Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/lo̤
lo̤
[edit]- hó̤ lo̤-lo̤;
- proper; rights; correct.
- ca-jît i nŏ̤ nâng cìaⁿ hó̤ lo̤-lo̤, kíaⁿ-jît cū tó̤ sie mēⁿ;
- yesterday the two were on the best of terms, and to-day they are reviling each other.
- úa hó̤ lo̤-lo̤ kio lṳ́ tàⁿ;
- I will tell you in the most straight-forward way.
- i tâng-cá to hó̤ lo̤-lo̤, cò̤ ŏi tì-kàu cìeⁿ-seⁿ?
- It was all right a little while ago, how did it come to be like this?
- cúi mông tîeh sie-lo̤ sie-lo̤;
- the water is of a pleasant warmth when the hand is put in it.
- kúe cìaⁿ sêk kâi, sie-lo̤ sie-lo̤;
- the cake is just cooked, and is slightly warm.
- cúi mín hìeⁿ sie, sie-lo̤ sie-lo̤ cū hó̤;
- the water need not be so hot, if it is lukewarm that is enough.
- hŵn-lío lo̤-lo̤-sie, bŏi chìn;
- it is still slightly warm, not yet wholly cooled.
- cho̤-lo̤;
- rank, noisome; a strong smell.
- cho̤-lo̤ kâi cêk lî m̄ hó̤ cîah;
- do not eat the least bit of what is rank.
- pēⁿ taⁿ hó̤ lío, àiⁿ sĭeⁿ cîah cho̤-lo̤;
- he is now well again, and wants to eat strong smelling food.
- i hṳ́ phò lăi kâi bī cho̤-lo̤, phīⁿ tîeh ùi căi;
- that shop there has o very strong odor about it, and when I smell it, it makes me sick.
- hàm i màiⁿ tàⁿ khah lo̤-so̤;
- tell him not to talk too much.
- i kâi ūe lo̤-so̤ căi, tàⁿ bŏi tit hiah;
- she keeps prattling on as if she would never stop.
- cíu cē lô̤h tó ūe cū tàⁿ kàu lo̤-so̤, tàⁿ bŏi tit ŵn;
- as soon as he swallows the liquor, the words begin to flow in a steady stream, and he talks incessantly.
- ló̤-chó̤;
- in a rapid careless manner.
- cía cò̤ lâi khah ló̤-chó̤;
- this is slighted too much in the doing.
- cía kang-hu ló̤-ló̤ chó̤-chó̤, bô̤ ēng;
- this work is very carelessly done, and is useless.
- ló̤-chó̤, sak ceh;
- obstruct business by neglect.
- hŵn-ló̤;
- sorrowful; anxious; troubled.
- lṳ́ màiⁿ hŵn-ló̤;
- do not be troubled about it.
- bô̤ hŵn bô̤ ló̤ kâi nâng;
- one who has no anxieties.
- i tó̤ tng a-ló̤;
- he is a sergeant in the army.
- tōa ló̤;
- the camp-master, or head of a garrison.
- thâu-ló̤;
- one chosen as head man by his fellows.
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- Lace, net, gauze; openworked, lace-like; certain kinds of silk fabrics, like grenadine.
- lô̤ pò;
- lace.
- lô̤ pò lîam;
- lace curtains.
- cêk pit chiu-lô̤;
- one piece of Chinese grenadine.
- i ka-kī cṳ̆ tâu lô̤-măng;
- he delivered himself into the net.
- lô̤-lîet tŏ̤ sì-ciu-ûi;
- surround on every side.
- lô̤-hàng;
- Buddhist worthies, the term being an imitation of the sound of an Indian word.
- câp-poih lô̤-hàng;
- the eighteen personal disciples of Buddha.
- lô̤-hàng tn̂g-saⁿ;
- Buddhist scholars.
- sîam-lô̤;
- Siam.
- i cáu kàu sîam-lô̤ khṳ̀ lío;
- he has run off as far as Jericho by this time.
