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

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蒂

• The peduncle or footstalk of a flower or fruit; the persistent calyx; the stem of a melon; a rootlet.

• hue lih;

  the peduncle of a flower.

• kue sêk, lih lô̤h;

  when the melon is ripe the calyx falls off.

• tùe ŭ lih tŏ̤-kò̤ a bô̤?

  Has it a stem?

• săi lih;

  the persistent calyx on a persimmon.

• kaⁿ tîeh sẃn ŭ lih kâi;

  select oranges that have stems on them.

裂

• To split, to crack open; to slit, to tear.

• lì i lîh khṳ̀;

  tore a slit in it.

• kûe lîh cêk pak;

  tore out a strip by catching it on a nail or other projection.

• tâh lîh saⁿ kṳ;

  tore off the hem of her robe by stepping on it.

• thńg lih khṳ̀;

  tore it by poking at it.

• tìeⁿ lîh;

  split because of internal pressure.

• lîh khui cò̤ nŏ̤ pôiⁿ;

  cracked in two.

• peh lîh;

  tore by pulling at with the two hands.

• ciⁿ lîh;

  split by a wedge.

• pek lîh;

  split by heating.

• lîh cò̤ ku-ā kò̤;

  split into several pieces.

• lîh kàu chap-chap-chùi;

  shivered in fragments.

• túi lîh;

  tear by pulling downward upon.

• khṳt huang khau lîh;

  torn by the wind.

• chîeⁿ lîh cūe phāng;

  the wall has cracked.

• jît cē phâk têk lîh;

  if exposed to the sun it will crack.

• têk lîh;

  tear by stretching too severely.

• phùa lîh;

  riven, fissured, split up.

• i chēng kàu phùa-phùa lîh-lîh;

  her clothes are in tatters.

• bŏi phùa bŏi lîh;

  cannot be fractured.

• pit lîh;

  cracked.

• lîh-mâk;

  a fissured eye-lid.

• chùi lîh-lîh;

  a very wide mouth.

• chùi lîh kàu hĭⁿ piⁿ;

  his mouth extends to his ears.

• sùaⁿ cūe lîh khṳ̀, tîeh cai pó;

  the seam is ripped, you must sew it up.