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

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瓜

• A generic term for cucurbitaceous plants, such as the cucumber, melon and squash.

• tìo kue;

  cucumbers.

• si kue;

  water-melons.

• tang kue;

  squashes.

• bâk kue;

  the papaya.

• hún kue;

  a small yellow squash.

• khó kue;

  the bitter gourd.

• seⁿ lâi tang-kue-mīn tang-kue-mīn nē;

  has a long oval face.

• kim kue;

  a gilded wooden bludgeon, with a head like a melon.

• kùa sang bâk-kue-līam kâi hĭⁿ-kau;

  wore a pair of ear-rings, with conical drops and long hooks.

• khòi-kue cí;

  sweet melon seeds.

• tang-kue jîn;

  squash seeds.

• tang-kue cheh;

  preserved squash.

• lṳ́ kio i ŭ sĭm-mih kue-kuah?

  What is your relationship to him?

• hê kue;

  a small hairy cucumber.

• tek-kue hó̤ cò̤ cìeⁿ-kue;

  young cucumbers are made into pickles.

粿

• Steamed cakes, made from rice flour.

• cí kâi coih nín ceng ŭ jîeh cōi kúe?

  How many cakes did you make for this festival?

• ún cò̤ nŏ̤ saⁿ táu bí kúe;

  we made two or three pecks of rice into cakes.

• hîaⁿ kúe;

  heat up the cakes.

• ìn kúe;

  mould the cakes.

• chue tîam kúe;

  to steam sweet cakes.

• nâk kúe tîeh nâk câu-câu;

  in mixing the cakes with the hands, you must mix them thoroughly.

• ĭoⁿ khí lêng-sn̂g cū sĭ kúe;

  lift up the steamer and there is the cake.

• cò̤ cho̤h kúe-cap lâi tíam-sim;

  make some porridge from a piece of cake, to lunch upon.

• cêk sn̂g kúe;

  one whole steamed cake; one steamerful of the cake.

• nâng lâi hĕ cêk kîe kúe, hó̤ khṳ̀ côih cò̤ cêk hue cêk hue lío lâi luah;

  some one has brought and presented us an oblong section of cake, cut it into slices transversely and fry them brown.

• kúe āⁿ;

  the stuffing in a steamed cake.

• kàⁿ kúe thô̤;

  round raised cakes.

餜

• Cakes made from wheaten flour; biscuits.

• tê kúe;

  tea biscuits.

• thn̂g kúe;

  sweet cakes.

果

• The fruit of trees; seeds with a covering and pulp; results; effects.

• i hn̂g lăi peh īeⁿ kúe-cí to ŭ;

  there was every sort of fruit tree in the garden.

• kúe-cí tng sêk kâi sî-hāu;

  when the fruit is ripe.

• ău-lâi kui-sêng cìaⁿ kúe;

  afterward the fruit comes to perfection.

• cheⁿ kúe;

  fresh fruit.

• cheⁿ kúe phò;

  a fruit shop.

• cí īeⁿ chīu ŏi kit kúe-cí a bŏi?

  Does this sort of tree bear fruit?

• kúe-cí kit m̄ sêng;

  the fruit does not come to perfection.

• ău-lâi sĭm-mih kak-kúe;

  what will be the consequences hereafter?

• seⁿ kúe-cí;

  bear fruit.

• cêk hù ngŏ kúe tîh;

  a set of fruit dishes.

• kin nî kak chù kâi kúe-cí seⁿ lâi kâu;

  fruit is plenty everywhere this year.

• i sĭm siang-sìn in kúe kâi sṳ̄;

  she is one who believes very firmly in the doctrine that conduct in a previous life produces results in this.

藉

• To bolster up; to use as a cushion.

• khîeh kò̤ mûeh lâi kúe;

  get something and put under it to raise it.

• bô̤ kò̤ tĭen lâi kúe, cŏ̤ tîeh ngân-ngân;

  have no cushion to put under me, and it is very cold to sit upon.

• pun ĕ-jît kíaⁿ-sun-hùe hó̤ kúe kha chíu;

  for his descendants to avail themselves of hereafter as a help to attain a higher position.

• cang ńng-ńng kâi mûeh lâi kúe;

  get something very soft and put under it.

過

• To pass by; to go beyond or up to; to exceed; to overpass; to spend, as time; to transgress; to violate propriety; an error, a fault; a sign of past time, or of the perfect tense; an adverb of comparison; then, more; too, rather, excessive; to approach; to send to.

• khn̂g-kòi i tîeh cai kói kùe;

  exhort him to reform.

• i íⁿ-keng kùe sì lío;

  he has already departed this life.

• tâng tiang-sî kùe sin?

  When did he die?

• i kùe-khṳ̀ kú lío;

  he passed away long since.

• i kùe khṳ̀ a būe?

  Has he passed by yet?

• ŭ tùi cí-kò̤ kùe a bô̤?

  Did they pass by here?

• mih nâng to tùi cí-kò̤ keng kùe;

  every body goes by here.

• úa kîaⁿ tùi nín phò kha kùe;

  I walked past your shop.

• hṳ́ kò̤ ēng kùe kîe a mín?

  Need we cross a bridge there?

• tîeh kùe cêk têng kîe, kah nŏ̤ têng tō, lío pûaⁿ kùe suaⁿ cū tŏ̤ kò̤;

  you must cross one bridge and two ferries, then traverse the mountain and you will be there.

• put kùe;

  nothing more than.

• put kùe nŏ̤ saⁿ kâi tīaⁿ-tīaⁿ;

  only two or three.

• i thiaⁿ tîeh kùe m̄ khṳ̀;

  he could not endure hearing it.

• kùe-sit;

  a peccadillo; a fault.

• cêk kĭaⁿ tōa kùe-sit;

  a great blunder.

