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01: Interpersonal 人際

Sentence ID: 01_03
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TL:Tse a̍h teh kóng?
Eng:What are you talking about?
harnji:這曷著講？
Sentence ID: 02_03
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TL:Tāi-tsì hó-sè--ah buē?
Eng:Is everything all right?
harnji:代誌好勢矣未？
Sentence ID: 03_03
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TL:I ê pak-tn̂g tsiânn e̍h.
Eng:He has a narrow mind.
harnji:伊的腹腸誠狹。
Sentence ID: 04_03
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TL:Sàng-kè khah suí sin-niû.
Eng:The one who gives the bride away is prettier than the bride.
harnji:送嫁較媠新娘。
Sentence ID: 05_03
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TL:Citzam'ar tsin lak-sue.
Eng:It's been really bad lately.
harnji:這站仔真落衰。
Sentence ID: 06_03
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TL:Lín lāu-bú tú teh liām--lí.
Eng:Your mom is just talking about you.
harnji:恁老母拄咧念你。
Sentence ID: 07_03
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TL:Tsit-siann tāi-tsì pháinn pháng--ah.
Eng:It's going to be a mess.
harnji:這聲代誌歹紡矣。
Sentence ID: 08_04
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TL:I koh teh khybøkhafng--ah.
Eng:He/she is acting up again.
harnji:伊閣咧起無空矣。
Sentence ID: 15_05
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TL:Tsit-pái guá tshûn-sí beh kap i piànn.
Eng:This time, I'm going to fight him/her to the death.
harnji:這擺我存死欲佮伊拚。
Sentence ID: 09_04
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TL:I sī guán thiau'aflai--ê.
Eng:He/she is one of us.
harnji:伊是阮祧仔內的。
Sentence ID: 16_05
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TL:Tsò sī-tuā ài ū sī-tuā ê khuán.
Eng:The elders have to look like the elders.
harnji:做序大愛有序大的款。
Sentence ID: 10_04
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TL:Tsi̍t-kù uē puânn lâi puânn khì.
Eng:One sentence being repeated over and over.
harnji:一句話盤來盤去。
Sentence ID: 17_05
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TL:Tán mi̍h oh kàu, tán lâng khuài lāu.
Eng:Waiting for things to be ready, but people get old quickly.
harnji:等物僫到，等人快老。
Sentence ID: 11_04
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TL:I kā lâng tshuā gín-á.
Eng:He takes care of the kids.
harnji:伊共人𤆬囡仔。
Sentence ID: 18_05
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TL:In nn̄g-ê lâng í-king kóng Hô--ah.
Eng:The two people have already made peace.
harnji:兩个人已經講和矣。
Sentence ID: 12_04
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TL:Sio-sio bīn ù lâng líng kha-tshng.
Eng:A hot face warming a cold butt. This idiom describes a situation where one person is being very enthusiastic, passionate, or friendly towards someone who is completely indifferent, cold, or unresponsive.
harnji:燒燒面焐人冷尻川。
Sentence ID: 19_05
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TL:Sè-hàn gín-á lóng khah kiann-senn-hūn.
Eng:Little children are all more afraid of strangers.
harnji:細漢囡仔攏較驚生份。
Sentence ID: 13_04
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TL:Guá í-king su kah tah-té--ah.
Eng:I've lost everything.
harnji:我已經輸甲貼底矣。
Sentence ID: 20_05
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TL:M̄-thang kóng bē iânn--lâng, tio̍h beh píng-toh.
Eng:Don't flip the table just because you can't win an argument.
harnji:毋通講袂贏人就欲反桌。
Sentence ID: 14_04
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TL:Hia ê siàu tō tsún-tú-hó--ah.
Eng:Forget about the debt.
harnji:遐的數就準拄好矣。
Sentence ID: 21_05
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TL:Tāi-tsì ná ē kiânn kàu tsit-khuán tē-pōo?
Eng:How did things get to this point?
harnji:代誌哪會行到這款地步？
Sentence ID: 22_06
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TL:Tsit-pái ê ki-huē sī tú-tshiāng-tú-tshiāng.
