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

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晶

• Crystal or quartz.

• cúi-ciaⁿ;

  crystal.

• chia cúi-ciaⁿ;

  to polish crystal on a lathe.

• pêh ciaⁿ;

  quartz crystal.

• o ciaⁿ;

  smoky quartz.

• tê ciaⁿ;

  cairngorm stone.

• lâm ciaⁿ;

  beryl.

• mô̤ⁿ ciaⁿ;

  moss-agales.

• mô̤ⁿ-ciaⁿ phīⁿ-hun hû;

  a snuff-bottle of agate.

• o ciaⁿ mâk-kìaⁿ;

  colored spectacles.

• cúi-ciaⁿ ìn;

  a crystal seal.

正

• The beginning of the year.

• ciaⁿ gûeh;

  the first month of the year.

• mêⁿ nî ciaⁿ gûeh;

  the first month of next year.

• sin ciaⁿ;

  the first of the new-year.

• pài ciaⁿ;

  make New Year’s calls.

• ciaⁿ gûeh thâu;

  the first part of the first month.

腈

• Lean; having no fat.

• ciaⁿ nêk;

  lean meat.

• nêk ciaⁿ-ciaⁿ;

  the meat is very lean.

• àiⁿ ciaⁿ a àiⁿ pêh?

  Do you want fat or lean?

• pùaⁿ ciaⁿ pêh;

  a streak of fat and a streak of lean.

• ciaⁿ kâi káⁿ cîah, pêh kâi m̄ káⁿ cîah;

  can eat the lean, but not the fat.

• ŭ nâng hàuⁿ cîah ciaⁿ, ŭ nâng hàuⁿ cîah pêh;

  some people like lean, and some like fat.

精

• An apparition; a wraith; a form taken by spirits.

• io-ciaⁿ;

  elves.

• ciaⁿ kùai;

  a queer being.

• kú nî cĭu sêng ciaⁿ;

  after many years becomes an elf.

• hô-lâi ciaⁿ;

  a sort of vampire that prolongs its own life by drawing away the life of people.

• hô-lâi ciaⁿ ŏi mîⁿ nâng;

  the vampire fairy bewitches people.

• khṳt hô-lâi ciaⁿ mîⁿ khṳ̀;

  led away by a vampire fairy.

• ku-ciaⁿ;

  a tortoise that has been made a wraith through age.

• io-ciaⁿ kúi-kùai;

  all sorts of elves and ghosts.

• sîa kâi kìe-cò̤ io-ciaⁿ, cìaⁿ kâi kie-cò̤ sîn-sien;

  the bad are called elves, and the good are called fairies.

淡

• Fresh, not salt.

• khah cíaⁿ, tîeh lô̤h kîam cē;

  it is too fresh, it must be made salter.

• cíaⁿ cúi;

  fresh water.

• cîah tîeh pêh-cíaⁿ, bô̤ bī;

  it tastes as if it had not been salted at all, and is insipid.

• khah cíaⁿ kōi ui, khah kîam o̤h ui;

  if too fresh it is easily remedied, if too salt it is hard to amend.

• pùaⁿ kîam cíaⁿ;

  neither too salt nor too fresh; salted just enough.

寨

• To repair; to put in order.

• cíaⁿ-lí;

  to put in order.

• siu cíaⁿ;

  to amend.

• hàm nâng lâi cíaⁿ-lí hó̤;

  call some one to put it in repair.

• côi-cíaⁿ;

  to adjust.

• côi-côi cíaⁿ-cíaⁿ; cíaⁿ-cíaⁿ côi-côi;

  all in due order.

• cíaⁿ tŭn;

  to set to rights.

• m̄ côi m̄ cíaⁿ;

  all out of order.

正

• Correct; straight; exact; upright; legal; the first, the principal.

• sì-cìaⁿ;

  squarely; not awry.

• kong cìaⁿ;

  rectitude.

• cìaⁿ tău;

  orthodox doctrines.

• cìaⁿ lō;

  the correct way.

• kuaⁿ cìaⁿ, mîn bô̤ sṳ̄;

  the magistrates are upright and the people have no broils.

• cìaⁿ-keng nâng;

  a moral man.

• m̄ cìaⁿ-keng;

  disregardful of law.

• cŏ̤ cìaⁿ-cìaⁿ;

  sit erect.

• cìaⁿ tong;

  exactly in the centre.

• cìaⁿ a m̄ cìaⁿ nē?

