Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/liam
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[edit]- liam khau;
- to draw lots.
- liam hieⁿ;
- to set incense sticks.
- jûah thiⁿ-sî kâi si méⁿ-méⁿ siu lîam bûa;
- in hot weather a corpse must be quickly enshrouded.
- tieⁿ líam;
- to prepare a corpse for the coffin.
- jîp líam;
- to enshroud.
- bī sng kâi, i kâi sèⁿ cū líam;
- it is in the nature of what is acid to repress heat.
- īa m̄ hó̤ cîah khah líam;
- neither should one take too mach of what represses heat.
- líam jîm pài;
- I sleeve my hands, and pay my respects; (a phrase on a lady's card. The hands are put one above the other).
- ĕ tng m̄ hó̤ lìam i;
- do not pinch him again.
- i lìam kàu i o-cheⁿ tah-tàng;
- he pinched him till he was black and blue in spots.
- i khṳ̀ lìam i kâi kih-kau sĭ thīn i sn̂g;
- when she pinched his cheek it was merely in sport.
- lìam kò̤ chòi lâi cò;
- pinch off a piece of dough to make it with.
- lìam m̄ khí;
- cannot pinch it up.
- lìam lío kâi cńg-thâu-ūi sûi-sî cū sio;
- the marks made by pinching with the fingers immediately disappeared.
- cí kâi kaⁿ lṳ́ thóiⁿ jîeh cōi lìam;
- see how many carpels this orange has.
- īu sĭ peh cêk lìam cêk lìam tó̤ bōi;
- shaddocks are divided into carpels and thus sold.
- sǹg-thâu cêk lìam cêk lìam peh tīo mô̤h;
- pick the film off the garlic, scale by scale.
- lîam-to̤;
- a sickle or bill hook.
- khîa lîam-to̤ lâi kuah cháu;
- take a reaping hook and cut the grass.
- kau-lîam;
- a pruning hook.
- kau-lîam-chieⁿ hó̤ phùa lîen-lŵn-kah-bé;
- a hooked spear is useful in breaking the ranks of armored horses chained together.
- nĕ lîam-lîam;
- very adhesive.
- mâk lío chíu lîam-lîam;
- got his hands all stuck up with it.
- chíu jṳ́ kàu lîam-nî-tha-thi;
- daubed his hands with it till they were all stuck up as if with bird lime.
- thóiⁿ tieh bô̤ ka-lîam;
- it appears to have no adhesive quality.
- i kâi ūe tàⁿ lâi bô̤ ka bô̤ lîam;
- what he says has no coherence.
- bô̤ íaⁿ bô̤ ciah kûi sṳ̄ khṳt i tàⁿ kàu ka-ka lîam-lîam;
- things for which there is not a particle of evidence, are made to appear as facts by his well connected statements.
- ciah lô̤h khṳ̂ bô̤ lîam bô̤ sìam;
- it leaves no taste in the mouth after it is eaten.
- tàⁿ kàu lîam-nî-tha-thi;
- stated very coherently.
- i nŏ̤ nâng siang-hó̤ kàu lîam-nî-tha-thi;
- the two are inseparable friends.
- tîeh ēng sie cúi lâi sói cìaⁿ bŏi lîam;
- must wash it with warm water, and then it will not be sticky.
- mn̂g lîam;
- a splint door-screen.
- pò lîam;
- a curtain.
- tek lîam;
- a bamboo screen.
- lîam kauh khí;
- the screen is rolled up.
- lîam pàng lô̤h lâi;
- the screen is let down.
- pàng lîam;
- let down the screen.
- kùa liam;
- a hanging screen.
- tìo lìam;
- hang up a screen.
- lîam lăi;
- behind the screen; secluded; retired.
- pak tīo lîam;
- remove the screen.
- cí pak lîam cò̤ jîeh cōi cîⁿ?
- How much did the making of this screen cost?
- hien lîam, jîp lâi;
- turn aside the screen and enter.
