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

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毡

• Felt; rough and nappy fabrics.

• ciⁿ bō̤;

  a felt hat.

• ciⁿ tîo;

  a rug.

• ciⁿ tói;

  felt soles.

• ciⁿ-tháng;

  drugget.

• thó ciⁿ;

  shoddy; felt made from cotton.

• îu ciⁿ;

  oiled felt.

• mô̤ⁿ ciⁿ;

  plush.

• sai ciⁿ;

  foreign carpeting.

• jû cŏ̤ cam ciⁿ;

  like sitting on needles.

• pho ciⁿ kak chái;

  carpeted and curtained.

• îeⁿ ciⁿ;

  foreign blanketing.

肢

• The limbs.

• sì ciⁿ;

  the four limbs.

• ciⁿ-thói;

  the body.

支

• A branch or tribe; to advance money.

• tī-ciⁿ;

  the twelve branches.

• ciⁿ ēng;

  to pay out.

• ciⁿ kang-ngṳ̂n;

  to give out the wages.

• ciⁿ-phài;

  a tribe or clan.

• ciⁿ cîⁿ lâi ēng;

  advances the money to be spent.

• hûeⁿ ciⁿ;

  a collateral branch of the same family.

• ciⁿ cieh;

  to advance the outlay.

• ciⁿ sio;

  disbursements.

• lăm ciⁿ;

  wastefully expend.

• ciⁿ lî, irrelevant;

  evasive.

• ciⁿ cṳ́;

  a child of.

• ciⁿ-thî;

  to make a protégé of.

• tâng sòi ciⁿ-thî kàu tōa;

  brought him up from infancy.

• sĭ i tó̤ ciⁿ-thî;

  it is she who pays his expenses.

• bô̤ nâng ciⁿ-thî;

  no one looks after him.

賫

• To take in both hands and offer respectfully; to send, as a dispatch; to give, as a present.

• ciⁿ-sàng bṳ̂n-cṳ khṳ̀ tău-thâi kò̤ tâu;

  handed in a dispatch to be delivered to the Intendant of Circuit.

尖

• Wedge-like; tapering.

• kha-ciⁿ;

  the toe.

• i ēng kha-ciⁿ khṳ̀ nek i;

  he gave it a shove with his toe.

• khṳt i kâi kha-ciⁿ thak khṳ̀ kàu cū sí khṳ̀;

  on being kicked by him, it died.

脂

• Unctuous.

• ciⁿ-ko̤;

  unctuous matter.

• peh-sèⁿ hùe kâi ciⁿ-ko̤;

  the fat of the people, (their money).

• mîn ko̤ mîn ciⁿ;

  the fat of the land.

• cîeh ciⁿ;

  unctuous earths, used in ointments.

稚

• Immature; young.

• cíⁿ cṳ́;

  a young child.

• ìuⁿ-cíⁿ;

  young and small.

• hŵn-lío ío cíⁿ;

  is still rather immature.

• cíⁿ-kó̤, cíⁿ-kó̤;

  juvenile.

• ap-ap-cíⁿ;

  fresh and fair.

• thóiⁿ tîeh hŵn-lío ap-ap-cíⁿ;

  I see that you still look blooming.

• mûeh khah cíⁿ;

  things that are unripe.

• cíⁿ-lùn;

  plump.

• cíⁿ-cíⁿ nē;

  very youthful.

• cíⁿ hîeh;

  young and tender leaves.

• cíⁿ-cṳ́ kâi sim;

  youthful in heart.

箭

• An arrow; an archer.

• sīa cìⁿ;

  to shoot arrows.

• keng cìⁿ;

  bows and arrows.

• keng-cìⁿ kẃn sĭ tó̤ kà keng-cìⁿ kâi tī-hng;

  a shooting gallery is a place where archery is taught.

• lṳ́ sĭ cîah pâi-to̤, a sĭ cîah keng-cìⁿ?

  Do you get your living as a swordsman or as a bowman?

• húe cìⁿ;

  a rocket.

• tieⁿ năuⁿ-cìⁿ sīa hóⁿ;

  sent an arrow from his crossbow and hit the tiger.

• cìⁿ sīa tîeh a sīa m̄ tîeh?

  Did the arrow hit the mark or did it not?

• chíu cìⁿ;

  an arrow shot from the hand, without a bow.

• pàng né cìⁿ;

  shoot at a venture.

• híang cìⁿ;

  a whizzing arrow.

• bé cìⁿ;

  mounted bowmen.

• pō cìⁿ;

  unmounted bowmen.

• hó̤ cìⁿ;

  a good shot.

• siang lî put kùe cêk cìⁿ cṳ tī;

  not more than a bowsbot apart.

• kuang-im sṳ̆ cìⁿ;

  time flies like an arrow.

• àm cìⁿ;

  a secret arrow.

• cìⁿ tah cĭeⁿ keng hîⁿ;

  the arrow is laid upon the bowstring ready to be shot.

• tît kùe cìⁿ, ngĕ kùe thih;

  straighter than an arrow, and harder than iron.

• chah hĭⁿ cìⁿ;

  pierce the ear with an arrow as a punishment.

• lĕng cìⁿ;

  a random shot.

• cìⁿ kuaⁿ, cìⁿ nêk, cìⁿ mô̤ⁿ;

  the shaft, the point, and the feather of an arrow.

• i kâi cìⁿ-nêk cṳ́ tâk îeh kâi, sīa tîeh hueh lāu cíu sí;

  if a poisoned arrow draws blood death follows.

