Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ciaⁿ
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ciaⁿ
- cúi-ciaⁿ;
- crystal.
- chia cúi-ciaⁿ;
- to polish crystal on a lathe.
- pêh ciaⁿ;
- quartz crystal.
- o ciaⁿ;
- smoky quartz.
- tê ciaⁿ;
- cairngorm stone.
- lâm ciaⁿ;
- beryl.
- mô̤ⁿ ciaⁿ;
- moss-agales.
- mô̤ⁿ-ciaⁿ phīⁿ-hun hû;
- a snuff-bottle of agate.
- o ciaⁿ mâk-kìaⁿ;
- colored spectacles.
- cúi-ciaⁿ ìn;
- a crystal seal.
- ciaⁿ gûeh;
- the first month of the year.
- mêⁿ nî ciaⁿ gûeh;
- the first month of next year.
- sin ciaⁿ;
- the first of the new-year.
- pài ciaⁿ;
- make New Year's calls.
- ciaⁿ gûeh thâu;
- the first part of the first month.
- ciaⁿ nêk;
- lean meat.
- nêk ciaⁿ-ciaⁿ;
- the meat is very lean.
- àiⁿ ciaⁿ a àiⁿ pêh?
- Do you want fat or lean?
- pùaⁿ ciaⁿ pêh;
- a streak of fat and a streak of lean.
- ciaⁿ kâi káⁿ cîah, pêh kâi m̄ káⁿ cîah;
- can eat the lean, but not the fat.
- ŭ nâng hàuⁿ cîah ciaⁿ, ŭ nâng hàuⁿ cîah pêh;
- some people like lean, and some like fat.
- io-ciaⁿ;
- elves.
- ciaⁿ kùai;
- a queer being.
- kú nî cĭu sêng ciaⁿ;
- after many years becomes an elf.
- hô-lâi ciaⁿ;
- a sort of vampire that prolongs its own life by drawing away the life of people.
- hô-lâi ciaⁿ ŏi mîⁿ nâng;
- the vampire fairy bewitches people.
- khṳt hô-lâi ciaⁿ mîⁿ khṳ̀;
- led away by a vampire fairy.
- ku-ciaⁿ;
- a tortoise that has been made a wraith through age.
- io-ciaⁿ kúi-kùai;
- all sorts of elves and ghosts.
- sîa kâi kìe-cò̤ io-ciaⁿ, cìaⁿ kâi kie-cò̤ sîn-sien;
- the bad are called elves, and the good are called fairies.
- khah cíaⁿ, tîeh lô̤h kîam cē;
- it is too fresh, it must be made salter.
- cíaⁿ cúi;
- fresh water.
- cîah tîeh pêh-cíaⁿ, bô̤ bī;
- it tastes as if it had not been salted at all, and is insipid.
- khah cíaⁿ kōi ui, khah kîam o̤h ui;
- if too fresh it is easily remedied, if too salt it is hard to amend.
- pùaⁿ kîam cíaⁿ;
- neither too salt nor too fresh; salted just enough.
- cíaⁿ-lí;
- to put in order.
- siu cíaⁿ;
- to amend.
- hàm nâng lâi cíaⁿ-lí hó̤;
- call some one to put it in repair.
- côi-cíaⁿ;
- to adjust.
- côi-côi cíaⁿ-cíaⁿ; cíaⁿ-cíaⁿ côi-côi;
- all in due order.
- cíaⁿ tŭn;
- to set to rights.
- m̄ côi m̄ cíaⁿ;
- all out of order.
- sì-cìaⁿ;
- squarely; not awry.
- kong cìaⁿ;
- rectitude.
- cìaⁿ tău;
- orthodox doctrines.
- cìaⁿ lō;
- the correct way.
- kuaⁿ cìaⁿ, mîn bô̤ sṳ̄;
- the magistrates are upright and the people have no broils.
- cìaⁿ-keng nâng;
- a moral man.
- m̄ cìaⁿ-keng;
- disregardful of law.
- cŏ̤ cìaⁿ-cìaⁿ;
- sit erect.
- cìaⁿ tong;
- exactly in the centre.
- cìaⁿ a m̄ cìaⁿ nē?
- Is it correctly placed or not?
