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

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• Slovenly.

• i cò̤ sṳ̄ li-la căi;

  she does things in a very slovenly way.

• hàm i màiⁿ tó̤ li-la;

  tell him not to slur the thing over.

• jú tàⁿ jú li-la;

  the more you talk to him about it the more untidy he is.

• li-li- la-la kâi nâng;

  a slovenly lout.

䬆

• Driving, as wind or rain.

• huang li-li, chue tîeh hó̤ căi;

  there is a strong breeze, pleasant to feel.

• gûeh li kng-kng, huang li, li-li;

  bright moonlight, and a steady breeze.

哩

• An adverbial particle indicating certainty.

• tàⁿ khí lâi, ūe tn̂g li;

  to tell about it will take a long time.

• cí khí cōi cîⁿ li;

  this sort is costly.

• hó̤ li hó̤, kùi li kùi;

  as for the quality it is indeed good, and as for the price it is very dear.

• phîⁿ li phîⁿ, cûah cē bô̤ ēng;

  as for cheapness, it is cheap, and if it were a little less good it would be good for nothing.

• cí kâi li khah sòi, hṳ́ kái li khah tōa;

  this is too small and that too large.

• īa sĭ kio cí kâi cìaⁿ hó̤ kâi li úa cū àiⁿ;

  if it be as good a one as this, I want it.

• lō li hn̆g, tó li khùn;

  the road is long, and my belly is empty.

里

• A place of residence; a neighborhood, a village of twenty-five or fifty families; the Chinese mile, reckoned to be 300 paces.

• tâng hieⁿ-lí;

  fellow villagers.

• câp lí cū sĭ cêk phò;

  ten Chinese miles are one Chinese league, (equal to 3½ English miles).

• cêk lí lō;

  a mile.

• lî ŭ saⁿ lí hn̆g;

  it is three miles away.

• choiⁿ lí bé;

  a courier or post-boy.

• à kuaⁿ kêng, à kúi sí, à lí-tíeⁿ ēng ke bí;

  if you argue with the magistrate you will become poor, if you argue with a demon you will die, and if yon argue with the head of your village you will use up a good deal of rice.

禮

• Rites; ceremonies.

• lí pŏ;

  the Board of Rites.

• lí khue;

  the district bureau having charge of state ceremonies.

• lí pâng;

  the provincial department of rites.

理

• To govern, to manage, to look after, to regulate, to rectify, to adjust according to principle; the governing principle; that which is felt to be right and suitable, and depends not on force; reason; right doctrine; rule of action; among Chinese philosophers, the principle of organization by which matter is preserved, or the power that inheres in it; to depend on; to think of, to regard.

• tŏ̤-lí; tău-lí;

  right doctrine; correct reason.

• thŵn tŏ̤-lí;

  to set forth the truth.

• sueh tŏ̤-lí;

  to expound the correct principles of the thing.

• thiⁿ lí;

  Heaven’s reason, a retributive overruling Providence.

• tī lí;

  the principle of organization which inheres in terrestrial nature.

• ŭ thiⁿ lí cìaⁿ ŭ lī lí;

  since there is an overruling power there is also an underlying principle in nature.

• sui sĭ châk īa ū thien-lí lîang-sim;

  although he is a rebel, he has a conscience.

• tîeh thiⁿ-lí lîang-sim cē;

  you must have some conscience in regard to it.

• hâh lí;

  reasonable.

• i ŭ chêng-lí;

  he has reason on his side.

• bô̤ chêng-lí;

  unreasonable; not according to common sense.

• siu-lí kàu iap-thiap iap-thiap;

  put it in complete order.

• sṳ̆-lí;

  to set in order; to regulate.

• cíaⁿ-lí;

  put in good repair.

• lí sṳ̄;

  attend to affairs, regulate matters.

• lí ke sṳ̄;

  attend to domestic concerns.

• àiⁿ khṳ̀ lí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄;

  is going to attend to an affair requiring adjustment.

• lṳ́ kio úa lí hó̤;

  you rectify it for me.

• seng-ĺi;

  trade.

• ŭ seng-lí hó̤ mē?

  Is trade brisk with you?

• seng-lí hó̤ mē?

  Is your business prosperous?

• bô̤ mih seng-lí;

  does not sell off much.

• pōiⁿ-lí kàu cheng-chó̤;

  have it all completly adjusted.

• līo-lí;

  to arrange with care.

• thîo-lí;

  to cure.

• cē m̄ ôiⁿ cū lí m̄ kàu cía sṳ̄;

  if I have not leisure, I cannot manage to attend to this.