Eng:This opportunity is very rare.
harnji:這擺的機會是拄䢢拄䢢。
Sentence ID: 29_07
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TL:Guán nn̄g-ê lâng sio tshut-lōo, bô tú--tio̍h.
Eng:We missed each other and didn't meet.
harnji:阮兩个人相出路，無拄著。
Sentence ID: 23_06
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TL:Tsia̍h mi̍h--á kàu tshuì-kháu tsiah ka-la̍uh--khì.
Eng:The food is not yours until it reaches your mouth.
harnji:食物仔到喙口才交落去。
Sentence ID: 30_07
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TL:I siūnn beh bán-huê In ài-jîn-á ê sim.
Eng:He/she wants to win back the heart of his/her lover.
harnji:伊想欲挽回愛人仔的心。
Sentence ID: 24_06
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TL:Sit-thâu beh tuì tó-uī lo̍h-tshiú tsiah hó?
Eng:Where should I start working?
harnji:穡頭欲對佗位落手才好？
Sentence ID: 31_07
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TL:I tī lāi-té, lí kā i hiàm--tsi̍t-ē.
Eng:You're on the right track.
harnji:伊佇內底，你共伊喊一下。
Sentence ID: 25_06
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TL:I iáu buē kóng suah, m̄-thang tsiàm-uē.
Eng:He's not finished. Don't interrupt.
harnji:伊猶未講煞，毋通僭話。
Sentence ID: 32_07
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TL:Tsin pháinn-sè, bô tiunn-tî kā lí e--tio̍h.
Eng:Sorry, I accidentally hit you.
harnji:真歹勢，無張持共你挨著。
Sentence ID: 26_06
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TL:Lí án-ne tsò ū tām-po̍h-á bē-hô.
Eng:What you did is a little inappropriate/unharmonious.
harnji:你按呢做有淡薄仔袂和。
Sentence ID: 33_07
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TL:Lí tsit-kù huie'oe, ū kóng ná bô kóng.
Eng:I've been thinking about it for a long time.
harnji:你這句廢話，有講若無講。
Sentence ID: 27_06
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TL:I sī guá tú--kuè siōng pháinn thì-thâu ê lâng.
Eng:He/she is the most difficult person I have ever encountered.
harnji:伊是我拄過上歹剃頭的人。
Sentence ID: 34_07
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TL:Siàu-liân--ê, lí tio̍h thiann lāu-hè-á khóo-khǹg.
Eng:Young man, listen to the elders.
harnji:少年的，你著聽老歲仔苦勸。
Sentence ID: 28_06
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TL:Kám-tsîng ê tāi-tsì sī bē-tàng bián-kióng--ê.
Eng:Emotions can't be forced.
harnji:感情的代誌是袂當勉強的。
Sentence ID: 35_07
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TL:In nn̄g-ê pîng-siông-sî-á siōng ài tap-tshuì-kóo.
Eng:The two of them usually like to fight.
harnji:兩个平常時仔上愛答喙鼓。
Sentence ID: 36_08
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TL:Siūnn bē kàu In nn̄g-ê ē uan-ke piàn tshin-ke.
Eng:I didn’t expect that the two of them would fight and become in-laws.
harnji:想袂到兩个會冤家變親家。
Sentence ID: 43_09
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TL:Tsū-iû ê sing-ua̍h sī lâng-lâng lóng siūnn beh kuè--ê.
Eng:Freedom is something that everyone wants to live.
harnji:自由的生活是人人攏想欲過的。
Sentence ID: 37_08
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TL:Lí kóng kah lilyløløf, guá thiann lóng bô!
Eng:I don't understand what you're saying.
harnji:你講甲哩哩囉囉，我聽攏無！
Sentence ID: 44_09
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TL:In puann-tshù liáu-āu, guán tō khah bô khì kiânn-ta̍h.
Eng:After moving, we don't go out as much.
harnji:搬厝了後，阮就較無去行踏。
Sentence ID: 38_08
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TL:Kā i kóng--tsi̍t-kù, án-ne tō bē-ti̍t--ah.
