Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/wn

by Adele Marion Fielde

wn

• 寃wn1132408
• Oppression; grievance; wrong; injury.

wn-úang;

an injustice.

wn-úang căi;

very unjust.

wn-khut;

to oppress.

ŭ wn bô̤ sin;

no reparation made for the injury done.

khîu lṳ́ kio i sin wn;

pray you to redress his wrong.

wn-chîu būe pò̤;

an injury still unrevenged.

kak wn-chiu;

to get up a quarrel.

hâm wn sĭu khut;

endure oppression.

hàm wn;

proclaim one's grievance.

wn ngîap kúi;

an avenging spirit.

sói wn-lôk;

wipe out a grudge.

wn-wn siang pò̤;

their mutual injuries were revenged on each other.

• 彎wn10385719
• Curved; bent; winding; bowed; arched; circuitous.

á wn;

to bend by pressure of the hand.

ut wn;

to bend by heat and pressure.

tau kàu nĕ wn-wn;

bend it till it is much curved.

wn-kéng wn-kéng nē;

bowed.

mâk bâi wn-wn;

arching eyebrows.

bŏi wn bŏi khek, nĕ tît-tît;

it has no carves nor crooks in it, it is perfectly straight.

cam kêh wn;

this needle has got bent.

cí kâi suaⁿ sì ío wn-hŵn;

this hill is very irregular in its outline.

sim-tn̂g tît-căi, bô̤ wn bô̤ tŵn;

his is a candid nature, wholly without duplicity.

i m̄ pí hía wn-wn tŵn-tŵn kai;

he is not like those who are given to maneuvering.

• 灣wn10388522
• To turn, to curve, to wind; to bend.

kiaⁿ kàu cham-che lō thâu, cêk nâng wn tùi cìeⁿ pôiⁿ, cêk nâng wn tùi hìoⁿ pôiⁿ;

when they came to the cross-roads one turned off in one direction and one in the other.

tn̂g-wn câk-kak kâi ūi-chṳ̀, tîeh cai hûang i;

it is a place where there are long turns and sharp corners, a spot full of intricate passages, where we must be cautions.

lō wn lâi wn khṳ̀;

the path winds hither and thither.

cí tîo khoi kàu hṳ́ ĕ wn-wn khek-khek;

this river down below there is very crooked.

câp wn poih khek cìaⁿ kàn hṳ́ kò̤;

after innumerable turns we reached the place.

wn jîp hâng lăi;

turned off into the warehouse.

wn kùe sai pôiⁿ;

turned off westward.

wn jîp káng;

turned into the canal.

lṳ́ màiⁿ ut wn, tît-tît kîaⁿ;

do not turn aside, go straight on.

wn-wn khek-khek;

tortuous, serpentine.

• 鴛鴦wn-ieⁿ1132
• Mandarin ducks, which are patterns of conjugal fidelity.

wn-ieⁿ cím;

a pillow for two; a double pillow used by the newly married.

sìu cêk tùi wn-ieⁿ;

embroidered a pair of mandarin ducks upon it.

• 淵wn1031858
• An abyss.

siang lî thien wn;

as far apart as heaven and earth.

• 腕ẃn10391308
• A flexible joint.

chíu ẃn;

the wrist.

ēng chíu ẃn kâi lak;

used strength of wrist.

i kâi sía jī ŏi ēng ẃn lâk;

his writing shows firmness and flexibility in the hand.

• 遠ẃn113716210
• Remote either in time or place.

i sĭeⁿ kâi sṳ̄ ío kú-ẃn;

he considers what lies far ahead.

cìeⁿ-seⁿ ío kú-ẃn li tîeh ke cîⁿ;

this being much more lasting must cost more.

íong-ẃn sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

it is always like that.

năi kàu kú-kú wń-wń kâi sṳ̄;

this is something that never ceases.

• 宛ẃn1136405
• Accommodating; to give in; yield to circumstances.

ẃn cẃn;

having a disposition to yield.

màiⁿ cn̂g kâi bô ẃn cẃn;

do not be wholly unwilling to yield a point.

jī ke wn cẃn cē cū sêng;

if each would give in a little the thing would be done.

• 苑ẃn11371405
• A park, a pasture; a book of extracts; fine luxuriant herbage.

hang-ẃn;

an Academician.

cía sĭ hang ẃn kâi châi-chêng;

these are the talents of a member of the Imperial Academy.

sĭang ẃn;

imperial parks.

sueh-ẃn;

a collection of dialogues.

• 怨ẁn1138615
• To dislike; to feel bitter against.

màiⁿ sie ẁn;

do not cherish mutual dislike.

taⁿ li tó̤ i ẁn i, i ẁn i;

at present, each is murmuring against the other.

kio nâng kak ẁn;

excite people's aversion.

kak chîu kak ẁn;

excite enmity and ill-will.

chūa nâng ẁn-hṳ̆n;

cause ill-will.

íⁿ tek pò̤ ẁn;

requite injury with kindness.

hṳ́ i ṳn pò̤ ṳn, ẁn pò̤ ẁn;

requite his kindness with kindness, his animosity with animosity.

ẁn ka-kī kâi mīaⁿ khiap;

repine at one's own lot.

i tó̤ mâiⁿ ẁn lṳ́;

he is cherishing dislike toward you.

