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

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嗎

• An interrogative particle, requiring an affirmative answer.

• sĭ mē?

  Is it not so?

• hó̤, mē?

  Will that do?

• tîeh mē?

  Is not that right?

• huaⁿ-hí mē?

  Are you satisfied?

• lṳ́ àiⁿ khṳ̀ mē?

  Are you going?

• kah mē?

  Does it suit?

• khá m̄ sĭ cìeⁿ-seⁿ mē?

  Is it not thus?

揸

• To clutch in the hand, with the palm downward.

• meⁿ cho̤h îam;

  take a handful of salt.

• meⁿ ke pé mīⁿ-hún lô̤h khṳ̀;

  put in another handful of flour.

• màiⁿ meⁿ sua-îa;

  do not scatter it around in taking it up.

速

• Hasty; hurried; fleet; quick; speedily; urgent; soon.

• méⁿ-méⁿ cū tîeh lâi;

  must come with the utmost speed.

• cò̤ méⁿ cē;

  do it more quickly.

• màiⁿ khah méⁿ;

  do not be in too great haste.

• bŏi kîaⁿ méⁿ;

  cannot walk any faster.

• àiⁿ méⁿ pìⁿ cò̤ māng;

  the more haste the less speed.

• méⁿ khṳ̀, méⁿ lâi;

  the sooner you go, the sooner you will get back.

• àiⁿ jîeh méⁿ?

  How soon do you want it?

• ío méⁿ;

  speedier.

猛

• Fierce; violent; determined; inhuman; severe; hot, as fire; biting, as wind; excessive in any way.

• hîong piaⁿ, méⁿ cìang;

  valorous soldiers and a daring leader.

• suaⁿ tèng kâi méⁿ sìn cōi;

  there are many savage beasts among the mountains.

• méⁿ hóⁿ lô̤h suaⁿ;

  a ferocious tiger descended from the mountains.

• húe méⁿ;

  the fire is burning fiercely.

• húe phuah i méⁿ cē;

  fan the fire and make it hotter.

• méⁿ huang, méⁿ hŏ

  violent wind and heavy rain.

• khuang huang, méⁿ hŏ;

  high wind and driving rain.

蜢

• cháu-méⁿ;

  a grasshopper.

• cháu-méⁿ kha-thúi;

  spindle shanks.

盲

• Blindness ; sightless.

• cheⁿ-méⁿ;

  blind.

• i sĭ cheⁿ-mêⁿ kâi nâng;

  he is a blind man.

• cheⁿ-mêⁿ-kíaⁿ;

  a blind fellow.

• cheⁿ-mêⁿ sin-seⁿ;

  a blind fortune-teller.

• cheⁿ-mêⁿ ŭ mâk-ciu-kng hùe khang;

  the blind have those who can see to lead them.

• i sĭ tâng chut sì cheⁿ-mêⁿ, a sĭ cí ău cheⁿ-mêⁿ?

  Was he blind from birth, or has he lately become blind?

• i cí kúi jît cioh-mêⁿ;

  he has been night-blind for these last few days.

• koi-cioh-mêⁿ;

  night-blindness.

• cheⁿ-mêⁿ koi to̤h tîeh sí nío-chṳ́;

  a blind fowl happened to peck into a dead rat; hit upon a good thing by mere chance.

• kâi sĭ cheⁿ-mêⁿ!

  Your eyes are of no use to you!

• khṳt i ui cheⁿ-mêⁿ khṳ̀;

  was made blind by taking his medicine.

• a-mêⁿ;

  that blind fellow.

夜

• Night; darkness; after daylight.

• mêⁿ-kùa;

  in the night.

• mêⁿ tn̂g căi;

  the nights are very long.

• mêⁿ tŏ̤ cí cĭam-cĭam tó̤;

  the nights from this time on gradually become shorter.

• cò̤ mêⁿ kang;

  do night work.

• cîah mêⁿ mûeⁿ;

  take a night draught of congee.

• cîah mêⁿ-hng pn̄g;

  eat supper.

• mêⁿ cĕⁿ kâi sî-hāu;

  in the stillness of night.

• hṳ́ cêk mêⁿ úa cin-kìⁿ lṳ́;

  I dreamed of you that night.

• kim mêⁿ;

  to-night.

• cò̤ mêⁿ hì;

  have night performances in a theatre.

• cá mêⁿ bŏi ût;

  I could not sleep last night.

• côiⁿ jît mêⁿ;

  night before last.

• tōa côiⁿ jît mêⁿ;

  the night before night before last.

• mùaⁿ mêⁿ;

  to-morrow night.

• ău-jît mêⁿ;

  day after to-morrow night.

• mêⁿ-mêⁿ; pái mêⁿ; múiⁿ mêⁿ;

  every night.

• pùaⁿ mêⁿ;

  midnight.

• cêk mêⁿ; cong mêⁿ;

  all night.

• thàng mêⁿ;

  throughout the night.

• jît thòa mêⁿ;

  all day and night.

• làng mêⁿ, làng mêⁿ;

  on alternate nights.

• pê mêⁿ;

  night watchmen outside a camp.

• chê mêⁿ; sûn mêⁿ;

  patrol at night.

• hûang mêⁿ-tău;

  beware of night thieves.

• tíam mêⁿ teng;

  night-lamps.

• saⁿ keⁿ, pùaⁿ mêⁿ;

  late at night.

• mêⁿ-hng, cá-khí;

  early and late.

• keh mêⁿ;

  to spend the night.

• m̄ hó̤ keh mêⁿ;

  it cannot be kept over night.

• lâu i keh kâi mêⁿ;

  keep overnight.

• cíeⁿ mêⁿ;

  night watch.

• hó̤ mêⁿ chêng;

  comfortable nights for sleeping.

• ciu mêⁿ khà khok;

  sounds the rattle throughout the night.

• thâk mêⁿ cṳ;

  study at night.

• i hiah tŏ̤ mêⁿ-tìam;

  he stopped at a lodging house.

• hiah kúi mêⁿ;

  stayed several nights.

• cí nŏ̤ mêⁿ gûeh kng căi;

  the moon has been very bright these last two nights.

明

• The dawn.

• mêⁿ-nî;

  next year.

• i mêⁿ-nî àiⁿ tńg lâi;

  he is coming back next year.

芒

• A sharp point; rays of light; a keen edge; a gleam.

• cí ki to̤ ío ŭ mêⁿ;

  this knife has a sharper edge.

• ēng kàu bô̤ mêⁿ, tîeh khîeh khṳ̀ bûa;

  when you have used it till the edge is worn off, you should go and grind it.

• bûa kàu ŭ sîam-mêⁿ cìaⁿ lāi;

  grind it till it takes a keen edge, then it is sharp.

• húe-mêⁿ;

  sparks of fire.

• húe-mêⁿ ko;

  a fire-fly or glow-worm.

罵

• To rail at; to scold; to abuse with vile language.

• káng cho, lŏ̤ chò̤, mēⁿ nâng;

  reviles people, using obscene words.

• sie mēⁿ;

  to berate each other.

• i cò̤-nî m̄-ùi tōa nâng mēⁿ?

  How is it that she does not fear the scolding she will get from the elders in her family?

• jw̆n mēⁿ;

  scold without just provocation.

• thèng mēⁿ nâng;

  abuse people without cause.

• mēⁿ kàu bô̤ kò̤ hó̤;

  rail at mercilessly.

• ki chùi kau-kau mēⁿ;

  her jaw never ceases.

• cìu-mēⁿ;

  to curse.

• nīo i mēⁿ;

  let him scold.