Eng:Just say something to him/her, and the situation will become awkward.
harnji:共伊講一句，按呢就袂直矣。
Sentence ID: 45_09
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TL:Tsò-lâng ài tsai-iánn tshun-kiu, tsiah bē siunn tsia̍h-khui.
Eng:People need to be flexible so they don't suffer too much.
harnji:做人愛知影伸勼，才袂傷食虧。
Sentence ID: 39_08
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TL:Tsit-kiānn tāi-tsì lí khì kā In sió so--tsi̍t-ē.
Eng:Go discuss this issue with them.
harnji:這件代誌你去共小挲一下。
Sentence ID: 46_09
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TL:Kàu-sî piān-khuànn, tsiah lâi kuat-tīng beh án-tsuánn tsò.
Eng:Let’s watch it and then decide what to do.
harnji:到時便看，才來決定欲按怎做。
Sentence ID: 40_08
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TL:Lí m̄-thang koar'ix, guá ē kuánn-kín tńg--lâi.
Eng:Don't worry about it. I'll be back soon.
harnji:你毋通掛意，我會趕緊轉來。
Sentence ID: 47_09
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TL:Tuā-hiann Tsiong i muá-pak ê khóo-tsîng kóng Hōo guá thiann.
Eng:My brother told me that he was full of suffering.
harnji:大兄將伊滿腹的苦情講予我聽。
Sentence ID: 41_08
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TL:Citzan tāi-tsì lán tíng-kuè í-king kóng--kuè ah!
Eng:We talked about it last time.
harnji:這層代誌咱頂過已經講過矣！
Sentence ID: 48_09
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TL:I án-ne kā lí khau-sé, lí kám bē kan-khóo?
Eng:Don't you feel bad for him making fun of you like this?
harnji:伊按呢共你剾洗，你敢袂艱苦？
Sentence ID: 42_08
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TL:Kuán-thāi--i ooh! Kiò i ka-kī siūnn pān-huat.
Eng:Whatever it is, he has to figure it out for himself.
harnji:管待伊喔！叫伊家己想辦法。
Sentence ID: 49_09
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TL:Lí sī tsin-tsiànn m̄-tsai, iā-sī ké-iánn m̄-tsai?
Eng:Do you really not know, or are you just pretending not to know?
harnji:你是真正毋知，抑是假影毋知？
Sentence ID: 50_10
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TL:Guá iáu-buē kóng suah, lí sing mài tshah-uē hó--bô?
Eng:I haven't finished speaking yet, so don't interrupt me, okay?
harnji:我猶未講煞，你先莫插話好無？
Sentence ID: 57_11
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TL:Kóng-lâi kóng-khì, tsóng kóng tsi̍t-kù, sī lí m̄-tio̍h.
Eng:After all, it's your fault.
harnji:講來講去，總講一句，是你毋著。
Sentence ID: 51_10
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TL:Lí m̄-thang kā sī-tuā-lâng án-ne ìn-tshuì irncih.
Eng:Don't talk back to the elders.
harnji:你毋通共序大人按呢應喙應舌。
Sentence ID: 58_11
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TL:Lán kā i tàu hun-phuè taxmpøq'ar, i khah bē hiah thiám.
Eng:Let's share some of it so he doesn't get too tired.
harnji:咱共伊鬥分伻淡薄仔，伊較袂遐忝。
Sentence ID: 52_10
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TL:Sim-sū bô lâng tsai, guá ut kah tsiok kan-khóo--ê.
Eng:Doesn't anyone know? I feel so sad.
harnji:心事無人知，我鬱甲足艱苦的。
Sentence ID: 59_11
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TL:Guá thè i huân-ló kah beh sí, i suah bø'iaux-bøkirn.
Eng:I was so worried about him, but he didn't care.
harnji:我替伊煩惱甲欲死，伊煞無要無緊。
Sentence ID: 53_10
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TL:Hó-pháinn miā kám sī tsù-hó-hó--ê? Tse tsin páinn kóng.
Eng:Is good or bad fate predestined? It's hard to say.
harnji:好歹命敢是註好好的？這真歹講。
Sentence ID: 60_11
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TL:Guá sī tshìn-tshái kóng--ê, lí m̄-thang khǹg tī sim-kuann lâi.
