Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/ueh

by Adele Marion Fielde

ueh

• 噦ueh11313018
• To retch.

áu ueh;

to retch and gag.

ueh-ueh thò;

retch and vomit.

cē phīⁿ tieh cū áu-ueh;

the smell of it makes me gag.

cē thóiⁿ to̤ áu-ueh le;

it is perfectly sickening.

• 畫ûeh2411027
• A mark, a line, a stroke; to divide by lines; to amrk off; to lay a plan; to devise.

cêk ûeh cêh phuah;

a line and a downward stroke curving to the left.

cí kâi jī jîeh cōi ûeh?

How many strokes are there in this Chinese character?

chíaⁿ i tó̤ mông ûeh kòi cheh;

ask him to devise a plan.

ûeh cò̤ hō̤;

make a mark as a sign.

i kâi pit ûeh sìu-jŭn căi;

the strokes made by his pen are very fine and clear.

sĭ tît ûeh a sĭ hûeⁿ ûeh?

Is it a perpendicular or a horizontal line?

kîaⁿ tńg kha, nâng tó̤ ûeh i kâi ka-ciah;

as soon as he turns his back people point at him.

• 䱛ûeh2591958

ûeh-hṳ̂;

the perch.

ham-ûeh-thâu;

the common perch.

• 劃ûeh2571812
• To mark off.

ûeh cêk cūe cò̤ hō̤;

draw a line as a mark.

ûeh cò̤ tī-kài;

marked off the boundary.

khṳt i kâi to̤ ûeh tîeh;

marked by his knife.

cang cńg-kah ûeh cêk ē;

marked it off with his thumb nail.