Sioggie-oe (OCAC)

Siogguo-oe (俚諺俗語; Adages (OCAC 2000))

Bagciw hoehoef

Bagciw hoehoef, pu'ar 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.

一日 平安, 一日 福.

One day of safety, one day of fortune.

Svaf Six Gøeh...

Zhøe'svaf-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.

Thaau`ar Hernghexng

Thaau`ar hernghexng, bøea`ar lefnglerng.

頭仔興興, 尾仔冷冷.

Enthusiastic at the beginning, cold at the end.

• thaau, bøea
• Thaau siøsiøf, bøea lefnglerng.

Iaukuie-Say

Iaukuie-say, peh-bagbaai, bølaang chviar, kati laai.

枵鬼 師, 白 目眉, 無人 請, 家己 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 hoan Hii

Hii hoan hii, hee hoan hee, zuykw hoan zuykw, zhanlee hoan 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.

• hoan (還^†)

Mxbad ciah køex tibaq

Mxbad ciah-køex tibaq, ma bad khvoax-køex 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.

十喙 九尻川.

Ten mouths, nine bottoms.

Bøexhiao Sayzuun

Bøexhiao sayzuun, hiaam khøef oafn.

袂曉駛船嫌溪彎

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

Bøexhiao siuzuie, hiaam khøef øeh.

袂曉游嫌溪狹

Can't swim, complains the river is straight.

Søeahaxn thaw bafnpuu

Søeahaxn thaw-barn puu, toaxhaxn thaw-khafn guu.

細漢偷挽匏，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

Laang zøe oe tø zøe, safm seg laang korng gvor seg oe.

人濟話就濟, 三色人講五色話.

A lot of people means a lot of talk. Three kinds of people talk about five kinds of things.

Source

• OCAC Taiwanese 2000

More

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