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🗣 koay 🗣 (u: koay) 乖 [wt][mo] kuai [#]

1. (Adj) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent; obedient || 形容懂事、順從。

🗣le: koay'khar 🗣 (乖巧) (乖巧)

2. (Adj) awkward; difficult; disagreeable; gauche; strange; unnatural || 彆扭、性情怪異。

🗣le: koay'phiaq 🗣 (乖僻) (乖張偏執)
tonggi: ; s'tuix:

🗣 koay 🗣 (u: koay) 胿 [wt][mo] kuai [#]

tonggi: ; s'tuix:

koay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koay [[...]][i#] [p.]

gentle, obedient (child)

乖

• gyn'ar bøo koay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: giar'nar bøo koay; giar'nar bøo koay [[...]][i#] [p.]
  naughty child
  小孩不乖

• karkoay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kax'koay [[...]][i#] [p.]
  to tame (by beating)
  馴乖

nar... nar... [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: nar... nar...; (luo... luo...) [[...]][i#] [p.]

the more... the more...

愈 ...愈 ...,越 ...越 ...

• Nar toa nar hør. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Nar toa nar hør. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The bigger the better.
  越大越好。

• Nar toaxhaxn nar koay. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Nar toa'haxn nar koay. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The older he gets, the better behaved he is.
  長越大越乖。

• Nar ciah nar hør ciah. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Nar ciah nar hør ciah. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  The more you eat, the better it tastes.
  越吃越好吃。

piexn goanheeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: piexn goaan'heeng [[...]][i#] [p.]

change back to original form, shape or face

變原形

• Boexzhoa esii cyn koay, zhoa liao ciu piexn goanheeng. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Boe'zhoa ee'sii cyn koay, zhoa liao ciu piexn goaan'heeng.; Bøe'zhoa ee'sii cyn koay, zhoa liao ciu piexn goaan'heeng. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  He was very gentle and mild mannered before marriage but after getting married he returned to his original behavior.
  未娶時很乖,娶後就變原形。

koay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koay [[...]] 

gentle, meek, well-behaved, obedient

乖

koay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koay [[...]][i#] [p.143]

SV : gently, meek, well-behaved (child)

乖

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