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

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椿

• A long-lived tree, hence a symbol of a father.

• chun suang pĕng mŏng;

  both parents are in good health.

• hiang chun;

  the Cedrela odorata*.

• chun-u phûe;

  the bark of the Ailantus glandulosa*.

膥

• Imperfectly developed eggs.

• hṳ̂-chun;

  fish roe.

• hṳ̂ cē sẁn chun ău cū sáng;

  fish are thin after depositing the roe.

春

• The spring of the year.

• sin chun;

  the new year.

• ngêng chun;

  welcome the spring.

• chun hun;

  the vernal equinox.

• lîp chun; jîp chun;

  the beginning of spring.

• chun thiⁿ-sî;

  in the spring.

• cheⁿ chun sìo nî;

  in the spring time of life.

• chun gû;

  a clay ox borne out by officials in the ceremony of meeting the spring.

• chun chiu jîeh cōi?

  How many years old are you?

• pêh jît mok ôiⁿ kùe, cheⁿ chun put cài lâi;

  waste not the daylight, for youth does not return.

• chun sim;

  lewd thoughts.

伸

• To stretch forth; to straighten; to dilate.

• chíu chun chut lâi;

  stretch forth your arm.

• lṳ́ kâi cîh chun chut lâi úa thóiⁿ;

  put out your tongue and let me look at it.

• chun kàu tn̂g-tn̂g chut lâi;

  stretched out at full length.

• hṳ́ koiⁿ chù nŏ̤ pôiⁿ chun-chíu;

  that house has two wings.

• kha chun tît;

  straighten your legs.

• ăm chun tn̂g-tn̂g tó̤ thóiⁿ;

  gazing with neck outstretched.

• chun ie;

  straighten the back.

• ŏi chun ŏi kiu;

  is elastic; will stretch and shrink.

• chun-lûn huah-hì;

  stretch and yawn.

• bô̤ hìeⁿ ŏi chun;

  it does not stretch much.

• chun khí lâi;

  stretch up.

舛

• Incompatible.

• chún-chò̤;

  erroneous.

• chŵn bŏi chún-chò̤;

  there is no error in it.

忖

• To surmise.

• sṳ-chún;

  to ponder.

• lṳ́ hó̤ khṳ̀ sṳ-chún;

  you go and cogitate upon it.

蠢

• Stupid.

• ngô̤ chún;

  blundering; doltish.

寸

• The Chinese inch.

• câp chùn ûi cêk chieh;

  ten inches make a foot.

• chùn chieh;

  dimensions.

• saⁿ chùn khuah cêk chieh tn̂g;

  three inches wide and ten long.

• tn̂g ke ŭ nŏ̤ chùn kèng hó̤;

  it would be better if it were two inches longer.

• chǹg nŏ̤ saⁿ chùn chim jîp khṳ̀;

  punched it in two or three inches deep.

• chùn-tú;

  a small folded paper slate.

**寒顫](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/寒顫)chùn-lūn163

• Chilled; tremors.

• kûaⁿ kàu phah-chùn-lūn;

  so cold that she shivered.

存

• To retain; to preserve; remaining.

• chûn ŭ jîeh cōi?

  How much is there left?

• cîah chûn kâi;

  what is left after eating.

• ēng chûn kâi;

  what remains.

• chûn kâi lâu-pàng mùa-khí;

  keep what is left until to-morrow.

• chûn lâng-su;

  have a little left.

• bô̤ chûn;

  there is no residue.

• chûn bô̤;

  there is nothing left.

• ēng bô̤ chûn;

  it is all used up.

• chûn bô̤ cîⁿ;

  has no money left.

• thàng m̄ chûn;

  saved nothing from his earnings.

• pó̤-chûn mûeh-ngîap;

  saved his property.

• i kâi chûn sim hó̤;

  his feelings are correct.

• m̄ cai i chûn bûang;

  do not know whether they are alive or dead.

• chûn kâi líen-mīn khṳt i;

  preserved his reputation for him.

• chûn ke chûn kíam m̄ sie-tâng;

  the amount left varies.

• chûn kâi mîaⁿ tŏ̤ sì-cīeⁿ;

  preserved a name in the world.

• chûn tîo seⁿ mīaⁿ;

  preserved his life.

• chûn chêng khṳt i;

  continued the kindness shown to him.