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

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肩

• The shoulders.

• koiⁿ-thâu;

  the top of the shoulder.

• i kâi koiⁿ-páng tōa, ŭ lâk;

  he is broad shouldered and strong.

• phi-koiⁿ;

  an official cape, laid over the robe, and made of silk.

• hûn-koiⁿ;

  a mantilla worn by brides.

• hiah koiⁿ cē;

  lay down the burden for a little while.

• ūaⁿ koiⁿ;

  to shift the burden from one shoulder to the other.

• tī gû ūaⁿ koiⁿ;

  an earthquake, supposed to result from the movement of the ox that sustains the earth.

• khîa koiⁿ bé;

  to ride on one’s shoulder.

• sie lám koiⁿ;

  to embrace.

• kio koiⁿ thio mòng-êk kâi nâng bói mûeh, màiⁿ khah cho-siap;

  when you buy from pedlars who carry their wares about on their shoulders, do not drive too close a bargain.

• cêk phìⁿ koiⁿ cū taⁿ kàu hṳ́-kò̤ khṳ̀;

  carried it there withont once shifting it from one shoulder to the other.

• koiⁿ-thâu khìa-khìa;

  very high shouldered.

• koiⁿ kak; koiⁿ-thâu kâi pn̄g sî kut;

  the shoulder blade.

• koiⁿ bōi thio, chíu bŏi thî;

  the shoulder can bear no burden, and the hand can grasp no weight.

間

• A space; a classifier of rooms and houses.

• cí koiⁿ chù hṳ́ lăi kúi koiⁿ pâng?

  In this house how many rooms are there?

• ūe koiⁿ phang;

  the whole place is fragrant.

• ūe koiⁿ chàu;

  the whole place smells badly.

• i keh cò̤ cêk koiⁿ cêk koiⁿ lóng-cóng ŭ jîh gūa koiⁿ;

  he has divided it up into apartments, and there are over twenty in all.

• i hṳ́ lăi kâi pâng koiⁿ cōi: īa ŭ sói-êk koiⁿ, īa ŭ húe-sît koiⁿ, m̄ pí nâng bô̤ sĭm-mih koiⁿ-keh kâi chù;

  the apartments in it are many: there are bath-rooms and there are cook rooms, and it is not as it is where people have a house with but few rooms.

• nŏ̤ koiⁿ sie-thàng;

  the rooms open into each other.

揀

• To select; to choose.

• khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ nē kóiⁿ-tô̤h, kóiⁿ cêk kâi hó̤-hó̤ kâi;

  select without haste, so as to get one of the very best ones.

• i kâi m̄ cai cò̤-nî tó̤ kóiⁿ: kóiⁿ kàu taⁿ hŵn-lío kóiⁿ bô̤ kâi hó̤;

  he does not know to choose: he has been until now looking them over with a view to getting the best, and has not yet made a selection.

• sĭ úa ka-kí kóiⁿ-sẃn kâi;

  it is one that I myself picked out.

• kóiⁿ-sẃn m̄ pat-tò̤ khṳ̀;

  do not know how to choose.

• cía mng sĭ nâng kóiⁿ sīn kâi;

  this is what is left after other people have picked out what they wanted.

• khṳt nâng kóiⁿ chûn cêk cho̤h hùe-kha;

  the garblings left by those who have selected what they wanted from the goods.

• kóiⁿ cĕng kâi ío ke cîⁿ;

  the assorted ones are higher priced.

• i khuaⁿ-khuaⁿ nē tó̤ kóiⁿ nâng-ke;

  he is taking his time in looking about among families in order to choose a wife.

• soiⁿ kóiⁿ-khí cêk cho̤h;

  the first pick of the goods.

繭

• The cocoon of the silk worm; the silky pups of other moths.

• chôiⁿ-kóiⁿ;

  the silk worm’s aurelia.

• ēng chôiⁿ-kóiⁿ sâh lío lâi thiu sî;

  boil the cocoon and then wind off the silk.

• cía sĭ kóiⁿ-tîu;

  is pongee.

• kit cêk kâi kóiⁿ tŏ̤ chĭu kò̤;

  made a cocoon on a tree.

• sî-hāu cē kàu, i ka-kī cŭ kă phùa kóiⁿ chut lâi;

  when the season for it arrives, it eats through its cocoon and comes forth.

• chôi-tāu cē pìⁿ cò̤ chôiⁿ-ngô̤ cū chut kóiⁿ;

  when the grub has changed into a moth it emerges from the cocoon.

• cí khí thâng ŏi kit kóiⁿ kâi;

  this caterpillar makes a cocoon.

襇

• A plait; gathers; tncks.

• niap kóiⁿ;

  lay plaits.

• cêk pôiⁿ àiⁿ niap kúi kâi kóiⁿ?

  How many plaits do you wish to have on a side?

• thīⁿ lâi kâi kóiⁿ m̄ sì-cìaⁿ;

  the plait is not sewn down straight.

• ĕ-tng àiⁿ thīⁿ, khieh kóiⁿ, tîeh khieh hó̤-hó̤;

  another time when you are sewing gathers you must sew them evenly.

• kóiⁿ cūe tîeh cih tît-tît;

  the plait must be folded straight.

• mīn tèng niap kâi kóiⁿ;

  has a puckered scar on her face.

間

• To sunder; to put obstacles between.

• m̄ hó̤ kòiⁿ-so̤ nâng kâi kut-nêk;

  one must not set relatives at variance.

• kòiⁿ jît kòiⁿ jît cîah;

  take it on alternate days.

• tìn-tang kòiⁿ cêk kháu phûn;

  there is a grave [belonging to some one else] occupying the space between.

• nŏ̤ kâi kheⁿ keh-piah tìn-tang kòiⁿ ŭ cêk kò̤ tōa cîeh;

  in the space between the two pools there is a large stone obstructing the way.

• so̤ put kòiⁿ chin, sin put kòiⁿ kū;

  differences do not sunder relationship, and the new does not separate one from the old.

• bô̤ kòiⁿ bô̤ chah;

  there are no obstacles intervening.

• chŵn bô̤ kòiⁿ chah, thong sin sĭ i kâi;

  there are no intervening spaces [belonging to some one else], the whole extent of it belongs to him.

挾

• To carry under the arm; to clasp between the arm and the trunk.

• i ko̤h-tháng-ĕ cū kŏiⁿ ku-ā ki tek lâi;

  he brought several bamboos, holding them tightly under his arm.

• kŏi pn̄g-tháng lâi;

  bring the rice-basin, holding it under the arm.

• hāi i kŏiⁿ kàu êhⁿ-êhⁿ-kìe;

  was squeezed so tightly under her arm that he could scarcely breathe.

• i pì kíaⁿ kŏiⁿ jî lâi kàu cí-kó̤ kang-khó căi;

  it will be very hard for her to come all this distance carrying one child on her back, and another under her arm.

• i kíaⁿ-jît kĭam-kŏiⁿ ke kâi hak-seng tó̤ cò̤;

  he to-day brought along another student into the examinations.

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