Eng:I'm just saying, don't take it to heart.
harnji:我是凊彩講的，你毋通囥佇心肝內。
Sentence ID: 54_10
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TL:I tsin ū hok-khì, hāu-senn sin-pū lóng tsiânn iú-hàu.
Eng:He is very lucky. His son and daughter-in-law are very filial.
harnji:伊真有福氣，後生新婦攏誠有孝。
Sentence ID: 61_11
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TL:Lí m̄-thang khuànn guá bô kàu-tāng, guá m̄-sī hó khi-hū--ê.
Eng:Don't underestimate me, I'm not easy to bully.
harnji:你莫看我無夠重，我毋是好欺負的。
Sentence ID: 55_10
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TL:Sui-jiân lín sī hó pîng-iú, mā m̄-thang siūnn khò-sio̍k.
Eng:Although you are good friends, you shouldn't get too informal with each other..
harnji:雖然恁是好朋友，嘛毋通傷靠俗。
Sentence ID: 62_11
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TL:I hit-ê lâng tō sī bô-liōng, bexkhafm'tid khuànn lâng hó.
Eng:He/she is just a person with no magnanimity; he/she can't stand to see others do well.
harnji:伊彼个人就是無量，袂堪得看人好。
Sentence ID: 56_10
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TL:I ài kik phài-thâu tō Hōo i khì kik, mài tshap--i.
Eng:If he likes to put on a show, just let him put on a show and ignore it.
harnji:伊愛激派頭就予伊去激，莫插伊。
Sentence ID: 63_11
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TL:I tsiânn gâu kik ngóo-jîn, kik kah tāi-ke tshiò-hai-hai.
Eng:He's very good at being funny. He makes everyone smile.
harnji:伊誠賢激五仁，激甲逐家笑咍咍。
Sentence ID: 64_12
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TL:A'efng--á tsiânn pháinn-miā, tsū sè-hàn pē-bú tō kuè-sin--ah.
Eng:A'efng had a hard life. His parents passed away when he was a child.
harnji:阿英仔誠歹命，自細漢爸母就過身矣。
Sentence ID: 71_13
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TL:Tsit-ê bē-sái, hit-ê m̄-thang, tsuân lí ê ì-kiàn--liáu-liáu.
Eng:This one doesn't work, that one doesn't. It's all your opinion.
harnji:這个袂使，彼个毋通，全你的意見了了。
Sentence ID: 72_13
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TL:Tse sī lán tsit-tsoo ê būn-tê, mài kā guā-lâng khan-thua--ji̍p-lâi.
Eng:That's the problem with our group, don't involve outsiders.
harnji:這是咱這組的問題，莫共外人牽拖入來。
Sentence ID: 65_12
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TL:Bián lí ke-pô, guán-tau ê tāi-tsì guá ka-kī ē tshú-lí.
Eng:You don't have to do much. I'll take care of my own stuff.
harnji:免你家婆，阮兜的代誌我家己會處理。
Sentence ID: 66_12
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TL:Guá kap lâng kóng-uē, lí mài tī pinn--á teh tshap-tshuì.
Eng:I'm talking to people. Don't interrupt me.
harnji:我佮人講話，你莫佇邊仔咧插喙插舌。
Sentence ID: 73_13
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TL:Lán tsò-lâng tio̍h-ài ū tsì-khì, tsiah bē Hōo lâng khuànn bô bo̍k-ti̍k.
Eng:As a person, you must have ambition and integrity, so you won't be looked down upon by others.
harnji:咱做人著愛有志氣，才袂予人看無目地。
Sentence ID: 67_12
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TL:In nn̄g-ê cymoe'ar bô-i bø'oar, án-ne m̄-sī pān-huat.
Eng:If the two sisters are alone, and have no one to depend on; this is not a solution.
harnji:兩姊妹仔無依無倚，按呢毋是辦法。
Sentence ID: 74_13
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TL:I ê jîn-sing, khamkhafm-khiedkhiet, kóng--khí-lâi uē-thâu Tn̂g--lah.
