Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ciⁿ

by Adele Marion Fielde

ciⁿ

• 毡ciⁿ43825
• Felt; rough and nappy fabrics.

ciⁿ bō̤;

a felt hat.

ciⁿ tîo;

a rug.

ciⁿ tói;

felt soles.

ciⁿ-tháng;

drugget.

thó ciⁿ;

shoddy; felt made from cotton.

îu ciⁿ;

oiled felt.

mô̤ⁿ ciⁿ;

plush.

sai ciⁿ;

foreign carpeting.

jû cŏ̤ cam ciⁿ;

like sitting on needles.

pho ciⁿ kak chái;

carpeted and curtained.

îeⁿ ciⁿ;

foreign blanketing.

• 肢ciⁿ551304
• The limbs.

sì ciⁿ;

the four limbs.

ciⁿ-thói;

the body.

• 支ciⁿ54650
• A branch or tribe; to advance money.

tī-ciⁿ;

the twelve branches.

ciⁿ ēng;

to pay out.

ciⁿ kang-ngṳ̂n;

to give out the wages.

ciⁿ-phài;

a tribe or clan.

ciⁿ cîⁿ lâi ēng;

advances the money to be spent.

hûeⁿ ciⁿ;

a collateral branch of the same family.

ciⁿ cieh;

to advance the outlay.

ciⁿ sio;

disbursements.

lăm ciⁿ;

wastefully expend.

ciⁿ lî, irrelevant;

evasive.

ciⁿ cṳ́;

a child of.

ciⁿ-thî;

to make a protégé of.

tâng sòi ciⁿ-thî kàu tōa;

brought him up from infancy.

sĭ i tó̤ ciⁿ-thî;

it is she who pays his expenses.

bô̤ nâng ciⁿ-thî;

no one looks after him.

• 賫ciⁿ9641548
• To take in both hands and offer respectfully; to send, as a dispatch; to give, as a present.

ciⁿ-sàng bṳ̂n-cṳ khṳ̀ tău-thâi kò̤ tâu;

handed in a dispatch to be delivered to the Intendant of Circuit.

• 尖ciⁿ977423
• Wedge-like; tapering.

kha-ciⁿ;

the toe.

i ēng kha-ciⁿ khṳ̀ nek i;

he gave it a shove with his toe.

khṳt i kâi kha-ciⁿ thak khṳ̀ kàu cū sí khṳ̀;

on being kicked by him, it died.

• 脂ciⁿ551306
• Unctuous.

ciⁿ-ko̤;

unctuous matter.

peh-sèⁿ hùe kâi ciⁿ-ko̤;

the fat of the people, (their money).

mîn ko̤ mîn ciⁿ;

the fat of the land.

cîeh ciⁿ;

unctuous earths, used in ointments.

• 稚cíⁿ601158
• Immature; young.

cíⁿ cṳ́;

a young child.

ìuⁿ-cíⁿ;

young and small.

hŵn-lío ío cíⁿ;

is still rather immature.

cíⁿ-kó̤, cíⁿ-kó̤;

juvenile.

ap-ap-cíⁿ;

fresh and fair.

thóiⁿ tîeh hŵn-lío ap-ap-cíⁿ;

I see that you still look blooming.

mûeh khah cíⁿ;

things that are unripe.

cíⁿ-lùn;

plump.

cíⁿ-cíⁿ nē;

very youthful.

cíⁿ hîeh;

young and tender leaves.

cíⁿ-cṳ́ kâi sim;

youthful in heart.

• 箭cìⁿ9781189
• An arrow; an archer.

sīa cìⁿ;

to shoot arrows.

keng cìⁿ;

bows and arrows.

keng-cìⁿ kẃn sĭ tó̤ kà keng-cìⁿ kâi tī-hng;

a shooting gallery is a place where archery is taught.

lṳ́ sĭ cîah pâi-to̤, a sĭ cîah keng-cìⁿ?

Do you get your living as a swordsman or as a bowman?

húe cìⁿ;

a rocket.

tieⁿ năuⁿ-cìⁿ sīa hóⁿ;

sent an arrow from his crossbow and hit the tiger.

cìⁿ sīa tîeh a sīa m̄ tîeh?

Did the arrow hit the mark or did it not?

chíu cìⁿ;

an arrow shot from the hand, without a bow.

pàng né cìⁿ;

shoot at a venture.

híang cìⁿ;

a whizzing arrow.

bé cìⁿ;

mounted bowmen.

pō cìⁿ;

unmounted bowmen.

hó̤ cìⁿ;

a good shot.

siang lî put kùe cêk cìⁿ cṳ tī;

not more than a bowsbot apart.

kuang-im sṳ̆ cìⁿ;

time flies like an arrow.

àm cìⁿ;

a secret arrow.

cìⁿ tah cĭeⁿ keng hîⁿ;

the arrow is laid upon the bowstring ready to be shot.

tît kùe cìⁿ, ngĕ kùe thih;

straighter than an arrow, and harder than iron.

chah hĭⁿ cìⁿ;

pierce the ear with an arrow as a punishment.

lĕng cìⁿ;

a random shot.

cìⁿ kuaⁿ, cìⁿ nêk, cìⁿ mô̤ⁿ;

the shaft, the point, and the feather of an arrow.

i kâi cìⁿ-nêk cṳ́ tâk îeh kâi, sīa tîeh hueh lāu cíu sí;

if a poisoned arrow draws blood death follows.