- lîah cìaⁿ-cìaⁿ;
- hold it straight.
- cìaⁿ hâh sî;
- just in good time.
- úa cìaⁿ lâi;
- I just came.
- úa cìaⁿ m̄ mēⁿ lṳ́;
- I did not scold you.
- i cìeⁿ-seⁿ cìaⁿ hó̤;
- it is just right so.
- lṳ́ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤ cìaⁿ tîeh;
- in so doing you did just right.
- cìaⁿ tn̂g;
- the main hall.
- cìaⁿ thiaⁿ;
- the middle room.
- cìaⁿ-ìn kuaⁿ;
- the officer who has the seal, and really holds the post.
- cìaⁿ lô̤h;
- the main building.
- lîah khṳ̀ cìaⁿ huap;
- seize him and execute the law upon him.
- cìaⁿ cŭang;
- principal and secondary.
- cìaⁿ jîn kun-cṳ́;
- honest people are modest.
- cìaⁿ kà;
- correct teachings.
- úa cìaⁿ àiⁿ cài mn̄g i to khṳ̀ mē;
- I just wished to inquire again whether he had gone.
- jī tîeh sía cìaⁿ-cìaⁿ;
- you must write the characters correctly.
- cìaⁿ-cìaⁿ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- it is exactly so.
- lĕng cìaⁿ tī-kò̤ húe?
- Where is your wife from?
- soiⁿ cìaⁿ;
- worthies of the olden time.
- kîaⁿ cìaⁿ mn̂g, bô̤ kîaⁿ phien mn̂g;
- uses the front, not the side door.
- cìaⁿ chi;
- the chief wife.
- lîp cò̤ cìaⁿ-keng;
- made her Queen.
- cò̤ sṳ̄ tîeh cò̤ kàu cîaⁿ;
- when you undertake a job you must complete it.
- cîaⁿ cĭu;
- brought to pass.
- chin íⁿ-keng cò̤ cîaⁿ lío;
- the nuptials have already taken place.
- hīn-hīn cîaⁿ-cîaⁿ;
- perfectly successful.
- hīn-cîaⁿ kâi sṳ̄ to m̄ cò̤;
- he never succeeds in anything.
- cîaⁿ mîaⁿ;
- to make a name for one's self.
- cîaⁿ nâng hùe kâi ūe;
- that verifies what people said about it.
- ūe tàⁿ lâi m̄ cîaⁿ kù-tāu;
- there is no sense in what was said; the language spoken was in unfinished sentences.
- tâu i kâi hieⁿ-lí kâi cîaⁿ nâng;
- inform the people of standing in his village.
- m̄ cîaⁿ īeⁿ;
- imperfect; not stylish.
- cîaⁿ sĭm-mih īeⁿ?
- How perfect is it?
- seⁿ lâi cîaⁿ īeⁿ căi;
- it is very well formed.
- m̄ cîaⁿ khì;
- incapable.
- lâng-tău phìen lṳ́ m̄ cîaⁿ?
- Do I wish to cheat you?
- cò̤ cîaⁿ jît cò̤ būe hó̤;
- worked at it the whole day and have not yet; finished it.
- cîaⁿ cuang kio i bói;
- buy the whole lot from him.
- cîaⁿ phit;
- the whole piece.
- cîaⁿ chiⁿ;
- about a thousand.
- cîaⁿ câp kâi ngṳ̂n;
- about ten dollars.
- cîaⁿ ke cîaⁿ tàu;
- to have a home and family.
- hŵn-lío būe cîaⁿ ke;
- has not yet become the head of a family.
- cîaⁿ mō̤ⁿ cîaⁿ īeⁿ;
- formed according to the pattern; well formed and perfect.
- chin-cîaⁿ;
- relatives, not of the same surname.
- chin-cîaⁿ, kio chin-nâng, tī-tîang chin?
- Which are most nearly related to us, our kith or our kin?
- nâng-cîaⁿ;
- humanity; kindliness; a disposition to oblige or help others.
- i kâi nâng-cîaⁿ hó̤ căi;
- he is very obliging.
- tho̤h i khṳ̀ khí i kâi nâng-cîaⁿ;
- commit to her the exciting of his compassion.
- sīa nâng-cîaⁿ;
- express gratitude for kindness.