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

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揸

• To clutch; to grasp; to hold fast.

• cuaⁿ kín i kâi sim-kuaⁿ-thâu;

  held him fast, clutching his chest.

• chíu cuaⁿ i kâi piⁿ;

  grasped his queue.

• bô̤ cuaⁿ ná;

  there is nothing to hold on by.

• cí-kò̤ bô̤ cuaⁿ, li chūe hṳ́-kò̤ lâi cuaⁿ;

  if you cannot get a hold in one place, seek another.

• cìeⁿ-seⁿ bô̤ cuaⁿ bô̤ ná, kang-khó căi;

  it is very hard since there is nothing to get hold on.

• hṳ́-kò̤ ŭ thang hó̤ cuaⁿ cîah;

  a living may be gotten there.

• pat cuaⁿ kùe ìn-pé mē?

  Has he taken over the official authority yet?

• cuaⁿ cò̤ cêk pé;

  take up in one handfull.

• cuaⁿ chiam;

  take a rod from among the divining rods.

• cuaⁿ tîeh;

  grabbed it.

• cuaⁿ m̄ tîeh;

  could not clutch it.

• cuaⁿ tîeh cêk ki hó̤ chiam;

  drew a lucky number.

• lṳ́ cuaⁿ tîeh tī-kò̤ kâi chiam?

  To what place does the lot which you drew assign you?

• cêk nâng cuaⁿ tîeh kńg-tang, cêk nâng cuaⁿ tîeh hok-kìen;

  one drew the lot which assigned him to Canton and the other the lot for Foochow.

盞

• A shallow cup.

• teng cúaⁿ;

  the oil cup of a lamp.

• mâk-ciu tōa kùe siah cúaⁿ;

  eyes bigger than saucers.

• tâng teng-cúaⁿ, po̤-lî cúaⁿ;

  brass or glass oil-cups.

些

• These; several in a body; a sign of the plural.

• cí cùaⁿ nâng;

  all these persons.

• cí cùaⁿ kâi sṳ̄ sĭ síe-khó̤ kâi sṳ̄;

  all these are very trifling affairs.

• cí cùaⁿ kâi mûeh li pun lṳ́, hṳ́ hùaⁿ kâi mûeh li àiⁿ pun i;

  these things are given to you and those are to be given to him.

泉

• A fountain; a spring.

• céⁿ cûaⁿ;

  a well spring.

• cúi cûaⁿ;

  a spring of water.

• cûaⁿ-cúiⁿ hó̤;

  spring water is best.

• cang cúi-cûaⁿ kek cò̤ hue-bâk;

  make a fountain take the form of a shrub.

賤

• Low; base; ignoble.

• hĭa-cūaⁿ;

  of mean birth.

• ka-kī cṳ̆ cò̤ cūaⁿ;

  debase one’s self.

• cūaⁿ-kut-thâu;

  a low fellow.

• khin-cūaⁿ;

  to depreciate.

• phîn cūaⁿ;

  poor and mean.