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

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乳

• The breast; the teat; milk.

• jú bó̤;

  a foster mother.

• jú-hieⁿ;

  frankincense.

• ceng-jú-cîeh;

  stalactites.

• jú kim;

  liquid gold used in painting.

嫩

• Young; plump and tender.

• i cîah kàu jú-jú;

  she has grown young.

• àiⁿ sie kâi tṳ tîeh jú jṳ;

  for roasting, the pig must be a young plump one.

• cí ciah koi jú-jú;

  this fowl is young and tender.

愈

• In a further degree; more; better; convalescent.

• jú méⁿ jú hó̤;

  the quicker the better.

• cí kâi jú ngía;

  this is still handsomer.

• cía úa jú-kèng àiⁿ;

  for this I have a still greater desire.

• jú mn̄g jú m̄ pat;

  the more he was questioned the less he knew.

• jú thóiⁿ jú hŭn;

  the more I study it, the more confused I am.

• jú ke;

  still more.

• jú cíe;

  still less.

• cìeⁿ-seⁿ jú-kèng khùaⁿ-ûah;

  that is more comfortable.

• cía jú ìuⁿ;

  this is still finer.

• cìm jú kú, jú hó̤;

  the longer you soak it the better.

• i chŵn-jú a būe?

  Is he convalescent yet?

• i chŵn-jú lío;

  he is already convalescent.

諛

• To praise one to his face; to adulate.

• i sĭ thíam-mĭ mīn-jû kâi nâng;

  he is a sycophant and flatterer.

• châm thíam mīn-jû;

  to curry favor by depreciating others and bepraising the one addressed.

• kíaⁿ sṳ̆ pĕ-bó̤, to tîeh ŭ jû-sek ẃn-îong;

  children when waiting upon their parents, must have a deferential manner, and a cheerful countenance.

兪

• To respond; to answer; to assent; to agree to; yes; certainly.

• cáu khṳ̀ ìⁿ-keng jû-jún kâi;

  what has been laid before the emperor and assented to by him.

• cía sĭ hûang-sĭang jû-jún kâi;

  this is accorded by the emperor.

• kìⁿ mông jú-jún li cū màiⁿ cài tàⁿ;

  whatever has once been granted may not be withdrawn.

儒

• Literati; philosophers; the learned; refined.

• jû kà;

  Confucianism.

• jû cía;

  scholars.

• hâng jû;

  an indigent scholar.

• pù jû;

  a wealthy literary man.

• sĭ hṳ̤́ kò̤ kâi mîaⁿ jû;

  it is one of their celebrated scholars.

• sĭ cêk tō̤ kâi tăi jû;

  is the greatest scholar of the age.

• láu sṳ suah jû;

  a learned man, who is not an official.

• jû ô̤h;

  a district director of graduates.

• cía ūe sĭ hu-jû kâi ūe;

  this language is pedantic.

• i sǹg sĭ jû ui;

  he is considered a learned physician.

• màiⁿ cò̤ sío-jîn jû, tîeh cò̤ kun-cṳ́ jŭ;

  do not be a pretended scholar, but a real one.

• sĭm sĭ jû-ngía;

  is really very refined.

• cí kâi nâng jû căi;

  this person is very stylish.

• mûeh jû căi;

  the thing is elegant.

• jû-jû;

  very elegant.

如

• As; like; according to; if; then; as to.

• jû chṳ́;

  like this; thus.

• lṳ̤́ jû-jîak àiⁿ lâi li kio úa tàⁿ;

  if you are coming, then tell me.

• put jû màiⁿ;

  not to do so would be better.

• úa thóiⁿ tîeh i put jû lṳ́;

  I think you are better than he.

• bô̤ hó̤ tâng phŭa put jû tôk kîaⁿ;

  it is better to be alone than to be in bad company.

• put jû;

  nothing like; it will be better than.

• jû i só̤ tàⁿ kâi ūe li àiⁿ cò̤-nî?

  If it be as he said, then what?

• bw̄n sṳ̄ jû ì;

  everything according to one’s wish.

• cìeⁿ-sî mng jû ì;

  everything goes on well lately.

• i jû ā-sĭ àiⁿ cìeⁿ-seⁿ úa cū màiⁿ;

  if that is the way he wants it, than I will have nothing to do with it.

