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

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• To alter the course; change the direction of; to veer; to shift.

• tieⁿ chia uâihⁿ kùe lâi, tieⁿ chia uâihⁿ kùe khṳ̀;

  one vehicle veered to the right and the other to the elft.

• àiⁿ uâihⁿ tùi cìeⁿ pôiⁿ a uâihⁿ tùe hìeⁿ pôiⁿ?

  Should it be turned in this direction or in that?

• cûn uâihⁿ tò-tńg;

  the boat has turned back.

• tŏa ûaihⁿ chúa kùe tang pôiⁿ;

  turn the rudder so as to steer eastward.

• tōa phàu uâihⁿ kùe cē, cìaⁿ bū tit tîeh;

  turn the cannon a little more to one side, then it will hit the mark.

• i kâi keng ûaihⁿ kùe tò̤ chíu pôiⁿ īa ŏi sīa, uâihⁿ kùe cìaⁿ chíu pôiⁿ īa ŏi sīa;

  he can shift his bow to his left hand and shoot, then shift it to his right hand and shoot again.