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without bending.
- àiⁿ á tîeh lóng-cóng á;
- if you pluck any you must pluck all.
- chíu-cńg-thâu á jîp, bô̤ á chut;
- his fingers clutch but never relax, (said of a miser).
- cí kâi jī tàⁿ lâi cong-kú á m̄ tńg;
- he never gets the pronunciation of this word right.
- 辯à68816014
- To argue; to dispute; to wrangle for a notion.
- sie à;
- to debate.
- à m̄ hàuⁿ hiah;
- would not stop disputing.
- bô̤ lí, à kàu ŭ lí;
- make the worse appear the better reason.
- i à tàⁿ bô̤;
- he denied its being so.
- à îaⁿ;
- out argue.
- à su;
- worsted in argument.
- à m̄ khui kau;
- argue without coming to a conclusion.
- 亞à106876
- Second in order.
- à-sìaⁿ;
- the second sage, Mencius.
- à-ngŵn;
- the scholar ranking next to the senior wrangler among the successful candidates for the degrees of hâng-lim, cìu-sṳ̆ and kṳ́-jîn.
- à-pĕ;
- next to a father to me.
- 歟ă11227614
- A final particle, indicative of relief or admiration, but mostly used after a question expressive of doubt, surprise or irony.
- i káⁿ sĭ bô̤, ă!
- He has none then!
- tùi cí-kò̤ khṳ̀, sĭ ă?
- This is the way to go, is it?
- sĭ i ă!
- It is he, certainly.
- i sĭ khṳ̀ khîu i kâi ă!
- He has gone to beseech it of him!
- 呀ă1066804
- A final particle, expressing doubt in the preceding statement.
- hó̤, ă ;
- that will do perhaps.
- khah sòi, ă;
- that is too small surely.
- kàu ă;
- we are there by this time surely.
- ài-ă;
- an interjection expressing surprise or incredulity.
- 呀ā1066804
- A final particle, serving to arrest attention.
- sĭ uá ā;
- it is I.
- lṳ́ ā, ĕ tńg m̄ hó̤ cìeⁿ-seⁿ ā;
- another time don't you do thus.
- sĭ ā;
- that is so.
- sĭ ā, tîeh cìeⁿ-seⁿ cìa° tîeh ā;
- yes, that is the way it must be.
- i sĭ a-hiaⁿ ā;
- he is the elder.
- uá lâi khṳ̀ ā;
- I am going.
- nâng ā, thâu ā!
- Look out for your head there!
- ā-sĭ; īa-sĭ;
- if; should it be; in case that; supposing that.
- ā-sĭ ŭ, hó̤ bói;
- should there be any, buy them.
- ā-sĭ úa lâi cū hó̤;
- had I come it would have been well.
- ā-sĭ ŭ hŏ, i cĭu m̄ lâi;
- should it rain he will not come.
- i ā-sĭ bô̤ lâi —;
- if he does not come —.
- lṳ́ ā-sĭ m̆ —;
- if you are determined that you will not —.
- īa m̄ sĭ;
- if not.
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aⁿ
- 掩aⁿ1088648
- To cover; to hide from view; to screen.
- aⁿ mâk;
- to hoodwink.
- aⁿ mâk cáu tìam;
- "hide and seek."
- aⁿ mâk, phìen phīⁿ;
- to throw dust in one's eyes; to thoroughly deceive.
- aⁿ nâng kâi chùi, aⁿ căi tit mi?
- How can people's mouths be stopped?
- aⁿ mīn;
- hide the face.
- aⁿ hĭⁿ;
- cover the ears with the hands.
- aⁿ phīⁿ;
- hold the nose.
- kúi aⁿ mâk;
- preternaturally blind.
- aⁿ m̄ cŭ;
- not effectually closed.
- chit phìⁿ aⁿ m̄ cŭ;
- all the doors are not simultaneously shut.
- aⁿ mi-mi, bô̤ nâng cai;
- concealed from every body's cognizance, aⁿ m̄ lī; irrepressible.
- 擁àⁿ11496418
- To hold in the arms or lap; to snuggle.
- àⁿ a-nôⁿ;
- snuggle a baby.
- àⁿ i tó̤ ût;
- rock him to sleep.
- tîeh àⁿ i, cìaⁿ ŏi ût;
- you must snuggle him then he will sleep.
- àⁿ hó̤-hó̤, màiⁿ kiaⁿ tîeh i;
- hold him nicely, and do not startle him.
- àⁿ tŏ̤ sin piⁿ;
- hugged close.
- àⁿ kàu sie-sie;
- cuddled up warm.
- 伏àⁿ15294
- To sit on eggs, to incubate; to hover over; to lie perdue.
- koi-bó̤ àⁿ koi-kíaⁿ;
- the hen covers the chickens.
- àⁿ tŏ̤ i sît ĕ;
- covered under her wings.
- koi-bó̤ tó̤ àⁿ n̆ng;
- the hen is sitting.
- ēng àⁿ jîeh kú cìaⁿ ŏi chut koi-kíaⁿ?
- How long must she sit in order to hatch out the chickens?
- n̆ng khah cōi, ŏi àⁿ m̄ câu a bŏi?
- If there be too many eggs, won't they fail to be uniformly warmed by her sitting on them?
- khîeh kâi ah-n̆ng khṳt i àⁿ;
- get a duck's egg and put it under her.
- 勸âⁿ4531818
- To exhort to peace; to separate those who are fighting; to part combatants.
- īa m̄ sĭ i lâi âⁿ, tîeh khṳt i phah sí khṳ̀;
- if he had not come and separated us, I should have been beaten to death by him.
- i lâi âⁿ i khui;
- he came and separated them.
- bô̤ nâng khéng khṳ̀ âⁿ i;
- no one would go and interfere in the fray.
- i kìe-sĭ i âⁿ phiⁿ, kŭa khṳ̀ âⁿ kâi nâng to khṳt i phah;
- he complains that he evinced partiality in his interference, taking hold of one in such a way as to let the other beat him.
- âⁿ m̄ chái;
- paid no heed to the attempt to make them stop fighting.
- 疻ăⁿ571045
- A bruise; a swelling caused by a blow or knock which does not break the skin.
- céng kâi ăⁿ khí lâi; phû kâi ăⁿ;
- a swelling arose.
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