Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/lieh

by Adele Marion Fielde

lieh

• 耐lieh6131263
• To endure; to forbear; to suffer.

lún-lieh;

to bear with.

i míh sṳ̄ to sĭ lún-lún lieh-lieh;

she puts up with all sorts of discomfort.

• 畧lîeh5471026
• In general; slightly.

i put kùe lîeh-lîeh pat;

he knows nothing more than the general outlines of it.

lîeh-lîeh hío lâng-ló̤;

comprehend it but slightly.

• 凓lîeh5391510
• Cold, as the north wind.

câp-it gûeh lîeh-lîeh;

the eleventh month is bitter cold.