Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/lien

by Adele Marion Fielde

lien

• 臉líen53513013
• Reputation ; honor; character ; dignity.

sái kàu i bô̤ líen;

cause him to lose his standing in the respect of others.

bô̤ líen căi;

very inglorious.

tiu líen;

to humiliate, to mortify, to put down.

tng mīn tiu i kâi líen;

openly put him to shame.

khṳt úa tōa tiu líen;

was greatly disconcerted by what I said.

màiⁿ sieⁿ tiêh i kài líen-mīn;

do not injure his reputation.

mó̤ tng mīn cū sit nâng kâi líen;

it is not well to humble people.

i khṳt nâng sit líen to m̄-ùi;

he does not care who casts discredit upon him.

sĭ m̄ kù líen kâi nâng;

is one who cares little for his own dignity.

sît-căi chŵn bô̤ kù líen-mīn;

has really no regard at all for popularity.

i tîeh cò̤ kàu líen ŭ sek-cêk bô̤, cíaⁿ khéng hiah;

he will go on until his fame is tarnished before he will consent to stop.

cìeⁿ-seⁿ úa thóiⁿ li bô̤ sĭm-mih líen-mīn;

as I view the case, that will not bring us much esteem.

i tŏ hṳ́ kò̤ sǹg sĭ tōa thí-líen kâi nâng;

he is reckoned a distinguished man there.

hàm i màiⁿ tó̤ thí-líen;

tell him not to put on stately airs.

i khṳ̀ kàu ŭ sĭm-mih lìen-sek nē?

In how great respect is he held where he is gone?

cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤ sīt-căi i kûi líen-cīeⁿ kùe m̄ khṳ̀;

indeed, his reputation cannot safely stand that.

síeⁿ líen cē;

confer some little credit upon; keep in countenance.

síeⁿ kâi po̤h líen khṳt úa;

confer upon me the honor of a visit from you.

i sui-jîen sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ īa tîeh lâu kâi líen khṳt i hó̤ kìⁿ nâng;

although he has done thus, still some credit must be left to him, that he may look people in the face.

úa cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū sǹg sĭ lâu líen-mīn khṳt i;

thus I may be reckoned to have allowed him to maintain some dignity.

lâi khṳt úa cò̤ líen;

give me moral support; keep me in countenance; assist me in gaining respect.

i khṳ̀ kàu khṳt nâng tng mīn sàu líen;

on arriving he was treated with open disrespect.

cē bô̤ nâng chûn líen khṳt i;

very soon no one will maintain any show of respect toward him.

sît-căi mó̤ siu líen;

is indeed discreditable.

i cêk-seⁿ-nâng hàuⁿ cò̤ bô̤ líen sṳ̄;

he has all his life been a party to disreputable transactions.

úa thóiⁿ li nín tîeh khṳt i kùe líen cē cìaⁿ tîeh;

I consider that it would be right for you to show him some honor.

cía phêng bô̤ só̤ ŭi, put kùe sĭ chíeⁿ kâi líen tīaⁿ;

this is of no great account, it is nothing more than taking advantage of an opportunity to get popularity.

su nâng, m̄ su tīn, to sĭ ūi kâi líen;

to be inferior to some, but not to the mass of people, is to be in good repute.

i kâi nâng hàuⁿ líen;

he has great regard for his own glory.

• 憐lîen5346112
• To commiserate; to have charity for; to sympathize with.

úa lîen-tîeh;

I pity him.

sĭm sĭ lîen-míen i;

has the utmost compassion for him.

tâng pēⁿ siang lîen;

those similarly afflicted sympathize with each other.

khó̤-lîen tîeh i;

have pity on him.

nâng-nâng to lîen i;

every one is sorry for him.

