Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/gek
Appearance
gêk
- pêh gêk;
- white jade.
- hui-chùi gêk;
- mottled jade.
- gêk khì;
- articles of jade or quartz.
- gêk pue, gêk chíu-hŵn, gêk pang-cí, gêk chíu-cak;
- jade cups, bracelets, thumb-rings, and finger-rings.
- gêk phùe-thâu;
- jade ornamentation.
- gêk hĭⁿ kau-thūi;
- jade ear drops.
- gêk ńng;
- your daughter.
- gêk jîn;
- a lovely girl.
- kim gêk;
- very lovely.
- gêk cîeh kŭ ûn;
- indiscriminate destruction.
- kim gêk căi;
- precious, admirable.
- tī-gêk;
- the abode of the damned.
- lô̤-gêk;
- purgatory.
- lô̤h tī-gêk;
- go to hell.
- phah lô̤h tī-gêk;
- sent to hell.
- gêk-cut;
- a jailor.
- khui tī-gêk mn̂g;
- release from purgatory.