Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/jue

by Adele Marion Fielde

jûe

• 揉jûe294649
• To work over in the hands; to rub betweenn the two hands; to fumble.

jûe chiu;

fumble the beard.

jûe tn̂g, so̤h tó;

griping pain in the bowels.

mīn-pò jûe lío khṳt i lā ta;

squeeze out the towel and then let it dry.

chíu-kṳn khîeh khṳ̀ jûe cheng-khih;

take the handkerchief and rub it clean.

tîeh khin-khin jûe, m̄-hó̤ jûe phùa;

must rub it lightly, and not rub holes in it.

jûe kâi cúa-ín;

roll up a lamp-lighter.

màiⁿ jûe khah tōa lâk;

do not rub it too hard.

jûe i nńg;

make it pliant by rubbing it.

jûe i chùi;

rubbed it into fragments.

• 銳jŭe3021677
• Piercing; shrewd; resolute.

i kâi cí jŭe căi;

he is very resolute.

thie-sẃn ceng-jŭe kâi píaⁿ-bé;

detail well drilled troops.

náng kâi jŭe-khì m̄ hó̤ tŭi;

our ardour must not abate.