Sioggie-oe (OCAC)

Lygan Siogguo (俚諺俗語; Village Proverbs)

Bagciw hoehoef

• Bagciw hoehoef, puar khvoarzQx zhaekoef. Bagciw buxbu (bongboong), padar khvoarzQx liefnbu.
• 目睭 花花, 匏仔 看做 菜瓜. 目睭 霧霧, 菝仔 看做 蓮霧.
• Eyes hazy, a bottle gourd looks like a vegetable sponge gourd. 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 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

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

Iaukuie Say

• Iaukuie Say, peh bagbaai, bQlaang 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

Boexhiao sayzuun, hiaam khoef oafn.
Boexhiao siuzuie, hiaam khoef oeh.

未曉駛船: 不會划船嫌溪彎. 不會游嫌溪狹.

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

Soeahaxn thaw bafnpuu

• Soeahaxn thaw bafnpuu, 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
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