Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/oiⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

oiⁿ

• 挨oiⁿ1647
• To procrastinate.

oiⁿ-ĭen;

to delay, to dally, to put off, to dawdle, to take one’s time.

pât nâng kúi jît cū hó̤ kâi, i tîeh oiⁿ-ĭen kàu káng gûeh cìaⁿ hó̤;

what another person would finish up in a few days, he must dally over a whole month.

i sĭ tó̤ oiⁿ-ĭen kùe jît kâi;

he puts it off day after day.

• 閒ôiⁿ1981694
• Leisure; repose; unoccupied; at ease; idle.

lṳ́ mn̄g i ôiⁿ a m̄-ôiⁿ;

ask him whether he is at leisure.

ôiⁿ li hàm i lâi;

if he is at leisure tell him to come here.

kìe i cē ôiⁿ cū lâi;

tell him to come as soon as he is at leisure.

i ôiⁿ úa m̄-ôiⁿ;

he has nothing to do, and I am busy.

cìeⁿ-sî m̄ ôiⁿ căi;

am very much occupied lately.

ôiⁿ ūe;

idle talk.

màiⁿ kẃn i kâi ôiⁿ sṳ̄;

pay no heed to his nonsense.

ôiⁿ sî tîeh cai ēng kang;

in leisure hours, be diligent.

ôiⁿ mē?

Are you at leisure?

bò̤ cêk sî ôiⁿ;

I have no leisure.

bô̤ sî bô̤ khek ôiⁿ;

I have not a moment’s leisure.

ôiⁿ tī;

unoccupied ground.

cò̤ hó̤ lío nĕ ôiⁿ-ôiⁿ;

finish it up, and then you will have nothing at all to do.

ôiⁿ kîaⁿ;

sauntering along.

ôiⁿ cŏ̤ khùn-kíaⁿ;

sit idle a little while.

nâng ôiⁿ, sim m̄-ôiⁿ;

my body is at leisure, but my mind is not.

uaⁿ-ôiⁿ căi;

quite at ease.

uaⁿ-uaⁿ ôiⁿ-ôiⁿ;

entirely free from pressing duties.

sĭm sĭ cheng ôiⁿ;

wholly free from cares; quite indifferent to what is going on.

ciu jît cheng-cheng ôiⁿ-ôiⁿ;

nothing to do all day long.

cí kò̤ lâi ôiⁿ kṳ;

stop here and rest.

i bô̤ sṳ̄ tŏ̤ ke ôiⁿ cŭ;

he has no business, and is at home doing nothing.

kúi nâng tŏ̤ hṳ́ kò̤ tó̤ ôiⁿ khĭa;

they were all standing there idle.

i tŏ̤ ôiⁿ koiⁿ kò̤ cŏ̤;

he is sitting in the place where loafers congregate.

ôiⁿ nâng;

people who are doing nothing.

hiuⁿ ôiⁿ;

at leisure; no duty pressing.

ôiⁿ khiah kâiⁿ sî-hāu;

in intervals of business.

ciu jît ôiⁿ-hîa, bô̤ sṳ̄;

idle all day.

to sĭ îu chíu hàuⁿ ôiⁿ;

is always idling around.

bô̤ hía ôiⁿ-chêng khṳ́ thóiⁿ;

have not that idle disposition which would incline me to go and see it.

pât nâng cò̤ tîeh kang-khó căi, i cò̤ tîeh ôiⁿ-ôiⁿ;

what other people find great difficulty in doing, he does with perfect case.

chŵn m̄ káⁿ thau ôiⁿ cêk khùn-kíaⁿ;

dare not seize an instant’s leisure.

úa bô̤ hìeⁿ ôiⁿ;

I am rather busy.