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

躂

To slip or slide on the feet.
lō li kût, kîaⁿ lío liu pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;

the road was slippery, and he slipped and fell when walking.
i liu pûah lô̤h khṳ̀ tǹg tîeh ie-ciah-kut;

he slipped down and struck upon the end of his spine.
liu-pûah kàu cêk sin cĕng-cĕng thô;

slipped and fell down, thereby covering himself all over with mud.
cĕ liu cū tǹg cŏ̤ lô̤h khṳ̀;

slipped up, and sat down with a thud.
kha tâh hó̤-hó̤ bŏi liu;

set your feet down carefully and then you will not slip.
kha tîeh liu;

his foot slipped.

澾

Slippery and miry.
liu-liu kût;

muddy and slippery.
hŏ lô̤h lío, cêk lō liu-liu-kût;

since the rain, the road is very slippery.
tî-kîⁿ kò̤ kût-liu-liu, tîeh kîaⁿ hó̤-hó̤;

the margin of the pool is very slippery, you must step carefully.

勾

To hook out, as by drawing a thing diagonally through a small aperture.
cang chíu lô̤h khṳ̀ khang tói kò̤ líu chut lâi;

put your hand down into the hole and gather it up and lift it out.
chùi liôih, hṳ́ tòi li khuah, jw̆n líu, líu m̄ tîeh;

the mouth is narrow, and the space below is broad, howsoever I turn and twist it, I cannot get it out.
khîeh ki sî lô̤h pàng po̤-lî cun tói kò̤ líu, cìaⁿ líu tit chut;

take a spoon and put it down into the glass bottle, and then you can lift it out.

柳

The willow; slender, arched, crescent-like, in allusion to the shape of the leaf.
líu chīu;

willows.
hue âng, líu lêk;

the red of flowers and the green of willows; gay; resplendent; variegated.
líu hîeh bâi;

arched eye-brows.
îang líu ie;

a slender waist; lithe, graceful.
hue líu tī-hng; hue koi líu háng;

haunts of gaiety and dissipation.
khǹg-kòi i máiⁿ hàuⁿ hue-líu;

exhort him not to cherish a fondness for gaiety.
tâng-líu;

the aspen.

刳

To scoop out, to gouge out.
cí kò̤ châ tōiⁿ căi, hó̤ lâi líu cò̤ châ-khŭ;

this block of wood is very solid, it will be well to scoop it out and make a mortar of it.
i kò̤ kâi chù sĭ cang tek phùa lío, líu tīo mâk, lâi khàm cò̤ chù hĭa;

in making their houses, they take a bamboo, split it, dig out the knots, and lay on the half cylinders thus made, in the place of tiles.
líu tīo i kâi mâk-ciu;

gouge out his eyes.
líu i kâi sim-kuaⁿ chut lâi;

tear out his vitals.

綹

A small skein, consisting of a few threads.
cêk líu jông;

a skein of floss.
cí líu sùaⁿ jîeh cōi tîo?

How many threads in this skein of silk?
nán kâi sùaⁿ kàu líu, tîo-siaⁿ sĭ tīaⁿ-tîeh kâi;

our thread is in skeins, having an exact number of threads in each.

渦

A whirlpool, a maelstrom.
i kâi cûn sái lô̤h lìu khṳ̀;

their vessel sailed into the whirlpool and went down.
lìu kâi cúi sĭ li-li ká-cn̄g lô̤h khṳ̀, só̤-íⁿ ŏi tit lô̤h bŏi tit chut;

the water of the whirlpool goes round and round and eddies downward, therefore there it no getting out of it.

溜

To slide; to glide.
lìu pûah lô̤h khṳ̀;

slipped down.
lìu-lìu kût;

glairy.
tâng hṳ́ téng khṳt i lìu kàu cí ĕ lô̤h lâi;

slid from up there down to this point at one stretch.

琉

lîu-lî;

a vitreous, strass-like composition, used for cups, bangles and colored glaze.

旒

Strings of pearls, which anciently hung before and behind crowns, their length and number indicating the wearer’s rank; they are now seen only on idols.
cu-pûaⁿ kâi cu àiⁿ cò̤ jîeh cōi lîa?

Of the beads on the coronet, how many strings do you want put on?

流

To go from place to place; to abscond; to transport criminals; roving, vagrant, shifting; a class, a set.
lîu mîn;

migratory tribes.
chîang lîu cúi;

an everflowing stream.
to sĭ hṳ́ cêk lîu nâng;

they are that sort of people.
kíu lîu;

all sorts of employments.
ńng lîu;

womankind.
phōîⁿ cò̤ lîu cŭe;

sentenced to transportation.
lîu lô̤h gūa hng;

transported to distant lands.
hĭa lîu;

the vulgar.
sì hái kâi hùe-mûeh lîu-thong;

the goods of all countries are in general circulation.
i tó̤ khui lîu-kíaⁿ tǹg;

he keeps a pawn shop where vagabonds may dispose of goods.
lûn lîu;

to take turns at.
kúi nâng cìe lûn-lîu;

several persons spell each other at it.

榴

sieh-lîu;

the pomegranate.
cèng câng sieh-lîu;

plant a pomegranate.
sieh-lîu khí;

pomegranate seeds.
cí kâi sieh-lîu pit kàu chìe-chùi chìe-chùi;

this pomegranate has burst, and thus displays a smiling mouth.
nâm-ò̤ lîu ío hó̤;

the Namoa pomegranates are best.

留

瘤

𢯰

To separate the dregs from a liquid.
ceng mîⁿ-mîⁿ, cìaⁿ hó̤ līu cap;

pound it to a pomace, then squeeze out the juice.
khîeh îeh-pho̤h khṳ̀ līu cap;

take the settlings of the medicine, and go and squeeze out the liquid that remains in them.

麗

sìu-līu;

graceful, elegant, as the step of a stately stag; fair and beautiful.
cí kâi a-noⁿ-kíaⁿ seⁿ lâi sìu-līu căi;

this child is beautifully proportioned.
seⁿ kàu sìu-sìu līu-līu, kio cṳ-nîe kâi hìeⁿ-seⁿ;

is very finely moulded, with a feminine delicacy of proportion.

鍍

To gild; to adorn with gold.
līu kim;

wash with gold.
sĭ kim kâi a sĭ līu kim kâi?

Is it solid gold or is it merely washed with gold?
līu kim sai-pĕ;

a goldsmith.

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