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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.
  • ŏi264739
  • 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.
  • ŏi6161306
  • Can; able; competent; power; skill.
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.


oiⁿ

  • 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.
  • 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 seizo an instant’s leisure.
úa bô̤ hìeⁿ ôiⁿ;
I am rather busy.


oih

  • oîh186947
  • Narrow; small; contracted; mean.
tī-hng ôih;
very little room.
tō lĭang ôih;
small minded; petty.
kâi khang-kíaⁿ ôih-ôih;