| Order |
Pronunciation |
Expression |
Explanations |
When pronounced in Mandarin & Mandarin counterpart(s) |
| 59 |
dua6 bha1do4 |
大 腹肚 |
Pregnant. |
[da4 fu4du4] “大腹 便便”， “大 肚子。” |
| 82 |
dua6bho4 se4yi3 |
大婦 小姨 |
Main wife and the lesser wives. In the old times, a man was allowed to marry several wives, and that was the composition of the marriages. |
[da4fu4 xiao3yi2] “三妻 四妾。” |
| 23 |
dua6ko5 dai1 |
大圈 呆 |
Plump or roundly-shaped person. However, used in a jeering sense. |
[da4quan1 dai1] “大 胖子。” |
| 94 |
dua6sia85 se4sia81 |
大聲 小聲 |
Make a lot of noise on purpose, usually as a prelude of picking a fight. |
[da4sheng1 xiao3sheng1] “故意 喧囂，通常 是 挑釁 的 第一個 動作。” |
| 172 |
e6ka1 |
下脚 |
At bottom. Under. |
[di1jiao3] “下面。” |
| 170 |
dieng1guan3 |
頂高 |
On, on top of. |
[ding3gao1] “在。。。上面。” |
| 133 |
dong4 e6 diao3. dong4 bhe6 e6 diao3. bhe6 e6 kam1 ji6. |
棟 會 住。 棟 不會 住。 不會 堪 之。 |
Can stand. Cannot stand. Cannot stand or tolerate a weight, a burden, a pain, a hardship, etc. |
[dong4 hui4 zhu4][dong4 bu2hui4 zhu4][bu2hui4 kan1 zhi1] “撐得下”， “受得了”， “受不了”， “撐不下”， “支持不住。” |
| 93 |
dao4 sa85gang1 |
兜 三工 |
Help. |
[dou1 san1gong1] “幫忙。” |
| 141 |
ta6ce5 |
讀冊 |
Study. To go to school. |
[du2ce4] “讀書”， “上學。” |
| 179 |
do6zai3 to1to4 bhe1 chua6bho4, do6zai3 qim5qim1 bhe1 de1 gim1 |
肚臍 凸凸 要 娶婦，肚臍 深深 要 置 金 |
Protruding navel wants to marry a wife; deep navel wants to stash gold. Another poem-like rhyming stuff invented for kids. |
[du4qi2 tu1tu1 yao4 qu3fu4, du4qi2 shen1shen1 yao4 zhi4 jin1] |