• 擠cìⁿ9646414
• To crowd; to jostle; to press closely upon.

ìong cìⁿ;

push and crowd.

oi-oi cìⁿ-cìⁿ;

to jostle and push.

cìⁿ m̄ tin-tăng;

cannot make it budge.

sie cìⁿ sie kôih;

to crowd each other.

cìⁿ tŏ̤ i sin-piⁿ;

pressed close to his person.

màiⁿ cìⁿ khah bûa;

do not crowd up too close.

thèng cìⁿ;

crowd carelessly.

cheⁿ cìⁿ jîp khṳ̀;

crowded forcibly in.

cìⁿ bŏi tit jîp;

cannot crowd in.

cìⁿ bŏi tit chut lâi;

cannot press my way out.

i khṳt nâng cìⁿ sí khṳ̀ lūa;

he was killed by pressure in the crowd.

jw̆n cìⁿ, cìⁿ m̄ khui;

however much you crowd you cannot crowd through.

cìⁿ kàu cêk sin kūaⁿ;

crowded till the perspiration started out all over him.

saⁿ khṳt nâng cìⁿ lîh khṳ̀;

his jacket was torn in the crowd.

• 胬cìⁿ6411305
• Healthy granulations on a sore.

hṳ́ chng-kháu piⁿ thó kò̤ nêk-cìⁿ chut lâi;

new flesh has formed at the edge of the sore.

• 荸薺cîⁿ7101407

cîⁿ-chang;

an edible tuber, the water chestnut, called also the “horse's hoof.”

• 錢cîⁿ9821678
• The tenth part of a tael; copper money; cash, the only coin which the Chinese now make.

cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n;

money.

tâng cîⁿ;

copper coins.

i ŭ cîⁿ;

he is a monied man.

cíeⁿ cîⁿ nôⁿ;

a miser.

táu cîⁿ;

to exchange coins.

câp hāi cîⁿ; chṳ̀ cîⁿ;

the current rate of exchange, ten per cent of poor cash.

tōa cîⁿ;

good cash.

cîⁿ kíaⁿ;

worn cash.

àu cîⁿ;

bad cash.

âng cîⁿ;

copper cash.

cúa cîⁿ;

paper cash.

cîⁿ cúa;

paper spirit money.

cîⁿ nîe;

revenue in cash.

thiap cîⁿ cúi;

make allowance for surplus weight in the coin.

ŭ cîⁿ sái tit kúi oi bō̤ ;

who has money may employ devils to turn his mill.

tâk jîeh cōi cîⁿ?

What is its value in money?

cîⁿ khó̤ thong sîn;

money will move the gods.

kúi cîⁿ tăng?

How many mace does it weigh?

cêk cîⁿ jîeh cōi cîⁿ?

How many cash are there in one mace?

cîⁿ-cè sòi-kù;

the debt is but a trifling one.

khìam cîⁿ;

to owe money.

hâiⁿ cîⁿ;

to pay money.

thó̤ cîⁿ;

to dun for money.

siu cîⁿ;

to collect money.

lāi cîⁿ;

interest on money loaned.

bó̤ cîⁿ;

capital.

thàng cîⁿ;

earns money.

thàng tōa cîⁿ kâi nâng;

one well worth his wages.

m̄ sieh síe cîⁿ;

not sparing of money.

i kâi cîⁿ-chêng jūn căi;

it is very difficult to get any money from him.

cîah nâng kâi cîⁿ cōi căi;

made away with a great amount of money belonging to other people.

seⁿ cîⁿ pàng sìo;

to shave notes.

cîah kong cîⁿ;

use up the public funds.

khieh cò̤ kong cîⁿ;

put it into the common purse.

chûn ŭ jîeh cōi cîⁿ?

How much money is there remaining?

tôi cîⁿ;

contributes money.

cù cîⁿ;

coins money.

sai cù m̄-hó̤ cîⁿ;

makes counterfeit money.

kó cîⁿ;

ancient coins.

kim cîⁿ;

modern coins.

lô̤h cîⁿ;

put down a sum of money.

phài cîⁿ;

pay money according to assessment.

pûah cîⁿ; tó cîⁿ;

to gamble.

îaⁿ cîⁿ;

win money.

su cîⁿ;

to lose money.

pńg cîⁿ;

one's own money.

cîⁿ phìe; cîⁿ chà;

paper money or bank notes.

cîⁿ cng;

a bank.

cîⁿ phò;

a broker's office.

cîⁿ chīu khui hue;

his geese lay golden eggs.

khǹg ŭ sai-khia cîⁿ;

he has private funds.

cîⁿ-kǹg-so̤h;

a cash-string.

cîⁿ-kǹg-so̤h mīn;

looks greedily toward money.

tham-cîⁿ;

covetous.

ngìen-cîⁿ;

parsimonious.

hàuⁿ cîⁿ;

avaricious.

àiⁿ cîⁿ;

eager for gain.

lŭ cîⁿ;

a bribe.

lói cîⁿ;

fees.

sai ēng cîⁿ;

secret spendings.

ūaⁿ cò̤ cîⁿ;

exchange it for cash.