Sioggie-oe (OCAC)

Lygan Siogguo 🔊 (Lygan-Siogguo; 俚諺俗語; Village Proverbs)

Bagciw hoehoef

Bagciw hoehoef, puar khvoarzøx zhaekoef. 🔊 目睭 花花, 匏仔 看做 菜瓜

Eyes hazy, a bottle gourd looks like a vegetable sponge gourd.

Bagciw buxbu (bongboong), padar khvoarzøx liefnbu. 🔊 目睭 霧霧, 菝仔 看做 蓮霧.

Eyes dim, a guava looks like a wax apple.

Cidjit peng'afn

Cidjit peng'afn, cidjit hog. 🔊 1日 平安, 1日 福.

One day of safety, one day of fortune.

Svaf Six Gøeh...

Zhøesvaf-six, gøeqbaai ix. 🔊 初三 四, 月眉 意

On the third and fourth of the month, Crescent Moon.

Zabgo-lak, gøeh tngf vii. 🔊 十五六, 月 當 圓

On the fifteenth and sixteenth, Full Moon.

Jixsvaf-six, gøeqarmmii. 🔊 廿三四, 月暗暝

On the twenty-third and twenty-fourth, a New Moon.

Thauar Hernghexng

Thauar hernghexng, bøefar lefnglerng. 🔊 頭仔興興, 尾仔冷冷.

Enthusiastic at the beginning, cold at the end.

Iaukuie Say

Iaukuie Say, peh bagbaai, bølaang chviar, kati laai. 🔊 枵鬼 師, 白 目眉, 無人 請, 家己 (家治) 來.

A glutton with grey eyebrows comes without invitation.

Thvikofng thviax goxnglaang

Thvikofng thviax goxnglaang 🔊 天公 疼 戇人.

God is fond of simple people.

Hii Hoaan Hii

Hii hoaan hii, hee hoaan hee, zuykw hoaan zuykw, zhanlee hoaan zhanlee. 🔊 魚還魚, 蝦還蝦, 水龜還水龜, 田螺還田螺.

Fish are fish, shrimp are shrimp. Beetles are beetles, mudsnails are mudsnails.

Mxbad ciah koex tibaq

Mxbad ciah koex tibaq ma bad khvoax-koex ty kvialo 🔊 毋捌食過豬肉, 嘛捌看過豬行路.

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

Zap zhuix

Zap zhuix, kao khazhngf. 🔊 十嘴, 九尻川.

Ten mouths, nine bottoms.

Boexhiao Sayzuun

Bøexhiao sayzuun, hiaam khøef oafn 🔊 未曉駛船嫌溪彎

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

Boexhiao siuzuie, hiaam khoef oeh. 🔊 未曉游嫌溪狹

Can't swim, complains the river is straight.

Soeahaxn thaw bafnpuu

Seahaxn thaw barn puu, toaxhaxn thaw khanguu. 🔊 細漢偷挽蒱，大漢偷牽牛.

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

Safm seg laang

Safm seg laang korng gvor seg oe 🔊. 三色人講五色話

Three kinds of people talk about five kinds of things.

Credits

• OCAC Taiwanese 2000

More

• http://www.edutech.org.tw/Siogguo/Siogguo-T.htm
• gaxnbuun
• gaxngie/gaxnguo
• køleji