Sioggie-oe (OCAC)

Lygan Siogguo (俚諺俗語)

Bagciw hoehoef

Bagciw hoehoef, puar khvoarzQx zhaekoef. Bagciw buxbu (bongboong), padar khvoarzQx liefnbu.

Eyes hazy, a bottle gourd looks like a vegetable sponge gourd. Eyes dim, a guava looks like a wax apple.

Cidjit peng'afn, cidjit hog.

One day of safety, one day of fortune.

Svaf Six Goeh...

• Zhef svaf six, goeqbaai ix, zap go lak, goeh tngf vii, jih svaf six, goeqarmmii.
• 初3,4, 月眉 意, 15, 16, 月 當 圓, 23, 24 月暗暝.

On the third and fourth of the month, Crescent Moon.
On the fifteenth and sixteenth, Full Moon.
On the twenty-third and twenty-fourth, a gloomy night.

Thauar Hernghexng

• 頭仔興興, 尾仔冷冷.
• Thauar hernghexng, boefar lefnglerng.
• Enthusiastic at the beginning, cold at the end.

Iaukuie Say

Iaukuie Say, peh bagbaai, bQlaang chviar, kaf ti laai. A glutton with grey eyebrows comes without invitation.

Thvikofng thviax goxnglaang

God is fond of simple people.

Hii Hoaan Hii

• Hii hoaan hii, hee hoaan hee, zuykw hoaan zuykw, zhanlee hoaan zhanlee.
• Fish is fish, shrimp are shrimp. Beetles are beetles, mudsnails are mudsnails.

Mxbad ciah koex tibaq, ma bad khvoax koex ty kvialo.

• Even if you've never eaten pork, you must've seen pigs walking.

Zap zhuix, kao khazhngf.

Ten mouths, nine bottoms.

Boexhiao Sayzuun

Boexhiao sayzuun, hiaam khef oafn. Boexhiao siuzuie, hiaam khef eh.

Can't sail a boat, complains the river is bendy. Can't swim, complains the river is straight.

Soeahaxn thaw bafnpuu, toaxhaxn thaw khanguu.

If a child steals bottle gourds when he was small, he'd probably steal cows when he grows up.

Safm seg laang korng gvor seg oe.

Three kinds of people talk about five kinds of things.

Credits

• OCAC Taiwanese 2000

More

• http://www.edutech.org.tw/Siogguo/Siogguo-T.htm
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