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

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催

• To urge; to importune; to dun.

• chui i méⁿ cē; chūe i kín cē;

  hurry him up.

• chui i cò̤ méⁿ cē; urge him to hasten the work, chui thó̤ sìo-bâk;

  importunately demanded the amount of the bill.

• chui nâng-kheh;

  importune a guest to stay.

• chui chok;

  to expedite.

• lṳ́ màiⁿ chui-pek khah kín;

  do not drive him too hard.

• chui kàu úa mih sṳ bô̤ cò̤;

  pressesme so that I can do nothing.

• chui nîe;

  dun for taxes.

• chui che;

  hasten the messenger.

• khṳt i chui lío kha tòng chíu sih;

  was hurried by him so that I could not work.

摧

• To pull at steadily and forcibly; to strain.

• ēng lâk cē chui cū tn̆g;

  exert your strength in pulling upon it, and it will break.

• cí tîo sùaⁿ khṳt i chui tn̆g khṳ̀;

  this cord was broken by his pulling upon it.

• so̤h siu-sin cò̤-nî ŏi chui tn̆g khṳ̀?

  How could a perfectly new rope break under a strain like that?

• thih-līen pun huang-éng chui tn̆g cò̤ ku-ā kò̤;

  the iron chain has been broken into several pieces by the strain of the storm.

推

• To infer; to secede from; to give place to.

• chui chut i kâi ì-sṳ̀;

  to infer his meaning.

• chui-úi;

  to excuse one’s self.

• chui-sî;

  to decline, as an appointment.

• i chui-chui úi-úi m̄ khéng lâi;

  he makes all sorts of excuses to get rid of coming.

• chui-cun i sĭang ŏi;

  give place to him as the most able.

• chui-cun i tōa;

  give place to him as your superior.

• chui-khui;

  to evade.

• chui sǹg;

  to calculate.

毳

• Fine; delicate; minute.

• i kâi hue khui chut lâi chúi-chúi;

  its flowers are very delicate.

• sin tèng phû cêk lîap cêk lîap chúi-chúi sĭ sĭm mûeh?

  Little blotches have come up all over him, what is the matter with him?

• i kâi mô̤ⁿ nĕ chúi-chúi;

  its fur is downy.

• hîeh sòi-sòi chúi-chúi;

  the leaves are very small and delicate.

• cêk tíam cêk tíam chúi-chúi;

  dotted with very small dots.

• cêk tîo cêk tîo chúi-chúi;

  lined with very fine lines.

• cêk kâi cêk kâi chúi chúi;

  in minute particles.

• ah-kíaⁿ kâi mô̤ⁿ chúi-chúi;

  a duckling’s feathers are very fine.

揣

• To measure; to estimate.

• chúi-tâk i kâi ì-sṳ̀;

  get at his meaning.

• chúi-chek m̄ pat tò̤ khṳ̀;

  do not know how to estimate it.

• úa cē chúi-chek cĭu cai;

  when I have made a calculation I shall know.

• chúi-bûa kâi kang-hu;

  painstaking labor.

翠

• Turquoise blue.

• hui-chùi gêk;

  blue jade.

• cheⁿ-chùi cheⁿ-chùi;

  bright green.

嘴

• The mouth, nozzle, snout or beak.

• cío chùi;

  a bird’s bill.

• tṳ chùi-tûn;

  a pig’s snout.

• cíu pâng chùi;

  the spout of a wine pitcher.

• nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ chùi;

  a tiger’s mouth.

• hun tàng chùi;

  the mouth-piece of a pipe.

• gê chùi, gêk chùi, kak chùi, kut chùi;

  ivory, jade, horn and bone mouth-pieces.

• cim-chùi;

  to kiss.

• cang chùi khù cim i;

  kissed him.

• chùi siap;

  no appetite; a bad taste in the mouth.

• chùi kût;

  a good appetite; the mouth healthfully clean.

• chùi kang-ta;

  the mouth parched.

• chùi khó;

  a bitter taste in the mouth.

• chúa chùi;

  the mouth drawn to one side.

• khih chùi;

  hair-lip.

• lṳ́ màiⁿ ô̤h chùi ô̤h cîh;

  do not mimic him.

• i ciap-chùi khí lâi tàⁿ;

  he took up the story and went on.

• sĭ i tó̤ pang chùi;

  he is taking his part in the dispute.

• bōi chùi hue;

  speaking eloquent nonsense.

• i kâi chùi ŏi căi;

  he is an able speaker.

• tùe i kâi chùi búe tàⁿ;

  repeat it after him.

• lṳ́ kâi chùi cîh màiⁿ khah kín;

  do not be in too great haste to begin to eat.

• lṳ́ màiⁿ cōi chùi;

  do not chatter so much.

• i chŵn m̄ ìn chùi, tīam-tīam thiaⁿ;

  he listened, and did not answer at all.

• chùi chàu;

  an offensive breath.

