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

摝

To rattle; to shake up and down.
lok tîeh ŏi híang;

if you shake it up and down, it rattles.
jĭm lok, lok m̄ chut;

though I shake it up and down, it does not rattle out.
lṳ́ lok thóiⁿ hṳ́ tói ŭ tê-hîeh a bô̤;

you shake it and see if there is any dry tea in it.
nŏ̤ ciah chíu phŏ̤ lâi lok;

clasp it in both hands and shake it up and down.

碌

To moil, to toil, to drudge.
i cí kúi nî pin-po̤ lâu-lok;

he has toiled fruitlessly these many years.
i cêk seⁿ sĭm sĭ lâu-lok;

he has been a very hard worker all his life.
cṳ̆-âi to sĭ lâu-lâu-lok-lok, bô̤ thang khùaⁿ-ûah;

has heretofore been constantly drudging, with no opportunity for comfort.

麓

爛

Very; exceeding; in the extreme.
nōiⁿ kàu lok-lok;

ulcerated so as to form a running sore.
phah kàu lok-lok;

beaten to a jelly.
pû kàu lok-lok;

boiled to a pulp.
cí nŏ̤ pńg cṳ thâk kàu lok-lok;

study these two books till you have them at your tongue’s end.

錄

To copy, to transcribe; to record, to make a note of; a summary of doctrine; annals; lectures; a series; an index.
chau-lôk;

to copy off.
lôk cò̤ cêk pńg;

transcribe into one volume.
mâk-lôk;

an index.
thóiⁿ i kâi mâk-lôk cū cai;

look in the index and you will find it.
tī-tîang tó̤ lôk keng? Who is taking down the testimony?
lôk chut lâi;

to jot down; to write out.
chú-lôk ŭ jîeh cōi mîaⁿ?

How many are selected as worthy of a degree?
kì lôk;

recorded.
kì-lôk cêk chṳ̀;

once on record.
chì-lôk;

list of successful candidates for the degree of M.A.
jû tó̤ cáu chì-lôk;

like vending the list of successful candidates at the triennial examination.
úa ŭ cêk pang múaⁿ hàng mîaⁿ-chîn lôk;

I have a set of biographical sketches of eminent statesmen, both Tartar and Chinese.

絡

Joined; continuous; to join on; netted or slung together; blood vessels which diverge from the great veins or arteries.
lîen-lôk cò̤ cêk ē;

couple them together.
lîen-lîen lôk-lôk, bô̤ kòiⁿ tn̆g;

joined in one continuous line, with no break.
cía sĭ jîp sim-pau-lôk kâi îeh;

this medicine enters the pericardium.
sin tǹg kâi mêh-lôk;

the blood veesels of the body.
pēⁿ sĭ tŏ̤ tī cêk keng-lôk?

In what part of the vascular system does the disease lie?

祿

Salary, pay; official emoluments; an income; happiness conferred by the emperor.
cîah chîo-thêng kâi hong-lôk, cĭu tîeh lîu-sim lí chîo-thêng kâi sṳ̄;

those who live on pay from the government, must attend in a painstaking way to governmental affairs.
bô̤ kong, cò̤ káⁿ cîah lôk?

How can one who renders no service to the state, presume to receive a salary from the government?
lôk khah pô̤h;

the salary is insufficient.
tìn-tang sāi ŭ kò̤ lôk-ūi-pâi;

set up an imperial tablet in the midst.
kuang-lôk-jī;

the Banqueting Office.
cêk seⁿ nâng ŭ cîah lôk;

has enough to live on all his days.
hok, lôk, sīu, chŵn;

happiness, official honors, longevity, all complete.
i-lôk khó̤-íⁿ chong-cok;

has about enough to clothe and feed himself comfortably.

陸

lôk-sôk;

one just after the other; in rapid succession; successively.
i sĭ lôk-sôk lâi, a sĭ cò̤ cêk hûe lâi?

Did they come successively or simultaneously?
lôk-lôk sôk-sôk lâi ŭ ho̤h cōi;

one after another, a great number arrived.

籙

A chart; a note, as of events or receipts.
hû-lôk;

a talisman on wood; a magic writing.
tôi mîaⁿ lôk;

list of successful candidates at an examination.
hong siaⁿ tŏ̤ hṳ́ kò̤ líu tîeh tô-lôk;

it is rumored that a magic map of the country has been exhumed there.
i kâi mîaⁿ hâh tîeh tô-lôk;

his name accords with the one given in the prophetic or sibyline chart.

戮

To kill in war; to slaughter; to massacre; to mangle and insult; to put to death.
i kâi suah-lôk tăng căi;

the slaughter was very great.
i ău-lâi tì-kàu chŵn ke tu-lôk;

this will hereafter lead to the extermination of the whole family.
sí ău hŵn-lío pun nâng líu chut lâi lôk si;

after he was dead and buried his body was dug up and mangled by people.
suah-lôk kong-chîn kâi sṳ̄, tōa pûaⁿ īa sĭ sì só̤ sái jîen;

the massacre of the nobles was for the most part made necessary by the circumstances.

勠

United strength.
lôk lâk;

to join forces; to combine effort; to unite strength.
jī ke tîeh lâi lôk lâk tâng sim;

the two must be of one mind, and act in unison.
īa sĭ khéng lôk-lâk tâng sim ná phàⁿ sṳ̄ m̄ séng;

if willing to act in concert there is no fear that the thing will not be accomplished.

碌