Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ce

by Adele Marion Fielde

ce

• 齋ce102103
• To abstain; a fast; lenten fare; a study or closet.

cṳ-ce;

a student's room.

cŏ̤ cṳ-ce, ha sie tê;

sit in the study and blow hot tea; elegant leisure.

tiang-sî khui cṳ-ce?

When will the school begin?

cîah ce;

to live solely on vegetables, as do many devout Buddhists.

ce-kài;

to live as a vegetarian.

tiang-sî pîet ce?

When does the fast end?

cîah tn̂g ce;

fast perpetually.

cîah hue ce;

fast at certain fixed periods.

kíaⁿ-jît tùi ce-khî;

to-day is a fast-day.

cîah ce pó cêk ak;

fast as an offset to wickedness.

cía píaⁿ sĭ ce kâi a sĭ cho̤ kâi?

Is this sort of cake lenten fare or not?

cí īeⁿ chài ŭ nâng tàⁿ sĭ ce kâi, ŭ nâng tàⁿ sĭ cho̤ kâi;

some say this vegetable is lenten fare, and some say it is not.

ce tn̂g;

a temple whose inmates fast.

ce má;

women who abstain from animal food.

cò̤ māng-ce, a sī cò̤ kong-tek?

Is it to be a private or a public funeral?

• 姐cé973385
• An elder sister.

cé-mūe;

sisters.

ke cé;

my sister.

lĕng cé;

your sister.

tōa cé, jī cé;

the eldest and the next to the eldest sister.

cé hu;

an elder sister's husband.

sin bói kâi a-cé kíaⁿ;

a newly bought concubine.

sôk sin kâi a-cé;

a concubine taken out of a brothel.

chiah-kha cé;

a natural footed concubine or slave.

• 債cè10911
• A debt.

khìam cè;

owe a debt.

hâiⁿ cè;

pay a debt.

cè-cú;

creditor.

cè-kíaⁿ;

debtor.

cîⁿ-cè;

the money due.

jû thó̤ lău cè;

as difficult as the collecting of an old debt.

khìam nâng kâi cè;

to owe some one.

côiⁿ seⁿ côiⁿ sì khìam lṳ́ kâi cè!

In a former life I died indebted to you I suppose!

thó̤ cè;

demand what is due.

pàng cè;

lend money; shave notes.

thó̤ cè kúi;

a troublesome imp.

thó̤ cè kíaⁿ;

a bad child of mine, sent to me as a punishment for sin.

cîⁿ-cè sòi kù;

the debt is of little consequence.

cè hôiⁿ ŵn;

the debt is paid in full.

lap nâng cêk sin cè;

owes a debt that it will take all his life to pay.

cîⁿ-cè lap pīn mâk;

in debt up to his eyes.

cîⁿ-cè bô̤ thang hó̤ hâiⁿ;

not wherewith to pay the debt.

cè m̄ kio i thó̤;

would not demand the amount due from him.

cí tîo cîⁿ-cè cău-hùe i lîen tîeh úa, m̄ kio úa thó̤;

peradventure he may have pity upon me, and not demand the amount of this debt.

cè hâiⁿ būe cheng, hok sĭ phoi tŏ̤ sìo tèng, hok sĭ phah siu-toaⁿ khṳt nâng;

when the debt is paid in part only, perhaps the amount paid will be entered on the account, or perhaps a receipt will be given for it.

• 一cē109510
• Once; at once; as soon as; at the time; before verbs it often makes the participial form.

cē thóiⁿ cĭu pat;

knew it at one glance.

cē thâk cĭu pat;

knew it after once reading it.

cē ô̤h cĭu ŏi;

having learned you will be able.

jī cē sía cĭu sêk;

by writing the letters you become familiar with them.

chùi cē tàⁿ kú cĭu kût;

by saying them over constantly you get so that you can pronounce them easily.

cē lâi cĭu ŭ tōa-bó̤-mûeh nâng;

when they once come there will be a host of people.

cē khṳ̀ cĭu hìeⁿ kú;

when he does go he stays a long time.

cē cò̤ cĭu sêng;

as soon as he began he accomplished it.

cē pēⁿ cĭu bŏi cîah;

on becoming ill he could not eat.

cē sĭeⁿ tîeh cĭu khì;

whenever he thinks of it he becomes angry.

cē tàⁿ cĭu hàuⁿ;

as soon as it was spoken of he consented.

cē khîu cĭu khéng;

as soon as it was asked for he assented.

hŏ cē lô̤h cĭu lô̤h m̄ hàuⁿ hiah;

when it once begins to rain, it rains as if it would never stop.

màiⁿ cē cò̤ cĭu cò̤ m̄ hiah;

do not go on forever when you have once begun.

úa cē thóiⁿ m̄ kìⁿ, lṳ́ cĭu cáu;

whenever am not looking, you run off.

úa cē bô̤ tŏ, lṳ́ cò̤-nî cĭu m̄ thâk?

Why is it that you stop studying, whenever I am absent?

úa cē chut koi, lṳ́ kâi mn̂g tîeh cíeⁿ hó̤-hó̤;

when I am gone out, you must watch the door carefully.

màiⁿ cē cîah cĭu cîah kàu cìeⁿ cōi;

when you do eat, do not eat so much.

úa cē tàⁿ cĭu sĭ cìe-seⁿ;

when I have once said a thing I adhere to it.

úa cē hàm, lṳ́ cĭu tîeh lâi;

when I call you, you must come.

i cē chìe lṳ́ cĭu so̤h cò̤ ké kâi;

when he laughed you mistakenly thought it was untrue.

cē kau-chap cĭu cai;

while associating with him you will find out.

cē thiaⁿ cĭu ìn;

answered as soon as I heard.

• 些cē79675
• An adverb of comparison, analogous to the termination er; partly; rather.

cò̤ hó̤ cē;

make a better one.

khùe cē;

speedier.

sòi cē;

smaller.

tăng cē;

heavier.

tâm cē;

wetter.

chit ta cē;

wipe it dryer.

thiu kng-kût cē;

plane it smoother.

sói cheng-khih cē;

wash it cleaner.

sàu pêh cē;

sweep it cleaner.

cṳ̆-sòi cē;

be more careful.

ùaⁿ cē;

later.

cá cē;

earlier.

• 一下cē183

A contraction of cêk ē; once; a little while; for a while.

khṳt úa thóiⁿ cē;

let me take a look at it.

thĕng cē;

wait a bit.

táng úa cē;

wait for me an instant.

hìⁿ cē;

give it a shake.

khṳt i phâk cē;

let it sun a little.

• 寨cē104011
• A stockade; a palisade; a hold; a corral.

îaⁿ cē;

barracks.

suaⁿ cē;

a hill fortress.

châk cē;

a bandit's hold.

kiap cē;

to plunder a post.

cē cú;

the owner of a stockade.

hieⁿ cē;

a fortified village.

cē câh;

the gates of a fortress.

cē mn̂g;

the entrance to a hold.

cē chîeⁿ;

the wall of a stronghold.

cē lăi;

within a guarded retreat.