Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/gau

by Adele Marion Fielde

gâu

• 賢gâu1971548
• Wise; learned; sage.

gâu nâng;

sage people.

gâu căi;

very wise.

tōa gâu nâng;

a very learned person.

cí kâi gâu kùe hṳ́ kâi;

this is superior to that in moral excellence.

hó̤ kio gâu nâng tâng sí, màiⁿ kio ngô̤ nâng tâng seⁿ;

it is better die with the wise than to live with the foolish.

múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ khṳ̀ chîm-chūe gâu-nâng;

went everywhere seeking the wise.