  Is it correctly placed or not?

• lîah cìaⁿ-cìaⁿ;

  hold it straight.

• cìaⁿ hâh sî;

  just in good time.

• úa cìaⁿ lâi;

  I just came.

• úa cìaⁿ m̄ mēⁿ lṳ́;

  I did not scold you.

• i cìeⁿ-seⁿ cìaⁿ hó̤;

  it is just right so.

• lṳ́ cìeⁿ-seⁿ cò̤ cìaⁿ tîeh;

  in so doing you did just right.

• cìaⁿ tn̂g;

  the main hall.

• cìaⁿ thiaⁿ;

  the middle room.

• cìaⁿ-ìn kuaⁿ;

  the officer who has the seal, and really holds the post.

• cìaⁿ lô̤h;

  the main building.

• lîah khṳ̀ cìaⁿ huap;

  seize him and execute the law upon him.

• cìaⁿ cŭang;

  principal and secondary.

• cìaⁿ jîn kun-cṳ́;

  honest people are modest.

• cìaⁿ kà;

  correct teachings.

• úa cìaⁿ àiⁿ cài mn̄g i to khṳ̀ mē;

  I just wished to inquire again whether he had gone.

• jī tîeh sía cìaⁿ-cìaⁿ;

  you must write the characters correctly.

• cìaⁿ-cìaⁿ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  it is exactly so.

• lĕng cìaⁿ tī-kò̤ húe?

  Where is your wife from?

• soiⁿ cìaⁿ;

  worthies of the olden time.

• kîaⁿ cìaⁿ mn̂g, bô̤ kîaⁿ phien mn̂g;

  uses the front, not the side door.

• cìaⁿ chi;

  the chief wife.

• lîp cò̤ cìaⁿ-keng;

  made her Queen.

成

• Perfect; complete; entire; to accomplish; to finish; to become.

• cò̤ sṳ̄ tîeh cò̤ kàu cîaⁿ;

  when you undertake a job you must complete it.

• cîaⁿ cĭu;

  brought to pass.

• chin íⁿ-keng cò̤ cîaⁿ lío;

  the nuptials have already taken place.

• hīn-hīn cîaⁿ-cîaⁿ;

  perfectly successful.

• hīn-cîaⁿ kâi sṳ̄ to m̄ cò̤;

  he never succeeds in anything.

• cîaⁿ mîaⁿ;

  to make a name for one’s self.

• cîaⁿ nâng hùe kâi ūe;

  that verifies what people said about it.

• ūe tàⁿ lâi m̄ cîaⁿ kù-tāu;

  there is no sense in what was said; the language spoken was in unfinished sentences.

• tâu i kâi hieⁿ-lí kâi cîaⁿ nâng;

  inform the people of standing in his village.

• m̄ cîaⁿ īeⁿ;

  imperfect; not stylish.

• cîaⁿ sĭm-mih īeⁿ?

  How perfect is it?

• seⁿ lâi cîaⁿ īeⁿ căi;

  it is very well formed.

• m̄ cîaⁿ khì;

  incapable.

• lâng-tău phìen lṳ́ m̄ cîaⁿ?

  Do I wish to cheat you?

• cò̤ cîaⁿ jît cò̤ būe hó̤;

  worked at it the whole day and have not yet; finished it.

• cîaⁿ cuang kio i bói;

  buy the whole lot from him.

• cîaⁿ phit;

  the whole piece.

• cîaⁿ chiⁿ;

  about a thousand.

• cîaⁿ câp kâi ngṳ̂n;

  about ten dollars.

• cîaⁿ ke cîaⁿ tàu;

  to have a home and family.

• hŵn-lío būe cîaⁿ ke;

  has not yet become the head of a family.

• cîaⁿ mō̤ⁿ cîaⁿ īeⁿ;

  formed according to the pattern; well formed and perfect.

戚

• chin-cîaⁿ;

  relatives, not of the same surname.

• chin-cîaⁿ, kio chin-nâng, tī-tîang chin?

  Which are most nearly related to us, our kith or our kin?

情

• Human feelings.

• nâng-cîaⁿ;

  humanity; kindliness; a disposition to oblige or help others.

• i kâi nâng-cîaⁿ hó̤ căi;

  he is very obliging.

• tho̤h i khṳ̀ khí i kâi nâng-cîaⁿ;

  commit to her the exciting of his compassion.

• sīa nâng-cîaⁿ;

  express gratitude for kindness.