tai
- īu m̄ sĭ chi, īn m̄ sĭ tai, cò̤-nî ngà-ngà nē?
- Since you are neither a fool nor half witted, why do you act so silly?
- i kâi chi-tai;
- he is a dolt.
- thóiⁿ tîeh sông-tai sông-tai nē;
- appears very stupid.
- ai-tai;
- to pretend stupidity, for a selfish end.
- i hṳ́ khí nâng ai-tai khṳt cîah;
- he is one who sponges his living.
- tai mûeⁿ;
- gruel made from millet.
- tai cî;
- millet porridge.
- m̄ cai hó̤ tái;
- does not know good and evil.
- tái sṳ̄;
- evil affair.
- sim lăi hûai tái ì;
- he harbours bad intentions.
- pĕng bô̤ tái ì;
- has no bad intention.
- châng kang cak tái;
- a nest of villainy.
- chò tái, cúi tái, în tái;
- sediment in vinegar, water, and oil.
- tè tīo tái;
- strain out the settlings.
- i kâi cîⁿ sĭ tŏ̤ nâng kò̤ kàu-tài lâi kâi;
- his money is held on loan from other people.
- cí chṳ̀ kwt m̆ khwn-tài i;
- this time I will surely not let him off.
- cheⁿ-tài;
- umber, used as a paint and in medicine.
- cĕk tùi siah cek-tâi;
- a pair of pewter candlesticks.
- cía hue sĭ têng-tâi kâi;
- this flower blossoms in whorls.
- tâi tŏ̤ thô tói;
- buried in the earth.
- sí bé, hàm nâng kng khṳ̀ tâi;
- call some men to carry off the dead horse and bury it.
- tăi-bw̆n;
- to treat rudely.i ŭ tăi-bw̆n tîeh i a bô̤? Did they treat him disrespectfully or not?
- iā sĭ bô̤ tăi-bw̆n tîeh i, i cò̤-nî hìeⁿ khì?
- If they were not supercilious toward him, why is he so angry?
- tăi jîn;
- term used in speaking of or addressing those of higher rank; His Excellency; Your Honor.
- khì tăi piaⁿ;
- raise a great army.
- kàn tăi sṳ̄;
- quell a great disturbance.
- lîp tăi kong;
- get great credit.
- tăi kìe;
- a great outcry.
- tăi-lîak;
- in general; not far from that.
- tăi-ke tîeh hûa-môk;
- you must all be on friendly terms with each other.
- ēng tîeh tăi hó̤;
- use proves its excellence.
- cêk sin tăi song-khùai;
- exceedingly comfortable.
- hṳ́-kò̤ tăi lāu-jîet;
- they are having very lively times there.
- tăi hûang-húiⁿ cêk tîeⁿ;
- a great commotion.
- tăi-khài sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- that is about what it would be.
- tăi-khài cē;
- give a general estimate of it then.
- tăi tó̤ thâk cṳ;
- is generally reading.
- tăi m̄ hàuⁿ;
- is not at all willing.
- tăi hŭam;
- all at once.
- tăi ŭ chêng-lí;
- is very reasonable.
- kẃn-tăi;
- to treat; to behave toward; to entertain.
- i cò̤-nî kẃn-tăi lṳ́?
- How did she treat you?
- kẃn-tăi i m̄-hó̤;
- treated him rudely.
- cò̤ cíau-sîah kẃn-tăi i;
- entertained him by making a feast in his honor.
- tăi-kong;
- the helmsman.
- cûn tăi;
- the helm.