ẁn thiⁿ ẁn tī;

bitter against the powers in heaven and on earth.

lṳ́ màiⁿ ẁn thiⁿ ẁn tī, tîeh ẁn lṳ́ ka-kī;

you should not complain against everybody else, you should find fault with you-self.

cía tîeh ẁn ka-kī, màiⁿ ẁn pât nâng;

you should blame yourself for this, not other people.

káⁿ ẁn, m̄ káⁿ ngân;

dare feel but dare not express dissatisfaction.

m̄ hó̤ ẁn pĕ-bó̤ kêng;

one must not murmur at the poverty of his parents.

kháu chut wn ngân;

grumbling.

ẁn bô̤ kò̤ khṳ̀, ẁn pàng i kò̤;

had no one else to grumble at, and so grumbled at him.

cía bô̤ ẁn;

this is not a cause for grievence.

• 緣wn̂11361209
• Because; on account of; an affinity, a recondite sympathy.

ŵn-in mih sṳ̄?

What were the circumstances which brought it about?

nâng cieⁿ-seⁿ sĭ sǹg cò̤ ŭ ŵn;

when a person is thus, there is a reason for it.

sĭm-mih ŵn-kù?

What is the cause of it?

ẁn-hūn;

in sympathy with.

i kâi ŵn-íu lṳ́ tàⁿ úa thiaⁿ;

relate to me the causes which lead to it.

ŭ ŵn choiⁿ lí lêng siang hŭe, bô̤ ŵn tùi mīn put siang hông;

where there is affinity people come together from a thousand miles apart, where there is no affinity those living on opposite sides the same street do not come across each other.

thien ŵn chò khá;

a providential meeting.

to bô̤ ŵn;

no recondite causes which would produce it; no luck conducing to it.

ŵn-hūn chíen;

little affinity.

hó̤ ŵn ngŏ̤;

a lucky coincidence.

kak nâng kak nâng kâi ŵn;

each man has his own luck.

kit ŵn;

knit a relationship.

kio i kit ŵn;

do one's part in keeping up an intimacy.

cía sǹg sĭ i kâi ŵn;

this is his affinity.

hùe ŵn;

collect alms, as Buddhist priests do.

tôi ŵn;

contribute through the hands of Buddhist priests.

chíu lah cêk pńg ŵn-phŏ;

held in his hand a book referring to the unknown operations of fate in human affairs.

in-ŵn;

marry whom fate has decreed.

síe in-ŵn;

an illicit connection.

bô̤ ŵn bô̤ kù;

wholly without cause.

• 完ŵn246404
• To finish, to conclude; completed, done; paid up; settled; used up; all gone; entirely.

ŵn a būe?

Is it finished?

àiⁿ ŵn lío;

it is nearly done.

khṳt i cîah ŵn khṳ̀;

it was all eaten up by him.

cîah bŏi tit ŵn;

cannot eat it all up.

bōi kàu ŵn;

all sold off.

tó pá, cîah m̄ ŵn;

has eaten all he wants and has not eaten all of it.

ā sĭ cò̤, tîeh cò̤ kàu ŵn-chŵn;

if you do it at all, you must finish it.

cò̤ kàu ŵn-ŵn chŵn-chŵn;

completely finished.

mih mûeh íⁿ-keng ŵn-pĭ;

all things are wholly ready.

ŵn kang a būe?

Have they stopped work yet?

ēng būe ŵn;

it is not yet all used up.

cò̤ ŵn lío;

it is done.

ūe tàⁿ būe ŵn;

was not yet through speaking.

sĭ tô̤h tī cêk jît àiⁿ ŵn phìa?

What day has been fixed upon for completing the betrothal?

nîe ŵn a būe?

Are your taxes all paid?

tô-che lâi chui ŵn-nîe;

the local agent has come to has ten the payment of the taxes.

ŵn-kak cheng-chó̤;

the payment of grain has been made in full.

cí cêk báu, ŵn ŭ jîeh cōi sìo;

during this half month, many bills have been settled.

ŵn-lâp co cîⁿ;

pay off the rent.

• 芫荽ŵn-sui8261407
• Coriander.

ŵn-sui cí;

coriander seeds.

ŵn-sui thâh pûaⁿ thâu;

crown the dish with coriander.

• 員ŵn1132807
• A classifier of officers; an officer.

kuaⁿ ŵn;

officers.

sĭ bûn ŵn a sĭ bú ŵn?

Is he a civil or a military officer?

bûn bú kuaⁿ-ŵn cí chṳ́ cí tăn;

both civil and military officers halt here and rest.

cū sĭ cêk ŵn-kuaⁿ;

it is an official.

lêng ŵn;

an efficient officer.

lăi ŵn;

a high statesman.

ŵn gūa;

one who fills an office without being an officer.

ŵn gūa ńng;

an officer in a Board who reports to its Vice President.

• 轅ŵn113415910
• The side gates into the court of a yamun or a general's head-quarters.

àiⁿ tùi tâng-ŵn-mn̂g kò̤ jîp, a sĭ àiⁿ tùi sai-ŵn-mn̂g kò̤ jip?

Will you go in at the eastern or the western entrance?

ŵn-mn̂g pò̤;

a provincial governor's circular.

• 猿ŵn11359410
• The gibbons, as distinct from apes, babboons, or monkeys.

pêh ŵn;

the white gibbon.

ŵn seⁿ lâi chin-chĭeⁿ kâu;

gibbons resemble monkeys.