• cĭeⁿ mn̂g, khṳ̀ kio i lí-lŭn;

  go to his door, and reason with him about it.

• lí-hŭe;

  to manage kindly.

• mih sṳ̄ to tîeh káng-lí;

  in every affair the rights of the case must be regarded.

• i cò̤ sṳ̄ ío cĭu lí;

  he is regardful of the right in what he does.

• khîang sṳ̂, tô̤h cìaⁿ lí;

  talk speciously and distort reasons.

• bô̤ lí à kàu ŭ lí;

  make the worse appear the better reason.

• cía sĭ khîang sṳ̂ tô̤h lí kâi ūe;

  this is wresting words in such a way as to pervert the truth.

• tàⁿ ūe bô̤ chêng bô̤ lí;

  talk unreasonably.

• íⁿ lí lâi lŭn, i m̄-hó̤ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  putting it on the ground of equity, he is in the wrong.

• cía sĭ sĭm-mih tŏ̤-lí;

  what sort of argument is this.

• i m̄ lí i;

  he will not take it in hand.

• kẃn-lí;

  to control; take charge of; govern.

• sĭ tī-tîang tó̤ kẃn-lí?

  Who has charge of it?

• bûn-lí;

  the literary style.

• lí kng, m̄ lí àm;

  regard what is evident, not what is behind the scenes.

• i lí m̄ khṳ̀;

  he cannot manage it.

• i lí m̄ lâi;

  he cannot adjust matters.

• kak nâng lí kak nâng kâi sṳ̄;

  let each attend to his own business.

• màiⁿ li khah hn̆g, lṳ́ li lṳ́ ka-kī cū hó̤;

  do not extend your management of affairs too far, if you keep yourself in order you will do well.

• cìe lí lâi tàⁿ, tîeh cìeⁿ-seⁿ cìaⁿ tîeh;

  speaking simply of how it ought to be, it must be thus in order to be right.

• i cò̤ sṳ̄ to m̄ cìo lí;

  he always acts contrary to reason.

• lí lō m̄ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ;

  that is not the right way to do.

• i sĭ pang-lí kâi;

  he acts as assistant in the management of the affair.

• cía tŏ̤-lí cū sĭeⁿ m̄ phùa;

  I had not thought out this principle.

• cìeⁿ-seⁿ tàⁿ īa ŭ lí;

  there is reason in that also.

• kak cip cêk lí;

  each holds to his own view.

• cêk lí tong, peh lí thiet;

  one principle extends throughout all principles.

• tŏ̤-lí cū sĭ cêk īe;

  correct doctrine is always the same.

• chêng-lí sĭ sie-kang kâi;

  pure reason is common to all.

• chêng-lí sĭ ŭ ciⁿ ŭ sì hùe chī kâi;

  the better reason is with him who has wealth and power.

• áu-lí;

• perverse; pig-headed.

• khîu kuaⁿ sin-lí;

  beseech the magistrate to rectify a wrong.

• lí khut;

  in the wrong; proved to be on the wrong side the question.

• i kâi lí tó̤;

  he has not many arguments to sustain his views.

• tàⁿ lâi chêng-lí tn̂g;

  the reasons set forth are numerous.

• lí tît, khì câug;

  in a good cause, there is inherent strength.

• lí hut, sṳ̄ khîong;

  in a bad cause there is inherent weakness.

• tōa-tōa tŏ̤-lí;

  important principles.

• ngĭ lí chim-àn;

  right principles are profound and subtle.

• im îang cêk lí;

  for what is hidden and what is apparent, there is but one rule of action.

• i kâi cṳ-lí chim, nâng-chêng mûeh-lí, hío khṳ̀ thàng;

  he has a profound understanding of the principles of literature, and thoroughly comprehends both human nature and physics.

• hío lí;

  understand the eternal fitness of things.

• cang lí lâi chui-chek;

  think it out on the basis of principle.

• cí kâi lí khîong m̄ chut;

  this principle cannot be fully expounded.

• chúi sŭn lí;

  to reason from first principles.

• sŭn lí;

  follow the dictates of reason.

• ngêk lí;

  go contrary to the dictates of reason.

• mêng lí;

  clear up a point in ethics.

• pŭe lí;

  disregard the right.

• tàⁿ lâi tîeh lí;

  rightly argued.

• káng-kìu tŏ̤-lí;

  expound the doctrine.

履

• That on which the foot rests; a leather shoe; to walk; to act; action, conduct.

• lí-lêh;

  a record of conduct.

• thîaⁿ cĭeⁿ lí-lêh;

  to send a record of one’s proceedings up to court.

• chìang lí-lêh;

  one’s own verbal statement of one’s proceedings.