- kīe lîam;
- the curtains of a sedan chair.
- lāi lîam kuaⁿ;
- deputies appointed by the chancellor to read the essays at an examination.
- tìo lîam ãu hûe jīm;
- after the examination they return to their posts.
- câh-lîam;
- a partitioning screen.
- ûi-lîam;
- an enclosing screen.
- lîam-chí;
- decency, modesty.
- ŭ-lîam-chí kâi nâng;
- a modest person.
- hṳ́ kâi nâng bô̤ lîam-chí;
- that person is brazen.
- bô̤ lîam bô̤ chí;
- indecent.
- i to m̄ pat lîam-chí;
- he has no sense of decency.
- i ío kù lîam-chí;
- he is regardful of decency.
- íang lîam ngṳ̂n;
- an anti-extortion allowance, a legal addition to the salary of officials.
- cí kâi khueh toaⁿ-toaⁿ khàu-cŭ íang-lîam tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;
- in this post one depends solely upon the anti-extortion allowance.
- kuaⁿ-liú lîam-mêng;
- magistrates that are incorruptible.
- cí kâi kuaⁿ cheng-lîam căi;
- this magistrate judges equitably.
- kè-lîam, kang sé;
- costs lessened, and work saved.
- lîam-lîam nē;
- very economical.
- kè-cîⁿ thó̤ khṳ̀ lîam căi;
- the price that he asks is very moderate.
- i ŏi lîam-khĭam khak-khó;
- he is frugal and persevering.
- i kâi chiu m̄ kùe lîam;
- his beard does not cross his upper lip.
- lṳ́ kâi chiu lâu khí lâi, ŏi kùe lîam;
- if you let your beard grow, you will have a moustache.
- chiu cē m̄ kùe lîam thóiⁿ tîeh ía īeⁿ;
- if the moustache does not extend across the lip it makes one look ferocious.
- kha-lîam-kut;
- the shin bone.
- i seⁿ kha-lîam chṳ;
- he has sore shins.
- kûeh tîeh kha-lîam;
- abraded the shin.
- pang-kha-lîam;
- a sloughing of the shin.
- cng-lîam;
- a bride's trousseau.
- lîam hṳ̂;
- a species of mud-fish, of a dull green color and with stout jagged spines.
- lîam hṳ̂, thâu tōa-tōa bih-bih;
- the head of the mud-fish is large and flat.
- kìⁿ-lĭam tîeh lṳ́;
- holds you in kind remembrance.
- lĭam-lĭam, put bûang;
- keep in mind, and not forget.
- jît mêⁿ sṳ-lĭam tîeh i;
- think of her day and night.
- lĭam tîeh i kâi ṳn;
- recall her kindness to me.
- sái i cô̤h-tn̆g lĭam-thâu;
- send him to check the first thought of it.
- lĭam-kîp ke-hieⁿ;
- think fondly of one's native place.
- úa khùa lĭam tîeh i;
- I am anxiously thinking of him.
- mih sṳ̄ to sìo-lĭam tîeh i;
- everything calls her to mind.
- i ŭ sìo-lĭam tîeh mē?
- Does he recollect us?
- tieⁿ lĭam;
- winding-sheet.
- siu lĭam;
- to wrap in a winding-sheet.
- līam cṳ;
- repeat passages from books.
- lṳ́ līam úa thiaⁿ;
- you recite it to me.
- līam keng;
- chant Buddhist chants.
- līam hût;
- repeat the name of Buddh.
- līam sì kù;
- recite verses.
- līam kua, līam khek;
- to drone out songs and ballads.
- līam sêk-sêk;
- memorize it perfectly.
- thâk kàu pat līam;
- read it till you know it well enough to repeat it from memory.
- úa cêk sî līam m̄ chut;
- I cannot just at this moment repeat it.
- saⁿ līam pô̤;
- a weapon with a triangular blade; a three-cornered iron club.
- àiⁿ cò̤ kúi līam kâi?
- How many angles will you have made in it?