Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/lio

by Adele Marion Fielde

lio

• 了lío52961
• To bring to an end ; finished, done; after a verb it forms past time ; between two verbs is denotes that the first action is completed before the second is begun, or a repetition of the act.

saⁿ cò̤ hó̤ a būe? hó̤ lío.

Is my jacket finished? Yes, it is done.

tê-bí ŵn lío;

the tea is all used up.

chìe lío chìe, cong-kú chìe;

laughed, and laughed, and kept on laughing.

tàⁿ lío tàⁿ, tàⁿ m̄ hiah;

spoke of it again and again and would not stop talking about it.

i kâi ūe cē tàⁿ cū tàⁿ m̄ lío;

if she once begins to talk she never stops.

cîah lío phah, phah lío cîah, to cêk īeⁿ;

whether you take in a card and then play out one, or whether you play out a card and then take in one, it is all the same in the end.

cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ put lêng lío;

there is no end to this affair.

bŏi tit lío-kak!

There is no end to it!

sói lâu-pang lío khṳ̀ sói saⁿ;

wash the floor and then go and wash the clothes.

i lâi lío, ún cū àiⁿ khṳ̀;

when he shall have come, we are then going.

lâi lío!

She has come!

khṳ̀ lío;

he has gone.

thóiⁿ-kìⁿ lío;

it is now in sight.

tîeh lío;

I have got it.

ciah pá lío;

they have finished their meal.

i khṳ̀ út lío;

he has already gone to bed.

thiⁿ kng lío;

it is already dawn.

saⁿ thīⁿ hó̤ lío, hó̤ siu-khí;

when you have finished the garment, put it away.

hue cèng lío, tîeh cai ak cúi;

when you have planted the shrub, remember and water it.

ēng lío;

all used up.

ēng m̄ lío;

an inexhaustible supply.

cêk mâk lío jîen;

one may fully understand it at a glance.

lío m̄ tit;

cannot be brought to completion.

ăn-lâi sĭm-mih lío-kêk?

What will be the upshot hereafter?

lío, sĭm-mih sṳ̄?

In the end, what happens?

ŵn-lío cêk kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;

have finished up one job.

kìⁿ kùe lío;

have met him before.

thóiⁿ m̄ kìⁿ lío;

it is already out of sight.

cía hŵn lío-tit!

This shall not be the last he will hear of it!

i hŵn-lío ŭ;

he still has some.

īa cū păi lío;

that is enough; let be; stay it now.

hāi sṳ̄ lío!

How tiresome! It is all spoiled!

cûn pâk m̄ kín khṳt i lâu khṳ̀ lío;

the boat was not tied up tightly, and has floated away.

khùaⁿ-ûah lío;

it is now easy of completion; the difficulties are past.

lṳ́ kio úa tàⁿ lío, úa cìaⁿ kio lṳ́ tàⁿ;

you tell me, and then I will tell you.

koi-kíaⁿ cē chut lío n̆ng-khak, cū ŏi thó̤ cîah;

as soon as a chicken is out of the shell, it seeks a living.

phùa m̄ lío, m̄ khéng hiah;

kept on breaking things and would not stop.

seⁿ ŭ, sí bŏi tit lío;

have got this child, and now it is a pity it don't die.

khî lío!

That is strange indeed!

sĭeⁿ lío sĭeⁿ;

thought and thought again.

thóiⁿ lío thóiⁿ;

looked repeatedly.

cîah kàu lío-lío;

ate it all up.

sòi-sòi thâk cṳ, lío-lío-kìe, ŏi căi;

went to school when very young, and recites glibly, showing great ability.

îaⁿ lío kuaⁿ-si, su lío cîⁿ;

gained a lawsuit, and lost money by it.

ēng lio jîeh cōi cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n, hùi lío jîeh cōi ceng-sîn, cìaⁿ ŏi tit sêng;

used up a deal of money and expended a deal of vigor, before it was accomplished.

i sĭeⁿ lío kông;

when he had pondered it over, he was confused in his wits.

sĭeⁿ lío sío;

thought about it till he was crazed.

cîah lío kùiⁿ;

got accustomed to eating it.

iang-o̤ lío hāi sṳ̄;

after petting comes trouble.

lío, cò-nî?

After that, what happens?

khṳt i kiap káu lío-lío khîen;

had his things taken by them till he had nothing whatever left.

• 嘹lío5273012
• A clear note as of a bird at night; the wailing cry of pain.

lío-lĭang;

shrill.

ūe tàⁿ lâi lío-lío lĭang-lĭang;

speaks very shrilly.

i sui sĭ sòi, kúi kù ūe tàⁿ chut lâi lío-lío-leh-leh;

although he is small he articulates very clearly.