• jû lí pó̤h piaⁿ;

  as if treading on thin ice.

• khóng lí ôi;

  strong plain shoes for men’s wear.

• peh kûiⁿ suaⁿ jû lí pêⁿ tī;

  climbs a mountain as if walking on level ground.

鯉

• The carp, bream, sucker and similar fish.

• lí hṳ̂;

  the carp.

• kim lí;

  goldfish.

• kîe kha lí;

  suckers.

• âng ko̤ lí;

  trout.

• mŏng lí-hṳ̂ teng;

  an amusing performance with a lantern made to imitate a carp.

李

• A prune or gage; a plum of a red or yellow color; to get ready for a journey.

• thô̤ lí năi;

  peaches plums and apricots.

• hàm nâng lâi tàⁿ hêng-lí;

  call some one to carry the luggage.

• hêng-lí soiⁿ siu-sîp hó̤;

  first get your baggage ready.

裏

• The lining, the inner face of a garment.

• àiⁿ kah sĭm-mih lí?

  What lining will you put in?

• chiam lí chiam būe hó̤;

  have not yet finished stitching in the lining.

• hîuⁿ lí;

  the lining of a wadded jacket.

• úa kâi lí mīn àiⁿ cò̤ tâng sek;

  I want the lining and the outside of the garment to match in color.

旅

• Forces; troops; a regiment of 500 men; a visitor, a guest, a sojourner, an immigrant.

• kun-lí kâi sṳ̄;

  military affairs.

• hêng-lí úang lâi;

  travellers going and coming; constant traffic.

• kak kok kâi siang-lí lâi úang;

  merchants from every country go and come.

• i kâi kun sît-căi hó̤ cheng-cò̤ ngĕ-lí;

  their troops may well bo called sturdy braves.

• lí-kẃn, chi-liang;

  a stranger in a strange land.

離

• To retire; to disperse; to dismiss; to go from; to part; parted; absent; to cut in two; to arrange or divide off; scattered ; the 5th of the 8 and the 30th of the 64 diagrams, referring to elegant things and to brightness.

• lî-khui;

  to withdraw from.

• lî-pîet;

  to separate from.

• hàm i màiⁿ lî-kòiⁿ nâng kâi kut-nêk;

  tell him not to sow dissension among relatives.

• lîu-lî sit-só̤;

  wander from home.

• lî ŭ jîeh hn̆g?

  How far off is it?

• sái kàu nâng lî sim;

  wean people from you.

• bé put lî uaⁿ, nâng put lî kah;

  the horses were never out of their saddles, nor the men out of their armor.

• pek i sía lî-cṳ;

  spur him up to writing a bill of separation.

• lî ke;

  leave home.

• lî hieⁿ pîet céⁿ;

  leave one’s native place.

• lî-khui cêk chieh;

  withdraw to a distance of one foot.

• lî hn̆g;

  far separated.

• cí kâi lî ío kṳ̆n;

  this is not so far away.

• úa lî chù cêk jît lō;

  I am a day’s journey from home.

• sṳ̄-bŭ cōi, lî m̄ khui sin;

  I am very busy and cannot get away.

• no̤ⁿ-kíaⁿ sòi, lî m̄ khui;

  the children are small and I cannot be away from them.

• khek put lî kháu, khûn put lî chíu;

  the ballads are never away from his mouth, and boxing never out of his hand; he is always practising singing and boxing.

• siang lî ku-ā lí;

  several miles apart.

• lî kàu cêk pho lō kâi-pang-bó̤;

  at a distance of about a league away.

• lî bô̤ kò̤-kíaⁿ;

  hardly any distance away.

• kui nâng sie thòi teng-tùe, jît mêⁿ bò̤ lî;

  several persons take turns in attending upon him, and leave him neither day nor night.

• cí tîo lō, lî kò̤-kíaⁿ cū cèng cêk câng chīu;

  at a little distance from this road a tree was planted.

• put li sĭ tŏ̤ cí côiⁿ ău;

  it can’t be far off.

• lî khṳ̀ cē;

  get a little farther off.

• m̄ kam lî-khui pĕ-bó̤;

  unwilling to be separated from his parents.

• cèng nâng lî-sùaⁿ khṳ̀;

  they all dispersed.

• thut-lî khó-lāng;

  escape from trouble.

• lî ŭ kúi nî kú;

  remote from the time by several years.

• cí kâi tī-hng put lî nâng;

  there is always some one here.

• pun-lî;

  to distribute.

• hun-lî;

  divide into shares.

• lî ûi húe;

  the fifth of the eight diagrams belongs to fire.

