Phō tio̍h … thài-tō• / sim-chêng
Have a … feeling; with the attitude of
Related: Chhî… thài-tō·; chhî … sim-chêng; Ū…thài-tō·
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It-poaⁿ ê Tâi-ôan-lâng tùi tan-chhin ka-têng phō-tio̍h siong-tong bô chàn-sêng ê thài-tō∙.
The average Taiwanese has a disapproving attitude toward single-parent families.
In tō phō-tio̍h “Bóng thàn khah bē sàn” ê sim-chêng lâi-kàu Tâi-ôan.
So they came to Taiwan with the feeling that (as the proverb says), “as long as you keep busy working on something, you won’t ever want for money.”
(Chiung, Wi-vun Tiaffalo. Tâi-ûan Gûan-khì Pó-tián: ùi Tâi-gí Sio̍k-gān-gí Khòaⁿ Tâi-ûan Li̍k-sú. Tainan: National Cheng Gung University Press, 2007. p. 28)
Phah-sǹg
Plan to; will probably
Related: àn-sǹg, but àn-sǹg is used for more concrete, specific, or near-term events.
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Tùi chiong-lâi lí ū síaⁿ-mi̍h phah-sǹg?
What are you going to do in the future?
Góa phah-sǹg beh siat chi̍t-keng hun-kong-si.
I plan to start a company some day.
Phah-sǹg
Seems to have
I phah-sǹg chia̍h liáu bô sím-mi̍h tú-hó.
She seems to have eaten something that wasn’t quite right.
I ê Tâi-gú chin liû-lī, phah-sǹg sī chît-ê chiàⁿ-kàng ê Tâi-ôan-lâng.
His Mandarin is very fluent; seems like he’s a true red-blooded Taiwanese.
(Chin) pháiⁿ [verb]
Difficult to [verb]; have difficulty [verb]-ing; be hard pressed to [verb]
Chiàn-cheng sī chân-khok ê, kiat-kio̍k mā sī chin pháiⁿ liāu-sióng ê.
War is tragic, and the results are also hard to predict.
Chia ê piàn-hòa si̍t-chāi sī hō· lâng chin pháiⁿ siong-sìn.
The changes here are really unbelievable.
Jîn-bîn ê chhiú bô bú-khì chin pháiⁿ ham chhim-lio̍k-kun tùi-khòng.
It’s hard to resist an invading army if the people have no weapons.
