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  • ô̤644308
  • An interjection, expressing satisfaction.
ō̤, sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
Oh, that is the way it is.
ŏ̤, sĭ lṳ́;
Oh, it is you.
ŏ̤, úa li m̄ cai;
Oh, I was not before aware of it.


o̤h

  • o̤h2304
  • To hiccough; to eructate.
phah o̤h;
to belch or hiccough.
i cong-kú phah o̤h sĭ ŭ pēⁿ;
if he belches continually, he is surely ill.
khó sái o̤h;
hiccough because of sour stomach.
  • oh61417211
  • Hard, difficult; not easy or pleasant; irksome, fatiguing.
o̤h pat;
difficult to comprehend.
mih sṳ̄ to o̤h;
every thing is irksome.
cía àiⁿ sêng, cóng o̤h;
it is going to be difficult to compass this.
cí tîo lō o̤h kîaⁿ;
this road is a tiresome one.
cía îeh bŏi o̤h cîah;
this medicine is not hard to take.
o̤h kâi jī i m̄ pat;
he does not know the hard letters.
jṳ̂-jṳ̂, o̤h it-tit;
it is not well arranged, and is hard to remember.
  • ô̤h7791625
  • To narrate; to tell the particulars.
ô̤h kó;
tell stories.
úa ôh lṳ́ thiaⁿ;
I tell you about it.
i ô̤h kàu cêk tîo;
he repeated one line.
ô̤h i kâi ūe khṳt nâng thiaⁿ;
repeat his words for others to hear.
i hun-hù i màiⁿ kio nâng ô̤h;
she told him not to tell any body.
lṳ́ hó̤ ô̤h i cai;
you make it known to him.
  • ô̤h2093913
  • To learn; to practise; to imitate.
i m̄ khéng ô̤h;
he is unwilling te learn.
cìn ô̤h; jîp ô̤h;
to enter school.
ngĭ ô̤h;
a free school.
ô̤h sîp;
to learn.
ô̤h bú;
learn military tactics.
ô̤h tn̂g;
school-house.
ô̤k kuaⁿ;
superintendent of schools.
ô̤h keng;
a government district school.
chut gūa îu ô̤h;
travel for information.
i mih sṳ̄ to ô̤h tît lâi;
he can learn anything.
ô̤h ŭ cêk īeⁿ kang-hu chíu-gōi tŏ̤ sin;
has learned a trade.
i ô̤h ŭ jîeh kú?
How long has he been practising it?
ô̤h chùi ô̤h cîh;
to mimic.
ô̤h i kâi īeⁿ;
follow his example.
ô̤h hó̤;
practise what is good.


pa

  • pa646884
  • A father.
sĭ úa kâi a-pa;
it is my papa.
i ŭ a-pa hó̤ úa;
he has his father to depend upon.
  • pa644491
  • A classifier of slaps with the hand; a clap; sign of the optative.
pa put tit cò̤ kàu cîaⁿ;
would that I could bring it to completion.
pa tāu; pa tāu cí;
the
croton-oil fruit.
pa-cíeⁿ;
the palm of the hand.
cang pa-cíeⁿ phah i;
slapped him with his open hand.
cang pa-cíeⁿ cìeⁿ pôiⁿ hien kùe lâi, hìeⁿ pôiⁿ hien kùe khṳ̀;
slapped him on one side with one hand and on the other side with the other hand.
i khṳt i tōa nâng cang pa-cíeⁿ piang kàu hṳ́ pôiⁿ hĭⁿ thiaⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;
she was boxed by one of the elders of her family so that she is deaf in one ear.
búe-pa;
the flat part of the tail of an animal.
îeⁿ-búe pa;
sheep’s tails.
têk búe pa;
deer’s tails.
  • 擺弄pa-lói648
  • To tease, to plague; to meddle with; to handle.
i tó̤ pa-lói i kâi;
he is teasing her.
i kâi láu-láu-sît-sît, nín àiⁿ pa-lói i mih sṳ̄?
He never does harm to any one, what are you plaguing him for?
i to sĭ tó̤ pin-tǹg pa-lói i kâi;
they are always making game ofhim.
i tó̤ pa-lói cîah;
she is preparing the meal.
  • 庶幾pa-lak778
  • Perhaps; perchance.
pa-lak úa ka-kī àiⁿ khṳ̀;
perhaps I shall myself go.
pa-lak ŏi tit hó̤;
possibly it may be completed.
cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤, pa-lak bŏi hŭam cŭe;
in thus doing, it may be that no sin will be committed.
pa-cie;
a banana.
pa-cie sìⁿ;
a fan shaped like a plantain leaf.
  • 6641845
  • To eat enough; satisfied; gratified; satiated.
cîah pá;
finished his meal.
cîah būe pá;
has not yet finished his meal.
cîah cîaⁿ pá;
is just through eating.
cîah m̄ pá;
did not eat all I wanted.
màiⁿ cîah khah pá;
do not eat to repletion.
i sĭ pá hâk kâi nâng;
he is a very learned man.
i kâi mīn-sì thêng pá-múaⁿ;
he has a full round face.
ki pá îu jîn;
hunger and fullness are much as people please.
thóiⁿ kàu pá;
looked at it as long as I wish to.
cē thóiⁿ cū pá;
the sight of it is enough.
thóiⁿ lío, tó ŏi pá a bŏi?
Did you see enough of it?
khṳt i cîah pá-pá, sí lío hó̤ cò̤ kâi pá kúi;
give him all he can eat, and when he is dead he will be a contented ghost.
pá cîah m̄ jû pá ût;
eating enough is not so good as sleeping enough.
tìeⁿ kàu pá-pá;
stuffed as full as is can be.
bô̤ chài le pn̄g tîeh cîah pá cē;
since there are no side-dishes, you must eat the more of the rice.
chíaⁿ a-îⁿ lâi pá pn̄g;
ask your aunt to come to supper now.
  • 644644
  • To seize; to hold for the purpose of using; to grasp; to lay hold of; to take a thing to be; to consider as.
pá-cáng;
an ensign in the army.
lṳ́ pá i thóiⁿ