Kut, which means ‘bone,’ is added to words when describing someone’s innate character. Usually negative. Examples include:
Pîn-toāⁿ-kut (lazybones)
Khit-chia̍h-kut (moocher; beggar)
Chha̍t-á-kut (thief)
Kut, which means ‘bone,’ is added to words when describing someone’s innate character. Usually negative. Examples include:
Pîn-toāⁿ-kut (lazybones)
Khit-chia̍h-kut (moocher; beggar)
Chha̍t-á-kut (thief)
Posted in Crime, Figures of speech, Insults, Religion and Morality
Gō͘ sì saⁿ
I chin ài kóng chi̍t koá gō͘ sì saⁿ ê oē.
She likes to say stupid stuff.
Ū oē tng-thâu tng-bīn kóng, m̄ thang kha-chhng-āu chiah lâi the gō͘ sì saⁿ.
If you’ve got something to say, say it to my face. Don’t go talking crap behind my back.
Literally: Five four three
Posted in Figures of speech, Insults
Chi̍t-chiah nńg-kha-hê
Literally: “a weak-legged prawn”
Posted in Figures of speech, Insults
Sí chē, oa̍h chia̍h
Literally: “Sit there dead, (but) come alive to eat.”
Posted in Food and Drink, Idioms, Insults
Chhài-chiáu-á (“vegetable bird”)
Antonym: Lāu-chiáu (“old bird”)
Example:
I tú lâi sî sī chi̍t ê chhài-chiáu-á, bô nn̄g saⁿ goe̍h-ji̍t piàn chò lāu-chiáu ah.
When she first came, she didn’t know what she was doing, but after only two or three months, she became a pro.
Kó͘-chéⁿ chúi-ke, m̄ chai thiⁿ lōa tōa
Literally: a frog in a well doesn’t know how big the sky is.
(i.e., “ignorant of the wider world or bigger picture.”)
A-niau a-káu
Hiān-chú-sî a-niau a-káu lóng khó ē tio̍h tāi-ha̍k.
These days, anybody can get into college.
Posted in Education, Figures of speech, Insults
Hó-khòaⁿ-thâu
Bîn-chìn-tóng ê hāu-pó͘ chí put kò sī hó-khòaⁿ-thâu, bô chèng-tī ê keng-giām.
The DPP’s candidate is just a pretty face, and has no political experience.
Gún tau hit-ê chú-pn̄g7 — ê
Literally: the one that makes the food at my house
Posted in Family, Insults, Relationships