a-sá-lih

• a-sa-lih
• at-sá-lih

Borrowed from Japanese あっさり (assari).

• (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-sá-lih
  • Tâi-lô: a-sá-lih
  • Phofsit Daibuun: asafliq
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ sa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liʔ³²/
  • IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liʔ³²/

a-sá-lih (POJ)

1. (Taiwan) unfussy; unhesitant or assertive in generosity or agreement (whether as a personality trait or in a particular instance)

   • 入來到伊感覺歡喜為止，伊tō自然離開，chiâⁿ a-sá-lih，bē ku-ku-mo͘-mo͘。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     入来到伊感觉欢喜为止，伊tō自然离开，chiâⁿ a-sá-lih，bē ku-ku-mo͘-mo͘。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1996, Taibunun, 麵粉廠ê鬼仔

     Ji̍p-lâi kàu i kám-kak hoaⁿ-hí ûi-chí, i tō chū-jiân lī-khui, chiâⁿ a-sá-lih, bē ku-ku-mo͘-mo͘. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     [Ketury] comes in until she feels happy; then she will naturally leave. She is very decisive, not at all fussy.

   • 伊氣phu̍t-phu̍t、大細聲罵蔡英文政府gâu拖沙、做代誌無at-sá-lih。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     伊气phu̍t-phu̍t、大细声骂蔡英文政府gâu拖沙、做代志无at-sá-lih。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2017, 李南衡, 好好鱟刣kah屎流, in 《台灣教會公報》, issue 3413, page 25

     I khì-phu̍t-phu̍t, tōa-sè-siaⁿ mē Chhòa Eng-bûn chèng-hú gâu thoa-soa, chò tāi-chì bô at-sá-lih. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     He [Uncle Hok] was enraged, furiously chiding the Tsai Ing-wen government for having the habit of procrastinating and being indecisive in doing things.

   • 彈了袂 bái，介 A-SA-LIH。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     弹了袂 bái，介 A-SA-LIH。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2022, Soo Jū-hông, post on Twitter

     Tôaⁿ liáu bē bái, kài A-SA-LIH. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Well played — real crisp!

• → Mandarin: 阿莎力 (āshālì)