Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/oih

by Adele Marion Fielde

oih

• 狹oîh186947
• Narrow; small; contracted; mean.

tī-hng ôih;

very little room.

tō lĭang ôih;

small minded; petty.

kâi khang-kíaⁿ ôih-ôih;

a very small aperture.

ôih lō siang hông;

met in a very narrow path.

khah ôih, m̆ kàu tīu;

too little room to live in.

ôih chek, ôih chek;

cramped.

bô̤ kò̤-kíaⁿ-ni, nĕ ôih-ôih;

scarcely a bit, very small indeed.

ôih-sòi;

contracted.

ôih ńg saⁿ;

narrow sleeved gowns.

cí īeⁿ pò ío ôih pak;

this kind of cloth is narrower.

cí koiⁿ ío ôih li ío chim;

this room is narrower and longer.

ôih kâi cìaⁿ kín;

the narrow ones are tight.