Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/mo̤ⁿ
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mo̤ⁿ
[edit]- cháu-mo̤ⁿ;
- ferns.
- suaⁿ tèng seⁿ kâi mo̤ⁿ cháu;
- the wild plants that grow on the mountains.
- cí khí mo̤ⁿ kìe cò̤ hŏng-búe-mo̤ⁿ;
- this species of fern is called the phenix-tail.
- mo̤ⁿ-so̤ kàu i huaⁿ-huaⁿ hí-hí;
- smooth him down till he is in good humour.
- mîaⁿ-ke mo̤ⁿ-so̤ nâng;
- has the art of molifying ill temper.
- khṳt i ce mo̤ⁿ-mo̤ⁿ so̤-so̤ cū hàuⁿ;
- when he has been conciliated sufficiently he will consent.
- hó̤ a mó̤?
- Is that expedient or not?
- i sĭ mó̤ nâng;
- he is a bad man.
- mó̤ cìeⁿ seⁿ cò̤;
- it is not well to do thus.
- mó̤ sńg;
- do not trifle.
- kui-mô̤ⁿ;
- a precedent; usages; rules.
- mó̤ⁿ-īeⁿ;
- a pattern; a model.
- i cò̤-nî cu bŭ, cn̂g kâi bô̤ kui bô̤ mô̤ⁿ?
- Why is it that in all sorts of affairs, he follows no rules nor precedents?
- thâu-mô̤ⁿ;
- hair of the head.
- cío mô̤ⁿ;
- the feathers of birds.
- îeⁿ-mô̤ⁿ;
- wool.
- tṳ cang mô̤ⁿ;
- the bristles of swine.
- khó mô̤ⁿ;
- fine hairs on the skin.
- thâu-mô̤ⁿ-kíaⁿ;
- short soft hairs on the head.
- seⁿ-mô̤ⁿ, seⁿ-mô̤ⁿ;
- hairy.
- tṳ-kha-mô̤ⁿ kueh m̄ cheng-khih;
- the bristles on the pigs’ feet have not all been scraped off.
- chiu mô̤ⁿ pìn pêh;
- hoary hair and beard.
- būe hwt mô̤ⁿ;
- unfledged.
- tho̤ mô̤ⁿ;
- the hair that he had at birth
- mô̤ⁿ khek;
- has curly hair.
- môⁿ jông-jông;
- downy feathers; fluffy hair.
- mô̤ⁿ cho tîo;
- the hair is coarse.
- mô̤ⁿ jṳ̂-jṳ̂;
- hair unkempt.
- mô̤ⁿ ío ngĕ;
- stiff bristles.
- thâu-khak kng-kût, bô̤ mô̤ⁿ;
- the head quite bald and shiny.
- mô̤ⁿ ìuⁿ-tîo ìuⁿ-tîo;
- very fine soft hair.
- mô̤ⁿ lûah kàu kng-kng;
- stroke your hair very smooth.
- mô̤ⁿ īam-īam;
- hair sleek and glossy.
- mô̤ⁿ-cháu ngía;
- beautiful thick fur.
- i cêng lâu mô̤ⁿ, tá cang a būe?
- Has she let her hair grow long, and done it up in the style of a grown woman yet?
- siu thâu-mô̤ⁿ;
- comb the hair.
- mô̤ⁿ kńg chng;
- hair-glands in the flesh.
- i bô̤ mô̤ⁿ cū khṳ̀ ké cáng;
- having no hair, he put on a false queue.
- môⁿ câk-câk;
- thick hair, or fur.
- gô̤ mô̤ⁿ kńg;
- a goose quill.
- cìⁿ mô̤ⁿ;
- the feather of an arrow.
- koi-mô̤ⁿ chóiⁿ;
- feather broom.
- ah mô̤ⁿ sìⁿ;
- a fan made of ducks’ feathers.
- mô̤ⁿ-kúi;
- an evil spirit.
- io-mô̤ⁿ;
- a sprite; a spook.
- kio huang-mô̤ⁿ sàu-sîn hìeⁿ-seⁿ;
- like a witch.
- mŏ̤ⁿ piaⁿ;
- to raise troops.
- mŏ̤ⁿ íong;
- enlist volunteers.
- mŏ̤ⁿ hùe;
- to circulate a subscription paper.
- tìeⁿ-mŏ̤ⁿ;
- a curtain.
- cò̤ mŏ̤ⁿ;
- act as clerk.
- tŏ̤ cóng-tok kò̤ tng mŏ̤ⁿ;
- he is a clerk in the viceroyalty.
- mŏ̤ⁿ-íu, mŏ̤ⁿ-pin;
- a private secretary.
- nî-cong sùe-mŏ̤ⁿ kâi sî-hāu;
- when in the decline of life.
- phûn-mŏ̤ⁿ;
- a grave.
- sàu mŏ̤ⁿ;
- to sweep the tombs, at the spring worship.
- ngîang-mŏ̤ⁿ;
- to regard with affectionate respect.
- sṳ-mŏ̤ⁿ tîeh pĕ-bó̤;
- fond of one's parents.
- hi-mō̤ⁿ;
- hope.
- phàng-mō̤ⁿ;
- expectation.
- sit mō̤ⁿ;
- lose hope.
- bô̤ mō̤ⁿ;
- hopeless.
- bô̤ só̤ mō̤ⁿ;
- nothing to hope for.
- cô̤h mō̤ⁿ;
- cut off hope.
- ŭ mō̤ⁿ;
- entertains a hope.
- mō̤ⁿ kú lío;
- long hoped for.
- cǹg kâi bô̤ hó̤ mō̤ⁿ;
- without the least hope.
- hí chut mō̤ⁿ gūa;
- joy beyond all expectation.
- úa tó̤ mō̤ⁿ lṳ́ lâi;
- I was hoping that you would come.
- mō̤ⁿ kàu ăm tn̂g-tn̂g;
- looking with neck outstretched.
- mō̤ⁿ cí mō̤ⁿ hṳ́;
- gazing hither and thither.
- jīm m̄o̤ⁿ, mō̤ⁿ m̄ cheng-chó̤;
- gazed long and vainly.
- mō̤ⁿ tîeh kṳ̆n-kṳ̆n;
- looked and saw it close by.
- cêk mō̤ⁿ bô̤ cì;
- a boundless view.
- mâk tìeⁿ phû khṳ̀ mō̤ⁿ;
- raised his eyes and looked.
- mō̤ⁿ lâi mō̤ⁿ khṳ̀;
- look to and fro.
- mō̤ⁿ kìⁿ;
- looked off and beheld.
- mō̤ⁿ m̄ kìⁿ;
- gazed but could not discover.
- mō̤ⁿ tit kìⁿ;
- looked and saw.
- mō̤ⁿ kûiⁿ mō̤ⁿ kĕ;
- look high and low.
- mō̤ⁿ côiⁿ mō̤ⁿ ău;
- look all around.
- mō̤ⁿ sì-phìⁿ, mō̤ⁿ bŏi tit i kàu;
- looked on every side to see if I could not see him coming.