• cêk tu tōa kùe suaⁿ;

  a heap bigger than a mountain.

• kâi khang chim kùe hái;

  a hole deeper than the sea.

• seⁿ lâi ngía kùe kúi;

  is handsomer than an imp.

• i kâi ŏi kùe kúi;

  his abilities are surpassing.

• cìeⁿ-seⁿ khah kùe cíe, hìeⁿ-seⁿ khah kùe cōi;

  this is too little, and that is over much.

• i ŏi cai kùe-khṳ̀, būe-lâi kâi sṳ̄;

  he can discover what has passed and what has not yet happened.

• kùe hūn;

  officious; to exceed one’s functions.

• lṳ́ m̄ hó̤ kùe hūn;

  do not meddle in what does not pertain to your office.

• ûeh kùe hûn;

  set a mark beyond the crease.

• īa bô̤ khṳt nâng ûeh kùe, īa bô̤ ûeh kùe nâng kâi;

  neither give nor take more than is due.

• hṳ́-kò̤ úa pat khṳ̀ kùe lâi;

  I have been there.

• úa pat thóiⁿ kùe ku-ā chṳ̀;

  I have seen it several times.

• cía cṳ úa thâk kùe kâi;

  this book is one that I have read.

• thiaⁿ kùe m̄ jû thóiⁿ kùe, thóiⁿ kùe m̄ jû cò̤ kùe;

  to have heard about a thing is not so good as to have seen it, and to have seen it is not so good as to have made it.

• i li thài kùe, i li khah put kîp;

  the one is excessive, and the other is impracticable.

• cí kâi kîeⁿ kùe hṳ́ kâi;

  this is superior to that.

• úa cêng tâu kùe i tōa nâng;

  I have informed his superior.

• cí kâi tōa kùe hṳ́ kâi;

  this is larger than that.

• kûiⁿ kùe i;

  taller than he.

• i sieh lṳ́ cōi kùe lṳ́ sieh i;

  he loves you more than you love him.

• to̤ kùe cúi bô̤ hûn;

  a knife drawn across water leaves no mark.

• i sĭ cáu kùe sì úang kâi nâng;

  he is one who has been everywhere.

• àiⁿ lâu i nā cí kò̤ kùe mêⁿ, i m̆;

  wanted him to stay here all night but he would not.

• kùe ke nŏ̤ jît cū sĭ kùe nî;

  after two days more, we pass from one year to the next.

• mn̄g i àiⁿ tńg khṳ̀ chù kùe coih mē;

  ask him if he is going home to spend the holidays.

• ŭ kùe;

  is at fault.

• bô̤ kùe;

  has not erred.

• cía sĭ i kâi cŭe-kùe;

  this is his fault.

• bô̤ cŭe bô̤ kùe;

  blameless.

• úa sĭ chì kùe kâi;

  I have tried it.

• lâng kùe i cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  it is difficult to get over his acting thus.

• cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ kùe ì căi;

  this far surpasses my expectations.

• íⁿ-keng kùe khî lío;

  passing strange.

• sìaⁿ kùe ku;

  infallible as fate.

熄

• To extinguish; to quench.

• ìm kùe húe;

  put out the fire by raking the ashes over it.

• pûn kùe teng;

  blow out the lamp.

• cek pun huang chue kùe khṳ̀;

  the candle has been blown out by the wind.

• cí ki cúa-âng-teng, tōa ki, còng pun huang chue kùe, hŵn-lío hut ŏi tô̤h;

  this paper torch is a large one, and although it should be blown out by the wind, it may still be set blazing by blowing it.

• lṳ́ m̄ hó̤ tiaⁿ kùe teng;

  do not put out the lamp by touching it.

• húe-pé hó̤ phah kùe;

  put out the torch by knocking it.

• kìu húe kìu kàu taⁿ cìaⁿ kùe;

  they have been striving to extinguish the fire, and have only just now succeeded.

• kìu khṳ̀ kùe a būe?

  Have they yet got the fire extinguished?

• cang cúi lâm kùe;

  dash on water to quench the fire.

髻

• A false coiffure, made of cloth and metal, worn by women of middle age.

• phah cêk kâi kim kùe;

  make a gilded coiffure.

• i tì cêk kâi ngṳ̂n kùe līu kàu tak-tak-chiah;

  she wears a silver coiffure, washed with gold till it gleams.

• i kâi kùe pak lío, khǹg lô̤h kùe âp;

  having taken off her coiffure she put it in its box.

• thâu-mô̤ⁿ siu hó̤ tì kâi kùe lô̤h khṳ̀;

  having combed her hair, she put on her head-dress.

遍

• To make a circuit; to go around; the whole.

• úa íⁿ-keng thâk cêk kùe;

  I have already read it through once.

• kîaⁿ kùe saⁿ sì kùe;

  have been over the whole ground three or four times.

• thâk bô̤ kúi kùe cū pat;

  by reading it through only a few times he knows it.

葵

• Large leaved plants.

• kûe-hîeh;

  palm leaves.

• kûe-sìⁿ;

  palm leaf fans.

絆

• To be in the way; to be an impediment; to stumble upon.

• kha kûe tîeh cū pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;

  if one stumbles against it, he will fall down.

• màiⁿ pàng kò̤ kûe kha, kûe chíu;

  do not leave it there to be in the way.

• khṳt i kûe-cŭ tŏ̤-kò̤;

  has been stopped by stumbling upon it.

• kûe lô̤h khṳ̀, tó̤ kàu lī-lī;

  stumbled and fell flat.

• khṳt tŏ̤-lí kûe kín, bŏi tit khṳ̀;

  cannot go because the rules of etiquette stand in the way.

• màiⁿ kûe tîeh lō;

  don’t block up the way.