤;
- elbowed his way to the very edge of it.
- cèng nâng toah côi cū òi jîp khṳ̀;
- they all shouted in concert and forced their way in.
- òi cìn-côiⁿ;
- to press forward.
- phûe ôi;
- leather shoes.
- tîn-ôi;
- rattan slippers.
- cúi ôi;
- shoes impervious to water.
- kang ôi;
- shoes with felt soles.
- châ ôi;
- shoes with wooden soles.
- cháu ôi;
- straw sandals.
- ôi tói;
- the sole of a shoe.
- ói mīn;
- the uppers.
- ôi thâu;
- the toe.
- ôi ău-teⁿ; ôi búe;
- the heel.
- ôi chîeⁿ;
- the sides.
- ôi phīⁿ;
- the welts on the toe.
- ôi phīⁿ sim;
- the space between the welts.
- ôi mn̂g;
- the binding.
- ôi kám;
- the inside sole.
- ôi lí;
- the lining.
- chĭeⁿ ôi;
- to join the tops and soles.
- pâk ôi tói;
- make the soles.
- tèng ôi;
- to bind shoes.
- só̤ ôi;
- sew the seams in the uppers.
- i cwn tó̤ côih ôi-mīn-thiap bōi nâng;
- his business is solely that of cutting out the stiffening of the
uppers, and selling them.
- cò̤ ôi kâi nâng;
- shoemakers.
- pó ôi hùe;
- cobblers.
- hùn ôi;
- to shape shoes on a last.
- ôi hùn;
- a last.
- ôi tói so̤h;
- waxed ends.
- ôi chio;
- a shoe horn.
- ôi sueh;
- a shoe brush.
- oi lioh;
- slippers without heels.
- ôi màiⁿ kîaⁿ lío tó̤ lioh, lioh lío, ôi kōi hāi;
- do not ran your shoes down at the heels, when shoes are run down at the heel they wear out quickly.
- i tó̤ kîaⁿ ôi to sĭ lioh-a-lioh;
- in walking he always goes slipshod.
- cêk sang ôi;
- a pair of shoes.
- nŏ̤ ciah ôi, ciah tōa, ciah sòi;
- two shoes, one larger than the other.
- chēng ôi;
- put on shoes.
- thǹg tīo ôi;
- take off shoes.
- cí koi phò kâi ôi īeⁿ cò̤ lâi ngía;
- in this shop the shoes are made of a handsome shape.
- ôi khîeh khṳ̀ póiⁿ ôiⁿ-phîaⁿ khṳt i phâk;
- take the shoes and turn their sides to the sun, and let them sun.
- póiⁿ ôi tói;
- turn the shoes soles upward.
- cíeⁿ ôi; sek ôi;
- colored and ornamented shoes.
- tn̄g ôi;
- satin shoes.
- o pò ôi;
- plain black cloth shoes.
- i tó̤ cò̤ khóiⁿ ôi hue kâi kang-hu;
- her work is that of making the ornaments for shoes.
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- Apt; expert ; skilled in; likely to cause or be; probably; likely; a sign of the future when preceding another verb.
- i ŏi cò̤ nâng;
- she knows how to treat people.
- cí ciah káu ŏi̤ kă nâng a bŏi?
- Is this dog apt to bite people?
- cí ciah ío ŏi tōa;
- this one grows faster.
- i ío ŏi cò̤;
- he is more apt at it.
- chíu ŏi thìaⁿ a bŏi?
- Does your hand ache?
- i thâu-khak ŏi hîn;
- her head aches.
- lṳ́ thóiⁿ i koiⁿ-chù ŏi tó̤ khṳ̀ mē?
- Do you think his house is likely to tumble down?
- cîah li ŏi, thàng li bŏi;
- is good at disposing of food but not at earning it.
- phīⁿ li phīⁿ, bô̤ mih hó̤;
- as to cheapness, it is cheap enough, but it is not good for much.
- ŏi chìn a bŏi?
- Are you cold?
- ŏi lôh hŏ mē?
- It is likely to rain?
- mn̄g thóiⁿ cîⁿ-kè ŏi tōa mē;
- inquire and find out whether the price is high.
- lṳ́ ŏi a bŏi?
- Can you or can you not?
- m̄ cai i ŏi tit a bŏi tit;
- do not know whether be can or not?
- i cò̤ ŏi?
- How can he?
- cò̤ ŏi cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
- How can that be?
- ŏi kîaⁿ a bŏi?
- Can he walk?
- khí-thâu ŏi tàⁿ ūe;
- just beginning to talk.
- i ío ŏi tàⁿ ūe;
- he is a more fluent speaker.
- tàⁿ li ŏi, kîaⁿ li bŏi;
- can talk about it, but cannot do it.
- kĭaⁿ-kĭaⁿ ŏi;
- can do each of these things.
- híam-híam ŏi;
- can very nearly do it.
- mih sṳ̄ i to ŏi;
- he can do all sorts of things.