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

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生

• Raw; unripe; crude; unpolished; unaccustomed.

• cheⁿ-kúaiⁿ;

  fresh fruits.

• cheⁿ nêk;

  raw meat.

• cheⁿ hṳ̂ⁿ;

  uncooked fish.

• cheⁿ mīn;

  the plain surface.

• nâng-mīn cheⁿ-so̤;

  an unfamiliar face.

• pùaⁿ cheⁿ sek;

  half cooked; half ripe.

• tâng cheⁿ cîah kàu sêk;

  eat from it all the time while it is being cooked.

• cheⁿ îeh;

  drugs not yet prepared for use.

• i ío cheⁿ chíu;

  he is a raw hand at it.

• cí īeⁿ sṳ̄ i ío cheⁿ;

  he is not very familiar with this business.

• khí-thâu-ĕ lâi, cheⁿ ĭaⁿ-ĭaⁿ;

  has just come, and everytlung is new and strange to him.

• cheⁿ cîah;

  eats it raw.

• cheⁿ mâk, thóiⁿ-m̄-chut;

  the eyes being unaccustomed to it, do not discern it.

• i mêⁿ-kùa múaⁿ-tī-kò̤ khṳ̀ chái cheⁿ;

  he goes about everywhere in the night picking fresh vegetables and fruits.

• ke ki cheⁿ-lâk kun lô̤h khṳ̀ cū cìen îaⁿ;

  if a fresh body of troops join them they will conquer in the fight.

• cheⁿ-hūn;

  bashful.

• cheⁿ-cheⁿ hūn-hūn;

  very diffident.

• khṳ̀ kàu cheⁿ thâu m̄ pat mīn;

  did not know each other when they met.

**瞎眼](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/瞎眼)cheⁿ-mêⁿ185

• Blind.

• cheⁿ-mêⁿ kíaⁿ;

  a blind fellow.

• cêk cîah mâk cheⁿ-mêⁿ;

  blind in one eye.

• i kâi mâk cheⁿ-mêⁿ khṳ̀;

  she has become blind.

• cheⁿ-mêⁿ lăi-cìang;

  blind, with no appearance of disease in the eye.

• kìe cheⁿ-mêⁿ sin-seⁿ lâi phok khùe;

  call a blind fortune-teller to cast a horoscope.

• khang cheⁿ-mêⁿ;

  lead a blind man.

• cêk kâi tok ciah mâk kâi khang cêk khûn cheⁿ-mêⁿ kâi;

  a one-eyed one, leading a flock of blind ones.

• cheⁿ-mêⁿ koi to̤h tîeh sí nío-chṳ́;

  a blind fowl pecked into a dead rat; he got it by good luck, not by ability.

星

• A star.

• cêk lîap cheⁿ;

  a star.

• ngŏ cheⁿ;

  the five planets.

• kim cheⁿ; Venus, húe cheⁿ;

  Mars.

• cúi cheⁿ;

  Mercury.

• bâk cheⁿ;

  Jupiter.

• thó cheⁿ;

  Saturn.

• cheⁿ hi-hi; the stars are far apart thiⁿ tèng kâi cheⁿ;

  the stars of heaven.

• thien-bûn-seng múi-mêⁿ lûn-lîu thóiⁿ cheⁿ;

  the royal astronomers take turns in watching the stars every night.

• cău-hùe ŭ kìu cheⁿ;

  there was timely deliverance.

• hô̤-khoi tói kâi cheⁿ īa ho̤h cōi;

  there are also many stars in the milky way.

• cheⁿ-sìu;

  the starry hosts.

• cí lîap cheⁿ ciu nî tŏ̤ kò̤, bô̤ kîaⁿ;

  this star stays all the year round and does not move.

• cheⁿ ŭ khí kîaⁿ méⁿ, ŭ khí kîaⁿ māng;

  some of the stars move faster than others.

• cheⁿ-tō;

  an astronomical atlas.

• cheⁿ-sîn kùe tō;

  a star moving from its place.

• jît gûeh cheⁿ kìe-cò̤ saⁿ sîn, īa kìe-cò̤ sam kuang;

  the sun moon and stars are called the heavenly bodies and are also called the three great lights.

• cheⁿ tùi lô̤h lâi;

  a star fell.

• cheⁿ mêⁿ khṳ̀ pò̤;

  went by starlight to inform him.

• cham siang nŏ̤ cheⁿ;

  two stars in opposition.

• cheⁿ cŭ-hŭe;

  stars in conjunction.

• bô̤ hîeⁿ àm, ŭ cheⁿ, khó̤-íⁿ hó̤ kîaⁿ lō;

  it is not very dark, the stars are out, and we can go by their light.

• cheⁿ kun;

  the star that rules the year.

• khue-cheⁿ-lâu;

  an observatory.

• sàu-soi-cheⁿ;

  a comet with a flaring train.

• chîang-cheⁿ;

  a comet with a long straight tail.

• lô̤h ngŏ cheⁿ;

  consult the stars.

• cheⁿ iap-iap-sih;

  stars twinkle.

• cheⁿ tōa lîap sòi lîap;

  stars are of different magnitudes.

