Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cue
cùe
- cùe hó̤;
- extremely good.
- cùe lîang-sĭen;
- wholly righteous.
- cùe kang-ak;
- very wicked.
- cùe ngía;
- exceedingly beautiful.
- cùe khá;
- very quick-witted.
- cùe lĭ-hāi;
- exceedingly harmful.
- cùe ìo-kín kâi;
- the most important one.
- cùe bô̤ tèng-ēng kâi;
- the most useless of all.
- cùe soiⁿ lâi;
- the very first to come.
- cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ cùe kang-khó;
- this is extremely difficult.
- cùe ún-tàng;
- the safest.
- úa thóiⁿ cò̤ cùe o̤h;
- I consider it the most difficult of all.
- ŭ nâng thóiⁿ cò̤ cùe kōi;
- some people consider it the easiest.
- cí kâi nâng cùe m̄-hó̤;
- this man is the worst of all.
- màiⁿ tàⁿ khah cùe;
- do not repeat it too many times.
- tàⁿ khah cùe, nâng thiaⁿ tîeh cū ìam;
- if you repeat it too often people will be sick of hearing it.
- hŭam cŭe;
- to violate the law.
- mn̄g cŭe;
- examine a criminal.
- tīaⁿ cŭe;
- to condemn.
- sĭu cŭe;
- get his demerits.
- sí cŭe;
- a capital crime.
- ŭ cŭe;
- guilty.
- bô̤ cŭe;
- innocent.
- cŭe jîn;
- a criminal.
- cŭe-kùe;
- trespasses.
- cŭe-ak;
- wickedness.
- cai cŭe;
- conscious of his fault.
- sìa cŭe;
- pardon a fault.
- sìa-míen i kâi cŭe;
- forgive his offense.
- kia cŭe;
- a repeated offense.
- tit cŭe tîeh lṳ́;
- I have wronged you.
- cŭe-ak kẁn-îong;
- the measure of his iniquity is full.
- cŭe só̤ eng tit;
- a well deserved fate.
- sù cŭe;
- I beg your pardon.
- jīn cŭe;
- confess the fault.
- tâng cŭe;
- equally guilty.
- cŭe sòi;
- it is a venial offense.
- lṳ́ kâi cŭe sĭ tăng;
- your crime is great.
- cŭe tōa;
- the offense is heinous.
- cŭe khin;
- a slight offense.
- ngí cŭe;
- to judge an offense.
- kìe mêng sĭm-mih cŭe;
- declare what crime it is.
- phōiⁿ cŭe;
- to sentence for crime.
- taⁿ-tng i kâi cŭe;
- bear the conseqences of another's crime.
- kíaⁿ thòi a pĕ sĭu-cŭe;
- a son receiving punishment in his father's stead.
- khîu thòi ang sĭu cŭe;
- seek to be punished in a husband's stead.
- chut jîp nâng kâi cŭe;
- participate in another's guilt.
- chut thut tīo i kâi cŭe;
- permit him to escape due punishment.
- sìa-míen i kâi cŭe-ak kùe-sit;
- overlook his sins and errors.
- cêk jît thâk kúi cūe cṳ;
- read several columns of letters in a day.
- cêk hîeh cò̤ poih cūe;
- make eight columns to the leaf.
- cêk cūe sía saⁿ-câp kâi jī;
- write thirty letters to the column.