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

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潑

• To throw water away from one; to splash.

• i khṳt i cuah kàu cêk sin cúi;

  he was drenched by the water which she threw.

• cúi mó̤ cuah tîeh nâng;

  in throwing the water, do not dash it upon any one.

• khṳt i cuah tîeh tê;

  was splashed by the tea she threw out.

欠

• Deficient in; to be short of; wanting.

• ŏi cûah a bŏi?

  Is there too little?

• hâiⁿ i cûah nŏ̤ peh ngṳ̂n;

  paid him up to within two hundred dollars.

• hŵn cûah cêk tōa kûeh;

  still lacks considerably more than half.

• ŭ nâng cûah ke, ŭ nâng cûah cíe;

  some lack more and some less.

• chê tîeh hṳ́ tói cûah nŏ̤ hîeh;

  found by examination that two leaves were missing.

• téng tîeh cûah saⁿ peh kṳn;

  found by weighing that it was three piculs short.

• siu cûah saⁿ sîaⁿ;

  have harvested all but about three tenths of the crop.

• lêng-ūaⁿ sǹg, sǹg tîeh bŏ̤i cûah;

  reckoned it up again, and found there was no deficiency.

• ŏi cûah, tîehⁿ taⁿ ke kúi tàⁿ;

  if it is insufficient, we must bring a few loads more.

遜

• To yield the palm to; below the mark.

• cí kâi cûah hṳ́ kâi;

  this is not so perfect as that.

• cía cúa cûah hía cúa cōi;

  this paper is not nearly so good as that.

• i kâi a-cé seⁿ lâi ío cûah;

  her elder sister is not so handsome.

• i kâi a îⁿ pí i seⁿ lâi cûah bô̤ ŭa;

  her aunt lacks but little of being as beautiful as she.

• úa thóiⁿ li cûah m̄ ki;

  I do not think she lacks much of being his equal.