- lô̤-keⁿ;
- a compass.
- lô̤-keⁿ cam;
- the magnetic needle.
- lô̤-keⁿ cò̤-nî khang?
- Which way does the compass direct?
- lô̤-kâu;
- a constellation regarded by horoscopists as very unlucky.
- i sĭ hŭam tîeh lô̤-kâu;
- he has the influence of the unlucky stars against him.
- phah lô̤ kó;
- beat gongs and drums.
- tōa tâng lô̤ khōng-khōng kìe;
- the great brass gong sounds.
- bé thâu lô̤ khùaiⁿ-khùaiⁿ-kìe;
- the gong, carried ahead of the horses in an official procession, sounds.
- cúa-íaⁿ kâi lô̤-kó teoⁿ-teoⁿ-kìe;
- the musical instruments accompanying an exhibition of puppets are sounding.
- tâng lô̤-kíaⁿ thēⁿ-thēⁿ-kìe;
- the little brass gong is sounding.
- sòi kâi lô̤-kía theoⁿ-theoⁿ-kìe;
- the very small gong, such as is used by pedlars to announce their approach, sounds thus.
- khàng-lô̤ kâi siaⁿ tîuⁿ-tîuⁿ-kìe;
- the sound of tinkling cymbals.
- sùe cîah lô̤ lâi khîa;
- hire a mule and ride.
- hái-lô̤;
- a seal.
- hái-lô̤-phûe;
- sealskin.
- bī khah lô̤, m̄ cheng;
- its flavor is too strong, it has not an unmixed taste.
- mīⁿ lâi sah o-thn̂g, kâi bī khah lô̤;
- vermicelli when boiled in unclarified sugar has too strong a taste.
- lô̤-khak;
- spiral shells.
- lô̤-nêk;
- the flesh of spiral univalves.
- híang lô̤;
- conch shells, used for sounding a summons upon.
- pu lô̤;
- to blow a conch-shell.
- châng lô̤;
- fresh water snails.
- lô̤-si-teng;
- screws.
- lô̤-si jẃn;
- the thread of a screw.
- húiⁿ lô̤-si;
- to drive in a screw.
- kâi siaⁿ-im tàⁿ chut lâi thiaⁿ tîeh lô̤-lô̤;
- his voice sounds very thick.
- taⁿ kâi sì-kài to sĭ lô̤-lô̤;
- the present age is corrupt.
- cúi mìaⁿ kŏng lô̤;
- do not roil the water.
- cúi lô̤, tîeh khîeh hŵn lâi phah i cheng;
- the water is turbid, it must be settled with alum.
- sek thóiⁿ-tîeh lô̤-lô̤, m̄ cheng;
- the color is not clear.
- sûn-lô̤;
- to go around examining.
- múaⁿ-sì-chù sûn-lô̤;
- go all around on a tour of inspection.
- cŏ̤ lô̤;
- in jail.
- cŏ̤ kam, cŏ̤ lô̤;
- kept in imprisonment.
- kìm tŏ̤ thien lô;
- kept in the Emperor's prison.
- tṳ-lô̤;
- a pig pen.
- lô̤-gêk;
- a prison.
- lô̤-lit;
- naked to the waist.
- pak-chiah-ka lô̤-lit;
- half-naked.
- 蘿蔔lô̤-phîah551
- Turnips.
- lô̤-phîah cí;
- turnip seed.
- âng lô̤-phîah;
- beets.
- ah tó̤ lō̤ chek;
- the duck is eating unhusked rice.
- i lō̤ kàu kâi kui pá-pá;
- he has eaten till his crop is full.
- cêk úaⁿ pn̄g khṳt i nŏ̤ ē lō̤ cū lô̤h khṳ̀;
- he gobbles up a bowl of rice at two mouthfuls.
- in kúi nâng kâi nâng cē lō̤ cū lō̤ ku-ā úaⁿ;
- each of those people, if they eat at all, will each gobble up several bowlfuls.