璃

• A vitreous, translucent substance which resembles strass.

• po̤-lî;

  glass.

• po̤-lî khì;

  glassware.

• po̤-lî theng;

  glass windows.

• cêk tieⁿ po̤-lî;

  a pane of glass.

• po̤-lî cun;

  a glass bottle.

• po̤-lî cúaⁿ;

  a glass goblet.

• po̤-lî pue;

  a glass tumbler.

• cía po̤-lî seⁿ cúi phă;

  this glass has bubbles in it.

• cía po̤-lî cĕng căi;

  this glass is very clear.

• po̤-lî cúi-ciaⁿ ŏi thang;

  glass and crystal are transparent.

• pô̤-lî sĭ ngĕ-sèⁿ, tìaⁿ cŭang tîeh cū phùa;

  glass is brittle, and if you hit it whether lightly or heavily, it breaks.

• àng po̤-lî hìeⁿ thang;

  transparent as glass.

• ngŏ sek po̤-lî;

  iridescent glass.

• lîu-lî;

  strass.

• lîu-lî teng;

• a stress lamp.

• pûn liu-lî;

  to blow strass.

• ngâu po̤-lî;

  make glass.

𨤸

• The third term in fractions; a hundredth; the thousandth part of a tael, nominally equal to a copper mill, or the native coin called by foreigners a cash; a very little; a grain; a hair’s breadth; an extra tax of one tenth per cent on a quantity of goods or on the property in a place, according to an assessment.

• thiu lî kim;

  to levy the tax of one tenth per cent.

• lî kêk;

  assessors, who collect this tax.

• bó̤ cêk lî hó̤ ēng;

  not a particle of it is serviceable.

• bô̤ pùaⁿ lî ŭ ēng;

  not of the least use.

• hâu-lî to bŏi cha-chò̤;

  there is not the slightest error in it.

• sǹg kàu lî hâu si hut;

  reckon to the last farthing.

• chûn bô̤ cêk lî-kíaⁿ;

  have but the least bit left.

• i cìeⁿ sî cîah bô̤ io lî;

  she eats almost nothing lately.

• cûah lî-lî, cū châh tîeh mâk;

  came within a hair’s breadth of piercing his eye.

• hīn-khek kâi châng tó̤ hak, ŭ kúi lî cí?

  In buying farm land now, what percentage of its value is the income from it reckoned at?

籬

• A fence or wattle of bamboo; a light inclosure.

• cí gūa-kháu ûi tek lî;

  surround the outside with a bamboo fence.

• chài lî;

  a low fence around a vegetable patch.

• cìa lî;

  a straw or splint wattle around a cane field.

• hn̂g lî;

  the garden fence.

• phah bé-káng-lî;

  make lattice work.

• cí khí nâng sĭ nâng-lî;

  this is an outcast.

閭

• A habitation.

• mō̤ⁿ i ŏi kói-ūaⁿ mn̂g-lî;

  hope he may improve the fortunes of the family.

黎

• Early.

• lî-mêng;

  early dawn.

• lî-mêng cṳ cáu-khí;

  got up at the first streak of dawn.

肋

• The side of the body.

• phiaⁿ-lî kut;

  the ribs.

• phah tîeh phiaⁿ-lî;

  struck him in the side.

• khang kàu phiaⁿ-lî tèng ŏi thìaⁿ;

  made my side ache.

利

• Advantageous; useful; gains; profit; shrewdness; greedy for gain; slippery; to benefit; to oblige.

• tit lĭ;

  to gain.

• lĭ-chĭ căi;

  very profitable.

• tăi kit lĭ-chĭ;

  a very lucky stroke of fortune.

• i cêk nî siu ŭ jîeh cōi lĭ-sek?

  What income does he get from it annually?

• mîaⁿ lĭ líang tit;

  fame and wealth both attained.

• kin nî kâi seng-lí sŭn-lĭ căi;

  business is very prosperous this year.

• lĭ-cíⁿ ke kùe bó̤-cîⁿ;

  the profit is greater than the capital.

• lĭ-hāi;

  malicious; harmful.

• lĭ lō heng thong;

  everything is prosperous.

• ŭ sĭm-mih lĭ-iah nē?

  What advantage is there in it?

• bô̤ lĭ bô̤ iah;

  of no benefit whatever.

• cúi lĭ;

  marine revenue.

• îam lĭ;

  revenue from salt.

• cìeⁿ-sî ŭ lĭ a bô̤?

  Have you made anything lately in your business?

• cía mng tōa lĭ căi;

  this is anything but profitable.

• m̄ lĭ; put lĭ;

  unprofitable; unprosperous.