• jû-hôk m̄ cai, tîeh tàⁿ m̄ cai;

  if you do not know, you must say so.

• ko-jû i ā-sĭ bô̤ li chūe pât nâng cieh;

  should he not have any, then go and find some one else from whom you can borrow it.

• i īa jû sĭ àng cìeⁿ-seⁿ cū thâk m̄ pat;

  if he is like that, he will not learn by reading.

• lṳ́ thóiⁿ sĭ jû hô̤?

  What do you think about it?

• khong-khong jû īa;

  really nothing at all.

• jû-kúaⁿ sĭ chim kâi;

  is certainly a deep one.

• i ciang jû úa hô̤?

  Well, what is he going to do with me about it?

• kîaⁿ khṳ̀ méⁿ căi, jû tâng pue cêk īeⁿ;

  went very fast, as if he were flying.

• thiaⁿ tîeh jû-tâng lô̤h hŏ;

  sounded like rain.

• jû kó nâng só̤ tàⁿ kâi ūe;

  as was said by people of ancient times.

• jû i só̤ hun-hù kâi sṳ̄ kîaⁿ;

  do as he said.

• jû cía īeⁿ cò̤;

  make it like this pattern.

• jī saⁿ jû lâk;

  twice three are the same as six.

• tō jit jû nî;

  a day is like a year in passing.

• bô̤ jû i hô̤;

  have nothing to do with him.

• jû hiaⁿ jû tĭ;

  as brethren.

筎

• The scurf skin of the bamboo.

• tek jû;

  bamboo oakum.

• jû-lû;

  a plant used in medicine: its roots dye a red color.

膄

• Fat; rich; fertile.

• ko̤-jû;

  fertile.

• cí-kò̤ kâi châng-tī to sĭ ko̤-jû kâi tī;

  the fields hereabouts have a rich soil.

• só̤ cîah to sĭ ko̤-jû kâi hó̤-bī;

  he feeds upon rich dainties.

薷

• hiang-jû;

  a fungus, used in medicine.

楡

• The elm.

• jû-pêh-phûe;

  slippery elm bark.

• tī-jû;

  St. John’s wort.

諭

• An edict; an order; to instruct.

• hûang-tì kâi jŭ cí;

  the emperor’s expressed will.

• ŭ sĭang jŭ kàu;

  an edict has arrived.

• thâk sìaⁿ jŭ;

  read the sacred edict.

• kà-jŭ;

  a district superintendent of instruction.

• chut kò̤-sī hío-jŭ peh-sèⁿ;

  issue a proclamation to inform the people.

• lí jŭ sì kìm;

  to explain reasonably but to forbid with decision.

• jŭ i kâi hieⁿ-lí kâi cîaⁿ-nâng láu-tōa lâi tàⁿ ūe;

  order the head men of the village to come and talk it over.

• kuaⁿ mīn jŭ i cìe-ⁿseⁿ cò̤;

  ordered him to do this before the magistrate’s face.

• kak hieⁿ pun jŭ-thiap;

  distributed an order in the villages.

• chíaⁿ kuaⁿ jŭ kong-cìaⁿ kâi hieⁿ-sin chut lâi thio-chu;

  invite the magistrate to instruct the honorable among the village gentry to come forth and arbitrate.

喩

• To illustrate; to compare.

• i miaⁿ-ke pí-jŭ;

  he is expert in illustration.

• cang ci kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ pí-jŭ;

  use this as an illustration.

• siet kâi phì-jŭ;

  make a parable.

• cieh lâi phì-jŭ;

  use in illustration.

• pì-jŭ cêk ciah cûn;

  it may be compared to a boat.

裕

• Affluent; plenteous; to enrich.

• pù-jŭ;

  superabundance.

• i ke lăi sĭm sĭ pù-jŭ;

  they have enough and to spare in that family.

• cí ke pù-pù jŭ-jŭ, cò̤ tit lâi;

  this family is well off, and can afford it.

• jŭ kok, pĭen mîn;

  enrich the state and accommodate the people.

• kuang côiⁿ, jŭ ău;

  render those who have gone before illustrious, and enrich those who come after.

逾

• To pass over; to pass beyond.

• íⁿ-kèng jŭ hăng;

  have passed the limit.