Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/lip
lip
[edit]- i cí hûe tó̤ lip cíu;
- he is now taking his wine.
- i lip bô̤ cêk ceng cū cùi;
- one cup intoxicates him.
- lip búe;
- close to the end; near the tip.
- khṳ̀ kàu hṳ́ lip-búe kò̤;
- went to the very end.
- màiⁿ khîeh khah lip búe, khah lip búe cū ùi àiⁿ phìu chíu;
- do not take it too near the end, if you do there is danger that it will slip out of your hand.
- màiⁿ khĭa khah lip-búe;
- do not stand too close to the end.
- i so̤h kàu lip-búe lip-búe;
- he clambered to the tip top.
- 立lîp5381170
- Poised; set, established, fixed; upright; to rear, to found, to institute; to be settled in principle; to succeed to or to seat one's self on the throne in place of the legitimate heir; to appoint; to agree on; to settle terms, as when drawing up a contract; to fix; reached; arrived, as the seasons; to place in order, to arrange; just now, soon, presently, at the time of.
- lîp ieh;
- make a compact.
- lîp khòi;
- settle the terms of a contract; make a deed.
- lîp phŏ;
- open an account.
- lîp tīaⁿ tîeh lío;
- it is wholly settled upon.
- chàng-lîp cṳ-īⁿ;
- found a college.
- lîp i cò̤ ûang;
- made him king.
- kĭen kong, lîp ngîap;
- gain a position for one's self; get fame and wealth.
- lîp ău sṳ̂;
- adopt an heir.
- íⁿ-keng nî tōa, sêng lîp lío;
- already grown up and established in life.
- ko lîp, bô̤ nâng pang-cŏ̤;
- stand alone and uncountenanced; having no backer.
- i nŏ̤ nâng sì put líang lîp;
- they cannot both maintain themselves in position.
- lîp kìⁿ kong-hāu;
- at once see the efficacy.
- lîp tīaⁿ kha-kṳn;
- he has agreed to stay.
- lîp sim lîp ì;
- has his mind made up; has a settled purpose.
- i kâi lîp sim hó̤;
- his resolve is good.
- lîp-khek cū àiⁿ;
- want it instantly.