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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.
tieh khîeh-khí màiⁿ khṳt hĭa lâi cn̂g;
- the beef must be put away so that the ants will not get at it.
- 旋cn̄g821707
- To eddy, to whirl; cnrling.
- cúi ká-cn̄g;
- a whirlpool.
- lâu kàu hṳ́-kò̤ cū ká-cn̄g;
- the current there eddies.
- ká kàu kâi cn̄g chim-chim;
- wheels round and round forming a deep whirlpool.
- hía cúi lóng-cóng ká-cn̄g ká-cn̄g;
- the water there swirls round and round.
- i kâi mô̤ⁿ ká-cn̄g kà-cn̄g;
- her hair hangs in ringlets.
- thâu-khak kâi mô̤ⁿ kâi cn̄g kâi cn̄g;
- his hair lays in curls all over his head.
- hṳ́ kâi cn̄g ío chúa, cí kâi cn̄g ío cìaⁿ;
- that curl is askew, this one is in place.
- 狀c̄ng114944
- A complaint; an accusation.
- kò̤-cn̄g;
- to indict; to accuse.
- sía cn̄g;
- write out an accusation.
- cn̄g-sṳ̂;
- an indictment.
- cn̄g-sṳ;
- a lawyer.
- thóiⁿ i kâi cn̄g-sṳ̂;
- see what is the cause of complaint.
- cìaⁿ cn̄g, hù cn̄g;
- the original copy and the draft of an indictment.
- kò̤ gṳ̄-cn̄g;
- carry a case to the Throne through the Censorate.
co
- 租co10071155
- Rent; lease; rental.
- chù co, châng co, phò co;
- the rent of a house, field, or shop.
- siu co;
- collect rents.
- siu kang co;
- collect rent due in money.
- siu châng co;
- collect rent due in produce.
- co cîⁿ, cò̤ ngṳ̂n;
- money received as rent.
- tī co;
- ground rent.
- lâp jîeh cōi co?
- How much rent do you pay?
- co koiⁿ chù lâi tīu;
- rent a house to live in.
- tîeh lâp tī co;
- ground rent must be paid at stated times.
- khìam co;
- owes rent.
- hâiⁿ co;
- pay the rent.
- thó̤ co;
- dun for rent.
- co súaⁿ;
- lease one's property.
- ceng co;
- raise the rent.
- kíam co;
- diminish the rent.
- co kuah-pun pât nâng siu;
- transfer the rent to another person for collection.
- tîeh ŭ nâng tam co;
- there must be some one to guarantee the rent.
- soiⁿ kùe phò co;
- prepay the rent of the shop.
- cí koiⁿ hâng cêk nî co jîeh cōi cîⁿ?
- For how much per year is this warehouse rented?
- hŭe co;
- give a lease as security for a debt.
- 祖có10071135
- An ancestor.
- pài có;
- worship ancestors.
- ke có;
- one's ancestors.
- lĕng có;
- your ancestors.
- có pĕ;
- grandfather.
- ceng có;
- great grand-father.
- ceng có bó̤;
- great grandmother.
- kau có;
- great grandfather's father.
- thài kau có;
- great grandfather's grandfather.
- sí có;
- the founder of a family.
- soiⁿ có;
- my late grandfather.
- thài sí có;
- first emperor of a dynasty.
- kong có tōa nâng;
- Your Excellency, my grand
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father.
- có bīe;
- ancestral temple.
- có sṳ̂;
- ancestral hall.
- có ngîap;
- family estate.
- có tī;
- family inheritance in land.
- có thŵn kâi;
- an heirloom.
- tâng có thŵn lô̤h lâi kâi;
- inherited from ancestors.
- sêng có kâi nâng;
- sêng nâng kâi có; become the head of a house or tribe.
- 驟cŏ96218714
- Abrupt; suddenly.
- cŏ-jîen m̄ kìⁿ khṳ̀;
- suddenly missing.
- cŏ-jîen cū lô̤h hŏ;
- suddenly began to rain.
- put-lêng cŏ-jîen cū ŏi kâi;
- it is not a thing that can be done suddenly.
- m̄-hó̤ cŏ;
- do not be abrupt about it.
còi
- 縩còi94412011
- Fibers of various plants, used in making cloth; threads used in weaving; linen yarn.
- ceh còi;
- to splice fibers.
- còi kheng;
- a basket used for holding yarn.
- ceh po̤-lô̤-mûaⁿ còi;
- splice the fibers of the leaf of the pineapple to make thread for weaving.
- ceh tĭu còi;
- to splice fibers of China grass.
- cìm còi;
- soak the fibers used in weaving.
- ciap còi;
- join threads.
- in coi;
- wind linen thread.
- coi màiⁿ mueh ju;
- do not tangle the thread.
- coi ceh cò̤ suaⁿ;
- join the fibers so as to make thread for sewing.
- jṳ̂ se jṳ̂ còi tô̤h tit tît, jṳ̂ nâng tô̤h m̄ tît;
- you can pick out and straighten tangled yarn, but you cannot disentangle the snarls into which people get.
- 齊côi9662100
- Uniform; even; all together; at once.
- cêk côi lâi khṳ̀;
- go in a body.
- bói būe côi;
- have not yet bought all that are required.
- sìo-bâk méⁿ-méⁿ siu côi;
- get the accounts together speedily.
- siu-sîp kàu côi-côi cíaⁿ-cíaⁿ;
- very systematically done.
- thēng côi, cìaⁿ lâi;
- wait till you have the full complement and then come.
- cèng nâng côi-siaⁿ tap-ìn;
- all answered in concert.
- cèng nâng côi sim;
- all were of one mind.
- pàng khṳ̀ m̄ côi;
- did not set them down evenly.
- thîap côi-côi;
- place them evenly in piles.
- níu côi-côi lâi thiaⁿ;
- come all together and listen.
- cêk coi chut lâk;
- put forth your strength simultaneously.
- īeⁿ-īeⁿ bói kàu côi;
- sort by sort, buy the full complement.
- cêk côi cò̤ cē lâi;
- bring the complete assortment at once.
- 多cōi909363
- Much; many; more.
- cōi căi;
- very many.
- cōi-cōi;
- a great many.
- jîeh cōi?
- How many?
- cìeⁿ cōi;
- so many.
- ŭ cōi cíe;
- have more or less.
- lṳ́ màiⁿ cōi sṳ̄;
- do not be troublesome.
- i khah cōi ūe;
- she talks too much.
- míen hìeⁿ cōi;
- that
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