Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/liap

by Adele Marion Fielde

liap

• 粒lîap5391195
• A classifier of small round objects like grain, beads, and buttons; a kernel; grains of wheat or rice.

bí cêk lîap m̄ kam tak-ūng;

would not waste a single grain of rice.

bô̤ lîap tāu hìeⁿ tōa;

not so large as a pea.

cí lîap cu cū ngía;

this pearl is a fine one.

cêk lîap kúi kâi cîⁿ?

How many cash apiece are they?

cêk kṳ̄n ŭ jîeh cōi lîap?

How many of them does it take to make a pound?

i seⁿ lîap thûe;

he has a boil.

nŏ̤ lîap mâk kim-kim;

two unwinking eyes.

i kâi mâk, lîap tōa lîap sòi;

he has one eye larger than the other.

mīn seⁿ lâi sòi lîap sòi lîap;

her face is very small.

nín kò̤ tī-tîang ài cò̤ tōa lîap?

Who is the big man of your place?

pn̄g lîap;

cold boiled rice.

cêk lîap bêh;

a kernel of wheat.