• ŭ lĭ hó̤ chu mē?

  Is there any profit to be made?

厲

• Harsh, stern, severe.

• ngîam-lĭ;

  awfully stern.

• lĭ siaⁿ;

  a harsh voice.

• lĭ siaⁿ, tăi toah;

  shouted out very loudly to him in a threatening voice.

• lĭ kúi hāi nâng;

  a discontented ghost injures people.

• sṳ̂ sek ngîam-lĭ;

  words harsh, and aspect austere.

勵

• To animate, to incite.

• míen-lĭ i khṳ̀ cò̤;

  impel him to go and do it.

• kó-lĭ kun-sṳ̆;

  rouse the troops.

麗

• Elegant, beautiful, ornamented, flowery.

• siu-sîp kàu īam-īam lĭ-lĭ;

  arranged very elegantly.

• sek-cúi īam-lĭ căi;

  its color is very fine.

• i seⁿ lâi sìu-lĭ căi;

  she is very finely proportioned.

• thóiⁿ tîeh li sìu-sìu lĭ-lĭ, cò̤ sṳ̄ sĭm sĭ cho-máng;

  looks elegant and refined but acts in a very boorish way.

痢

• Dysentery; diarrhea.

• lĭ-cit;

  dysentery.

• sĭ pêh lĭ a sĭ chiah lĭ?

  Are the discharges white or red in color?

• hueh lĭ; âng lĭ;

  bloody flux.

• kìm kháu lbi;

  diarrhea with loss of appetite.

• tn̂g-tn̂g lĭ-cît;

  chronic dysentery.

例

• To classify; to adjust; to arrange; to compare; to make a precedent of; laws which are less stringent than statutes; rules, regulations, by-laws, directions; custom, usage; the order or disposition of things.

• taⁿ cìaⁿ sin khí lī kâi;

  that which comes under the new regulation.

• cía bô̤ lī kâi;

  there is no fixed rule about this.

• i hío lut-lī;

  he understands the law.

• cìe lī phōiⁿ sṳ̄;

  adjudicate the affair in accordance with the usages.

• kú cū cîaⁿ lī;

  in the course of time it becomes a usage nearly equivalent to a law.

• ē tńg cū sêng cò̤ lī;

  another time it will be used as a precedent.

• ŭ tīaⁿ lī kâi;

  there is a settled usage in regard to it.

• hâh lī;

  in accordance with established usage.

• lī kìm ngîam căi;

  the prohibitory rule is very strict.

• chê cek-lī;

  examine the rules.

• m̄ hó̤ cang cí kâi ûi lī;

  do not make this a precedent.

• kak chù kak chù kâi lī;

  each place has its peculiar customs.

• nín kâi hieⁿ lī cò̤-nî?

  What is the usage in your village?

• ún kâi kui-lī hó̤;

  our practise is an excellent one.

• bô̤ lī mó̤ khí, ŭ lī mó̤ cí;

  if there is no rule it is not well to make one, if there is a rule it is not well to abolish it.

涖

• To enter upon, as office.

• tâng cí kâi kuaⁿ lī jīm ău tī-hng ío phêng;

  since this magistrate entered upon his office, the country has been more quiet.

徹

• From first to last; thoroughly, completely.

• tó̤ kàu lī-lī;

  fallen flat.

• cúi khó̤ káu lī-lī;

  the water has all ebbed out.

• ke khṳt i phùa kàu lī-lī;

  the family has been completely ruined by him.

• sie khṳ̀ hŵn-lío bĕi lī;

  it is not yet all burned up.

吏

• An officer; magistrates; a deputy, or a secretary in an office; to rule.

• lī pŏ, lī pâng, lī khue;

  the Board of Civil Office in Peking, and its departments in each province and district, where it superintends the appointment, salaries and movements of officials.

• i múaⁿ lī a būe?

  Has he completed his term of office?

• tíen lī;

  head-writers.

• tham kuaⁿ, u lī;

  corrupt officials.

• lī pâng a-ṕun;

  clerk in the department of Civil Office.

• lī pâng cóng-su;

  the head clerk in the provincial branch of the Board of Civil Office.

• lī khue kip-sṳ-tong;

  a secretary in the district branch of the Board of Civil Office.

• lī-pŏ sīeⁿ cṳ, lī-pŏ có̤ sĭ n̂ng, lī-pŏ ĭu sĭ-n̂ng;

  the President and the Vice Presidents of the Board of Civil Office.

• lī-pŏ ŵn gūa n̂ng;

  a deputy official in the Board of Civil Office.

• lī-pŏ cú-sṳ̄;

  directors in the Board of Civil Office.