Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/swn
swn
- swn în;
- run full of lead.
- swn în teng;
- fill with leaden plugs.
- cí kâi ngṳ̂n khṳt i swn nŏ̤ saⁿ lîap în tŏ̤-kò̤;
- this dollar has had its holes filled in with lead.
- sûi i sẃn-tô̤h;
- let her take whichever she choose.
- sẃn kâi hó̤ kâi;
- select a good one.
- cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū tòng-sẃn;
- that is making a wise choice.
- jĭm sẃn put náuⁿ;
- allow you to take your choice without being displeased about it.
- hṳ̂ sẁn chun tŏ̤ cháu kò̤, ĕ jît cū pìⁿ cò̤ hṳ̂-kíaⁿ;
- fishes deposit their spawn among the rushes, and afterward it is metamorphosed into little fishes.
- cí cêk to̤ chun sẁn chut lâi, cîang-lâi cū káng choiⁿ káng bw̄n búe;
- one paunchful of spawn being deposited, thousands and tens of thousands are developed from it.
- thâng sẁn n̆ng tŏ̤ hṳ́-tói;
- insects lay their eggs in there.
- chôiⁿ-îah àiⁿ sẁn n̆ng, tîeh khîeh kò̤ cúa khṳt i sèn;
- when the silk moth is ready to deposit its eggs, a piece of paper most be placed for it to lay them in.
- cía, m̄ sẁn;
- make no account of this.
- khṳt i khṳ̀ tá-sẁn cē;
- let him go and cogitate over it.
- tá-sẁn kàu hó̤-hó̤ cìaⁿ lâi ;
- when your plan is definitely made, then come.
- sîn-ki, mĭo-sẁn;
- a clever design.
- sẁn chut khṳ̀ cò̤ kuaⁿ;
- under appointment as officers.
- hāu sẁn;
- awaiting appointment to office; expectant of office.
- ciet sẁn;
- presently to be appointed to office.
- cúi lâu kàu hṳ́ kó̤ ŏi tò̤-sŵn;
- on reaching that point the current sets backward.
- tó̤-sŵn thâu tńg lâi mōⁿ;
- turned his head and looked back.
- ciu-sŵn;
- to greet and entertain.
- i ciu-sŵn kàu kàu-kak căi;
- he went about among them in a very courteous manner.
- ŭ nâng kheh to sĭ i chut lâi ciu-sŵn;
- whenever there are guests, it is he who comes out to entertain them.
- phŵn-sŵn;
- to look after the comfort of a strange guest.
- sŵn-tńg thâu lâi thóiⁿ;
- turned her head and looked.
- lâu-cúi-koi tò̤-sŵn;
- the gulls circle round and round.
- tī-kò̤ sŵn;
- wheel hither and thither.
- sŵn lâi sŵn khṳ̀, múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ chūe;
- went round and round searching everywhere for it.
- sŵn tit sŵn sit;
- lost it as soon as he got it.
- cē líu khui hía cúi jw̆n sw̆n chut lâi;
- as soon as it was dug open the water spurted out in every direction.
- hṳ́ cîeh ngâm kó̤ kâi cûaⁿ cheⁿ sw̆n chut lâi;
- a spring gushes forth from that rocky ledge.
- cam lô̤h khṳ̀ hía hueh sw̆n kàu jîeh hn̆g kò̤ khṳ̀;
- when it was lanced the blood spurted ever so far.
- cúi-tháng lāu, cúi li-li sw̆n;
- the bucket leaks, and the water spurts forth.