Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ceⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

ceⁿ

• 爭ceⁿ2965
• To wrangle; to strive: to emulate.

ceⁿ soiⁿ;

strive for precedence.

ceⁿ kong;

emulate merit.

hàuⁿ ceⁿ;

quarrelsome.

ceⁿ-tò;

to quarrel.

ceⁿ ūi-chṳ̀;

contest a position.

ceⁿ chi tô̤h châng;

wrangle about the wife, and seize upon the land.

só̤ ceⁿ ŭ hăn;

the difference is a slight one.

sie ceⁿ;

to contend.

sie ceⁿ boí, sie ceⁿ bōi;

rivals in trade.

sie ceⁿ ke-húe;

a squabble about tools.

sie ceⁿ kíaⁿ;

a contention in regard to their children.

sie ceⁿ sie ji'́ng;

disputing in loud tones.

sie ceⁿ lío, sie phah;

a dispute leading to blows.

nín só̤ ceⁿ kâi to sĭ bô̤-siang-kang kâi sṳ̄;

what you are contending about is a very unimportant matter.

cía to míen sie ceⁿ kâi;

this is something that there need be no debate about.

àiⁿ sie ceⁿ mih sṳ̄?

What occasion is there for wrangling about it?

• 井céⁿ99372
• A well; a deep pit.

céⁿ cúi;

well-water.

chĭ-ceⁿ kâi nâng;

a huckster; a loafer.

khui céⁿ; líu céⁿ;

dig a well.

kó céⁿ;

an old well.

khàm céⁿ;

to cover a well.

thūn tīo céⁿ;

fill up a well.

put céⁿ;

clean out a well.

céⁿ kîⁿ;

the brink of a well.

céⁿ piⁿ;

beside a well.

céⁿ kha;

by the well.

céⁿ téng;

a roof over a well.

céⁿ chîeⁿ;

the walls of a well.

cŏ̤ céⁿ, kwn thiⁿ;

sitting in a well looking at the heavens; an inexperienced person.

lêng hóⁿ céⁿ;

the aquarium at the entrance of a temple, under the images of the dragon and the tiger.

ngṳ̂n céⁿ;

money vaults.

thim céⁿ;

an open court within a house.

céⁿ kho;

well rounds.

céⁿ cûaⁿ;

a well spring.

céⁿ tói;

the bottom of a well.

céⁿ mīn;

the top of a well.

tìo-o̤ céⁿ;

a well with a sweep.

koiⁿ céⁿ;

the hollow above the collar bone.

céⁿ sìu;

the 22nd constellation, six stars in Gemini.

lâu céⁿ;

a trap door in the floor of an upper storey.

ûi céⁿ;

the socket in which a mast is set.

lîm kuah, kût céⁿ;

wait until thirsty, before digging a well.

sua céⁿ;

a pit in the sand, to hold the water of an ebbing tide.

céⁿ hām;

the side of the well has caved in.

cîeh céⁿ;

a crevasse in rocks.

hṳ̂ céⁿ;

deep places where fish hide in pools.

• 阱céⁿ9941704
• A pitfall.

hām-céⁿ;

a trap for wild beasts.

líu kâi hām-céⁿ lâi tieⁿ i;

dug a pit and entrapped him.

• 晴cêⁿ996728
• The clear blue sky; the weather clearing up after a storm.

thiⁿ cêⁿ kó ŭa;

long continued drought.

hŏ cêⁿ;

the rain has ceased.

cêⁿ ta;

dry weather.

thiⁿ cêⁿ;

clear weather.

cêⁿ kú lío;

it cleared up long ago.

thiⁿ àiⁿ cêⁿ lío;

it is clearing already.

hŏ lô̤h m̄ hàuⁿ cêⁿ;

it rains as if it would never stop.

tîeh ŭ pak huang cìaⁿ ŏi cêⁿ;

if the north wind came up, it would then clear.

cí câp jît, thiⁿ bŏi cêⁿ;

there has been no sunshine these ten days.

ŏi cêⁿ úa cĭu àiⁿ khṳ̀;

should it clear, I shall go.

cêk choiⁿ ngṳ̂n pńg cîⁿ cò̤ cêk nî cĭu cêⁿ khṳ̀;

got rid of a thousand dollars of capital in one year.

nĕ cêⁿ-cêⁿ, huh-jîen cĭu tōa huang hŏ;

a sudden tempest in bright weather.

• 靜cĕⁿ9941748
• Still, quiet, noiseless.

cĕⁿ-cĕⁿ;

very still.

tīam-cĕⁿ;

motionless and noiseless.

uaⁿ-cĕⁿ;

quietly.

àm-cĕⁿ;

secretly.

thîam-cĕⁿ;

undisturbed.

thîm-cĕⁿ;

sunk in oblivion.

cĕⁿ-sòi;

attentive.

sim tîeh cĕⁿ-sòi thóiⁿ khṳ̀, cìaⁿ ŭ tit;

you must pay close attention and then you will retain something of what you study.

mêⁿ cĕⁿ, keⁿ chim;

in the stillness of the midnight.

cĕⁿ sĭeⁿ;

quietly think.

cĕⁿ-cĕⁿ khṳ̀ cò̤;

noiselessly went and did it.

m̄ cĕⁿ;

unquiet.

khah cĕⁿ;

too lonely.

cĕⁿ chío-chío;

perfectly noiseless.

tīam huang, cĕⁿ nǹg;

still air.

cĕⁿ-cĕⁿ, bô̤ nâng cai;

quietly so as to let no one know.

i kâi ngán-sîn ío cĕⁿ;

the expression of his eye indicates a quiet mind.