Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/lok
lok
[edit]- lok tîeh ŏi híang;
- if you shake it up and down, it rattles.
- jĭm lok, lok m̄ chut;
- though I shake it up and down, it does not rattle out.
- lṳ́ lok thóiⁿ hṳ́ tói ŭ tê-hîeh a bô̤;
- you shake it and see if there is any dry tea in it.
- nŏ̤ ciah chíu phŏ̤ lâi lok;
- clasp it in both hands and shake it up and down.
- i cí kúi nî pin-po̤ lâu-lok;
- he has toiled fruitlessly these many years.
- i cêk seⁿ sĭm sĭ lâu-lok;
- he has been a very hard worker all his life.
- cṳ̆-âi to sĭ lâu-lâu-lok-lok, bô̤ thang khùaⁿ-ûah;
- has heretofore been constantly drudging, with no opportunity for comfort.
- suaⁿ kok-lok tói;
- in the glens of the mountains.
- 儱偅lok-khôk107
- Careless and helpless.
- cē cîah lău cū lok-khôk;
- when one becomes old, one becomes inefficient.
- cò̤ khṳ̀ lok-lok khôk-khôk;
- done in a very inefficient way.
- nōiⁿ kàu lok-lok;
- ulcerated so as to form a running sore.
- phah kàu lok-lok;
- beaten to a jelly.
- pû kàu lok-lok;
- boiled to a pulp.
- cí nŏ̤ pńg cṳ thâk kàu lok-lok;
- study these two books till you have them at your tongue’s end.
- 錄lôk5641678
- To copy, to transcribe; to record, to make a note of; a summary of doctrine; annals; lectures; a series; an index.
- chau-lôk;
- to copy off.
- lôk cò̤ cêk pńg;
- transcribe into one volume.
- mâk-lôk;
- an index.
- thóiⁿ i kâi mâk-lôk cū cai;
- look in the index and you will find it.
- tī-tîang tó̤ lôk keng? Who is taking down the testimony?
- lôk chut lâi;
- to jot down; to write out.
- chú-lôk ŭ jîeh cōi mîaⁿ?
- How many are selected as worthy of a degree?
- kì lôk;
- recorded.
- kì-lôk cêk chṳ̀;
- once on record.
- chì-lôk;
- list of successful candidates for the degree of M.A.
- jû tó̤ cáu chì-lôk;
- like vending the list of successful candidates at the triennial examination.
- úa ŭ cêk pang múaⁿ hàng mîaⁿ-chîn lôk;
- I have a set of biographical sketches of eminent statesmen, both Tartar and Chinese.
- 絡lôk5531206
- Joined; continuous; to join on; netted or slung together; blood vessels which diverge from the great veins or arteries.
- lîen-lôk cò̤ cêk ē;
- couple them together.
- lîen-lîen lôk-lôk, bô̤ kòiⁿ tn̆g;
- joined in one continuous line, with no break.
- cía sĭ jîp sim-pau-lôk kâi îeh;
- this medicine enters the pericardium.
- sin tǹg kâi mêh-lôk;
- the blood veesels of the body.
- pēⁿ sĭ tŏ̤ tī cêk keng-lôk?
- In what part of the vascular system does the disease lie?
- cîah chîo-thêng kâi hong-lôk, cĭu tîeh lîu-sim lí chîo-thêng kâi sṳ̄;
- those who live on pay from the government, must attend in a painstaking way to governmental affairs.
- bô̤ kong, cò̤ káⁿ cîah lôk?
- How can one who renders no service to the state, presume to receive a salary from the government?
- lôk khah pô̤h;
- the salary is insufficient.
- tìn-tang sāi ŭ kò̤ lôk-ūi-pâi;
- set up an imperial tablet in the midst.
- kuang-lôk-jī;
- the Banqueting Office.
- cêk seⁿ nâng ŭ cîah lôk;
- has enough to live on all his days.
- hok, lôk, sīu, chŵn;
- happiness, official honors, longevity, all complete.
- i-lôk khó̤-íⁿ chong-cok;
- has about enough to clothe and feed himself comfortably.
- lôk-sôk;
- one just after the other; in rapid succession; successively.
- i sĭ lôk-sôk lâi, a sĭ cò̤ cêk hûe lâi?
- Did they come successively or simultaneously?
- lôk-lôk sôk-sôk lâi ŭ ho̤h cōi;
- one after another, a great number arrived.
- hû-lôk;
- a talisman on wood; a magic writing.
- tôi mîaⁿ lôk;
- list of successful candidates at an examination.
- hong siaⁿ tŏ̤ hṳ́ kò̤ líu tîeh tô-lôk;
- it is rumored that a magic map of the country has been exhumed there.
- i kâi mîaⁿ hâh tîeh tô-lôk;
- his name accords with the one given in the prophetic or sibyline chart.
- i kâi suah-lôk tăng căi;
- the slaughter was very great.
- i ău-lâi tì-kàu chŵn ke tu-lôk;
- this will hereafter lead to the extermination of the whole family.
- sí ău hŵn-lío pun nâng líu chut lâi lôk si;
- after he was dead and buried his body was dug up and mangled by people.
- suah-lôk kong-chîn kâi sṳ̄, tōa pûaⁿ īa sĭ sì só̤ sái jîen;
- the massacre of the nobles was for the most part made necessary by the circumstances.
- lôk lâk;
- to join forces; to combine effort; to unite strength.
- jī ke tîeh lâi lôk lâk tâng sim;
- the two must be of one mind, and act in unison.
- īa sĭ khéng lôk-lâk tâng sim ná phàⁿ sṳ̄ m̄ séng;
- if willing to act in concert there is no fear that the thing will not be accomplished.
- lôk-lôk, bô̤ khî;
- drudge without cessation.
- i si îong-îong lôk-lôk kâi nâng;
- she is a drudge.