oiⁿ edit
- 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.
- 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.