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

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

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  • To scoop out; to excavate; to gouge out; to hollow out.

  • uai i lîap mâk chut lâi;

    gouged out one of his eyes.

  • uai hĭⁿ;

    to dig the wax out of the ears with a little scoop.

  • uai to̤;

    an ear-scoop.

  • uai phīⁿ khang mô̤ⁿ;

    remove the hairs from the nostrils by means of a sharp scoop.

  • uai kàu kâi khang khuah-khuah;

    scooped out a great cavity.

  • jī sía tāⁿ, m̄ hó̤ uai pó;

    when a letter is incorrectly written, one should not dig it out and paste in another.

  • uai tīo thô;

    scoop out the clay.

  • Awry, askew; deflected; depraved.

  • i kâi sim nai tn̂g;

    a depraved nature.

  • cò̤ lío uai-uai chúa-chúa;

    made all askew.

  • m̄ sĭ nai-chúa kùe lâi cū sĭ uai-chúa kùe khù, jw̆n cò̤, m̄ tît;

    if it does not lop over one way it will the other, and I cannot manage in any way to make it stand upright.

  • i kâi kháu ngán ŏi uai-sîa;

    his mouth and eyes are awry.

  • To slip and step on the side of the foot; to sprain.

  • úai tîeh kha;

    to sprain one’s ankle.

  • kha úai kàu bŏi kîaⁿ;

    has sprained his leg so that he cannot walk.

  • kîah thô̤ khah kûiⁿ, kîaⁿ lō phîh-phîh úai;

    the supports of my clogs are too high, and when I walk my feet slip.

  • kŭa ôi úai lîh khṳ̀;

    my shoe split, by the turning of my foot.