• 寥lîo5284011
• Vacant ; silent ; solitary.

sĭm sĭ lîo-lîo, bŏi jîet;

is very still and drear, with nothing going on.

sok-sok lîo-lîo;

deserted and solitary.

• 撩lîo5276412
• To search for with the hand in water; to take hold of and lift up as one's skirts or as clothing from a tub.

tòa lîo-phû, soih pàng ie-tòa kò̤;

lift the scarf and tuck it into the girdle.

tháng tói kâi líang-húng lîo-khí pàng tháng-nîe téng lā;

take the vermicelli from the bottom of the tub and lay it over the cross-piece, to dry in the air.

lîo khí lâi;

got bold of it and pulled it out.

lîo kàu chim-chim lô̤h khṳ̀;

felt around for it to a great depth.

jw̆n lîo, lîo bô̤;

however much I feel around in the water for it, I can't get hold of it.

i kâi ngṳ̂n ka-lâuh cúi, khṳt úa lîo kàu pêh-pêh;

his money fell into the water, and was taken right up from the bottom by me.

thâu-chak m̄ kìⁿ khṳ̀, lîo tîeh sĭ tŏ̤ kng tói;

her head ornament was missing, and was found in the bottom of the water jar.

• 撈lîo5076412
• To drag, scoop or grapple up from a deep place.

lîo khí;

to scoop out.

i kò nâng khṳ̀ lîo si;

they hired people to go and dredge for the corpse.

cía tîeh kò bī-cúi kâi cìaⁿ lîo tit tîeh;

divers must be employed and then it can be brought up.

• 聊lîo5281285
• To depend on; to look to for help or support; to trust to.

tôk cŏ̤, bô̤ lîo;

solitary, and with none to depend on.

sok-môk, bô̤ lîo;

lonely and with no resources.

• 鐐lîo52816712
• Fetters.

kha-lîo;

iron chains for the legs of criminals.

tîeh ĕng kha-lîo chíu-khàu kâi i khàu kín tìaⁿ;

must take fetters and manacles and shackle him strongly.

• 寮lîo5274012
• A hut, a hovel, a shanty.

cháu lîo;

a straw hut.

cíeⁿ lîo;

a watchman's hut.

thái-ko̤ lîo;

a lazar-house.

khṳt cîah lîo;

beggars' hovels.

suaⁿ lîo;

a cabin for woodmen.

phang lîo;

a canvas tent.

thn̂g lîo, cìa lîo;

a shed under which sugar is made.

• 僚lîo527912
• A companion; a colleague; an official associate.

tâng lîo;

compeers.

kuaⁿ lîo;

fellow officers.

tâng lîo kuaⁿ;

officials of the same rank entering office at the same time.

• 鷺鷥lĭo-si558
• The heron, a wader, common throughout China.

pêh lĭo-si;

the white egret heron: it is embroidered on the court robes of officers of the sixth grade.

lĭo-si pâng;

a tall slim pitcher.

lĭo-si kha;

long legged; spindle-shanked.

• 跑lĭo6671575
• To prance, to gallop, to run fast.

i li-kẁn lĭo khṳ̀;

he ran off with all his might.

li-li lĭo, méⁿ căi;

cantered off at great speed.

cí ciah bé lĭo khṳ̀ ío méⁿ;

this horse gallops faster.

tṳ lĭo huang;

a breeze that makes the pigs scamper; a squall.

• 料līo530686
• Materials; stuff; provender; to estimate, to judge of, to reckon ; strass, a vitreous substance used for making rings and cups.

îeh līo;

drugs.

sek līo;

dye-staffs.

pó līo;

dried meats.

bé līo;

provender for horses.

cîah līo;

hay and straw for provender.

cîah līo;

breadstuff; that which is made into food.

tîam līo;

the sugar and other ingredients used in making sweetmeats.

tṳ-līo;

paste or priming made of pig's blood.

soiⁿ cĭeⁿ līo-hue, ău cìaⁿ hó̤ chak;

first put on the priming of pig's blood and lime, then it may be lacquered.

līo mûeh;

the raw product, the materials that are to be used in manufacturing something.

châi līo;

stock on hand, ready to be made up.

sam līo;

timber, lumber for building.

châng līo;

fertilizers.

kô līo phò;

a shop where one may bay the imitated cloth used for making the garments burned at funerals.

sĭ līo kâi;

it is made of strass.

cíu līo;

cakes and other edibles that are generally set forth with wine.

cìo-līo;

to oversee and direct.

līo-lí;

to manage.

lâng līo tit tîeh;

it is hard to say exactly.

put chut úa só̤ līo;

it is no more than I expected.

līo m̄ kàu kâi sū;

an unforeseen event.

jw̆n līo, līo m̄ chut;

however much one thought it over, he would not have thought that out.