• 連lîen5321627
• To connect; to continue; to join, to unite; to compromise; contiguous, annexed, reaching to; a succession of; following, attached; even, also, with.

lîen jît lô̤h hŏ;

rained continuously for days.

kak-lîen húiⁿ-lūi;

banded outlaws.

chà-thâu sie lîen;

adjoining houses.

màiⁿ lîen-lūi pât nâng;

do not involve other people in it.

chù-piⁿ hù khṳt i lîen-lŭi tîeh;

his neighbours were implicated by him.

cí-kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ khang-lîen tōa-bó̤-mûeh nâng;

this affair has compromised many people.

lîen-lîen cū cêⁿ kái gûeh;

fair weather for a month continuously.

cêk lîen kâi gûeh bô̤ hŏ;

no rain for a whole month.

lîen khue kau tèng;

gained his degrees at successive examinations.

lîen cih saⁿ tieⁿ sìn;

received three letters, one after another.

lîen cīeⁿ sìo, khìam jîeh cōi?

With the former bills joined on, how much is due?

lîen mīn īa m̄ sói;

he has not washed even his face.

i lîen pĕ-bó̤ to m̄ pat, cò̤ pat pât nâng;

since he does not know even his parents, how can he know other people.

lîen mŵn, kòi-cheh;

a plan that effects two objects.

kau-lîen kíu tō̤-kò̤;

closely interlinked.

cang thih só̤ lâi lîen cò̤ cêk ē;

take a chain and connect them.

• 聯lîen53312811
• Connected, joined, united; associated; a term for ten householders acting as a neighborhood; to combine with; to make alliance with; to join in regular order.

lîen cò̤ cêk ē;

link them together.

lîen-lok cò̤ cêk tîo;

join them in one chain.

cèng nâng lîen mîaⁿ khṳ̀ pó̤ i;

they all united and went as bail for him.

soiⁿ nî pó̤-kah lîen-lo̤k kâi huap sĭm hó̤;

the usage in former years of five or ten households uniting to form a neighbourhood was excellent.

• 吝lĭen542304
• Stingy, covetous, sordid, parsimonious, sparing, close.

i kâi nâng lĭen căi;

he is a very close man.

kang-jîn li lĭen khang, cú-nâng li lîen cîⁿ; jī-ke kien-lĭen;

the workmen are sparing of work, and the employer is sparing of money, both parties being equally unwilling to part with what they might give.

īu tham īu lĭen;

avaricious and parsimonious.

lĭen-sieh cîⁿ ngṳ̂n;

very loth to part with money.

i mih sṳ̄ to m̄ lĭen;

he is sparing of nothing.

i to bô̤ lĭen;

he is never niggardly.

• 練līen5361209
• To practise; to drill in; to experiment upon.

kuaⁿ-hú ùiⁿ jŭ kak hieⁿ thŵn-līen;

the magistrate is going to issue orders for drill in every village.

kak chù to ŭ thŵn-līen-kẃn;

each place has headquarters for its militia.

līen-sîp kàu sêk-sêk;

learn it perfectly by long continued practise.

i kâi bú-gōi līen kàu sêk căi;

he has practised his handicraft till very familiar with it.

chau-līen piaⁿ bé;

drill troops.

ke-húe līen lâi kàu kang;

exercised in the use of his weapons till very skillful.

chíaⁿ nâng lâi līen khûn;

invite some one to teach boxing.

i kâi khûn līen lâi kàu chim căi;

he has by practise become deeply versed in the art of boxing.

i kâi kẁn-līen căi;

he is a practised hand.

līen sái sang to̤;

practise fencing with the double sword.

līen khûn, līen kàu ŏi pue sîam cáu piah;

to exercise in gymnastics till one can fly over partitions.

• 鏈līen53316711
• A chain.

kuaⁿ-hú lìah i khṳ̀ tún līen;

the magistrate seized him and put him in chains.

tâng līen;

brass chains.

thih līen;

iron chains, used as fetters.

i kùa tîo ngṳ̂n ăm līen;

she wore a silver necklace.

pie līen;

a watch chain.

lô̤h līen;

to put in chains or fetters.

• 煉līen536869
• To smelt ores; to refine; to forge.

līen thih;

smelt iron ore.

līen îeh;

chemicals used in smelting ores.

l tang līen sêng lío;

the dross is wholly separated.

• 剁līen910186
• To mince; to hash up; to chop very fine.

cang to̤ līen kàu miⁿ-miⁿ;

chop it very fine with a knife.

līen cò̤ nêk-cìeⁿ;

chop it into mince-meat.