• tī-tîang sìo tit thiⁿ cĭeⁿ kâi cheⁿ?

  Who can count the number of the stars?

靑

• The color of the earth sea and sky; the dark green of plants; wan; pale.

• ngŵu cheⁿ;

  deep green.

• koi-nn̆g cheⁿ;

  very pale green.

• cheⁿ phûe ah-nn̆g;

  green shelled duck’s eggs.

• hŏi cheⁿ;

  bright green.

• cheⁿ nêk o-tāu;

  black beans with green centres.

• cheⁿ-chun sìo nî;

  in one’s teens.

• tâh cheⁿ;

  juvenile.

• thien cheⁿ sek;

  azure.

• sam kang cheⁿ;

  bottle green.

• mīn-sek cheⁿ-n̂g;

  sallow visaged.

• seⁿ lâi kâi mīn cheⁿ-pêh cheⁿ-pêh;

  he is naturally of a sallow complexion.

• mīn tèng kâi cheⁿ-kṳn hīn-hīn;

  the veins in his face are very plainly seen.

• cŭang kàu o-cheⁿ;

  bumped it so that it is black and blue.

• tâng-cheⁿ;

  verdigris.

• cheⁿ-kim-cîeh;

  lapis-lazuli.

• tàng cheⁿ saⁿ;

  a dark green tunic.

• cheⁿ-hŵn;

  copperas.

• cheⁿ-mīn lîo-gê;

  demonlike ugliness.

• cheⁿ-kúai;

  green fruits.

• hîeh cheⁿ;

  the foliage is verdant.

• cheⁿ mīn;

  easily offended.

• lṳ́ kâi cheⁿ mīn căk;

  you are very easily offended.

• tàⁿ kàu mīn cheⁿ mīn lêk;

  kept on talking till he was green with wrath.

• cheⁿ thiⁿ pêh jît;

  in broad daylight.

• sie cheⁿ; pek cheⁿ;

  to bronze the surface of metals by heat.

腥

• Frouzy; rank.

• cheⁿ bī;

  frouzy.

• phiⁿ̄ tîeh chàu-cheⁿ căi;

  it smelled very rancid.

狂

• Wildy; madly; frantically; enthusiastically.

• i cò̤-nî cheⁿ jíang?

  Why is he screaming so wildly?

• huaⁿ-hí kàu cheⁿ thìo, cheⁿ mŏng;

  so delighted that he danced madly about.

• cheⁿ kìe, cheⁿ soi;

  shouted wildly and rushed forward pell-mell.

• cheⁿ bā;

  galloped madly on.

醒

• To awake, to arouse.

• chéⁿ khí lâi;

  to wake up.

• màiⁿ kiaⁿ chéⁿ i;

  do not waken him by startling him.

• màiⁿ lŏng i chéⁿ;

  do not waken him by giving him a jog.

• hó̤ kìe i chéⁿ khí lâi;

  tell him to wake up.

• jw̆n khai-tău, i kài sim m̄ chéⁿ;

  whatever reasons you bring before him, he is not aroused by them.

• ût kàu cùi, hàm thàng kùaⁿ i hŵn-lío bŏi chéⁿ;

  he is sound asleep, and though you call for half a day he will not wake up.

• māng kàu hṳ́-kò̤, cĭu kiaⁿ chéⁿ khí lâi;

  having dreamed thus far, I woke up in affright.

• kàu keh jît kâi cíu cìaⁿ chéⁿ;

  after sleeping off his intoxication he will awaken.

• cía sĭ chéⁿ sì kâi ūe;

  this is startling language.

• úa hṳ́ hûe hŵn-lío chéⁿ tŏ̤ kò̤;

  I was then still awake.

• ût m̄ kàu, kàu ùaⁿ-ùaⁿ cìaⁿ chéⁿ;

  I did not sleep enough, and woke up very late.

• thiaⁿ úa cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ i kâi sim cìaⁿ céⁿ-ngŏ̤;

  when he heard me say this he became aroused.

• ût būe chéⁿ;

  has not yet wakened.

• i chéⁿ a būe?

  Is he awake yet?

• hàm i m̄ hàuⁿ chéⁿ;

  he will not wake up when he is called.

• cak chéⁿ i;

  woke him up by making a noise.

• i lêng căi, tī-kò̤ nîoh-cē-sih, khin-khin, i cĭu chéⁿ;

  he is a very light sleeper, and the least little movement wakens him.

• léng i chéⁿ;

  waken him by shaking him.

• tiaⁿ tîeh cĭu chéⁿ;

  if you touch him he wakes.

• ût kàu m̄ cai chéⁿ;

  overslept.

• i mêng-mêng chéⁿ lío, tèⁿ cò̤ ût;

  he is wide awake and is pretending to be asleep.

• thiⁿ būe kng cĭu ché;

  woke before daylight.

• cá cē ût, cìaⁿ cai chéⁿ;

  go to bed early then you will wake early.

鐃

• A timbrel.

• phah chĕⁿ;

  to sound a timbrel.

• chĕⁿ-chĕⁿ-kìe;

  the clang of a timbrel.