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

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蕉

• The plantain; bananas.

• keng-cie; gê-cie;

  bananas.

• bah-cie;

  sour plantains.

• cêk siu keng-cie;

  a bunch of plantains.

椒

• Pepper.

• hô-cie;

  black pepper.

• chwn cie;

  small grained pepper.

• lâh cie;

  red peppers.

• khṳ̀ bói kúi kâi cîⁿ hue-cie lâi lô̤h;

  buy a few cash worth of Chili peppers and put them in.

• hô-cie bûah;

  pulverized pepper.

• ngói hô-cie;

  to pound pepper in a mortar.

• suah hô-cie;

  season with pepper.

• hô-cie màiⁿ suah khah kău;

  do not sprinkle on too much pepper.

招

• To advertise; to induce; to entangle.

• cie uaⁿ;

  to proclaim an amnesty.

• chut jī cie chong;

  issue a call for workmen.

• cie nâng lâi chong-tng cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;

  advertise for people to come and serve in this capacity.

• chut cie-thiap;

  issue an advertisement.

• cie tŏiⁿ nía keⁿ;

  call for tenants to till the land.

• cie-pâi;

  a sign-board.

• bô̤ khṳt nâng tah cía cie-thiap;

  does not allow people to stick bills here.

• cie nâng jîp chù;

  induce people to enter.

• cie chin;

  engage a son-in-law.

• cie kíaⁿ-sài;

  bring a son-in-law into one’s own family.

• cie ang;

  take a husband.

• cie piaⁿ, bói bé;

  to raise troops.

• cie-ín i lâi;

  induce him to come as a convert or attaché.

• kim jī cie-pâi;

  a sign-board with gilt letters.

• cie bói cie bŏi;

  to advertise in business.

少

• Few; inadequate; not much.

• m̄ hó̤ cíe;

  it will not do to have less.

• tó̤ cîe;

  a very limited supply.

• m̄ cai ke a cíe;

  do not know whether there are more or less.

• bŏi cíe;

  there are no less.

• m̄ cíe; put cíe;

  not a little.

• cíeⁿ cē;

  diminish it a little.

• cíe cîⁿ;

  diminish the price.

• khah cíe;

  too little.

• sǹg cíe cē;

  lessen the sum total somewhat.

• bŏi khah ke, bŏi khah cíe;

  neither too many nor too few.

• khéng cíe kàu tī-kò̤?

  How much is he willing to abate?

• hó̤ kâi sĭm cíe;

  the good are very few.

• cíe thóiⁿ-kìⁿ;

  seldom seen.

• cíe thiaⁿ-kìⁿ;

  seldom heard.

• tàⁿ cíe, kîeⁿ kùe tàⁿ ke;

  it is better to say less than to say more.

• ŭ cōi cíe;

  has more or less of it.

• put kùe cōi cíe tīaⁿ;

  not exceeding a small amount at the most.

• nĕ cíe-cíe;

  very few indeed.

• i ío cíe;

  he has less.

• úa cíe lṳ́ cêk hùe;

  I am a year younger than you.

• cí kò̤ cíe chut cí kâi mûeh;

  there is but little of this to be found here.

• cúi khah cíe;

  there is too little water.

• cîah cíe;

  eat but little.

• nín kâi nâng-mûeh ío cíe;

  there are fewer of you.

• m̄ hàuⁿ khṳt i cíe;

  would not let him have it for less.

• sĭang cíe;

  the least.

醮

• A requium; a sacrifice.

• phah cìe;

  to celebrate the All-souls festival.

• kĭen cìe;

  institute a sacrificial festival.

• phah phêng-ang cìe;

  celebrate a festival thanking the gods for deliverance.

• phah húe cìe;

  celebrate the autumnal festival of the god of fire.

• tah kâi cìe pêⁿ;

  set up a platform for sacrificial offerings.

詔

• A decree; an announcement from the throne.

• cih cìe;

  receive the Imperial announcement.

• thâk cìe;

  read the decree.

• phang cìe;

  issue a decree.

照

• To shine upon; to enlighten; to accord with.

• khîeh kìaⁿ lâi cìe;

  bring a mirror to see it in.

• cìe sin kìaⁿ;

  a pier-glass.

• khîeh húe lâi cìe;

  take a light to see by.

• cêk koiⁿ cìe kàu kng-kng;

  it shines all around.

• cìeⁿ pôiⁿ cìe kàu hìeⁿ pôiⁿ;

  shone from this side to the other side.

• úa àiⁿ cìe cí kâi īeⁿ;

  I will follow this pattern.

• cìe īeⁿ cò̤;

  make it like the pattern.

• cìe lṳ́ tàⁿ, sĭ cò̤-nî?

  According to your account of it, what is the state of affairs?

• màiⁿ à, nán cìe sǹg;

  do not dispute about it, we will follow the reckoning.

• cìe-kū;

  as of old.

• cìe sin kâi huap-tō kîaⁿ;

  done in accordance with the new regulations.

• jît cìe tîeh;

  the sun shines on it.

• cìe-kìⁿ hṳ́-kò̤ kâi nâng;

  shines upon the people there.

• jît cìe jîp pâng lăi;

  the sun shines into the room.

• bô̤ mûiⁿ put cìe;

  it shines everywhere; all are enlightened.

• cìe kàu cìeⁿ pôiⁿ tang-tang-kng;

  shines upon this side so as to make it all very light.

• gûeh cìe jîp lâi kng-kng, so̤h cò̤ thiⁿ-kng;

  the moon shone in so brightly that I supposed it was daylight.

• lîp ieh chûn cìe;

  when you make a contract preserve the evidences.

• húe cìe kàu kng-kng, the artificial light shines upon it so that it is very bright.

• lṳ́ úa sim cìe;

  you and I understand each other.

• cìe-hŭe;

  to inform officially.

• hẃn cìe;

  vis-a-vis.

• cìe tò̤ tńg;

  to reflect.

• tò̤ cìe kùe lâi;

  reflected back.

• cip-cìe;

  a license, or permit.