A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect (汕頭方言音義字典) / hoi | 閩南語書寫

A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect (汕頭方言音義字典) / hoi

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  • The eyelids drawn together.

  • mâk hoi-hoi;

    squint-eyed.

  • mâk hoi-hoi, kap-pô̤ thóiⁿ-cò̤ lău cúi-koi;

    so squint eyed that he would mistake a toad for an edible frog.

  • A crab.

  • hŏi keⁿ;

    crab soup.

  • hŏi kha;

    crab’s claws.

  • hŏi khak;

    a crab’s shell.

  • hŏi-íⁿ;

    a crab’s belly.

  • hŏi ko̤;

    the yellow juices of a crab.

  • pêh hŏi nêk;

    the white meat of a crab.

  • lŏ kîam hŏi;

    to pickle crabs.

  • hŏi mâk cúi;

    the bubbles on boiling water.

  • hŏi nih tîeh i;

    the crab pinched him.

  • hŏi hûeⁿ kîaⁿ;

    crabs walk sidewise.

  • poiⁿ kùe hóⁿ-hŏi;

    more spotted than the spotted crab.

  • thim chiah hŏi;

    to keep large brown crabs in water.

  • kong-phûa hŏng hŏi kâi;

    he is one whose parents offered crabs to the god of the bedstead; his hands and feet are always in mischief.

  • khi-hŭ i bô̤ kha hŏi;

    impose upon him as one can upon a clawless crab.