Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/cwn

by Adele Marion Fielde

cwn

• 偏cwn68999
• Bent upon; set in one's way.

hàm i cìeⁿ i cwn àiⁿ hìeⁿ;

if you tell him to do this, he is sure to want to do that.

i àiⁿ, úa cwn m̆;

he wanted me to, but I was determined that I would not.

cò̤-nî ko̤h-lô̤, i cwn-cwn m̆;

however much he is expostulated with, he is determined not to do it.

cwn-cwn m̄ hṳ́ i;

fully determined not to grant it.

cwn àiⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

it must be so.

• 轉cẃn11715911
• To turn over to.

cẃn tóiⁿ;

to transfer a mortgage.

cẃn tǹg;

to pawn to a third person.

cẃn pín;

petition by proxy.

cẃn chíu;

return to one's hand again.

cẃn sĭeⁿ;

to think over and think differently.

cẃn tò̤-tńg;

to revert to.

• 贃cẁn1315411
• To earn small sums; to sell with difficulty.

chú-cŵn;

to earn a small amount with difficulty; to gain by under-selling; to sell at a small profit.

cí kâi po-thâu ío hó̤ chú-cẁn;

this mart offers a more favorable chance for making small sales.

i cía sĭ tó̤ cẁn cîⁿ kâi;

this is what he earns his living by, selling it at a small profit.

i cí cìeⁿ-sî ŭ kò̤ cẁn a bô̤?

Has he had any way of making anything lately?

cêk nî to chú-cẁn ŭ kúi peh ngṳ̂n;

he makes several hundred dollars a year by his petty sales.

i cêk jît put kùe chú-cẁn kàu peh gūa cîⁿ;

he does not make more than a hundred cash or so a day.

i cêk jît chú-cẁn ŭ jîeh cōi cîⁿ?

How much does he manage to rake and scrape together in a day?

i cêk jît cẁn lâi cẁn khṳ̀ to̤ cẁn ŭ saⁿ sì peh cîⁿ;

by diligently hawking his wares here and there, he manages to earn three or four hundred cash a day.

cí īeⁿ seng-lí o̤h chú-cẁn;

it is difficult to find openings where this business may be made profitable.

• 撰cw̆n1186412
• To edit; to revise and publish.

ka-kī tŏ-cw̆n;

composed by himself.

thó tŏ-cw̆n;

revised thoroughly.

sĭu-cw̆n;

to indite.