Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/lih
lih
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- The peduncle or footstalk of a flower or fruit; the persistent calyx; the stem of a melon; a rootlet.
- hue lih;
- the peduncle of a flower.
- kue sêk, lih lô̤h;
- when the melon is ripe the calyx falls off.
- tùe ŭ lih tŏ̤-kò̤ a bô̤?
- Has it a stem?
- săi lih;
- the persistent calyx on a persimmon.
- kaⁿ tîeh sẃn ŭ lih kâi;
- select oranges that have stems on them.
- lì i lîh khṳ̀;
- tore a slit in it.
- kûe lîh cêk pak;
- tore out a strip by catching it on a nail or other projection.
- tâh lîh saⁿ kṳ;
- tore off the hem of her robe by stepping on it.
- thńg lih khṳ̀;
- tore it by poking at it.
- tìeⁿ lîh;
- split because of internal pressure.
- lîh khui cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ;
- cracked in two.
- peh lîh;
- tore by pulling at with the two hands.
- ciⁿ lîh;
- split by a wedge.
- pek lîh;
- split by heating.
- lîh cò̤ ku-ā kò̤;
- split into several pieces.
- lîh kàu chap-chap-chùi;
- shivered in fragments.
- túi lîh;
- tear by pulling downward upon.
- khṳt huang khau lîh;
- torn by the wind.
- chîeⁿ lîh cūe phāng;
- the wall has cracked.
- jît cē phâk têk lîh;
- if exposed to the sun it will crack.
- têk lîh;
- tear by stretching too severely.
- phùa lîh;
- riven, fissured, split up.
- i chēng kàu phùa-phùa lîh-lîh;
- her clothes are in tatters.
- bŏi phùa bŏi lîh;
- cannot be fractured.
- pit lîh;
- cracked.
- lîh-mâk;
- a fissured eye-lid.
- chùi lîh-lîh;
- a very wide mouth.
- chùi lîh kàu hĭⁿ piⁿ;
- his mouth extends to his ears.
- sùaⁿ cūe lîh khṳ̀, tîeh cai pó;
- the seam is ripped, you must sew it up.