Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ue

by Adele Marion Fielde

ue

• 㷛ue663869
• A pot; a saucepan.

tâng ue;

a copper skillet.

seⁿ ue;

a cast-iron kettle.

sua ue;

an unglazed earthen pot.

ah-cîh ue; thô̤ ue;

an earthen saucepan.

cêk tōa ue cúi;

a large kettle of water.

húe-thùaⁿ màiⁿ tiam tîeh ue;

do not pile the coal so high as to touch the kettle when it is set on.

• 窩ue10561169
• To shelter thieves.

ue-ke;

a receiver of stolen goods, or a place where stolen goods are kept.

châk ue-ke;

a den of thieves.

kò i cò̤ ue-ke;

engage him to secrete the booty.

• 萵ue10571409
• A term for plants used as salads, either raw or cooked.

ue-chài;

lettuce.

• 染ùe286755
• To infect; contagious; infectious; to vitiate.

cí īeⁿ pēⁿ ŏi ùe nâng kâi;

this disease is infectious.

khṳt i ùe tîeh kòi;

caught the itch from him.

ùe-sue i kâi mîaⁿ-sek;

cast a stain upon his reputation.

lṳ́ tó̤ ùe-sue hong-sôk;

you are debasing the customs.

ùe nah-sap;

to soil.

• 蔚ùe105514011
• Rank; luxuriant.

hṳ́ kò̤ kâi chīu-lîm nĕ uè-ùe;

the thickets there are very dense.

chīe cē khah ùe cū khíong-ùi tìam ŭ nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ;

if the trees become too thick there is danger that tigers will conceal themselves therein.

i kâi chiu nĕ ùe-ùe;

his beard is very bushy.

• 穢ùe105611513
• Dirty; vile; to defile.

u-ùe;

to defile.

ùe khì;

a foul smell.

i cêk koiⁿ u-u ùe-ùe;

the whole place is filthy.

u-ùe kâi sṳ̄;

a disgraceful affair.

• 慰ùe10556111
• To sooth, to console, to comfort.

uaⁿ-ùe i kâi sim;

tranquilize her feelings.

khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ nē uaⁿ ùe i;

gradually bring her to a calmer state.

uaⁿ-uaⁿ ùe-ùe;

to console with a view to producing resignation.

• 尉ùe1055418
• To settle or keep the peace.

i có pat cò̤ kùe thài-ùe;

his grandfather held at one time an ancient office which is now filled by a governor.

khia-ùe;

hereditary, titular officers, of the fifth and seventh ranks, who are supposed to ride and keep the peace.

• 緜ûe5931208
• Flocculent; soft; downy.

ńng ûe-ûe;

cottony.

ńng kàu nĕ ûe-ûe;

soft and downy.

• 倍ûe67098
• A fold; an increase.

ke cêk ûe;

double the amount.

cí khí tōa ŭ nŏ̤ ûe;

this sort is larger by two fold; it is three times as large.

kúiⁿ cîaⁿ ûe;

just twice as high.

thàng káng ûe;

gained a hundred percent.

ke câp ûe;

increase ten fold; make it eleven times as much.

• 半ûe651243
• A half; a large piece of; a part of.

chûn cêk tōa ûe;

have the greater part left.

lâu cêk síe ûe pàng-kò̤, cêk tōa ûe khṳt i;

keep a little less than half of it, and let him have rather more than half.

pun i cêk ûe;

gave him half.

• 衛ŭe105414410 To go with as a protection, or in honor of; to guard, to defend; an outpost; a military station.

kio i bói nŎ âp ŭe seⁿ îⁿ;

bought two boxes of life preserving pills for him.

i sĭ cò̤ ŭe kâi choiⁿ cóng, a sĭ cò̤ îaⁿ kâi choiⁿ cóng?

Is he the officer who escorts the grain-junks, or the officer who has command of the garrison?

hŭ-ŭe sîaⁿ-tî;

to protect the city, as a god.

khim-tíam sĭ-ŭe;

appoint as body guard.

• 滿ūe5758511
• Entire; complete.

ūe-koiⁿ;

the whole room; all about; everywhere around.

cía hieⁿ líam lío ūe-koiⁿ phang;

this incense, on being lighted, fills the whole place with fragrance.

phīⁿ tîeh ūe-koiⁿ chàu;

the whole place smells badly.

ūe lō phang;

the entire road is odorous.

• 畫ūe2411027
• A picture, a drawing, a painting; to draw, to paint, to map out.

tìo jī-ūe;

hang up illuminated scrolls.

ūe suaⁿ cúi;

paint landscapes.

ūe nâng-kíaⁿ;

draw human figures.

ūe hú-húi chán-thâng;

draw flowers and insects.

cía bâk-cúi ūe, ūe lâi cū ngía;

this will look well drawn in India ink.

i sĭ ūe kong pit a sĭ ūe ì pit?

Did he draw it in full, or merely sketch the outlines?

m̄ sĭ, sĭ ūe pùaⁿ tăⁿ jíam;

he did neither, he sketched a rough outline and filled it in with colors.

ūe sìeⁿ;

paint a likeness.

ūe tîo-pak;

paint scrolls.

ūe tī-tô;

draw maps.

ūe-kang; ūe-chīeⁿ;

artists; painters.

gūa kok kâi ūe-khẃn sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

the foreign style of drawing is this.

ūe cûa thiam cok;

draw a snake and add legs to it; to embellish facts too highly.

ūe hue-ap;

to make a mark as a signature.

• 話ūe2401496
• Words; discourse; speech; conversation; language.

tàⁿ ūe;

to talk.

i tó̤ tàⁿ mih ūe?

What language is he speaking?

i m̄ pat ūe;

he does not understand the language.

àiⁿ ó̤h pńg-tī ūe;

is going to learn the vernacular.

chíaⁿ nâng lâi kà ūe;

invite some one to give intruction in the language.

hàm i màiⁿ cōi ūe;

tell her not to be loquacious.

i ciu-jît to̤ ūe căi;

she talks the whole day long.

ūe m̄ tâu ki pùaⁿ kù to̤;

of unwelcome words half a sentence is too much.

tàⁿ tōa ūe;

to bluster.

m̄ hó̤ thiaⁿ kâi ūe;

indecent language.

thó ūe;

the local dialect.

kuaⁿ ūe;

the mandarin or court dialect.

pêh ūe;

the language spoken in this department.

kheh ūe;

the Hakka tongue.

sôk ūe;

common mode of speech.

cêk kù ūe;

one sentence.

cêk kù ūe thîh-thîh-kìe;

stammer out a phrase.

chìe ūe;

a funny annecdote.

i hàuⁿ ô̤h ūe;

she likes to learn languages, hwn ùe; foreign tongues.

cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ ĕ jît khṳt nâng khîeh khí lâi cò̤ ūe pèⁿ;

this will hereafter be a subject for people to talk about.