擠

• To crowd; to jostle; to press closely upon.

• ìong cìⁿ;

  push and crowd.

• oi-oi cìⁿ-cìⁿ;

  to jostle and push.

• cìⁿ m̄ tin-tăng;

  cannot make it budge.

• sie cìⁿ sie kôih;

  to crowd each other.

• cìⁿ tŏ̤ i sin-piⁿ;

  pressed close to his person.

• màiⁿ cìⁿ khah bûa;

  do not crowd up too close.

• thèng cìⁿ;

  crowd carelessly.

• cheⁿ cìⁿ jîp khṳ̀;

  crowded forcibly in.

• cìⁿ bŏi tit jîp;

  cannot crowd in.

• cìⁿ bŏi tit chut lâi;

  cannot press my way out.

• i khṳt nâng cìⁿ sí khṳ̀ lūa;

  he was killed by pressure in the crowd.

• jw̆n cìⁿ, cìⁿ m̄ khui;

  however much you crowd you cannot crowd through.

• cìⁿ kàu cêk sin kūaⁿ;

  crowded till the perspiration started out all over him.

• saⁿ khṳt nâng cìⁿ lîh khṳ̀;

  his jacket was torn in the crowd.

胬

• Healthy granulations on a sore.

• hṳ́ chng-kháu piⁿ thó kò̤ nêk-cìⁿ chut lâi;

  new flesh has formed at the edge of the sore.

荸薺

• cîⁿ-chang;

  an edible tuber, the water chestnut, called also the “horse’s hoof.”

錢

• The tenth part of a tael; copper money; cash, the only coin which the Chinese now make.

• cîⁿ-ngṳ̂n;

  money.

• tâng cîⁿ;

  copper coins.

• i ŭ cîⁿ;

  he is a monied man.

• cíeⁿ cîⁿ nôⁿ;

  a miser.

• táu cîⁿ;

  to exchange coins.

• câp hāi cîⁿ; chṳ̀ cîⁿ;

  the current rate of exchange, ten per cent of poor cash.

• tōa cîⁿ;

  good cash.

• cîⁿ kíaⁿ;

  worn cash.

• àu cîⁿ;

  bad cash.

• âng cîⁿ;

  copper cash.

• cúa cîⁿ;

  paper cash.

• cîⁿ cúa;

  paper spirit money.

• cîⁿ nîe;

  revenue in cash.

• thiap cîⁿ cúi;

  make allowance for surplus weight in the coin.

• ŭ cîⁿ sái tit kúi oi bō̤ ;

  who has money may employ devils to turn his mill.

• tâk jîeh cōi cîⁿ?

  What is its value in money?

• cîⁿ khó̤ thong sîn;

  money will move the gods.

• kúi cîⁿ tăng?

  How many mace does it weigh?

• cêk cîⁿ jîeh cōi cîⁿ?

  How many cash are there in one mace?

• cîⁿ-cè sòi-kù;

  the debt is but a trifling one.

• khìam cîⁿ;

  to owe money.

• hâiⁿ cîⁿ;

  to pay money.

• thó̤ cîⁿ;

  to dun for money.

• siu cîⁿ;

  to collect money.

• lāi cîⁿ;

  interest on money loaned.

• bó̤ cîⁿ;

  capital.

• thàng cîⁿ;

  earns money.

• thàng tōa cîⁿ kâi nâng;

  one well worth his wages.

• m̄ sieh síe cîⁿ;

  not sparing of money.

• i kâi cîⁿ-chêng jūn căi;

  it is very difficult to get any money from him.

• cîah nâng kâi cîⁿ cōi căi;

  made away with a great amount of money belonging to other people.

• seⁿ cîⁿ pàng sìo;

  to shave notes.

• cîah kong cîⁿ;

  use up the public funds.

• khieh cò̤ kong cîⁿ;

  put it into the common purse.

• chûn ŭ jîeh cōi cîⁿ?

  How much money is there remaining?

• tôi cîⁿ;

  contributes money.

• cù cîⁿ;

  coins money.

• sai cù m̄-hó̤ cîⁿ;

  makes counterfeit money.

• kó cîⁿ;

  ancient coins.

• kim cîⁿ;

  modern coins.

• lô̤h cîⁿ;

  put down a sum of money.

• phài cîⁿ;

  pay money according to assessment.

• pûah cîⁿ; tó cîⁿ;

  to gamble.

• îaⁿ cîⁿ;

  win money.

• su cîⁿ;

  to lose money.

• pńg cîⁿ;

  one’s own money.

• cîⁿ phìe; cîⁿ chà;

  paper money or bank notes.

• cîⁿ cng;

  a bank.

• cîⁿ phò;

  a broker’s office.

• cîⁿ chīu khui hue;

  his geese lay golden eggs.

• khǹg ŭ sai-khia cîⁿ;

  he has private funds.

• cîⁿ-kǹg-so̤h;

  a cash-string.

• cîⁿ-kǹg-so̤h mīn;

  looks greedily toward money.

• tham-cîⁿ;

  covetous.

• ngìen-cîⁿ;

  parsimonious.

• hàuⁿ cîⁿ;

  avaricious.

• àiⁿ cîⁿ;

  eager for gain.

• lŭ cîⁿ;

  a bribe.

• lói cîⁿ;

  fees.

• sai ēng cîⁿ;

  secret spendings.

• ūaⁿ cò̤ cîⁿ;

  exchange it for cash.