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 uppers, and selling them.
 * cò̤ ôi kâi nâng;
 * shoemakers.


 * pó ôi hùe;
 * cobblers.


 * hùn ôi;
 * to shape shoes on a last.


 * ôi hùn;
 * a last.


 * ôi tói so̤h;
 * waxed ends.


 * ôi chio;
 * a shoe horn.


 * ôi sueh;
 * a shoe brush.


 * oiôi [sic] lioh;
 * slippers without heels.


 * ôi màiⁿ kîaⁿ lío tó̤ lioh, lioh lío, ôi kōi hāi;
 * do not ran your shoes down at the heels, when shoes are run down at the heel they wear out quickly.


 * i tó̤ kîaⁿ ôi to sĭ lioh-a-lioh;
 * in walking he always goes slipshod.


 * cêk sang ôi;
 * a pair of shoes.


 * nŏ̤ ciah ôi, ciah tōa, ciah sòi;
 * two shoes, one larger than the other.


 * chēng ôi;
 * put on shoes.


 * thǹg tīo ôi;
 * take off shoes.


 * cí koi phò kâi ôi īeⁿ cò̤ lâi ngía;
 * in this shop the shoes are made of a handsome shape.


 * ôi khîeh khṳ̀ póiⁿ ôiⁿ-phîaⁿ khṳt i phâk;
 * take the shoes and turn their sides to the sun, and let them sun.


 * póiⁿ ôi tói;
 * turn the shoes soles upward.


 * cíeⁿ ôi; sek ôi;
 * colored and ornamented shoes.


 * tn̄g ôi;
 * satin shoes.


 * o pò ôi;
 * plain black cloth shoes.


 * i tó̤ cò̤ khóiⁿ ôi hue kâi kang-hu;
 * her work is that of making the ornaments for shoes.


 * Apt; expert ; skilled in; likely to cause or be; probably; likely; a sign of the future when preceding another verb.
 * i ŏi cò̤ nâng;
 * she knows how to treat people.
 * she knows how to treat people.


 * cí ciah káu ŏi̤ kă nâng a bŏi?
 * Is this dog apt to bite people?


 * cí ciah ío ŏi tōa;
 * this one grows faster.


 * i ío ŏi cò̤;
 * he is more apt at it.


 * chíu ŏi thìaⁿ a bŏi?
 * Does your hand ache?


 * i thâu-khak ŏi hîn;
 * her head aches.


 * lṳ́ thóiⁿ i koiⁿ-chù ŏi tó̤ khṳ̀ mē?
 * Do you think his house is likely to tumble down?


 * cîah li ŏi, thàng li bŏi;
 * is good at disposing of food but not at earning it.


 * phīⁿ li phīⁿ, bô̤ mih hó̤;
 * as to cheapness, it is cheap enough, but it is not good for much.


 * ŏi chìn a bŏi?
 * Are you cold?


 * ŏi lôh hŏ mē?
 * It is likely to rain?


 * mn̄g thóiⁿ cîⁿ-kè ŏi tōa mē;
 * inquire and find out whether the price is high.


 * Can; able; competent; power; skill.
 * lṳ́ ŏi a bŏi?
 * Can you or can you not?
 * Can you or can you not?


 * m̄ cai i ŏi tit a bŏi tit;
 * do not know whether be can or not?


 * i cò̤ ŏi?
 * How can he?


 * cò̤ ŏi cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
 * How can that be?


 * ŏi kîaⁿ a bŏi?
 * Can he walk?


 * khí-thâu ŏi tàⁿ ūe;
 * just beginning to talk.


 * i ío ŏi tàⁿ ūe;
 * he is a more fluent speaker.


 * tàⁿ li ŏi, kîaⁿ li bŏi;
 * can talk about it, but cannot do it.


 * kĭaⁿ-kĭaⁿ ŏi;
 * can do each of these things.


 * híam-híam ŏi;
 * can very nearly do it.


 * mih sṳ̄ i to ŏi;
 * he can do all sorts of things.



oiⁿ

 * To procrastinate.
 * oiⁿ-ĭen;
 * to delay, to dally, to put off, to dawdle, to take one’s time.
 * 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.


 * Leisure; repose; unoccupied; at ease; idle.
 * lṳ́ mn̄g i ôiⁿ a m̄-ôiⁿ;
 * ask him whether he is at leisure.
 * 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 seize an instant’s leisure.


 * úa bô̤ hìeⁿ ôiⁿ;
 * I am rather busy.



oih

 * Narrow; small; contracted; mean.
 * tī-hng ôih;
 * very little room.
 * very little room.


 * tō lĭang ôih;
 * small minded; petty.


 * kâi khang-kíaⁿ ôih-ôih;