A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect (汕頭方言音義字典) / ceⁿ

爭

To wrangle; to strive: to emulate.
ceⁿ soiⁿ;

strive for precedence.
ceⁿ kong;

emulate merit.
hàuⁿ ceⁿ;

quarrelsome.
ceⁿ-tò;

to quarrel.
ceⁿ ūi-chṳ̀;

contest a position.
ceⁿ chi tô̤h châng;

wrangle about the wife, and seize upon the land.
só̤ ceⁿ ŭ hăn;

the difference is a slight one.
sie ceⁿ;

to contend.
sie ceⁿ boí, sie ceⁿ bōi;

rivals in trade.
sie ceⁿ ke-húe;

a squabble about tools.
sie ceⁿ kíaⁿ;

a contention in regard to their children.
sie ceⁿ sie ji’́ng;

disputing in loud tones.
sie ceⁿ lío, sie phah;

a dispute leading to blows.
nín só̤ ceⁿ kâi to sĭ bô̤-siang-kang kâi sṳ̄;

what you are contending about is a very unimportant matter.
cía to míen sie ceⁿ kâi;

this is something that there need be no debate about.
àiⁿ sie ceⁿ mih sṳ̄?

What occasion is there for wrangling about it?

井

A well; a deep pit.
céⁿ cúi;

well-water.
chĭ-ceⁿ kâi nâng;

a huckster; a loafer.
khui céⁿ; líu céⁿ;

dig a well.
kó céⁿ;

an old well.
khàm céⁿ;

to cover a well.
thūn tīo céⁿ;

fill up a well.
put céⁿ;

clean out a well.
céⁿ kîⁿ;

the brink of a well.
céⁿ piⁿ;

beside a well.
céⁿ kha;

by the well.
céⁿ téng;

a roof over a well.
céⁿ chîeⁿ;

the walls of a well.
cŏ̤ céⁿ, kwn thiⁿ;

sitting in a well looking at the heavens; an inexperienced person.
lêng hóⁿ céⁿ;

the aquarium at the entrance of a temple, under the images of the dragon and the tiger.
ngṳ̂n céⁿ;

money vaults.
thim céⁿ;

an open court within a house.
céⁿ kho;

well rounds.
céⁿ cûaⁿ;

a well spring.
céⁿ tói;

the bottom of a well.
céⁿ mīn;

the top of a well.
tìo-o̤ céⁿ;

a well with a sweep.
koiⁿ céⁿ;

the hollow above the collar bone.
céⁿ sìu;

the 22nd constellation, six stars in Gemini.
lâu céⁿ;

a trap door in the floor of an upper storey.
ûi céⁿ;

the socket in which a mast is set.
lîm kuah, kût céⁿ;

wait until thirsty, before digging a well.
sua céⁿ;

a pit in the sand, to hold the water of an ebbing tide.
céⁿ hām;

the side of the well has caved in.
cîeh céⁿ;

a crevasse in rocks.
hṳ̂ céⁿ;

deep places where fish hide in pools.

阱

晴

The clear blue sky; the weather clearing up after a storm.
thiⁿ cêⁿ kó ŭa;

long continued drought.
hŏ cêⁿ;

the rain has ceased.
cêⁿ ta;

dry weather.
thiⁿ cêⁿ;

clear weather.
cêⁿ kú lío;

it cleared up long ago.
thiⁿ àiⁿ cêⁿ lío;

it is clearing already.
hŏ lô̤h m̄ hàuⁿ cêⁿ;

it rains as if it would never stop.
tîeh ŭ pak huang cìaⁿ ŏi cêⁿ;

if the north wind came up, it would then clear.
cí câp jît, thiⁿ bŏi cêⁿ;

there has been no sunshine these ten days.
ŏi cêⁿ úa cĭu àiⁿ khṳ̀;

should it clear, I shall go.
cêk choiⁿ ngṳ̂n pńg cîⁿ cò̤ cêk nî cĭu cêⁿ khṳ̀;

got rid of a thousand dollars of capital in one year.
nĕ cêⁿ-cêⁿ, huh-jîen cĭu tōa huang hŏ;

a sudden tempest in bright weather.

靜

Still, quiet, noiseless.
cĕⁿ-cĕⁿ;

very still.
tīam-cĕⁿ;

motionless and noiseless.
uaⁿ-cĕⁿ;

quietly.
àm-cĕⁿ;

secretly.
thîam-cĕⁿ;

undisturbed.
thîm-cĕⁿ;

sunk in oblivion.
cĕⁿ-sòi;

attentive.
sim tîeh cĕⁿ-sòi thóiⁿ khṳ̀, cìaⁿ ŭ tit;

you must pay close attention and then you will retain something of what you study.
mêⁿ cĕⁿ, keⁿ chim;

in the stillness of the midnight.
cĕⁿ sĭeⁿ;

quietly think.
cĕⁿ-cĕⁿ khṳ̀ cò̤;

noiselessly went and did it.
m̄ cĕⁿ;

unquiet.
khah cĕⁿ;

too lonely.
cĕⁿ chío-chío;

perfectly noiseless.
tīam huang, cĕⁿ nǹg;

still air.
cĕⁿ-cĕⁿ, bô̤ nâng cai;

quietly so as to let no one know.
i kâi ngán-sîn ío cĕⁿ;

the expression of his eye indicates a quiet mind.

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