Eng:His/her life has been full of ups and downs; it's a long story to tell.
harnji:伊的人生，坎坎坷坷，講起來話頭長啦！
Sentence ID: 68_12
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TL:Tsit-kiānn tāi-tsì ê guân-in kap kiat-kó, lóng bô lâng tsai-iánn.
Eng:No one knows the cause and effect of this.
harnji:這件代誌的原因佮結果，攏無人知影。
Sentence ID: 75_13
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TL:Hîng-lí tshiánn lí sió kā guá khuànn--tsi̍t-ē, guá liam'my tio̍h tńg--lâi.
Eng:Please watch my luggage for a moment; I'll be right back.
harnji:行李請你小共我看一下，我連鞭就轉來。
Sentence ID: 69_12
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TL:Siàu-liân-lâng nā ū sio ì-ài tō hó, lán mài tshap siunn tsē.
Eng:As long as young people like each other, let's not get involved.
harnji:少年人若有相意愛就好，咱莫插傷濟。
Sentence ID: 76_13
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TL:Tsò-lâng ài si̍t-tsāi, tsiah ē-tàng tī siā-huē siōng kap lâng khiā-khí.
Eng:You must be honest and genuine as a person to gain a foothold in society.
harnji:做人愛實在，才會當佇社會上佮人徛起。
Sentence ID: 70_12
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TL:I beh kuè-sin ê sî-tsūn, kau-tài guá ài høfhøf'ar tsiàu-kòo--lí.
Eng:Before he died, he told me to take good care of you.
harnji:伊欲過身的時陣，交代我愛好好仔照顧你。
Sentence ID: 77_14
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TL:I hiah-nih bô-îng, tsit-khuán sió-sū kám thang khì mâ-huân--i?
Eng:He's so busy, how can we bother him with such a small thing?
harnji:伊遐爾無閒，這款小事敢通去麻煩伊？
Sentence ID: 83_15
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TL:I sī guán-tsa-poo-lâng.
Eng:He's my man.
harnji:伊是阮查埔人。
Sentence ID: 84_15
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TL:In nn̄g-ê ang-á-bóo tsiânn un-ài.
Eng:The husband and wife are very affectionate toward each other.
harnji:兩个翁仔某誠恩愛。
Sentence ID: 78_14
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TL:I bô kah-ì--lí, lí nā khì kiû--i, it-tīng ē pōng-piah.
Eng:He/she doesn't like you; if you go beg him/her, you will definitely hit a wall.
harnji:伊無佮意你，你若去求伊，一定會碰壁。
Sentence ID: 85_15
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TL:Ū tsi̍t-ê suí koo-niû khiā tī lōo-pinn tán tshia.
Eng:There was a pretty girl standing by the side of the road waiting for the bus.
harnji:有一个媠姑娘徛佇路邊等車。
Sentence ID: 79_14
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TL:In lāu-bú huán-tuì In lâi-óng, i suah lâi pēnn-siunn-si.
Eng:His mother disapprove of their socializing. He/she ended up with a broken heart.
harnji:老母反對來往，伊煞來病相思。
Sentence ID: 86_15
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TL:Cittuix siang-senn-á tàu-té siánn-lâng sī siánn-lâng, guá si̍t-tsāi bô huat-tōo hun-pia̍t.
Eng:I really can't tell which of the twins is which.
harnji:這對雙生仔到底啥人是啥人，我實在無法度分別。
Sentence ID: 80_14
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TL:Guá kap i í-king tsin kú bô lâi-óng--ah, mxzaivar i ê tsîng-hîng.
Eng:I haven't seen him for a long time, and I don't know how he's doing.
harnji:我佮伊已經真久無來往矣，毋知影伊的情形。
Sentence ID: 81_14
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TL:You loved him so much, he is dating two people at the same time.
Eng:You loved him so much, he is dating two people at the same time.
harnji:無彩你遐爾仔愛伊，結果伊猶是雙跤踏雙船。
Sentence ID: 82_14
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TL:I ū tsiânn tsē lāi-sun.
Eng:He has many grandchildren.
harnji:伊有誠濟內孫。