• i kâi chùi sĭang tōa pêh-ciaⁿ;

  he is a great liar.

• i kâi chùi hàuⁿ tàⁿ ūe căi;

  she is very loquacious.

• i cêk ki chùi à ku-ā nâng;

  he can out argue half a dozen people.

• tàⁿ lío chùi sng;

  talked till his tongue ached.

• ô̤h cêk chùi hó̤ kuaⁿ ūe;

  speak a little in a foreign tongue.

• cêk chùi thŵn cêk cîh;

  every one says the same thing.

• chùi khah khìo;

  his lips are curved outward too much.

• chùi-tûn khah tìo;

  his upper lip is too short.

• chùi seⁿ-lâu khah khuah;

  has too large a mouth.

• chàu chùi pín;

  boastful.

• lṳ́ kâi chùi ôi hue-nio a bŏi?

  Do you tell the exact truth, or not?

• i kâi chùi tàⁿ ūe bô̤ kù sît;

  he does not speak one word of truth.

• màiⁿ thèng chap chùi;

  do not rashly interrupt.

• chìe chùi;

  smiling.

• kiⁿ tîeh nâng phīⁿ chìe, chùi chìe;

  he laughs all over his face as soon as he sees any one.

• i kâi chùi cē tàⁿ cĭu tàⁿ m̄ hàuⁿ hiah;

  when he once begins to talk he talks as if he were never going to stop.

• i só̤ tàⁿ kâi ūe cn̂g kâi m̄ sĭ chùi cîh;

  there is no truth in anything he says.

• lṳ́ sĭ àiⁿ khṳ̀ nĭoⁿ-hóⁿ chùi tèng khṳt nêk;

  you are going to a tiger’s mouth to beg for meat.

• phah chùi póiⁿ;

  to beat on the mouth, a mode of punishment.

• lṳ́ cía ūe a sĭ kìⁿ kuaⁿ tàⁿ chùi póiⁿ cĭu tîeh phah kàu céng;

  if you should say this to a magistrate, your mouth would be beaten till it was swollen.

• sĭ i khṳ̀ kap pò-tō̤-chùi;

  it is he who is to close the mouth of the bag; he is to finish the business.

• chùi-kháu mûeh-cîah;

  victuals.

• chùi-kháu ūe;

  common speech.

• hāng chùi-kháu;

  the end of a lane.

• sang khoi chùi;

  the place where two rivers debouch.

• cêk chùi cĭu thun ô̤h khṳ̀;

  swallowed it all at one mouthful.

• cêk tōa chùi;

  a big mouthful.

• kă cêk chùi;

  bite off a mouthful.

• i cĭu sĭ cò̤ kim-kng úa īa àiⁿ kă i saⁿ chùi nêk;

  if he were a warder of the temple gate even, I would bite out three mouthfuls of his flesh.

• chùi thóiⁿ kìⁿ, mâk thóiⁿ kìⁿ;

  I see him plainly.

• tîam chùi nîe;

  a seductive woman.

• chùi tîam căi;

  honeyed speech.

• chiah chùi chiah cîh;

  it puckers up one’s mouth.

• chùi tu-tu;

  with her mouth puckered up.

• chùi-lîm-phûe;

  the lips.

碎

• Fragments; small remnants.

• khà chùi;

  to knock in pieces.

• pò chùi;

  rags.

• úaⁿ chùi;

  broken dishes.

• phah chùi;

  to shiver by a blow.

• chùi kùe îam;

  finer than salt.

• ngṳ̂n chùi;

  broken money.

• chùi ngṳ̂n;

  small lumps of silver.

• cúa chùi;

  fragments of paper.

• lâng-chùi mûeh-kĭaⁿ;

  odds and ends.

• chàm-chùi kâi;

  mixed miscellaneous articles.

• chàm-chùi kang.hu;

  odd jobs.

• chàm-chùi bōi;

  sells at retail.

• cheng cía chùi-mûeh bói kúi choiⁿ cîⁿ?

  How much did you pay for this lot of miscellaneous articles?

• chàm-chùi cîⁿ khieh ka-n̂ng;

  all the odds and ends of money collected together.

• chùi-kímu;

  a trinket.

• phùa chùi;

  break in pieces.

• chùi-kĭaⁿ;

  dribblets.

• îeh chùi;

  remnants of medicines.

• chùi-chùi kâi;

  what is is very small fragments.

• côih chùi-chùi;

  slice it up fine.

• thì kàu chùi-chùi; lì kàu chùi-chùi;

  tear it in tatters.

• chùi thiah;

  parceled out.

• bw̄n to̤ chùi kuah;

  cut in ten thousand pieces.

• tàu-kho chùi;

  broken beancake.

• bí chùi;

  broken rice.

• bí chùi kûeh;

  cracked rice.

• cîeh chùi;

  chips of stone.

• saⁿ-khò chēng kàu chap-chap-chùi;

  has worn her clothes into tatters.